The 1st Vienna Economic Forum took place on 8 November 2004 at RZB Raiffeisen Hall, AM Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna.
Enlargement is not only a political, but primarily an economic problem, which makes it necessary to ensure that investments will flow into South-Eastern Europe as quickly as possible. Moreover, business has a stabilizing effect, since it serves as a dialogue telling the people in charge about deficiencies and chances.
The Vienna Economic Forum is not only a platform for forming opinions but also for voicing them in public.
This also underscores the significance of the region between the Adriatic and the Black Sea. It is a market of some 130 million consumers with great strategic and economic importance. The development will certainly continue further eastwards into the Black Sea region, but also into the Eastern Mediterranean. This can be seen as a key function.
