The Embassy of Sweden to Ukraine will gather the largest Swedish-Ukrainian business networking platform in Kyiv on May 23.
An annual event, this year the 8th Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum will be held at the Parkovy Business Center as the embassy is expecting around 550 guests, double the amount from last year.
Starting at 9 a.m. the forum will have lots of hot business topics providing a platform for networking and potential deals.
For example, last year’s event concluded with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Economy Ministry of Ukraine’s Export Promotion Office and the Swedish National Board of Trade to further deepen cooperation between Sweden and Ukraine on promoting Ukrainian exports to Sweden and other EU countries.
“The main topics will be: sustainable development and how Swedish companies build their businesses, decentralization and digital transformation, financial markets and banking products,” said Olexandr Mashynets, commercial and trade officer at Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv.
There will also be several side panels throughout the day covering such topics as Ukrainian exports to Sweden and Swedish exports to Ukraine, Sweden-Ukraine IT, as well as a special public talk with world-renowned Swedish trend-hunter Stefan Nilsson, organized by Electrolux.
This will also be an opportunity for Swedish businesses to hear about the plans of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who will be inaugurated on May 20, on how they plan to boost the economy and uproot corruption.
In total, some 182 organizations will be participating at the forum. These include: Volvo, Westinghouse, Atlas Copco, Beetroot Academy, Essity, Llentab and the Arbitration institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
“There are some new companies that bought tickets that we haven’t heard of before. We are excited to meet them at the forum,” said Mashynets.
The panels will end at 5 p.m. after which there will be a cocktail party an hour later with 2019 Grammy award winner Swedish jazz artist Amanda Ginzburg performing.
For more details about the event visit www.subf.com.ua.
