Adam Smith Conferences would like to extend a very sincere thanks to all participants for the outstanding success of the 3^rd annual Ukrainian Investment Summit, which took place from 12^th – 14^th March 2007 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.

A record 600 attendees took part over the 3 days of the Summit, representing key present and potential investors in Ukraine from 26 countries. They heard from a 75-strong speaker panel which featured:

Key Ukrainian officials, such as:

• Yuri Boyko, Minister of Fuel & Energy of Ukraine
• Mykola Rudkovskiy, Minister of Transport & Communications of Ukraine
• Valentina Semenyuk, Head, State Property Fund of Ukraine
• Anatoliy Balyuk, Head, State Securities & Stock Market Commission of Ukraine
• H.E. Ihor Kharchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK
• Ihor Mitiukov, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine
• Mykhailo Dobkin, Mayor of Kharkiv

Key UK and international officials:

• Geoff Hoon, UK Minister of State for Europe
• Lord Truscott, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy
• John Grogan, MP, Head of the all-party Parliamentary Committee on Ukraine
• H.E. Timothy Barrow, UK Ambassador to Ukraine
• Torsten Gersfelt, Deputy Chairman, European Investment Bank
• Claude Mandil, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
• Dr Andrei Konoplyanik, Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat

The leading strategic investors in Ukraine, including Arcelor Mittal Steel, Telenor, Damen Shipyards, HeidelbergCement, RUSAL, Altimo and Jabil Circuit.

Top Ukrainian corporates, such as System Capital Management, DTEK, XXI Century, Khortytsa, MKS, Universal Insurance and Galnaftogaz.

Respected international and Ukrainian financial institutions, such as: Calyon Bank, Concorde Capital, Deutsche Bank, Dragon Capital, EBRD, Foyil Securities, Millennium Capital, Renaissance Capital, Troika Dialog, Ukreximbank and Ukrsibbank.

The highly topical Ukrainian Energy Summit, proved to be particularly popular, tackling many of the key issues in this crucial sector. Minister Boyko and Lord Truscott were joined by top executives from Naftogaz Ukrainy, UKRGAZ-ENERGO, Shell, DTEK, Regal Petroleum, Cadogan Resources, Ukrtransnafta, Centragas, AES and ČEZ.

Do visit this site again in the days to come to view a photo gallery of the event, together with a selection of the extensive international media coverage.

To learn more about further Ukrainian events from Adam Smith Conferences, please contact Stephen Butler on +44 20 7017 7450 or by email at stephen@adamsmithconferences.com .

As always, Adam Smith Conferences would like to offer their sincere thanks to Ambassador Kharchenko and his staff at the Embassy of Ukraine in London for their staunch support of the Summit.

A final thanks goes to the corporate sponsors, who are all listed down the right hand side of this page, whose generous support made the Ukrainian Investment Summit possible.