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Doing Business in Ukraine 2024 Conference: Building Ukraine’s Security through a Modernized Economy

September 25, 2024 • 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT

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Project on Prosperity and Development

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The Center for Strategic & International Studies is pleased to announce its second Doing Business in Ukraine conference “Building Ukraine’s Security Through a Modernized Economy.”

The conference will convene Ukrainian leaders from both the private sector and municipal administrations, alongside representatives from multinational corporations, the Biden Administration, and the U.S. Congress to discuss business and trade opportunities and challenges with the U.S. and G-7 allies.

This second edition of the conference aims to catalyze the reconstruction and modernization of Ukraine through focused discussions on different sectors that are essential for the nation's economic recovery.

The conference will be informed by the work of the CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission. 

More details to follow. Please visit this webpage for the latest updates. 

Questions? Please contact UkraineBusinessConference@csis.org

Ukrainian Version 

Центр Стратегічних та Міжнародних Досліджень (CSIS) запрошує на конференцію "Розбудова безпеки України через модернізовану економіку".  Конференція обє'днає лідерів приватного сектору та транснаціональних корпорацій, представників місцевої влади в Україні та адміністрації Байдена та Конгресу США для обговорення можливостей для бізнесу та торгівлі зі США та союзниками з G-7.

Конференція має на меті обговорення шляхів прискорення реконструкції та відновлення України через секторальні ініціативи та розбудову безпеки в країні.

Конференція проходить в межах роботи Комісії з економічної реконструкції України Центру Стратегічних та Міжнародних Досліджень.

Для реєстрації заповніть цю форму.

Ми готові відповісти на будь-які ваші питання: UkraineBusinessConference@csis.org

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.

 

Tentative Agenda

Attendee Registration and Breakfast

Opening Conversation with Congressional Members

Moderated by Elizabeth Hoffman, Director of Congressional and Government Affairs, and Fellow

 

Congressional members to be announced 

Welcoming Remarks

Daniel F. Runde, Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development

Keynote Speaker

Erin McKee, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, USAID

Plenary Panel I: The Role of Mayors in Recovery and Reconstruction

Moderated by Max Bergmann, Director of CSIS Europe and Eurasia

 

Ukrainian Mayors to be announced closer to date 

Coffee Break and Side Meetings

Parallel Breakout Sessions I

Strengthening Ukraine’s Electricity System

Moderated by Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS

 

Speakers

  • Olena Pavlenko, President and co-Founder of DiXi Group 
  • Nadiia Petruchenko, Chief Business Officer at SPP Development Ukraine
  • Alexander Romanishyn, Strategy Director, Razom We Stand 

  • Anna Zamazeeva, State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine 

     

Rebuilding Social and Industrial Infrastructure

Moderated by Erin Murphy, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, CSIS

 

Speakers

  • Mike Stenson, Executive Project Director, Kingspan 
  • Oliver Rapf, Executive Director, Buildings Performance Institute Europe 
  • Serhiy Tsivkach, Managing Partner Ukraine, Chicago Atlantic
  • Roman Komendant, acting head of Ukraine’s Agency for Restoration
  • Ukrainian Mayor, to be announced closer to date

Coffee Break and Side Meetings

Plenary Panel II: Championing Ukrainian Reconstruction in the United States

Moderated by Kathleen McInnis, Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative, CSIS

 

Speakers

  • Greg Page, Chairman of Corteva, Inc. 
  • Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University 

  • Aukse Jurkute, International Strategic Initiatives, Bank of America 

     

More speakers to be announced 

Lunch break

Parallel Breakout Sessions II

Role of Moldova in Ukraine’s Reconstruction

Moderated by Leah Kieff, Senior Associate (Non-resident), Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

 

Speakers 

  • Natalia Gavrilita, Former Prime Minister of Moldova
  • Natalie Jaresko, Former Finance Minister of Ukraine

More speakers to be announced 

 

Strengthening Ukraine’s Workforce and Human Capital

Moderated by Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

 

Speakers

  • Maria Demeke, Principal, Deloitte US 
  • Yana Chapailo, Kyiv Mohyla Academy 

  • Tymofiy Mylovanov, President, KSE 

     

More speakers to be announced

Coffee Break and Side Meetings

Plenary Panel III: The Future of Ukraine’s Defense Industrial Base

Moderated by William Bodie, Senior Director of Development for Defense and National Security, Development

 

Speakers

  • Samuel Bendett, Researcher, Center for Naval Analyses 
  • Dave Morgan, Executive Chairman, Simulmedia 
  • Mary Beth Long, MB Long & Associates PLLC 
  • Yaroslav Tekliuk, CEO of Armadrone 

Conference Adjourns

Tags

Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, NATO, North America, Crisis Crossroads: Ukraine, Energy and Geopolitics, and Defense and Security

Hosted By

Contact Information

Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde

Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
Romina Bandura

Romina Bandura

Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development
Austin Hardman

Austin Hardman

Research Assistant, Project on Prosperity and Development
Madeleine McLean

Madeleine McLean

Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Project on Prosperity and Development

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