It is clear that, with all the business challenges you are currently facing, the 5th annual Ukrainian Investment Summit will be more productive and timely than ever before.

The Summit is the foremost international investment gathering for Ukraine, bringing together key government officials and the elite of Ukrainian finance and business to meet with their international counterparts. In 2008 the event attracted 750 attendees from 24 countries.

More than ever the event will be a unique opportunity for you to come together with your peers, receive the latest and most accurate and exclusive market information first hand from the experts and meet and share experiences with the elite of the Ukrainian and international business community. As Daniela Rulf, Associate Director at UBS, put it this year: “The majority of Ukraine’s business ‘who’s who’ gathered in one place, easy to access and open to talks and business and opportunities”.

Members of the Speaker Faculty include:

Sir Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics

Natalya Korolevska, Chair, Committee for Industrial & Regulatory Policy, Verkhovna Rada

Alan Clark, Managing Director, Europe, SABMiller

Denis Rudev, Chief Financial Officer, Smart Holding

Valeriy Pyatnytskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine

Mykola Azarov, Chairman, Committee for Banking & Finance, Verkhovna Rada

Dr James Bown, President, Vanco Prikerchenska

Tansu Yegen, Chief Executive Officer, life:)

As always, the Summit takes place over 3 days and will be a mixture of plenary and streamed sessions, panel discussions and debates, VIP and guest ‘out-of-the-box’ speakers and live onstage interviews. Sessions will cover the most topical business issues and the hottest industry sectors, including a Macroeconomic Overview, the Investment Climate, the Impact of WTO Accession, Overcoming The Challenges Of The Global Liquidity And Credit Crunch, Corporate Finance in challenging conditions, M&A, Capital Markets, Banking, Real Estate, Retail, Metals & Mining & Infrastructure with a focus on Euro-2012 preparations. You can be assured that all presentations will be tailored to addressing the challenges you currently face.

The Speaker Faculty is already 55-strong and is probably our most impressive to date. Do download the attached speaker list and also bookmark this page for new, exciting confirmations.

Due to popular demand, we will be repeating a number of the features from the last Summit, which delegates found particularly rewarding. They include:

• The innovative SpotMe wireless networking and live polling system, enabling you to locate your key potential partners and also to gather data and gauge opinion in real time mode.
• Global book launch and signing by Anders Åslund. Dr Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, will be publishing his latest book “How Ukraine became a market economy and democracy” in time for the Summit. Anders will be signing copies of the book for all attendees, which we will provide free of charge.

The annual Adam Smith Ukrainian Investment Summit is renowned for its incomparable networking opportunities – the one date in the year when Ukraine’s political and business elite gather in London to meet with their international counterparts. You can be reassured that we will certainly not be cutting any corners on the social programme and additional features that you so greatly appreciate. Highlights include:

• The Welcome Drinks Reception on the evening of Sunday, 8th March. As this coincides with International Womens Day, the event will be appropriately themed and delegates will be encouraged to bring their partners.
• A Gala Evening and Awards Ceremony at the historic Lancaster House on Monday, 9th March. The main social function will take place at Lancaster House, close to Buckingham Palace and commissioned by the Duke of York in 1825. Steeped in political history, it is an important centre for government hospitality. The evening will feature an awards ceremony to recognise the accomplishments of the leaders in the Ukrainian business community.

Do download the Summit brochure to read about all the programme, features and speaker faculty in greater detail. You can register in confidence, knowing that the Summit will equip you to deal with all your current challenges. Moreover, to help you, we have frozen prices from last year.