BUSINESS TALKS, START-UP ALLEY AT #SUBF19
MAY 23 2019, KYIV
TIME: 14:30-16:30
VENUE: PARKOVY CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION CENTER, KYIV, PARKOVA DOROGA 16A
MODERATOR: BOHDAN SENCHUK, President of Swedish Business Association
in Ukraine
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. ITC business partnership between Sweden and Ukraine;
2. Business climate in Ukraine: pros and cons to start, develop and
run IT business in Ukraine
3. How to be successful for Swedish IT companies in Ukraine
4. Innovative IT start-ups
DRAFT PROGRAMME OF THE EVENT
14:00 – 14:30 – Registration;
14:30 – 14:40 – Welcome remarks from Martin Hagström, the Ambassador
of Sweden to Ukraine, Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv (TBC);
14:40-14:45 – Welcome remarks from Bohdan Senchuk, the President of
Swedish Business Association in Ukraine;
14:45 – 15:35 – PANEL DISCUSSION WITH IGOR SREBRODOLSKIY, ERICSSON
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE; OLESYA KHOKHOULIA, DEPUTY
CEO OF SIGMA SOFTWARE ; ANDREAS FLODSTRÖM. CEO AND FOUNDER BEETROOT
15:35-16:30 – Start-ups (elevator pitch, 20 seconds) and
match-making session;
16:30 – End of the event.
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