Conferences and summits: EU-Ukraine Business Summit

EU-Ukraine Business Summit 2025

Date: 10 & 11 April

Location: Autoworld, Brussels

Event Purpose

The EU-Ukraine Business Summit will serve as a platform for deepening Ukraine’s economic integration with the European Union and fostering stronger cooperation and opportunities for European businesses. Co-organised by the European Commission, with the support of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, Italy, and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the summit will provide an update on key EU financial instruments and cooperation mechanisms to bolster investment in Ukraine.

European industries will join this vital dialogue, contributing to more robust economic cooperation and shaping a future of shared prosperity and partnership between EU and Ukrainian businesses.

Speakers

• Denys Shmyhal - Prime Minister of Ukraine
• Marta Kos - European Commissioner for Enlargement
• Antonio Tajani - Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of Italy
• Adam Szłapka - Minister for the European Union of Poland
• Gert Jan Koopman - Director General, DG ENEST, European Commission
• Magda Kopczyńska - Director General, DG MOVE, European Commission
• Davide la Cecilia - Italian Special Envoy for Ukraine
• Pawel Kowal - Special Envoy for Poland for Ukraine Reconstruction, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Sejm
• Teresa Czerwińska - Vice-President, EIB
• Anna Jarosz-Friis - Director of the Ukraine Service, DG ENEST, European Commission
• Jakub Boratynski - Director, DG GROW, European Commission
• Lionel Rapaille - Director for Enlargement and Neighbourhood, EIB
• Barbara Rambousek - Director, Gender and Economic Inclusion, EBRD
• Oleksii Sobolev - First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
• Olha Stefanishyna - Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Minister of Justice of Ukraine
• Katarína Mathernová - Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
• Volker Oel - Deputy Director-General for Eastern Europe, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Marta Postuła - First Vice-President, BGK
• Benoit Waltregny - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd's Europe
• Janusz Władyczak - President and CEO, Kuke
• Yuriy Ryzhenkov - CEO, Metinvest Holding
• Victor Martinez - Director, Indra Sistemas
• Hala Ghandour - Managing Director for Middle East and Eastern Europe, TBI
• Natalia Butkova-Vitvitska - Board Member, Oschadbank
• Anna Derevyanko - Executive Director, European Business Association
• Kate Le Moignic - Director International Relations, Neo-Eco
• Tiziano Rodolfo Roseto - Chief Regional Officer - Eastern Europe & CEO Bulgaria, Romania & Ukraine, Gi Group Holding
• Sergio Olivero - Head of Business & Finance Innovation, Energy Center of Politecnico di Torino
• Jack Parrock - Moderator, EU Reporter
• Teri Schultz - Moderator, EU/NATO Reporter

Mission Statement

Our mission is twofold: we aim to bring politics and business together in order to provide them with an opportunity to debate and pursue their common goals, giving a voice to all sides of the debate. The other priority of EBS is to provide European institutions with a platform where they can place their top priorities in the spotlight and advance the development of new pieces of legislation through discussion with a variety of actors and stakeholders.

Trust and Partnerships

Among other partners:

• A2A
• AB InBev
• Accenture
• Acumen Public Affairs
• Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)
• Ahold Delhaize
• Airbus
• Akkanto
• Amazon
• AmCham EU
• Amgen
• Apple
• AstraZeneca
• Avanade
• Avast
• AWS
• Banati Education
• BASF
• Bayer
• BDR Thermea
• BEUC
• BMW Group
• BNP Paris Bas
• Bosch Termotechnology
• BP
• Breakthrough Energy
• Bristol Myers Squibb
• Bruegel
• BusinessEurope
• Cambre Associates
• Capgemini
• Catalunya Trade and Investment
• Cefic
• CEPI
• CEPS Think Tank
• CGEM
• Cisco Systems Inc
• Citigroup
• Coca-Cola
• Croplife Europe
• CSR Europe
• CureVac
• De Havilland
• Digital Europe
• DOW Chemical
• Dutch Safety Board
• EDF
• EDF Renewables
• EFPIA
• eFuel Alliance
• EIB
• Electrabel
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Enel
• ENI
• Enviva
• EPSON
• EuroFound
• European Commission DG HOME