U.S.-Ukraine Business Council
Meeting With Edward Kaska, New Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Kyiv

The luncheon will provide an opportunity to meet Ed Kaska and discuss with him the economic and business scene in Ukraine just before he heads off to Kyiv.

RSVP required to Morgan Williams at: mwilliams@usubc.org

WHEN:
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
12 Noon to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE:
U.S.-Ukraine Business Council
1701 K. Street, Suite 903
Washington, D.C.

IV International Specialized Exhibition  «EXPO BUSINESS-2008»
August 20-23, 2008
Kyiv, National complex «Expocenter of Ukraine», Ukraine

In the framework of the exhibition: conferences, seminars, “round-table” discussions, business meetings, competitions, master-classes, presentations, and also rewarding of the best companies and exhibition organizers.

For more information visit: www.expocenter.com.ua

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Ukraine - UGOL & Mining 2008 (Mining)
September 5-9, 2008
Donetsk, Ukraine

The International specialized exhibition “UGOL/MINING” is the largest coal-mining forum in Ukraine. It has been held at “EXPODONBASS” since 1983 together with the exhibition company “Messe Duesseldorf” (Germany). The exhibition substantially influences the process of the development of coalmining industry and is an ideal platform to present foreign companies in the Ukrainian market.
Participation applications are taken till the 5th of August, 2008.
Foreign participants are welcome to address to:
Tel/Fax: +38 (062) 381-23-63; E-mail: fair@expodon.dn.ua - Peter Degtyar
Tel/Fax: +38 (062) 381-21-21; E-mail: buhtiarova@expodon.dn.ua - Tatyana Buhtiarova

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PR Days in Ukraine 2008 
September 26-7, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine

This summit is being holding in international format with the participation of PR-specialists from world leading countries. It gives excellent opportunity for PR-specialists to make themselves familiar with modern progress trends.
Organized by: Agency 'Bohush Communications'

Website: http://www.prdays.com.ua

 

Infrastructure Investment & PPP Finance in Ukraine 2008
September 30 – October 1, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine

5th Pan-European PPP Forum focusing this year on Ukraine, the Caucasus and the CIS Markets:
     

• PPP − roadmap to success for Infrastructure finance
• Improving legal framework
• Making PPP Projects bankable
• Project finance − prerequisites for a PPP debt market
• Regional co-operation on regulatory standards
• Investment opportunities and current projects
• Learning from the best practices in PPP

Website: http://www.euroconvention.com/2752-kiev-introduction.htm

International Water Forum 'AQUA Ukraine - 2008
October 7-10, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine
 
IV International Water Forum 'AQUA Ukraine' is the attraction to the decision of problems existing in water management and water resources protection of Ukraine, showing high technologies and equipment for resource-saving, water preparation, water supply, water removal and water treatment. Companies providing goods and services related to irrigation, drainage and water resources; water management; operation and maintenance; and environmental issues are invited to exhibit.
 
For more information visit: http://www.biztradeshows.com/trade-events/aqua-ukraine.html

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Climate Change & Business
October 21-22, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine

For the fourth consecutive year Point Carbon hosts Climate Change and Business 2008 Conference in Kiev, Ukraine, which gathers annually over 300 participants from 25 countries.

Among them: project developers and owners, representatives of the Ukrainian and foreign governments, carbon unit buyers, technology providers, scientific institutions, as well as international organizations. The event will provide an overview of the developments and trends in the Eastern Europe carbon markets.

For more information visit: http://www.pointcarbon.com/events/climatechange08/1.937350

World Food Ukraine
October 28-31, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine

World Food Ukraine 2008 is the country's premier food industry event and provides the right environment for suppliers to meet and do business with many influential professionals in Ukraine's food and drink sector.

For more information visit: http://www.worldfood.com.ua/en/exhibition/

International Water Forum 'AQUA Ukraine - 2008
October 7-10, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine
 
IV International Water Forum 'AQUA Ukraine' is the attraction to the decision of problems existing in water management and water resources protection of Ukraine, showing high technologies and equipment for resource-saving, water preparation, water supply, water removal and water treatment. Companies providing goods and services related to irrigation, drainage and water resources; water management; operation and maintenance; and environmental issues are invited to exhibit.
 
For more information, click here.

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY, AND ENERGY-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES:
November 4-6, 2008

International Exhibition Centre
15, Brovarsky Ave.
Kyiv, Ukraine

http://www.acco.ua/energy/eng/index.html

Organizers of the exhibition:
The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine ACCO INTERNATIONAL

The main subjects of the exhibition:
Energy providing and transformation
- seismic and geo - researches for basis and energy extraction
- alternative energy sources
- energy transformation
- industry structures (projecting of sun and wind energy, isotope separation and enrichment, production on liquid and solid fuel, energy of biological active masses etc)

Production, transmission and energy distribution
- electricity production
- electrical engineering components and modular devices, auxiliary equipment
- controlling and measuring equipment and control apparatus
- regenerative and recuperative systems of heat reconstruction
- energy transmission and distribution systems
- processing and using repeated resources
- nonconventional and amended power sources
- electric energy utilization

Technics, devices and equipment of energy industry
- production of electrical machines, electric motors
- production of electrical equipment, apparatus
- cable and insulating industries
- electric-bulb industry
- accumulator and elemental industries
- production of electric welding equipment
- production of control devices and regulating of technological processes
- production of electrical-type instruments
- automation of administrative process and production control of energy sources using
- electronics and communication facilities as auxiliary directions

Energy supply effectiveness
- power supply
- increasing of using effectiveness of energy supply
- technical reequipment of electric-power industry
- energy supply effectiveness in municipal economy
- heat-and-power engineering and supplying of cities, engineering communications
- energy-saving technologies in house-building
- newest technologies, experience and problems, innovation projects

Project manager: Tatyana Shakchnik - olga@acco.kiev.ua

TRADE SHOWS IN UKRAINE:

Kyiv Trade Shows:

Trade Show: BUILDING UKRAINE
International Specialized Construction, Architecture and Building Materials Exhibition
Date: 04.11 - 07.11 2008 (twice a year)

Trade Show: IT-EXPO
International Exhibition of Computer Technologies, Projection and Digital Video, Consumables
Date: 12.11 - 14.11 2008

Trade Show: COMMUNTECH
International Trade Fair for Engineering Technologies and Equipment for Municipal Economy
Date: 12.11 - 14.11 2008

Trade Show: CBSE - CORPORATE & BANKING SYSTEMS EXHIBITION
The international specialised exhibition for information technologies and equipment for banks, financial institutions and corporations
Date: 12.11-14.11 2008

Trade Show: EASTERN EUROPEAN TELECOMS CONFERENCE
Eastern European Telecoms Conference
Date: 12.11 2008

Trade Show: INTERAGRO
Agricultural Fair
Date: January 2009

Trade Show: KISS WINTER
Kyiv International Sport Show. Winter Season.
International Exhibition, devoted to active Rest and Sport
Date: February 2009

Trade Show: UITT
Ukraine International Travel & Tourism Exhibition
Date: 25.03 - 27.03 2009

Trade Show: CIS/EASTERN EUROPE STEEL IN THE WORLD MARKETS
Conference devoted to steel export from the CIS and the key market developments in the major export regions for the CIS steel
Date: April 2009

Odesa Trade Shows:

Trade Show: TELECOMMUNICATIONS ODESSA
International Exhibition and Conference. Wire & wireless Technologies, Mail Connection, Internet Technologies, TV and Radio Broadcasting, Design, System Integration, Construction and Exploitation of Telecommunication Networks, Protection of Information
Location: Odessa, Exhibition Center
Date: March 2009

Trade Show: HIGH TECHNOLOGIES’ WORLD
international Forum on Information Technologies, Communication and Telecommunication Systems, Computer Systems and Software, Office and Home Equipment, Intellectual Technologies in Production and Non-Production Spheres
Date: March 2009

Trade Show: INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TOURIST BUSINESS
International Assembly of Tourist Business
Date: April 2009

 

Lviv Trade Shows:

Trade Show: TOUREXPO
International Fair-Exhibition. Tourist services, resorts, sanatoria, hotels. Equipment for hotel complexes. Goods for sports and productive leisure. Public catering establishments. Transport and insurance services. Investment projects
Date: 23.10 - 25.10 2008

Trade Show: COMPUTER+BUSINESS
Computers, Software and Hardware Production. Internet, Communication and Telecommunication Systems. Copier Equipment. Security Systems. Office Equipment and Furniture. Stationery
Date: November 2008

 

Video Webcast on Ukraine’s Information Technology Sector: Opportunities for Future Business

This live video webcast featured leaders of the IT Ukraine Association, Oleksiy Kozhenkin, Managing Director, and Valeriy Kutsyy, Chief Operating Officer, Miratech.

Both participants spoke on IT outsourcing, business partnerships, intellectual property rights, and business opportunities in the Information Technology sector of Ukraine.

The IT Ukraine Association, which represents 46 private software developing companies in Ukraine with over 6,000 employees, or approximately 25% of the IT market, promotes competitive Ukrainian software products with an annual export value of $100 million in the world market.

Registration

To watch the event online, please register at http://www.businessinukraine.org/PSM/login.php

If you have any technical difficulties registering online, please contact Oleksiy Synelnychenko at oleksiy [at] usukraine [dot] org or 202-223-2228.