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• Date: 19/04/2024 (FRI)
• Place: Ukrainian Voices RC community center, Rue de la Loi 89, 1040 Bruxelles
• Language: English

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10:00 – 10:30 Registration

10:30 – 12:00 Insights for Business from Ukraine’s Future Summit – panel discussion

Keynote speakers:

• Vsevolod Chentsov – Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
• Karol Tofil – Head of International Partnerships Office, BGK
• Arthur Zagorodnykov – Deputy Chariman of the Board, First Ukrainian International Bank, PUMB
• Olga Michelot – Co-Owner of Helios Strategia
• Anna Jarosz-Friis – Director of Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission

Moderator:

• Anna Derevyanko – Executive Director at European Business Association; Co-founder of Global Business for Ukraine

12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch

EU-Ukraine Business Forum 2024

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13:00 – 13:50

Investment landscape – challenges and opportunities for Ukraine’s economy

Keynote speakers:

• Iryna Skliar – Director at Naftogaz of Ukraine, Representative Office in Bruxelles

• Gabriel Blanc – Head of Sector, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission

• Stephan Sicars - Senior Coordinator for Ukraine at UNIDO

• Sergiii Tereshko - Deputy head of the mission to the EU

• Valerie Hoess - Head of European Affairs, Commerzbank AG (TBC)

Moderator:

• Stephan Jensen – Country Director for Ukraine, Tony Blair Institute

13:50-14:40

Role of Private equity: how to accelerate investments into Ukrainian entrepreneurs and SMEs

Keynote speakers:

• Orest Tokač - Policy Coordinator, Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission

• Ertan Can - Ukrainian fund of funds Managing Director, founder of Multiple Capital

• Michiel Scheffer - President of the Board of the European Innovation Council

• Sven Röben – Head of Ukraine Team at European Investment Bank

Moderator:

• Andrey Kolodyuk – Founder of the EU Business Hub, Chairman of the Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association

14:40 – 15:30

Local and regional development in Ukraine. Renaissance of the New Cities and Regions.

Keynote speakers:

• Mariia Levanchuk - Head of Vinnytsia Liaison Office in Brussels

• Matthieu Hornung - Administrator at European Committee of the Regions

• Yanina Basysta - Project coordinator at Eurocities

• Yuliya Chufistova - Mayors’ Club Ukraine CEO

• Stanislav Taran - Project Officer at the Council of European Municipalities and Regions

• Dr. Haris Piplas - Integrated and Inclusive Urban Design & Planning, Dr. ETH Zürich

Moderator:

• Jaewon Peter Chun – Sustainable Smart City designer, Investor, and Founder of the TWIN CITIES Initiative

15:30 - 15:40 - Coffee Break

15:40 – 16:30

Fostering business relationships and investments between EU and Ukraine, insights from Belgium and beyond

Keynote speakers:

• Ekaterina Clifford - International Community Manager at Brussels Enterprises Commerce & Industry (BECI)

• Martine Diss – Senior Expert, DG GROW, European Commission

• Olena Kononenko – the ReBuild Ukraine project director

• Sofia Bournou - Senior Adviser Businesseurope

Moderator:

• Michael Cottakis - CEO, 89 Global / Director, 89 Initiative, associated with European Institute – London School of Economics (TBC)

16:30 – 17:20

How Technology will drive transparent economic development of Ukraine

Keynote speakers:

• Dmytro Michurin - Ukraine Development Alliance, CEO Ukraine. Founder/CEO at DM National

• Jerome Leclanche - Founder/CEO of Seven Seed and Ingram Technologies, Cofounder of Seven Camp

• Alexander Varvarenko - СEO of Shipnext, Investor, Advisor on Digitalization and Automation

• Mike Merkulov - Green Recovery Fund

Moderator:

• Henry Shterenberg – Chairman of the Investment Committee, Mayor's Club of Ukraine, CEO of EoTU Inc., Honorary President of WTC Kyiv

17:20 - 19:00 - Cocktails and Networking

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