A Ukrainian NGO focussed on social behaviour change, lasting social impact, creating economic opportunities and taking action for the common good

Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv

Philippe Close, Mayor of Brussels

Speakers

Program

Time Slot
Panel discussion
8:00—9:00
Registration, welcome coffee.
9:00—10:00
Keynote session

Resilience. Innovation. Sustainability

Olga Diakova
Co-founder of Impact Force, David Lynch Foundation in Eastern Europe
Philippe Close
Mayor of the City of Brussels
Vitaliy Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv
Didier Reynders
EU Commissioner for Justice
Maive Rute
Deputy Director-General & Chief Standardisation Officer, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW), European Commission
Pascal Smet
State Secretary of the Capital Region of Brussels, Vice-President of Europe Metropolis
10:00 - 11:30
Panel Discussion #1

FUTURE OF URBAN ENDURANCE

Mathreyi Seetharaman
Founder, Facultas Media
Vitaliy Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv
Philippe Close
Mayor of the City of Brussels
Anne Hidalgo
Mayor of Paris
Juhana Vartiainen
Mayor of Helsinki
Benjamina Karić
Mayor of Sarajevo
Roberto Gualtieri
Mayor of Rome
Ana-Maria Trăsnea
Berlin Delegate to the Federation and Permanent Secretary for Active Citizenship, Democracy Support and International Relations
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui
Director of OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
11:30 - 11:50
Signing ceremony of memorandums
12:00 - 12:30
Media outreach /Salle Milices/
11:50 - 13:20
Side-event by EUROCITIES

Workshop “Kyiv Agglomeration Sustainable Rebuilding” /Salle Ogivale/

12:30 - 13:20
Lunch
13:20 - 14:30
Panel Discussion #2

INVESTMENTS IN RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREATER KYIV

Paola Tamma
POLITICO Europe reporter
Mykola Povoroznyk
First Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration
Jean-Erik de Zagon
Head of Ukraine’s office, European Investment Bank
Laurent Zylberberg
President, the European Long-Term Investors Association
Yevgeniya Piddubna
Corporate Affairs Director, Member of the Board of Directors, Farmak JSC, Head of Healthcare Committee at the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs
Katarina Mathernova
Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission
Rana Karadsheh-Haddad
IFC’s Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe
14:30 - 15:30
Panel Discussion #3

SOCIAL ECONOMY AS A DRIVER FOR KYIV’S REVIVAL

Kateryna Spivakova
Communication expert, member of the Advisory board at Impact Force
François Bonnici
Director of the Schwab Foundation and Head of Social Innovation at the World Economic Forum
Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes
CEO of EN, The European Social Enterprise Network
Rowan Barnett
Director Google.org - Europe, Middle East & Africa
Philipp Hoelscher
CEO of Phineo
Remigijus Šimašius
Mayor of Vilnius
15:30 - 16:30
Panel Discussion #4

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TO REFORM GREATER KYIV

Nina Levchuk
Co-founder of Impact Force & United for Ukraine Speakers:
Petro Olenych
Deputy Mayor of Kyiv, Chief Digital Transformation Officer of Kyiv
Theo Blackwell
London's first Chief Digital Officer
Grégoire Roos
Head of Political Strategy & Dialogue at the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Ekaterina Jalliffier-Merlon
Lead, WEF’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship ● Wladimir Klitschko, Founder Klitschko Ventures
16:30 -16:50
Investment projects pitch by Kyiv Investment Agency

Bohdan Chornii
СЕО of Kyiv Investment Agency, Deputy of the Kyiv city council
16:50 -18:30
Cocktail & networking
19:00 - 20:00
Q&A with Mayors of the city of Brussels & Kyiv

Federica Mogherini
Rector of the College of Europe
Vitaliy Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv
Philippe Close
Mayor of the City of Brussels

INVESTMENT PROJECTS

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NEWS

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CHALENGING STATUS QUO

We bring together world leaders, transnational corporations, international NGOs and best in class education practices from the world's leading institutions in order to create a powerful community, an effective ecosystem that is helping Ukraine in the creation of a modern social economy and democracy. Our goal is to enable, develop and strengthen the voice of Ukraine in the modern world.