ANDRZEJ OLECHOWSKI, WHO HAS BEEN BOTH POLAND’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF FINANCE AND IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN TRUST, THE LARGEST STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL CONSULTING FIRM SPECIALIZING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, WILL GIVE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE FOCUSING ON CENTRAL EUROPE, TO BE HELD AT THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S WARDLAW CENTER ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13.
U.S. SEN. PAUL COVERDELL, R-GA., ALSO WILL BE ATTENDING THE EVENT WHICH IS BEING CO-SPONSORED BY THE POLISH AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHEAST, U.S. AND GEORGIA TECH.
IN ADDITION, SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE POLISH, HUNGARIAN AND CZECH EMBASSIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WILL BE SPEAKING, INCLUDING JACEK TOMOROWICZ, POLAND’S CONSUL FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, TIBOR NEMES, HUNGARY’S SENIOR COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR AND MILOS SKLANKA, THE CZECH REPUBLIC’S CONSUL FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.
DR. OLECHOWSKI CURRENTLY ALSO SERVES AS AN ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO POLAND’S PRESIDENT, ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI, AND HE IS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. HE WAS LAST IN ATLANTA THREE YEARS AGO FOR THE FOUNDING OF THE ATLANTA-BASED POLISH-AMERICAN CHAMBER.
WITOLD DANIELOWICZ, MANAGING PARTNER OF THE NEW YORK-BASED LAW FIRM OF WHITE AND CASE’S WARSAW OFFICE, AND DOROTHY HANSBERRY, AN ATTORNEY WITH THE POLISH LAW FIRM OF BEATA GESSEL AND PARTNERS LTD., AND FORMERLY WITH THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ARE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AS WELL.
THE CONFERENCE INCLUDES LUNCH AND WILL BEGIN AT 8:30 A.M. COST IS $75 FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLISH AMERICAN CHAMBER AND $90 FOR NON-MEMBERS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL WITOLD ZABINSKY, MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF CORPORATE STRATEGIES INTERNATIONAL AND THE ATLANTA REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN TRUST AT (404) 633-0015, OR THE CHAMBER AT (404) 870-4641.