October 17

Wednesday, October 17

Cross Border Business Opportunities: Hungary and New Jersey “Perfect Together”

8:00-9:00
Registration
9:00-10:00
Opening Remarks

Peter Rehus, IBM Country Director
Promoting trade with Hungary and New Jersey promoting SME companies in STEM internationally
Senator Tom Kean, Jr. New Jersey, USA
Paul Hoffman, CEO,  Liberty Science Center, New Jersey, USA
Sriram Venkataraman, Co-founder of Heracles Solutions, New Jersey, USA and TIE Delegation Representative, New Jersey Chapter

10:00-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-12:30
If You are not a Disrupter You will be Disrupted! - Part 1

Panel discussion and presentation of ScaleZone companies and New Jersey Tech Companies:
How to promote SME international business in the STEM Sector
Scale Zone IBM

ScaleZone Introduction
Ferenc Pongracz, IBM Business Development Executive for CE

Orthograph digital building survey Case Study with IBM
Adam Korbuly, Orthograph Strategic Director and Peter Szalay, IBM COO

Mozaweb – Let’s make learning fun – digital education – Case Sudy with K&H Bank
Peter Torok, Mozaweb Deputy CEO and Viktor Kovacs, K&H Bank SME sector Marketing Director

Mcomapp – Succesful implementation – Auchan Case Study
Zsigmond Marias, Loginet CEO

11:30-11:45
Coffee break
11:45-12:45
If You are not a Disrupter You will be Disrupted! - Part 2

Select USA – experience with Hungarian SMEs in the US
Jennifer Kane Zabolotskaya, Counselor for Commercial Affairs International Trade Administration – U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Embassy Budapest

Ashok Krish, President and CEO of Kaizen Technologies
Customer Experience Enhancement Using AI Based Technologies

Dr. Suresh Kumar, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Designing Sustainable Entrepreneurial Eco-Systems: A Deliberate University-Centric Approach

Roundtable about how corporations support SMEs in go to market
Led by Ferenc Pongracz, IBM Business Development Executive for CE

12:45-13:45
Lunch
13:45-13:50
Promoting Business: Jersey City is the Place for Innovation

Sharon Ambis, Jersey City Medical Center-RWJ Barnabas Health Senior Director, Marketing and Communications, Hudson County Chamber of Commerce, Executive Board Member

13:50-15:00
American Hungarian Chamber of Commerce of NY Roundtable Discussion, Business Relationship between USA and Hungary


Remarks / Introduction
Brigitta Békési, AmHunCham New York
Real bridge between the two countries

Moderator: Dr. Martin Zsarnoczky, Ass. Professor, Member of AmHunCham NY

Panel members:
Laszlo Krisan, President of KAVOSZ, Vice President of Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) and Head of the Trade Division of National Ass. of Entrepreneurs and Employers
Tamas Doczi, Green Earth Tek LLC, CEO (New Jersey), Member of AmHunCham NY
Brigitta Békési Director of Beautyrobic, President of the Division of Young Entrepreneurs of AmHunCham NY

 

15:00-15:15
Closing Remarks

Aladar Komjathy, Komjathy & Kean
Thought Leadership Remarks