08:30   Registration & morning refreshments

09:30   Session 1: Ukraine’s Macroeconomic Outlook And Initiatives By The Government And Its Partners To Ensure Resilience And Stability And Build For Renewed Growth

• Providing an update on and forecasts for the country’s macroeconomic performance and key indicators
• Appraising the National Bank strategy for macroeconomic stability: easing currency restrictions, allowing greater exchange rate flexibility and renewing the focus on inflation targeting
• Ensuring that the EU accession pathway keeps the reform process on track
• Focus on the role of the IFIs in both an advisory and financing capacity
• Shifts in global geopolitics and what they mean for investor and donor sentiment towards Ukraine
• Analysing the results of the Autumn’s large-scale privatisation programme and the outlook for further sales
• Financing mechanisms to ensure that public, donor and private sector funds are channelled as efficiently and effectively as possible
• An overview of the current status of the Ukraine Development Fund. The vision for blended finance with governments, donors and IFIs leading the way to unlock and mobilise private capital at scale

11:00   Morning refreshments

11:30   Session 2: Gauging The Business Environment And Identifying Measures To Stimulate Levels Of FDI And Domestic Expansion

• How to mobilise private capital and increase the pipeline of bankable projects
• Progress report on the development of war risk insurance mechanisms to stimulate and protect investment flows
• Addressing the challenges of shortages in the workforce and the importance of labour upskilling and reskilling
• How to tackle rising production costs due to damage to the energy infrastructure
• Analysing the plan for the introduction of mandatory war risk insurance and the expectations from business
• Simplifying licencing procedures to encourage international investors to enter the market
• Ensuring the necessary mechanisms and legislation are in place to protect international and domestic investors in disputes and arbitration
• Highlighting the range of investment incentives available and the importance of a single window investment agency

13:00   Lunch

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

• Charting the dialogue between the Sovereign, corporate Ukraine and the investor community
• The significance of the sovereign debt workout: the impact on long-term relations with bondholders, preserving macroeconomic stability, the sustainability of the national debt and preserving resources to finance the country’s defence
• 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. A focus on ESG reporting and corporate governance
• The impact of currency restrictions on the ability of Ukrainian companies to gain access to and service international borrowing
• Highlighting initiatives for the creation of the Kyiv International Financial Centre and the opportunity to deepen the country’s domestic capital markets

15:30   Afternoon refreshments

16:00   Session 4: Panel Discussion And Case Studies Of The Resilience And Innovation Of Ukrainian Corporates

• Spotlight on important industry sectors to drive the recovery process – infrastructure, healthcare, defence and miltech, agribusiness, renewables, critical & rare minerals, retail, construction materials
• Highlighting the importance of mobilising investment now and not waiting until after the war
• Opportunities to scale up and significantly grow the Private Equity and Venture Capital ecosystems to provide the much-needed financing for high growth sectors
• 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
• Seizing the opportunity to switch to less carbon-intensive industry and the outlook for green steel and aluminium
• The focus of leading companies on developing their own independent generating capacity and how this is providing a boost to the green transition and energy efficiency

17:30   Evening reception