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Ukraine Business Forum

The Ukraine Business Forum was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on December 6th 2006, in the hotel's elegant Jade Room. The symposium included presentations by key business leaders from Ukraine and the U.S., as well as a major address by UA Minister of the Economy, Volodymyr Makukha and UA Minister of Energy Yuri Boiko. It both preceded and followed a lunchtime keynote by Prime Minister Yanukovych, delivered in Waldorf's prestigious Astor Room and organized by the Business Council for International Understanding.

Speakers [UBF] included:

Yuri Boyko Ellen Levinson
Robert Bensh Volodymyr Makukha
Borys Chabursky Michael Marrese
Chrystia Freeland Jacques Mendoza-Wilson
John Imle Igor Obozintsev
Noah Gotbaum Lucias Romriell
Adrian Karatnycky Thomas Spellman
Frederick Kempe Walter Zaryckyj
Roman Kyzyk Jorge Zukoski

Speakers [BCIU Luncheon] included:

James Wolfensohn Viktor Yanukovych

Sponsors:

Business Council for Int'l Understanding SHI Consulting
Center for US-Ukrainian Relations The Orange Circle

Patrons:

Cardinal Resources Ukreximbank
Vanco J. P. Morgan
Chevron Millennium Capital
Halliburton New Spirit Capital
Port Vera Evolution/Ukraine
Chadbourne & Parke Proffit Group
Concorde Capital Aerosvit

Proceedings/Presentations:

Minister of Economy of Ukraine Volodymyr Makukha's remarks (also available in Ukrainian)
Minister of Energy of Ukraine Yuri Boiko's remarks

Press:

Reprint of article from The Ukrainian Weekly entitled Ukraine Business Forum focuses on attractive investment climate

Program:

The event's program