The VII International Conference “UkrCemFor 2017. Cement industry. Best Practices. Development prospects” with a focus on highlighting the important aspects of cement industry will take place on May 23-25, 2017 in Radisson Blu Hotel in Kyiv. Forum Organizer – The “Ukrcement” Association of Cement Producers of Ukraine, Co-organizer – A7 CONFERENCES. Partner – NIKO Trading. Partners -– CRH Group, Ivano-Frankivsk Cement, Dyckerhoff Ukraine, Heidelbergcement Ukraine, JSC Eurocement Ukraine, Official Carrier – Turkish Airlines. «UkrCemFor 2017» for the 7th time will become a communication platform and will bring together key players of the Ukrainian and European cement industry leaders. The event is designed to focus on the important aspects – growth of Ukrainian cement market, quality of products and the use of advanced production technology of cement and building materials. The key topics of the Conference: - Cement industry of Ukraine in the growing market; - New construction projects in Ukraine and abroad; - European regulations and guidelines, quality standards; - Modern instruments of quality control of raw materials and finished products of cement industry; - market protection against counterfeit. Among other participants are: Verein Deutscher Zementwerke e.V., IBAU HAMBURG Ingenieurgesellschaft Industriebau mbH, VGH AG, RHI AG, AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH, The World Bank, EBRD, Deltabloc International GmbH as well as delegations of many equipment producers and research institutes of cement industry. Among the confirmed speakers: Volodymyr Omelyan, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine; Pavlo Kachur, Chairman, the Association of Cement Producers of Ukraine "Ukrcement"; Miguel Machado, Development Director Ukraine, CRH Ukraine; Volodymyr Shulmeyster, First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine (2014-2016); Director of the area "Infrastructure of the Future", Ukrainian Institute for the Future; Petro Mykhaylyshyn, Chief Executive Officer, Epicentr K; Yassine Touahri, Stock Market Analyst; Elena Borisova, Manager of Energy Efficiency Programs and Climate Change, EBRD; Roman Skilsky, Executive Director, Ukrcement Association; Georgiy Geletukha, Chairman of the Board, Bioenergy Association of Ukraine; Dr. Martin Schneider, Chief Executive, Verein Deutscher Zementwerke e.V. (VDZ); Vitaliy Vlasenko, Team-lead of the project on illustrative specifications at ProZorro, Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine; Oleg Tsilvik, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Union consumer Ukraine; Olexander Rotov, Chairman of the Board, Confederation of Builders of Ukraine; Ljudmyla Kripka, Head of Department of Scientific, Technical and Legal Information, Ukrcement Association; Eugene Poluleh, Executive Director, JSC "HeidelbergCement Ukraine"; Valery Virozhemskiy, First Deputy Director for Science, SE DerzhdorNDI; Oleg Ostroverkhiy, Ph.D., Expert Association "Ukrcement"; Helmut Leitgeb, Regional manager, Deltabloc International GmbH; Pavlo Kachur, Head, Association of Cement Manufacturers of Ukraine, "Ukrcement"; Olena Shuk, Construction Sector Head, Better Regulation Office Delivery; Andriy Shklyar, Head of the Expert Department, Center for Transport Strategies; Igor Gameliak, Doctor of Technical Sciences, National Transport University; Eamon Geraghty, Technical Director, CRH Group Services; Dr. Natalya Parasyuk, Project Manager PMR, The World Bank; Julija Glöckler, Project Manager, Cement Chemistry, VDZ; Sergey Rubalsky, Director General, Global Certific; Sergiy Tolmachev, Professor, KhNADU; Sergii Koretskyi, CEO, LLC "Institute UKRDORPOEKT"; Valeriy Savenko, CEO, NIKO TRADING; Anders Skaerlund Petersen, Project Director, PMP certified, Flsmidth; Dimitri Braizew, Area Manager, AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH; Lina Dürak, Deputy head of representation in Uzbekistan, DAL Teknik Makina Ticaret ve A.Ş.; Stanislav Babych, Director, Sigma Engineering; Olena Omelchenko, Head of International Trade Practice, Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm and others. General news partner – Interfax-Ukraine, Exclusive business media partner – Business Newspaper, Exclusive media partner – LigaBusinessInform. Media partners: Swiss Travel Magazine, Global Cement Magazine, International Cement Review, Group of editions "Kapstroitelstvo”, Build journal, Delovõje Vedomosti, Build Portal, ProfBuild, Global Ukraine, Industry in focus, Cement and its application magazine, Kyiv Post, URE Club, UBJ, Property Times. Supported by Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, TUID and others. The program and additional information can be found on the website: a7conf.com/ukrcemfor17 Forum venue:Hotel «Radisson Blu» (Yaroslaviv Val St. 22, Kyiv, Ukraine). Participation fees packages: Platinum. 849 Euro The price includes: Radisson Blu Hotel accommodation, participation in all events of the conference, welcome pack with materials, simultaneous translation, lunches and coffee breaks, excursion, evening cocktail and banquet, a 10-minute talk at the conference. Gold. 749 Euro. The price includes: Radisson Blu Hotel accommodation, participation in all events of the conference, welcome pack with materials, simultaneous translation, lunches and coffee breaks, excursion, evening cocktail and banquet. Silver. 299 Euro. The price includes: participation in all events of the conference, welcome pack with materials, simultaneous translation, lunches and coffee breaks, excursion, evening cocktail and banquet For embassies, government institutions and media – free of charge (after confirmation). Participation is available for C-suite level representatives only. Media accreditation by tel.: +38 044 227 27 77, +38 063 145 87 35, [email protected] (Contact person: Anna-Veronika Krasnopolska). Interfax-Ukraine is a general news partner of the event.