Ukraine 2026

EU-Ukraine Business Summit 2026 - ON THE ROAD TO URC

22 & 23 April

Autoworld, Brussels

On April 22-23, 2026, European Business Summits and the European Commission will host the third edition of the EU-Ukraine Business Summit together with the governments of Ukraine and Poland. The Summit brings together policymakers, businesses and financial institutions in Brussels for two days of high-level discussions, round tables, B2B matchmaking, sectoral pitching sessions and interactive workshops. Key topics will include supporting Ukraine's defence and European strategic industries, critical raw materials, leveraging public-private partnerships and public tenders for EU investors, business environment reforms and investment support instruments, support for SMEs, investments into the energy sector, private equity, cross-border logistics and more. The EU-Ukraine Business Summit also serves as the official preparatory event to the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in the business dimension.

Interested businesses are also invited to register for the B2B matchmaking. Check the website regularly for program updates and speaker announcements.

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Discover the 2026 invited speakers

Marta Kos
European Commissioner for Enlargement
Oleksii Sobolev
Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Gert-Jan Koopman
Director-General, DG ENEST
Magda Kopczyńska
Director-General for Mobility and Transport
Mechthild Wörsdörfer
Deputy Director-General for Energy and Natural Resources
Yegor Perelygin
Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Anna Jarosz-Friis
Director, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST
Lukas Vesely
Deputy Head of Unit, Reconstruction and Accession, Ukraine Service, DG ENEST
Anna Derevyanko
Executive Director, European Business Association
Volodymyr Mudryi
Chairman of the Management Board, OTP Bank Ukraine
José Vicente de los Mozos
CEO, Indra
Alejandro Alvarez
Country Manager, IFC
Karl Nehammer
EIB Vice-President
Eglė Šimė
CEO of LTG Cargo
Marcin Witczak
President of the Management Board, Laude Smart Intermodal S.A
Jakub Jaworowski
Member of the Management Board, BGK
Serhiy Voitsekhovskyy
Board Member of BGV
Véronique Willems
Secretary-General, SMEunited
Olga Slyvynska
Head of Economic Recovery and Development, Kyiv School of Economics
Isabelle Bebear
Director of International and European Affairs, Bpifrance
Taras Kachka
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Julien Mauduit
Regional Head Energy for Europe, EBRD
Tomáš Fiala
Founder and CEO, Dragon Capital
Olga Kovalchuk
Managing Director, Goldbeck Solar Ukraine
Outi Slotboom
Director for internal Market, Industry Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Jarek Beldowski
First Deputy CEO, Kredobank
Natalia Butkova-Vitvitska
Member of the Management Board, Oschadbank
Anka Feldhusen
Business Ombudswoman of Ukraine
Roksolana Vakulenko
CEO, VIP-TOYS LLC
Vlad Bobko
Associate Partner, Head of Investment, AON
Katarzyna Kowalska
Vice-President, KUKE
Nataliia Shapoval
Chairwoman of Kyiv School of Economics, Moderator
Nataliya Mykolska
Executive Director, Diia, City United, Moderator
Matej Zakonjšek
Director of the Transport Community Secretariat, Moderator
Kateryna Glazkova
Director-General, SUP, Moderator
Luca Léry Moffat
Economics Reporter, Kyiv Independent, Moderator

Check the 2026 Agenda

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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