The Adam Smith Ukrainian Energy Forum took place on 7th – 9th October 2008 at the Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv and proved to be a very timely and productive gathering of the most senior figures in the Ukrainian energy sector and their international counterparts.

Over 250 attendees from 25 countries took part over the 3 days of the Forum and they heard from a high profile speaker panel, which featured amongst others:

Oleg Bugayov, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Fuel & Energy of Ukraine

Patrick van Daele, General Manager, Shell Ukraine E&P

Viktor Chernomyrdin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ukraine

Valeriy Kalchenko, Chairman, National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine

Sergey Lizunov, President, TNK-BP Commerce

Maxim Timchenko Chief Executive Officer DTEK

George Nizharadze, CEO, Ukraine & SVP, Operations, ContourGlobal

Sara Akbar, Deputy Chairman / Managing Director, Kuwait Energy Company

Anders Jackson, Vice President, European Fuel, Westinghouse Electric

Volodymyr Zinevych, President, Energy Company of Ukraine

- Key officials, who found the time to address the forum despite the political developments that were unfolding simultaneously, including:

• Volodymyr Makukha, Deputy Minister of Fuel & Energy of Ukraine
• Bohdan Sokolovskiy, Adviser to the President of Ukraine on Energy Security
• Mykola Martynenko, Chairman, Committee on Fuel & Energy Complex, Verkhovna Rada
• Yuri Boyko, Deputy Head, Committee on Fuel & Energy Complex, Verkhovna Rada
• Natalya Korolevska, Chair, Committee for Industrial & Regulatory Policy, Verkhovna Rada
• Viktor Chernomyrdin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ukraine

Top executives of leading international and domestic investors, such as: Cadogan Petroleum, DTEK, GAZEKS-Management, Gazprom Sbyt Ukraine, Kuwait Energy, Regal Petroleum, Shell, Shelton Canada, TNK-BP, Transeuro Energy, Vanco Prikerchenska, White Stream Pipeline Co.

Leading advisers and industry experts, such as: the EBRD, EIB, Mott MacDonald, Volodymyr Ignashchenko, former Deputy Minister of Economy and of Environmental Protection, Dr Andrey Konoplyanik, former Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat, Dr Volodymyr Saprykin of the Razumkov Centre, Dr Elena Telegina of the Institute of Geopolitics & Energy Security of Russia and Oleksandr Todiychuk of MIM-Kyiv.

On 9th October the whole day was dedicated to the Ukrainian Power Sector. Electricity Regulator Valeriy Kalchenko headed up an impressive panel that featured: AES, Centrenergo, DTEK, Energoatom, Halcyon Advisers, Holtec, Kyivenergo, NAK ECU, State Property Fund of Ukraine, Westinghouse Electric and Zakhidenergo.

As stated above, the forum attracted present and potential investors from 25 countries, including such renowned companies as:

Alstom, Arawak Energy, Atel Polska, BNP Paribas, Capital Oil, CEZ, Cherkassyoblenergo, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, CERA, Dyckerhoff, Dragon Oil, Donetskoblgaz, Dresdner Kleinwort, Donetsksteel, EnBW, ExxonMobil, Essent Energy Trading, Energiya Ukrainy, EFT Group, EN+ Development, E.ON Ruhrgas, Foster Wheeler, Galnaftogaz, Glitnir, Goldman Sachs, Halliburton, Inter RAO UES, Kulczyk Holding, Kyivgaz, Kub-Gaz, Korlea Invest, Lukoil Overseas, Marathon, Nafta AS, PGNiG, Power Machines, Prikarpattyaoblenergo, RWE, RAG, Siemens, Statoil Hydro, Sumy Frunze, Ural Prom Minerals, Ventyx Energy, Verbund, Vivid Power, Vostokenergo, ZMB, Zomar.