Round table: “Ukraine2025: Doing Business; Creating Partnerships”
The Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, jointly with Confindustria (Italy), the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI), and the Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU), with the participation of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and UkraineInvest, invites representatives of Ukrainian businesses to join a round table on the topic: “Ukraine2025: Doing Business; Creating Partnerships” dedicated to deepening Ukrainian-Italian economic partnership.
Date: May 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 12:30 (Kyiv time)
Format: Online (Zoom)
Working language: English.
The main goal of the event is to create a platform for effective cooperation, the development of new business connections, and the stimulation of investment in the context of the post-war transformation of Ukraine’s economy.
The event program:
- 10:00 Opening Remarks
– Barbara CIMMINO, Vice President for Export and Investment Attraction, Confindustria
– Carlo FORMOSA, Italian Ambassador in Kiev
- 10:15 Economic outlook, Business Environment and Investment framework in Ukraine
– Oleksii SOBOLEV, First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
– Oleksandr MELNYCHENKO, Acting Executive Director, UkraineInvest
- 10:45 Building partnerships with Ukrainian counterparts
– Kateryna Glazkova, Executive Director of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP)
– Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
– Ruslan Illichov, Director General of Federation of Employers of Ukraine
- 11:30 Towards Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome
– Davide LA CECILIA, Special Envoy for the Recontraction of Ukraine, Italian Minister Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (TBC)
11:40 Open discussion/interventions among Italian and Ukrainian participants
12:00 Concluding remarks and end of works
Language: English
Key topics will include facilitating the development of economic cooperation between Ukraine and Italy in the following priority sectors:
- Infrastructure and construction;
- Transport and logistics;
- Mechanical engineering and mechanics;
- Agricultural machinery and food industry;
- Healthcare;
- Energy and electrical engineering;
- Metallurgy.
The event is part of the preparation for the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025), which will take place on July 10–11 in Rome.
Register and join the dialogue to become part of the Ukrainian-Italian economic partnership. Zoom connection link will be sent to registered companies. The registration form contains a (voluntary) survey on challenges and opportunities for European companies to collaborate with Ukraine by the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP).
For any additional questions, please contact the SUP Project Manager, Maria, at +380 95 046 97 40, or the SUP Head of Communications, Anna, at +380 93 493 13 15.