(Re)Building Tomorrow – Starting Today!

Proponent

DE – Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Dimension

Business Dimension

Date & Time

9. July 2025, technical workshops 14:30 – 17:30; evening reception 18:00 - 20:00

Location

The Dome, Campus di Viale Romania

Technical workshops on funding opportunities and promising sectors followed by an evening reception. The event aims at driving investments, building partnerships and unlocking Ukraine’s recovery through private sector mobilisation with a focus on German businesses.

Programme

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Registration and welcome coffee

3:30 pm

Opening remarks

German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)

3:40 pm

Panel I

From Pledges To Projects – Turning (Inter)national Funding Into Investment Impact

Gabriel Blanc | Team Leader, Reconstruction Policy and UIF, DG ENEST European Commission

Maryna Khlystun (tbc) | Director, Investment Attraction Department, Ukrainian Ministry of Economy

Michael Huber-Saffer | German Investment Guarantees, Partner, PwC Germany

Moderation: Philip Sweens | Speaker, Working Group Ukraine of the German Eastern Business Association (OA) and Managing Director, HHLA International GmbH

4:25 pm

Panel II

Promising Sectors For GermanUkrainian Cooperation (focusing on defence and construction)

Introductory presentation by:

Robert Kirchner | Deputy Team Leader of the German Economic Team, Berlin Economics

Panel discussion with:

Artem Moroz | Head of Investor Relations, Brave1

Oleksandr Berezhny | Managing Director,Quantum Systems Ukraine

Uwe Slansky | Vice President UkrainePrograms, Diehl Defence

Michael Kraus | CEO Kreisel Group, member ofthe board (COO) FIXIT TM Holding

Andrii Kalenskyi | CEO, Würth Ukraine

Moderation: Dr Nicole Renvert | Managing Director International Economic Relations,German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

From 5:30 pm

Registration international guests and welcome drink

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Evening reception

6:00 pm

Opening remarks

Dr Thomas Steffen | State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)

6:10 pm

Keynotes

H.E. Herman Smetanin | Minister of Strategic Industry of Ukraine

Olexandr Kamyshin | Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Strategic Issues

Oliver Gierlichs | President of the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Ukraine) and Managing Director & CFO, Bayer Ltd.

From 6:45 pm

Buffet

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