KOSTELEC 2025

Saturday’s program will like every year be divided into three thematic blocks. These will look at 1) geopolitics and the political economy with a focus on security, 2) the future of banks and the financial sector more generally with a special focus on the expectations and needs of gen Z, and 3) the practical effects of the jumpstarted transformation of global orders for individual economies and companies in the CEE region.

The official program of the 2025 impact forum, which will culminate with an economic-philosophical perspective on the discussed themes, will be followed by an informal working breakfast on Sunday. Representatives of a prestigious London firm that has for more than 150 years helped affluent British and international clients protect their wealth through trust funds will share their insights.

keynote speaker: david lubin

The keynote speaker of this year’s impact forum in Kostelec is David Lubin, former head of emerging markets economics at Citibank, who is currently Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House. David will focus on the future of key global currencies and the world of finance more generally. He will reflect on the efforts of China and other developing countries to introduce (r)evolutionary change. He describes the causes and potential consequences of these efforts in his book Dance of the Trillions: Developing Countries and Global Finance. You can listen to David’s key theses, which he will develop at the forum, in the first part our spring impact debate series, which is part of the preparations for the event.