FEACO

Actualité
Novembre 2006

While other professions can trace their roots back several centuries, management consulting is less than a 100 years old; it is of younger vintage than either management practice or management theory. Management consulting has come to be recognized as a high-level practice, striving hard to be viewed as a profession. Annual global revenues in this sector have come to exceed $150 billion; clearly, management consulting has come of age. In short, maturity has been achieved, but the consolidation process is still continuing as a result of:
Contradictory tendencies in major markets (developed markets, transitional economies, developing countries)
New demands and new approaches, responses of the consulting industry to new demands
Increased competition and its effects on the market structure, strategies, behaviour, business ethics
Globalisation, international co-operation
Paradoxical developments
global market and local knowledge
“generalism” and specialisation
relationship based market and special expertise
concentration of markets, economies of scale and client focused, tailored services

The next annual conference of FEACO – 8-10 November, 2006 Budapest – will be an extraordinary forum to share ideas in relation to these contemporary issues with representatives of the management consulting profession from all over the world. Discussions around ten selected topics will offer an the opportunity to develop our profession to fit the new demands of the enlarging, changing Europe.
Budapest and the conference venue
The conference will be a great professional experience, but these few days will offer you much more than this. Budapest is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with its historical places, the Danube and the surrounding hills, and the many new developments that are going on as a result of the changes in this part of Europe.
The social events of the conference will enable you to enlarge your network, build new relationships with your colleagues while enjoying some spectacular places in Budapest and the famous Hungarian gastronomy. The pre- and post-conference programmes will offer you a great opportunity to discover Budapest and its surroundings.
Do not forget, we love our profession
To help our clients – both the public and private sector - to achieve their goals,
To maintain a reasonable living standard based on our services
while we still enjoy working as a consultant!

Dr. József Poór
President of the Organizing Committee
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
For the latest information visit: www.feaco2006.hu
WEDNESDAY   8 NOVEMBER 2006, Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
13:00-18:00   FEACO “Consultants meet Consultants” Networking Event
Consultants will meet with their colleagues from other European countries, to establish a contact, exchange experience, or to discuss a specific project or need for immediate cooperation.

In order to facilitate your meetings, FEACO has opened a communication platform on open BC where interested consultants/consultancies can register, present their profile, offer or ask for services, search for potential cooperation partners, and arrange for a meeting in Budapest.

This platform will remain operational after the event, as FEACO will organize these events on a bi-annual basis in cities across Europe.

08:00-20:00   Registration conference
20:00-   Wine and Cheese Party (Flamenco Hotel)
THURSDAY   9 NOVEMBER 2006, Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
08:00–18:00   Registration (Contd.)
09:00–10:00   OPENING PLENARY SESSION (I)
Conference Chair:
Opening Addresses – Péter Kulcsár CMC, Executive Director Consulting & Research for Industrial Economics Ltd., President of VTMSZ, Hungary
Introductory Speech from Hungary – Hungarian Government
10:00-11:00   PLENARY SESSION (II): Trends in the Consultancy Markets
Moderator:
European Trends in Management Consulting - Antoine Beuve-Méry, Partner IBM Global Business Services,, Chairman of FEACO, Belgium
Specialities of Management Consulting in Newly Joined and Candidate Countries - Janko Arah, Managing Director of Arah Consulting, President of the Slovenian Management Consultancies Association, AMCOS; Director FEACO, Slovenia
Trends and Tendencies in Management Consulting from the Point of View of a Former Management Consultant, Károly Salamon, CEO of Allianz Hungary
11:00–11:30   Coffee Break

11:30-13:00   PLENARY SESSION (III): Trends in the Consultancy Markets (cont’d)
Trends in Management Consulting in Japan - Masanaka Yokota, Executive of CMC System Committee of Zen-Noh-Ren, Vice-President of JMA Consultants Inc. Japan.
Global and US Trends in Management Consulting – Paul Gronwall, Executive Editor of all consulting newsletter publications and Editor of Management Consultant International (MCI) – Kennedy Information Center, UK
New Strategy of Consulting Organisation, Jean-Luc Placet, Managing Director IDRH, President Syntec Management,, Vice-Chairman of FEACO, France
13:00-14:30   Lunch
14:30-16:30   Concurrent Workshop 1:
Global and regional overview on consulting market
Hungarian Consulting Industry in the Light of European Trends, Dr. György Gonda, CMC, Professor at the International Business School Budapest, Hungary
The Czech Consulting Market, Jan Zavrel, President of the Czech Consulting Association, APP, Czech Republic
The Romanian MC Market -a few Days before EU Accession, Mihai Svasta, President of the Romanian Management Consultancies Association, AMCOR, Romania
Consulting: a Profession in Transition, Peter G. Brown, Vice-Chairman, Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc., USA
Concurrent Workshop 2:
Networking and Institutional Framework in Consulting
Experiences in Creating the SSC: Slovenian Consulting Cluster, Zoran Vaupot, Partner-Director, SIGEM Business Consulting, Slovenia
The tiniest Giant" , Dr. Gábor Kornai CMC, Managing Partner, AAM Consulting, Hungary
Networks, a social Infrastructure for Success – Experience with ‘Experts Groups’ of Management Consultants in Austria, Dr. Friedrich Bock, Chairman UBIT, Austria
An enlarging Europe: Chances for Consultants from the Old and New EU Member States, Dr. F. Arnulf Fleischer, Partner, Droege & Comp, International Management Consultants, Germany
Concurrent Workshop 3:
Consulting for Different Client Groups
Roles of Multinational Consulting Firms in Turbulent Times, Gil Gidron, Partner Accenture, Vice-Chairman FEACO, Spain
Consulting for the Public Sector, Frédéric M. Petitbon, IDRH, France
Consulting for Local and Global Corporate Clients, Bhanubhai Dalal, Financial Consultant and Project Advisor - Bombay, India
 Consulting for Top Managers and Human Resource Functional Leaders, Mária Bábosik, CMC, Managing Director Haygroup, Hungary

Concurrent Workshop 4:
Consulting in Emerging and Transitional Markets from Perspectives of Clients and Service Providers
TBD, János Matolcsy, CMC, KPMG, Hungary
Hong Kong Management Consulting Service for China – the prospective World’s Factory – K.K. Yeung, JP, FCMA, FCCA, FCIS, FCPA (Practising), Chairman of the Management Consultancies Association of Hong Kong
Differences in Consulting Styles between the East and the West – Walter Vieira, Former Chairman of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes, India
20:00   GALA DINNER

FRIDAY   10 NOVEMBER 2006, Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
09:00–11:00   Concurrent Workshop 5:
Image Building and Value Creation through Qualification and Certification in Consulting
Value Creation and Image Building through Certification of Competency in the Management Consulting Industry, Peter Sorensen, President of ICMCI
Qualification and Standardisation, Dr. Ilse Andrea Ennsfellner, CMC, Ennsfellner Consulting, Vice-Chairman UBIT Lower Austria, ICMCI Representative, Austria
Consulting in Croatia, Anton Florijan Barisic, President of the AMC, Association of Management Consultants, Croatia
Credibility through Professional Qualification & Certification, Ekaterina Ignatova, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Management Consultancies Association, BAMCO, Bulgaria
Roles of Management Consulting in Economy Development in Transition Countries – Bosnia, Edin Alić, Director of the Management Consultancies Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina, LespNET, BiH
   Concurrent Workshop 6:
European Investment Bank Workshop TBD
   Concurrent Workshop 7:
How the New EU Members Impact the European Consulting Industry
Challenges for Consulting in the new EU Member States, Anna Łuś, Director of the Development Department - Doradztwo Gospodarcze DGA S.A., Poland
CMC and Eastern European Perspectives, Prof. Dr. Gerd Prechtl, CMC, Chairman ICMCI Euro Hub, Vice-Chairman ICMCI, Austria
How will new EU Member States Impact the European Consulting Industry? Dr. Dimitris Bakolas, President and CEO of European Profiles S.A., Greece
SOL OMNIBUS LUCET EU Candidate Countries’ Management Companies - NEW Comers to the EU market: Issues, Challenges, Obstacles. Ljubomir Trajkovski, CMC, MCA2000 President of IMC, Macedonia
11:00–11:30   Coffee Break
11:30-13:00   PLENARY SESSION (IV):
Teaching Management Consulting - Prof. Dr. Christel Niedereichholz, Lugwigshafen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Communication, Collaboration and Transformation: Networking to create Consulting Value in a Wireless World – Prof. Barry Curnow, Principal, Maresfield Curnow, UK, Immediate Former Chairman, ICMCI
Ensuring sustainable Value from Consulting - Fiona Czerniawska, President of Arkimeda, UK
Closing Speech – „Quo Vadis Management Consulting?” – Dr. József Poór, CMC, President of the Organizing Committee, Mercer, Hungary
13:15-14:30   Closing Lunch
PARALLEL MEETINGS:
THURSDAY   9 NOVEMBER 2006, Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
13:30-16:00   FEACO Ex-Co meeting
16:45-18:30   FEACO General Assembly
GENERAL INFORMATION
VENUE OF THE CONFERENCE:
Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
Tas vezér u. 7. H-1113 Budapest 11TH district
www.danubiushotels.com/flamenco
The venue is reachable:
from the Moszkva tér (square) station of the underground No.2, by tram No. 61.
from the Móricz Zsigmond körtér (circus) within walking distance

Registration will be in the foyer of the Congress Park Hotel Flamenco

REGISTRATION OPENING HOURS:
On 8-10 November, 2006 the registration will be in the foyer of the Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
8 NOVEMBER 2006, Wednesday   08:00 – 20:00
9 NOVEMBER 2006, Thursday   08:00 – 18.00
REGISTRATION FEE:
   before   after
   8 September 2006   8 September 2006
Participant   840.- EURO   940.- EURO
Accompanying Person   350.- EURO   350.- EURO
PARTICIPANT’S FEE INCLUDES:
badge
list of participants
conference document (book of abstracts and proceedings on CD-ROM)
participation on the Wine and Cheese Party on 8 November
lunches 9 and 10 November
coffee and refreshments
participation on the Gala Dinner on 9 November
V.A.T.
ACCOMPANYING PERSON’ S FEE INCLUDES:
badge
participation in the Excursion to Szentendre - Visegrád program
invitation to the Gala Dinner
METHOD OF PAYMENT
The payment of the registration fee, hotel deposit and full payment for optional programmes should be made:
by bank remittance to be transferred to:
HUNGARIAN FOREIGN TRADE BANK LTD.
Váci u. 38. H-1056 Budapest, Hungary
Account:   Meeting Budapest Ltd.
Account No.:   MKB 10300002-20332521-00003285
Swift code:   MKKB HU HB
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR NAME AND „NEW TRENDS AND TENDENCIES IN THE CONSULTING INDUSTRY IN AN ENLARGING EUROPE” ON YOUR MONEY TRANSFER AND ATTACH PHOTOCOPY OF THE BANK DRAFT TO THIS FORM!
by credit card
I agree that you charge the above amount to:
American express    Euro Card / MasterCard    Visa
Card number: ___________________Date of expiry:_______________
Card Verification Code*:_________________________________________
Cardholder’ s name:_____________________________________________
Cardholder’s address: ____________________________________________
Date:___________________________
Signature:______________________________________________________
* The entire card number or the last four digits of the card number appear on the signature panel of your Visa or Euro/Master card. The card number is followed by a three-digit value, which is called card verification code.
CONFIRMATION
On having received your registration form and the bank draft of your remittance your registration and hotel reservation will be confirmed.
METHOD OF CANCELLATION:
Should participants or accompanying persons cancel the registration and optional program before 1 October 2006, all fees will be returned, less 10% handling charge. No refund can be made for registration after 1 October 2006.   ONLY WRITTEN CANCELLATION CAN BE ACCEPTED!
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:
The official language of the conference is English.
BADGE
Each participant and accompanying person receives a badge (name tag) at the registration. We kindly ask you to wear it during all activities of the conference.
WINE AND CHEESE PARTY
8 NOVEMBER 2006, Wednesday 20.00
Lobby in the Flamenco Hotel
GALA DINNER
9 NOVEMBER 2006, Thursday 20.00
ACCOMODATION
Congress Park Hotel Flamenco****
Tas vezér u. 7. Budapest XI., Hungary
Single room price:      90. - EURO / night
Double/Twin-bedded room price:   100. - EURO / night
The conference is going to take place in this modern superior first class hotel. It is located in a quiet, residential area overlooking a beautiful, attractive park with a small lake on the green Buda side of the Danube, but still close to the city centre, business and shopping districts of the capital.
Hotel Sofitel*****
Roosevelt tér 2., Budapest V., Hungary
Single room price:   160.- EURO/ night
Double/Twin-bedded room price:   185.- EURO/ night
Set in the heart of Budapest, on the banks of the Danube, the Sofitel Budapest offers breathtaking views of the Chain Bridge and the Royal Castle.
The conference hotel, Park Hotel Flamenco is reachable within 20 minutes:
By tram No.2 which station is 50 m from the hotel next to Hotel Intercontinental till the Liberty Bridge ( 2 stations )
From Liberty Bridge by tram No. 49 till Móricz Zsigmond tér square (3 stations)
From Móricz Zsigmond tér square on foot
Prices are to be understood per room per night with bath or shower, including breakfast, service and VAT.
For hotel reservation, please indicate the dates of arrival and departure on the Registration Form. Reservation will be confirmed by mail or e-mail. Please send one night’s deposit.
OPTIONAL PROGRAM
EXCURSION TO SZENTENDRE-VISEGRÁD
Date:   9 November 2006, Thursday
Time:   10.00-16.00
Departure:   from the front of the Congress Park Hotel Flamenco
Price:   95.- EUR
(The price includes: English speaking guide, the entrance fees and the lunch, VAT)
Minimum number of participants: 20 people
Szentendre is the most picturesque little town along the Hungarian stretch of the Danube, and home to sculptors and painters. The town is famed for its 7 churches, its rich museums, exhibitions of contemporary art and galleries. Hungary’s largest open-air ethnological museum or scansen is situated at the edge of the town. Its old peasant houses, church and handicraft workshops are well worth visiting.
The double castle-system of Visegrád was built by King Béla IV and his wife Maria Lascaris in 1250-60 following the Mongol invasion. During the centuries several kings from the Angevins to Matthias Corvinus extended and modernised the castle so that it would meet the requirements of comfort and new military standards.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Budapest, a city of 2.1 million people stands for a lot more than being the capital of Hungary. It is a grand icon of the past and a modern metropolis. You can discover influences from Roman times, from Turkish domination in the 16th and 17th centuries, and from the days of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. You are encouraged to visit one of the thermal spring baths, and any of the restaurants with famous Hungarian cuisine. We hope that you find the scientific program stimulating and the social events attractive. In the followings we would like to give you some useful information to make your visit in Hungary pleasant.
TRAVEL HINTS
On arrival by air to Budapest Ferihegy Airport, it is advisable to use the Airport Minibus Service, which takes you anywhere in the town for a set price of about 3000 HUF per person. Check in at the Arrivals at the Airport Minibus Service Desk.
On arrival by train you can take a taxi at railway station, but the prices are not set. Too high prices and uncomfortable situation can appear, so getting car of well-known taxi companies is advisable, for example TELE5 TAXI, CITY TAXI, FŐTAXI, TAXI 2000.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN BUDAPEST
Budapest has an extensive public transport system, which ensures access to all part of the city by metro, bus, tram, trolley bus or even suburban railway. Tickets are sold every metro station, bus terminal. A ticket costs HUF 185,- and is valid for one trip on metro on a tram, bus or trolley bus line. 1-day, 7-day, 14-day and 30-day passes are also available.
Tickets (HUF)
for one run   185,-   for 10 runs   1.665,-
for 1 day   1.150,-   for 3 days   2.500,-
for 7 days   3.400,-   for 30 days   6.900,-
Passengers travelling at a short distance or only change once on the underground can use the metro and the Millennium underground with a discount ticket. Depending on the type of their trip, passengers can choose from 3 types of tickets in addition to the single tickets that can be used further:
SINGLE TICKETS – HUF 185,-: valid for one interrupt single trip without changing lines, for one hour following in time code stamped in the ticket with the exception of the M1 (yellow line) where the tickets are valid for 30 minutes.
METRO SECTION TICKET – HUF 130,-: valid for one trip without changing line for up to 3 stops and 30 minutes.
METRO TRANSFER TICKET – HUF 300,-: valid for one trip with one change without any limitation on the number of stops for up to one hour.

NOTICE FOR DRIVERS
The speed limits are 130, 80 and 50 km per hour on motorways, on rural highways and in cities, respectively. During driving, the use of headlight is compulsory. In Hungary, drinking alcohol totally is prohibited while driving.
PASSPORT AND VISA – www.mfa.gov.hu
As a result of the EU-accession on 1 May 2004 Hungary is now the member of the European Union. Residents of other EU-member states can visit Hungary with Identity Card. Other foreign visitors travelling to Hungary should hold a passport and maybe a valid visa except for citizens of most European countries. Please check the visa and passport regulations between your country and Hungary before your travel arrangements. Visa can be granted by Hungarian Embassies and Consulates.
INSURANCE
Participants should arrange health and travel insurance prior to arrival in Hungary. The registration fees do not include provision for the insurance of participants against personal accidents, sickness, theft or property damages. This applies to all events during the Conference period. Participants are advised to take out whichever insurance they consider necessary.
CURRENCY, EXCHANGE, CREDIT CARDS - www.xe.com/ucc/
Official currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF)
The exchange rate: 1 USD equals to about 220 HUF, 1 EURO to about 270 HUF, it is subject to changes depending on the daily rate of exchange. Foreign currency can be brought into Hungary without restriction. When leaving the country, you can re-exchange HUF up to 50% of the total sum exchanged during your stay in Hungary. Receipt showing your official exchange is required. Exchange facilities are offered to participants at the airport, in hotels, and at the site of the Conference. American Express, Visa, Dinners Club, Euro card are accepted in large hotels, first class restaurant and city stores, but you should ask before ordering services.
CLIMATE AND CLOTHING
Hungary has a continental climate. Weather is really changeable in November with temperatures about 10-15 oC. Formal dress is not required for any scientific programmes. For the excursion casual wear is advised.
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
In Hungary, electricity is supplied at 220V, 50Hz. The 2-pin connecting plug is different from that used in some countries e.g. USA, UK, Japan etc. Hotels may provide