EU-Ukraine + URC2025

EU-Ukraine Business Summit 2025

10 & 11 April

Autoworld, Brussels

EU SUPPORT AND ACCESSION DRIVING UKRAINE’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY – on the road to URC2025

Following Ukraine’s Future Summit’s success last year, the EU-Ukraine Business Summit will serve as a platform for deepening Ukraine’s economic integration with the European Union and fostering stronger cooperation and opportunities for European businesses.

Co-organised by the European Commission, with the support of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, Italy – as organisers of the 2025 Ukraine Recovery Conference – and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the summit will provide an update on key EU financial instruments and cooperation mechanisms in order to bolster investment in Ukraine.

European industries will join this vital dialogue, contributing to more robust economic cooperation and shaping a future of shared prosperity and partnership between EU and Ukrainian businesses.

Among the speakers

Denys Shmyhal
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Marta Kos
European Commissioner for Enlargement
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of Italy
Adam Szłapka
Minister for the European Union of Poland
Gert Jan Koopman
Director General, DG ENEST, European Commission
Magda Kopczyńska
Director General, DG MOVE, European Commission
Davide la Cecilia
Italian Special Envoy for Ukraine
Pawel Kowal
Special Envoy for Poland for Ukraine Reconstruction, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Sejm
Teresa Czerwińska
Vice-President, EIB
Anna Jarosz-Friis
Director of the Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
Jakub Boratynski
Director, DG GROW, European Commission
Lionel Rapaille
Director for Enlargement and Neighbourhood, EIB
Barbara Rambousek
Director, Gender and Economic Inclusion, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Trade Representative of Ukraine
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Minister of Justice of Ukraine
Katarína Mathernová
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
Oliver Gierlichs
CEO, Bayer Ukraine
Volker Oel
Deputy Director-General for Eastern Europe, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Alona Shkrum
First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Maryna Khlystun
Head of Department of Investment, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
Florence Bachelard-Bakal
Deputy Head of Ukraine, EBRD
Martin Bailey
Head of Unit, Artificial Intelligence for Societal Good, DG CNECT, European Commission
Marta Postuła
First Vice-President, BGK
Benoit Waltregny
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd's Europe
Janusz Władyczak
President and CEO, Kuke
Yuriy Ryzhenkov
CEO, Metinvest Holding
Vasily Danylyak
CEO, GNG-OKKO
Mykola Sychenko
CEO, Lesya
Victor Martinez
Director, Indra Sistemas
Oleh Krykavskyy
Government Relations Director of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
Hala Ghandour
Managing Director for Middle East and Eastern Europe, Tony Blair Institute
Natalia Butkova-Vitvitska
Board Member, Oschadbank
Dmytro Natalukha
Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee at the Ukrainian Parliament
Anna Derevyanko
Executive Director , European Business Association
Gabriel Blanc
Team Leader, Reconstruction Policy and UIF, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
Pieter Bas Bredius
Head of Investment – Europe, APM Terminals, MAERSK
Kate Le Moignic
Director International Relations, Neo-Eco
Tiziano Rodolfo Roseto
Chief Regional Officer - Eastern Europe & CEO Bulgaria, Romania & Ukraine, Gi Group Holding
Sergio Olivero
Head of the Finance & Business Innovation, Energy Centre - Politecnico di Torino
Lisa Kaestner
Country Manager Ukraine, IFC
Dennis Bazilevych
Head of Global Relations and Impact, Nova Poshta
Andrii Tsokol
Associate Director, EBRD
Jean-Jacques Soulacroup
Deputy Head of Division, EIB
Serhii Tamarin
Chief Executive Officer, Ukrainian Drone Components
Stephan Sicars
Senior Coordinator for Ukraine, UNIDO
Joao Rampini
Urban Transport Specialist, World Bank
Petr Krogman
President, Ukrainian - Czech Chamber of Commerce
Giedrė Dailidėnaitė
Board Member, Ukrainian- Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce
Sergiy Savchuk
Chief Investment and Business Development Officer, Vitagro
Oleksandr Lysenko
CH.E-Industry Group
Andrea Minuto Rizzo
Head Of European & International Institutional Affairs - FS Italian Railway
Elena Zharko
Country Manager, Ahlers Ukraine
Fabio Brogini
Executive Sales Services Europe & Caspian - Baker Hughes
Piero Petrucco
President, FIEC-European Construction Industry Federation
Walburga Hemetsberger
CEO, Solar Power Europe
Iryna Skliar
Director Representative Office in Belgium, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine
Enrico Carlini
Head of Electric System Planning and Permitting -Terna
Alex Lissitsa
President, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club
Emma Hooper
Export Development Manager, Bpifrance
Lenna Koszarny
Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital
Matthias Koster
Senior Associate, PWC
Eva Tatarova
Development Lead, NGO Beredskapsylftet
Jan Rekiel
Deputy Head of Strategic Clients, KUKE
Peder Anker Larsen
Associate Director, EIFO
Elena Višnar Malinovská
Head of Unit “Reconstruction & Accession”, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
Davide Rubini
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Vitol
Cristina Lobillo Borrero
Director, Energy Platform Task Force, DG ENER, European Commission
Maria Rhöse O’Connor
Head of Sustainable Business Communications, Volvo CE
Olena Malynska
Co-Founder and Co-President, Women on Boards Ukraine
Mateusz Szczurek
Member of the Management Board, BGK
Olena Boichenko
Partner, Deloitte Ukraine
Marcia Yu
Manager for Manufacturing and Agribusiness, IFC
Svitlana Grynchuk
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Claudius Kirchhoff
Associate Director, Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Natalka Nazarovetz
Senior Banker, EBRD
Adil Hanif
Head of Sustainable Markets, EBRD
Maria Repko
Deputy Executive Director at Center for Economic Strategy
Alona Sumina
Acting Head at Legal Affairs and Regulatory Policy Department
Volodymyr Kuzyo
CFO, Bank Lviv
Eugene Baranov
Managing Director, Private Equity, Dragon Capital
Arrigo Apostolidis
Head of Sales, Gridexpertise
Hoa-Binh Adjemian
DG ENEST, European Commission
Vasile Tofan
Senior Partner & Investment Committee Member, Horizon Capital
Maksym Fedoseienko
Head of Strategic Projects at KSE Institute
Stephan Jensen
Country Director Ukraine, Tony Blair Institute
Andrii Teliupa
Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
Oksana Osmachko
Deputy Minister for European Integration, Ministry for Agrarian Policy of Ukraine
Carla Van Steenbergen
EVP, Director Corporate Affairs, Materialise
Maciej Witucki
CEO, Orange Polska and member of Business Advisory Council of the Ukraine Donor Platform
Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
Professor, University of Göttingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Kateryna Spivakova
Director for International Communications and Government Relations, Kernel
Benoit Mesnard
Head of Unit for Economic and Sectoral Policies, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
Daniel Jacques
Policy Officer at DG ENEST, European Commission
Mykhailo Bno-Airiian
Chair, FEU Committee on European Integration
Dariusz Szymczycha
First Vice President, the Polish- Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce & Vice President, Europe-North-East International Association
Florence Raes
Director, UN Women Liaison Office in Brussels
Manuel Gaborieau
Development Manager, HAROPA Port
Kris Beckers
Hon. Consul of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium, Representative of the UCCI in Belgium
Guillaume Froment-Meurice
Senior Investment Officer, EIB
Oleksandr Semyrga
Director, Ukrainian Sea Port Authority (USPA)
Alain Baron
Team Leader, DG MOVE, European Commission
Jack Parrock
Moderator, EU Reporter
Teri Schultz
Moderator, EU/NATO Reporter
Rosie Birchard
Moderator, Deutsche Welle
Maria Tadeo
Moderator, Europe Correspondent
Guillaume Mercier
Moderator, DG COMM, European Commission
Shada Islam
Moderator, Independent EU Commentator and Analyst
Orest Tokac
Moderator, Policy Officer, Reconstruction Policy and UIF, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
Olga Slyvynska
Moderator, International Relations Director, KSE Institute
Elisabeth Szeli
Moderator, Policy Officer, Reconstruction Policy and UIF, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
Chris Burns
Moderator, EU Reporter
Marcus Lippold
Moderator, Team Leader Green Deal, DG ENEST, European Commission
Nataliya Katser–Buchkovska
Moderator
Dmytro Natalukha
Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee at the Ukrainin Parliament

Check the 2025 Agenda

Our mission statement

Our mission is twofold: we aim to bring politics and business together in order to provide them with an opportunity to debate and pursue their common goals, giving a voice to all sides of the debate. The other priority of EBS is to provide European institutions with a platform where they can place their top priorities in the spotlight and advance the development of new pieces of legislation through discussion with a variety of actors and stakeholders.

Arnaud Thysen
Director General

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