YOU ARE INVITED TO REGISTER TODAY:  
If you have not registered yet please do so immediately. 

FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE
THEME:"The Impact of the Global Liquidity Crisis and the Road to Economic Recovery"
Featuring: PM Tymoshenko in Kyiv, VPM Nemyria & Minister of Economy Danylyshyn in Wash, DC

Newseum, Thursday, October 15, 2009, Wash, D.C., Latest info found below, registrations still being accepted.

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C., Tue, Oct 13, 2009 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - YOU ARE INVITED TO REGISTER forthe first annual international forum on "The Economic Development of Ukraine" will be held in the Knight Conference Center of the internationally acclaimed Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, October 15, 2009.  The theme of the first Forum will be, "The Impact of the Global Liquidity Crisis on Ukraine and the Road to Economic Recovery." The latest information about the Forum and additional events is found below. Registrations for the Forum are still be accepted today.  Please register now!!

OBJECTIVES OF THE FORUM:  
The objective of the Forum is to bring together international and Ukrainian experts to present and discuss the financial and economic crisis that hit Ukraine in the fall of 2008 and continues today: what caused it, why did it hit Ukraine's economy and currency so hard, what has been done to deal with the crisis, what needs to be done in the next few months and what needs to be implemented over the next year to rapidly accelerate Ukraine's economic growth and development. 

FORUM PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN WASHINGTON
Vice Prime Minister Hrygoriy Nemyria

Participants on the Forum program in Washington, D.C. "The Economic Development of Ukraine" will include: (1) Hrygoriy Nemyria, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, (2) Bohdan Danylyshyn, Minister of Economy of Ukraine; (3) Michael Bleyzer, Managing Partner, President & CEO, SigmaBleyzer; (4) William Taylor, Vice President, Peace & Stability Operations, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine; (5) Dr. Edilberto Segura, Chairman of the Board, The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF); (6) William Miller, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine; (7) Chris Wilson, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, U.S. Office of the Special Trade Representative (USTR), (8) Ambassador John E. Herbst, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and (9) Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times. 

Additional participants on the Forum program in Washington, D.C., will include: (10) Ariel Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom David Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation; (11) Ihor A. Shumylo, Executive Director, Economic Issues, Member of the Management Board, National Bank of Ukraine; (12) George Logush, Vice President Kraft Foods, Area Director: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Central Asia; (13) Jorge Zukoski, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine; (14) Jock Mendoza-Wilson, Director of International & Investor Relations, Systems Capital Management (SCM); (15) Dr. Irina Paliashvili, President and Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group; (16) Olexandra Kuzhel, Head of the Ukrainian State Committee for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship and others . 
 
FORUM PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN KYIV
Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko

Participants on the Forum program in Kyiv during the two hour Live TV Link between Washington and Kyiv will include: (1) Yuliya Tymoshenko, Prime Minister, Ukraine; (2) Martin Raiser, Country Director, The World Bank; (3) Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Head of the IMF Mission, International Monetary Fund (IMF); (4) Andre Kuusvek, Country Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); (5) Juan Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Head of the EC Program in Ukraine; (6) Valery Geets, Head of Economic Analysis and Forecasting, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and (7) Oleg Ustenko, Executive Director, The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF). The Live TV link will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Washington time, and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Kyiv time.   
 
Over 50 representatives of the government of Ukraine and private Ukrainian businesses will attend the Forum in Washington.  VPM Nemyria, Minister of Economy Danylyshyn and the members of the Ukrainian delegation will be in Washington for the second bilateral trade and investment relations meeting between the government of Ukraine (Ministry of Economy) and the U.S. government (Office of the U.S. Special Trade Representative) being held in Washington on Wednesday, October 14, 2009.  

MAJOR ISSUES TO BE COVERED:
The following major issues will be covered by the Forum's speakers and panelists are:

• Why did the international liquidity crisis affect Ukraine more than other emerging economies?
• Ukraine’s main vulnerabilities to the financial crisis in 2008.
• Why the local currency depreciated more than the currencies of other countries.
• Why the real sector, including GDP and exports, declined so dramatically.
• What measures taken by the Ukrainian authorities to deal with the crisis were adequate and what measures where inadequate.
• Measures that the country could undertake to avoid deepening the crisis during the Presidential election period and until a new government is in place.
• Measures that the country should undertake in the medium term to accelerate economic development.

A major background and position paper on "The Impact of the Global Liquidity Crisis on Ukraine and the Road to Economic Recovery" has been prepared for the Forum by The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine.  The background/position paper will be used as a basis, a starting place from which to generate discussion, debate and recommendations at the Forum.   

FORUM SPONSORS:
The first annual international forum on "The Economic Development of Ukraine" on Thursday, October 15, 2009 in Washington, D.C., is sponsored by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, SigmaBleyzer, the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) and its over 100 members, the Ukrainian Foreign Investment Agency, The Bleyzer Foundation, the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council Foundation (USUBCF) and other corporations. The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), (www.BleyzerFoundation.org), and the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), www.usubc.org, serve as the Forum's organizer and secretariat. 

FORUM AGENDA OUTLINE: Knight Conference Center, Newseum (www.newseum.com) 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, October 15, 2009  (attendance by invitation only, advance registration required)

Registrations are still being accepted.

8:15 a.m.	Registration and coffee
9:00 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Keynote Speakers /Panel
10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.	Panel of Experts
12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.	Lunch Break
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.	Live TV broadcast, Washington and Kyiv (Ukraine, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
3 p.m.-4 p.m.	Business & Investment Panel
4:00 p.m.	Forum Closes

ATTENDANCE AT THE FORUM: Attendance at the First Annual International Forum on The Economic Development of Ukraine is by invitation only.  All invited attendees must be registered in advance. Registrations are still being accepted.  Please register today. If you know of someone that would like to be invited please have them contact USUBC immediately at usubc@usubc.org.  There is no registration fee for the reception.  You must bring a photo ID with you to the Forum at the Newseum on Thursday, October 15th. 
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EMBASSY RECEPTION, OCTOBER 14th: The Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, 3350 M. Street,  NW, Washington, D.C. will hold a reception in honor of the Ukraine government's trade and investment TICA delegation on Wednesday, October 14th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine ("Chamber"), Jorge Zukoski, President, (www.chamber.ua) and the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Morgan Williams, President, (www.usubc.org) are supporting sponsors for the reception at the Embassy of Ukraine.

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions please contact Iryna Teluk, Membership Director, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Washington, D.C., iteluk@usubc.org or Ludmyla Dudnyk, Program Director, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Kyiv, Ukraine, ldudnyk@usubc.org, (www.usubc.org).

FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE
THEME:"The Impact of the Global Liquidity Crisis and the Road to Economic Recovery"
Featuring: PM Tymoshenko in Kyiv, VPM Nemyria & Minister of Economy Danylyshyn in Washington
Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 15, 2009
You must be registered to attend. Last chance to register, register today!!