08:30   Registration and morning refreshments

09:30   Session 1: Ukraine’s Macroeconomic Outlook And Priority Tasks For The Government And Its Partners To Achieve Stability And Growth

• Providing an update on and forecasts for the country’s macroeconomic performance and key indicators
• The National Bank strategy to maitain macroeconomic stability: easing currency restrictions, exchange rate flexibility and inflation targeting
• Current estimates of damage caused, the rebuild cost and where to find the resources. Overview and summary of key sources of funding
• Ensuring that the EU accession pathway keeps the reform process on track
• The IFIs’ and DFIs’ contribution to the reconstruction and reform process in terms of advisory, oversight and financial support
• The availability of state support guarantees and defined risk structures for critical national projects. Highlighting the range of investment incentives available and the importance of a single window investment agency

11:00   Morning refreshments

11:30   Session 2A: Identifying Key Sources Of Finance And How They Can Be Accessed And Utilised Most Effectively

• Highlighting the importance of mobilising investment now and not waiting until after the war
• The importance of predictable regulation, transparent governance, bankable projects and reliable local partners to attract long-term private capital
• Opportunities to scale up and significantly grow the Private Equity and Venture Capital ecosystems
• Measures to improve access to long-term investment capital
• Attracting equity investment – how to reach agreement on companies’ valuation during wartime?
• Key priority sectors for the European Flagship Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine
• The outlook for the Viability Gap facility to make key infrastructure projects commercially attractive to private investors
• Ensuring the necessary mechanisms and legislation are in place to protect international and domestic investors in disputes and arbitration

12:15   Session 2B: Derisking The Investment Landscape In Order To Attract Private Capital

• Developing stronger risk-sharing tools and mechanisms – the role of war-risk insurance, guarantees, blended finance solutions, concessional capital and ongoing IFI and DFI support
• Risk-sharing agreements between IFIs and DFIs and domestic financial institutions
• Ukraine as a proving ground for new approaches to de-risking and stimulating wartime investment
• Expanding war risk insurance facilities

13:00   Lunch

14:00   Session 3A: Ukraine And The International Capital Markets – Strengthening Long-Term Sustainable Relationships

• Charting the dialogue between the Sovereign, corporate Ukraine and the international investor community
• The outlook for further international listings following Kyivstar’s debut on NASDAQ. Which companies and sectors are best prepared and most promising?
• The impact of the sovereign debt workout on long-term relations with bondholders and preserving macroeconomic stability
• How Ukraine’s leading corporates and financial institutions, both private and state-owned, are preparing for a return to the international debt and equity capital markets
• Highlighting initiatives to deepen the country’s domestic capital markets

14:45   Session 3B: Update On SOEs, Corporate Governance And Privatisation

• Analysing the results of the large-scale privatisation programme and the outlook for further sales
• What is the optimal target for lowering the state’s share of the banking system and will the (part-)privatisation of state-owned banks take place before the end of the war?
• Appraising the state-owned enterprises and banks’ updated strategies and financial performance in preparations for a change of status and ownership
• Corporate governance: what progress is being made to strengthen the role and status of independent supervisory boards at the leading state-owned banks and enterprises?

15:30   Afternoon refreshments

16:00   Session 4A: Spotlight On Key Industry Sectors Driving Investment – Focus On Defence Tech And Green Energy

• Case studies of successful wartime investments and innovation
• M&A – which sectors are most dynamic? An overview of M&A activity during wartime. Spotlight on standout deals
• Addressing the challenges of shortages in the workforce and the importance of labour upskilling and reskilling
• Defence as a key export industry for Ukraine and a driver of economic growth
• Scaling defence industrial cooperation between UA, UK and international companies
• How to realise true international market valuations for Ukrainian defence tech firms
• Case studies and market analysis from Ukraine’s leading renewables developers and sponsors investing in RES and storage systems
• Energy projects being developed during the war: wind, solar, biogas, hydrogen, BESS
• Charting Ukrainian corporates’ move to develop distributed generation capacity to meet their own needs

16:45   Session 4B: Spotlight On Key Industry Sectors Driving Investment (continued) – Focus On Agribusiness, Critical And Rare Minerals, Logistics & Infrastructure

• Identifying opportunities to develop key export-oriented sectors and identify and access new markets
• Focus on major investment projects, both at home and abroad, initiated by domestic business groups
• Ukraine’s importance as a key regional logistics hub and the opportunities to grow exports and speed up the import of essential materials
• Critical and rare minerals in Ukraine: integrating into global value chains through  domestic processing, technology and higher-value manufacturing. The role of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund
• How is Ukraine’s agricultural supply chain coping with the unprecedented disruption and the impact on harvesting, storage, export and finances?
• Countering attacks on commercial real estate, logistics and warehousing facilities

17:30   Evening reception