Friday, DECEMBER 15. |
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Opening remarks:
Hugh H. Roberts, Executive Vice President & President, International Commercial, Kraft Foods Inc.
Dmytro Tabachnik, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Head of the Government Delegation.
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| 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Plenary session:
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| 09:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Panel 1. New economic policy of Ukraine across challenging of globalization (Moderator shall be agreed). |
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Panelist (UA): |
Ukraine's competitive advantages. A. Yatseniyk, Secretariat of the President of Ukraine. |
Lead discussants:
- General potential of Ukraine, Deputy Minister of Economy.
- Ukraine at the global stage: geopolitical aspect. D. Trenin, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, Deputy Director, Program Co-chair, Senior Associate.
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| 10:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. |
Panel 2. Time to invest in Ukraine! (Moderated by Marco Groen, Partner, Ernst & Young). |
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Panelist (UA): |
Institutional mechanisms contributing to foreign investments. I. Zaglada, Director of the Ukrainian Center for Foreign Investment Promotion (InvestUkraine). |
| Opportunities for private equity and venture capital investments in Ukraine. A. Mertens, President of the International Institute of Business. |
| Are American companies ready to invest in Ukraine? What does Ukraine have to offer to foreign businesses? D. Tarabakin, Dragon Capital. |
Investment prospects of Ukrainian economy. Presentation of prospective investment projects:
Brovary-Tekhnopark. Y. Kasperovych (I-KON)
Interactive & Pay-TV Summary. D. Kotelenets (HLMedia) |
11:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
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Coffee-break |
| 11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Panel 3. Doing business in Ukraine - investors and business professionals discuss current trends, opportunities as well as challenges in this rapidly growing and dynamic economy (Moderated by J. Zukoski, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine). |
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Panelist (UA): |
Improvement of Investment Climate in Ukraine: Tax Law Aspects. Marko Groen, Partner, Ernst & Young. |
| Dialogue between business and government, steps to raise entrepreneurs' trust to the government. V. Schelkunov, President of the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. |
| Ukraine's legal framework today. Investment climate. M. Karpenko, Managing Partner of DLA Piper Ukraine. |
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Successful investments of foreign companies in Ukraine as a proof of Ukrainian economy being attractive for foreign partners. Yu. Logush, Chairman of the Board Kraft Foods Ukraine. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Break-up sessions |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. |
Session 2. Ukraine opens new agrarian horizons (Moderated by V. Skotsyk, Country Manager Ukraine, Director marketing/sales CIS, American Machinery Company). |
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Opening speech of the moderator: |
American investment in the Ukrainian agriculture: current situation and outlooks. |
| Panelists (UA): |
Investment appeal of Ukraine's agricultural industry. V. Motsnyi, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. |
| Integration of Ukrainian agriculture into world food market. O. Tymkiv, Head of department for agricultural and chemical industries of Derzhzovnishinform. |
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Prospects and real opportunities for foreign companies in the Ukrainian agricultural industry (shall be confirmed). JSC Cargill (speaker shall be agreed). |
| 3:20 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Session 3. Development of Ukraine's financial potential towards integration into world financial community under globalization terms (Moderated by I.Mityukov, Director General of the Financial Policy Institute). |
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Panelists (UA): |
Ukrsotsbank.
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| Survey of development of the banking system of Ukraine and access for Ukrainian banks to the international capital markets. V. Kapustin, Chairman of the Board, JSC "The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine", N. Udovychenko, Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC "The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine". |
| Current situation at Ukraine's financial sector in comparison with countries integrated into global community. K. Seryogin, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Citibank (Ukraine). |
Suggested Topics:
- Foundations of integrated and integral strategy for development and reforming of Ukraine's financial sector.
- The problem of capitalization of Ukrainian banks and their involvement into the Ukrainian market of foreign bank capital - solutions.
- Expanding cooperation between Ukrainian financial sector and global institutions to develop integration into world financial community.
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| 4:40 p.m. - 6:10 p.m. |
Session 4. Industrial Ukraine. Science and Technology. Development of regions (Moderated by S. Grischenko, Vice President of the Ukrainian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, V. Yuzba, Vice President of Kiev City Association for Industry, Construction, Transport and Communication - Kiev Assn, Vic Korsun, Deputy Executive Director, Science & Technology Center in Ukraine). |
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Panelists (UA): |
Innovation potential of Ukraine's industrial complex. D. Kolesnikov, First Deputy Minister of the Minister of Industrial Policy of Ukraine. |
| Scientific and Technical Potential of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. A. Shpak, First Vice-President-Chief-Scientific Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. |
| Kiev attracting innovation technologies. V. Yuzba, Vice President of Kiev City Association for Industry, Construction, Transport and Communication - Kiev Assn. |
| Investment attractiveness of Dniepropetrovsk region and outlooks for investment in the region's economy. N. Deyeva, Head of Dniepropetrovsk Region State Administration. |
| Application of Ukrainian rocket carriers in the international commercial projects. Case-study of Sea Launch Project. Yu. Alexeev, Director Gerneral National National Space Agency of Ukraine. |
| Technology Commercialization in Ukraine and International Cooperation. Vic Korsun, Deputy Executive Director, Science & Technology Center in Ukraine. |
