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Adam
Smith Conferences would like to thank all participants –
in particular, the official Ukrainian government representatives,
the Ukrainian Embassy in London and all speakers, sponsors
and delegates – for the great success of the 2nd
annual Ukrainian Investment Summit, which took place from
22nd – 24th May 2006 at the Royal
Lancaster hotel in London.
Over
500 attendees attended over the course of the 3 days
of the Summit, drawn from the investment communities of
22 countries and the elite of Ukrainian business.
They had the honour of hearing first hand from some of the
most important Ukrainian officials working with the international
investment and business community including:
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Oleh Rybachuk, Head, Secretariat of the President
of Ukraine
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Arseniy
Yatseniuk, Minister of Economy of Ukraine
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Victor
Bondar, Minister of Transport & Communications
of Ukraine
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Valentyna
Semenyuk, Chairman, State Property Fund of Ukraine
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Vitaly
Lisovenko, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine
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Oleksandr
Savchenko, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Ukraine
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Anatoliy
Burdyugov, Prime Minister of Autonomous Republic of
Crimea
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Anatoliy
Balyuk, Chairman, State Securities & Stock
Market Commission of Ukraine
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Serhiy
Biryuk, Commissioner, State Securities & Stock
Market Commission of Ukraine
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H.E.
Ihor Kharchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United
Kingdom
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H.E.
Roman Shpek, Ambassador of Ukraine to the European
Union
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Mykhailo
Dobkin, Mayor, City of Kharkiv
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Ihor
Mitiukov, General Director, Financial Policy Institute
/ former Minister of Finance of Ukraine
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Vadym
Gurzhos, Chairman, Ukrainian Roads Authority
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Oleksandr
Danylyuk, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine
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To
view conference documentation, please
click the link below and
fill in the form.
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We
were honoured that official welcomes from President Yushchenko
and Prime Minister Yekhanurov were read out to attendees.
International
dignitaries who addressed the audience included:
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H.E.
Robert Brinkley, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine
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Rt.
Hon. Stephen Byers, MP, former Secretary of State for Trade
& Industry of UK
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Alderman
David Brewer, Lord Mayor, City of London
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Hon.
Sergio Marchi, Chairman, Working Party on Accession of Ukraine,
World Trade Organisation / former Minister of International
Trade of Canada
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Marek
Siwiec, MEP, Chairman, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary
Cooperation Committee
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Terence
Brown, Executive Board Director for the EIB, EBRD
Amongst
leading international investors who spoke at the Summit were:
AES, Cardinal Resources, EBRD, IFC, Istil Group, Raiffeisen
Bank, Shell, Skanska and Transeuro Energy.
Many
of Ukraine’s most dynamic corporates also outlined their development
strategies, such as: Chernomornaftogaz, Creativ Group, Naftogaz
Ukrainy, Slobozhanska Budivelna Keramika, Stirol, System Capital
Management, Ukrainian Railways, Ukrgazenergo, Ukrproduct Group
and XXI Century Investments.
The
most respected international and Ukrainian financial institutions
who shared their views with attendees included: Barclays Capital,
Calyon Bank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Dragon Capital, Foyil
Securities, Horizon Capital, ING Bank, Millennium Capital, Troika
Dialog, Ukrsotsbank, Universal Capital and VABank.
Attendees
particularly appreciated the highly topical Focus Day on Ukrainian
IPOs from which it became clear that a major wave of international
listings by Ukrainian corporates can be expected in the near future.
The sector-specific sessions proved to be particularly popular,
focusing on Capital Markets; Banking; Energy, Metals; M&A;
Socio-Political Issues; Corporate Finance and Transport
Infrastructure.
For
a selection of the extensive coverage that appeared in the international
business press and newswires please click
here.
To
view a photo gallery of some of the highlights of the Summit please
click here.
To
learn more about further Ukrainian events from Adam Smith Conferences,
including the Ukrainian Investment Summit 2007, please contact
Stephen Butler or Natalia Millman on +44 20 7490 3774 or email
us at: Ukraine@adamsmithconferences.com
or bookmark www.ukrainian-investment.com
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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 of this page and whose generous support made
the Ukrainian Investment Summit possible.
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