Ukrainian Investment Summit of Adam Smith Conferences (7 - 8 December 2015, London)

Ukrainian Investment Summit of Adam Smith Conferences (7 - 8 December 2015, London) will provide us with the unique opportunity to hear first-hand about the government’s economic priorities for 2016. Amongst the senior officials, who will outline achievements in the first full year of reform and highlight the most urgent priorities that remain, are: Oleksiy Pavlenko, Minister of Agrarian Policy & Food of Ukraine, will outline measures to protect and safeguard strategic investment in the agricultural sector, the outlook for privatisation of state farming assets and the abolition of the special VAT regime for farmers Volodymyr Demchyshyn, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, will discuss the impact to date this Winter of reverse gas flows from the EU, the creation of a transparent energy market and the current fiscal regime for domestic gas production Nina Yuzhanina, Chairwoman, VR Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy, who will talk about the liberalisation of the tax system, touching upon such issues as e- VAT administration and the much-debated 3-year moratorium on tax increases Dmytro Sologub, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Ukraine, will share with you the NBU’s macroeconomic and policy outlook, in which the Bank’s fiscal and monetary stance is focused on growing GDP and FX reserves, whilst slowing inflation, with the specific use of an inflation targeting regime The panel discussions on Ukraine's business environment and investment climate will feature case studies from leading Ukrainian corporates Further prominent speakers include: Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Secretary of National Council of Reforms Davinder Chugh, CEO, Africa, CIS, ArcelorMittal Hans Schweickardt, Member of the Supervisory Board, Polenergia Holding, Kulczyk Investments Vyacheslav Klimov, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nova Poshta Jock Mendoza-Wilson, Director of International and Investor Relations, System Capital Management Roman Nasirov, Head, State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Algirdas Shemeta, The Business Ombudsman in Ukraine Peter Archbold, Head of Basic Materials, Europe Middle East & Africa, Fitch Ratings Desmond Swayne, Minister of State at the UK Department for International Development will share news of the initiatives that were undertaken on his recent visit to Ukraine. More here http://www.adamsmithconferences.com/AS2426IFX