Date Reminder: Conference "Beyond the Vienna Initiative: Towards a New Banking Model in a New Growth Model for CESEE" on 17 September 2010

Live Transmission of the Conference Via BMF Homepage

VIENNA, Austria, September 15, 2010 - On 17 September the international BMF conference on the role of banks
within the framework of a future growth model for Central, Eastern and
Southeastern Europe will take place in the "Aula der Wissenschaften" in
Vienna.

In two panels in the morning and a roundtable in the afternoon awareness
will be created of the changes necessary in the financial area predominantly
- but not solely- in the Central and East European states. Political and
economic experts will discuss solutions for a joint international financial
policy.

We would like to invite media representatives to the conference once more
and request that you register at bmf-presse@bmf.gv.at. There will be photo
and video opportunities.

For all those who are unable to attend the conference in person the BMF
is providing a live transmission of the event in the video portal of
www.bmf.gv.at under

bmf-webtv.ots.at/live/20100917/cesee-conference. In this way you
can follow the conference in real time. As an additional service following
the conference thematic video clips with the main statements and results will
be available to download.

You can find the whole programme of the event at:
www.bmf.gv.at/Conference_170910

    Date: 17.9.2010, 10:00 - 17:00 hours
    Place: Aula der Wissenschaften
    Wollzeile 27a, A-1010 Vienna

    For questions and registration:

    Department for Publicity and Communication
    Telephone: +43(1)514-33-501-030
    E-mail: bmf-presse@bmf.gv.at
    Federal Ministry of Finance
    Hintere Zollamtsstrasse 2b
    A-1030 Vienna

Questions and registration: Department for Publicity and Communication, Telephone: +43(1)514-33-501-030, E-mail: bmf-presse at bmf.gv.at, Federal Ministry of Finance, Hintere Zollamtsstrasse 2b, A-1030 Vienna