INVITE: BUILDING NEW ANTICORRUPTION SYSTEM IN UKRAINE - ROUNDTABLE

Policy - Institutions -Legislation - Practice - Compliance - Implementation
Organized and Sponsored byU.S.-Ukraine Business Council
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2015,
Kyiv, Ukraine, 12:15 p.m. to 2:00p.m. including lunch

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C.,Thu,Oct 29, 2015

INVITE:BUILDING NEW ANTICORRUPTION SYSTEM IN UKRAINE - ROUNDTABLE

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND,in Kyiv, Ukraine, a U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) organized Roundtable:BUILDING NEW ANTICORRUPTION SYSTEM INUKRAINE...Policy, Institutions, Legislation,Practice, Compliance, Implementation. The USUBC Anticorruption Roundtable will beheld from 12:15 p.m. to 2 p.m., including lunch, on Tuesday, November 3, 2015,in the Conference Room offices of SigmaBleyzer, 6 Baseyna Street, MandarinPlaza, 8th Floor, Kyiv, Ukraine. There is no charge for attendance atthe USUBC Anticorruption Roundtable or lunch.  

PROGRAM:  USUBCANTICORRUPTION ROUNDTABLE SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS:  

       1.  BOHDANVITVITSKY - Lead Speaker - International Anticorruption Expert -Bohdan Vitvitsky is a retired U.S. federal prosecutor and foreigndiplomat.  For over 20 years, he investigated and prosecuted numerous complex interstate and international financial fraudcases.  Between 2007 and 2009, he served as a Resident Legal Advisor atthe U.S. Embassy in Kyiv helping toimplement a large anti-corruption project, some of which work was thenadopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the anti-corruption law passed in July2014. (see bio below) 

       2. VIKTOR CHUMAK - Deputy Chair, Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) Committee onCombating Crime and Corruption 

       3.  VITALIY SHABUNIN - Head ofBoard, Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC). Vitaliy coordinates theAntAC’s activities on curbing corruption in public procurement and all AntAC’s advocacy campaigns.

       4.  PETER TELUK - ManagingPartner, Squire Patton Boggs Ukraine; Editor,  USUBC Legal White Paper’sAnticorruption Section  

       5.  IRINAPALIASHVILI - President and Senior Counsel, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group;Chair, USUBC Legal Committee; Chief Editor, USUBC White Paper onLegal and Governance Reform in Ukraine: Strategic Priorities - Business and Economic Sector. 

The USUBC Anticorruption Roundtable on Tuesday, November 3, willbe moderated by Morgan Williams, SigmaBleyzer, who serves as President of theU.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).            

RSVP: You must immediately register your attendance to attend the USUBC Roundtableand lunch in Kyiv. To register please send an e-mail to Morgan Williams, mwilliams@usubc.org. There is nocharge for the Roundtable or the lunch.   

BIO - BOHDAN VITVITSKY -----
BohdanVitvitsky is a retired U.S. federal prosecutor and foreign diplomat.  Forover 20 years, he investigated and prosecuted numerous complex interstate andinternational financial fraud cases.  He never lost a jury trial, and hisoutstanding work was recognized by two Director’s Awards from two differentAttorneys General and by four special letters of commendation from the Directorof the FBI. 

Between 2007 and 2009, he served as a Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S.Embassy in Kyiv helping to implement a large anti-corruption project, some ofwhich work was then adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the anti-corruption lawpassed in July 2014.
 
He has made presentations about rule of law and/or corruption and Ukraine atcongressional, State Department and university conferences in the UnitedStates, Canada, England, the Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine.  He hasalso written on rule of law and corruption.  He holds both a Juris Doctorand a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University in New York.

BUILDING NEWANTICORRUPTION SYSTEM IN UKRAINE - ROUNDTABLE

Policy - Institutions -Legislation - Practice - Compliance - Implementation

Organized and Sponsored byU.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Kyiv, Ukraine, 12:15 p.m. to 2:00p.m. including lunch

Conference Room offices of SigmaBleyzer, 6 Baseyna Street,Mandarin Plaza, 8th Floor, Kyiv, Ukraine

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