UKRAINE
REINVENT.
INNOVATE.
LEAPFROG.
Annual Ukraine Innovation Days
Ukraine's recovery and victory demand that we:
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Reinvent traditional approaches.
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Innovate with bold, future-focused ideas.
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Leapfrog developmental hurdles through strategic investments in science, technologies, and innovations.
When
April 17-18, 2024
April 17, 2024 — Invitation only
April 18, 2024 — Registration required
Where
Ukraine House,
2134 Kalorama Rd NW, Washington, DC
OUR SPEAKERS
Denys Shmyhal
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Bernard Mensah
President of International,
Bank of America
Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Oksana Markarova
Ambassador of Ukraine to the US
Dr. Marcia McNutt
President, U.S. National Academy of Science
Enoh T. Ebong
Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Samantha Power
Administrator, USAID
Andrii Pyshnyy
Governor, National Bank
of Ukraine
Vladyslav Rashkovan
Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
Penny Pritzker
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery
Serhii Marchenko
Minister of Finance, Ukraine’s Cochair in Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine
Roman Kachur
Alternate Executive Director, World Bank Group
Edward Knight
Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq
Scott Nathan
Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Kei Koizumi
Principal Deputy Director for Science, Society, and Policy, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Chirag Parikh
Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary, National Space Council
Gregory H. Symmes
Chief Program Officer, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Daniel Ricchetti
Deputy Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, Department of State
Jean Froehly
Special Envoy and Head of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 Task Force of the German Federal Foreign Office
Dr. Carol O'Donnell
Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
Karen Fang
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Bank of America
Julie Monaco
Global Head Public Sector Banking, Citi Bank
Matthew D. Chase
CEO/Executive Director, National Association of Counties
Tom Cochran
CEO and Executive Director, U.S. Mayors Conference
Dr. Oleksandr Skorokhod
Researcher, Science at Risk and Stanford University
Anna Novosad
Co-founder, SavED, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019-2020)
Roman Danyliuk
Supervisory Board Member, Accordbank
Dr. Yulia Bezvershenko
Project Manager | Science, Technology, Innovation, and Education, Ukraine House
Kailey Leinz
Reporter, Bloomberg
SESSIONS
April 18, 2024
9:30 - 10:30 am
Topics: Innovative solutions for the banking sector. Lessons learned in ensuring the functioning of the banking sector during full-scale invasion. Implementation of advanced digital tools in the banking sector. Power banking/digital banking.
Speakers:
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Andrii Pyshnyy, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
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Scott Nathan, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
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Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States
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Karen Fang, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Bank of America
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Julie Monaco, Global Head Public Sector Banking, Citi Bank
Power Banking: Financial Innovations for Economic Growth
Moderator: Kailey Leinz, Bloomberg
10:45 - 11:45 am
Topics: Sustainable urban recovery, smart cities, local innovation development.
Speakers:
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Serhii Marchenko, Minister of Finance, Ukraine’s Cochair in Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine
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Enoh T. Ebong, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
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Daniel Ricchetti, Deputy Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, Department of State
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Matthew D. Chase, CEO/Executive Director of the National Association of Counties
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Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director, US Mayors Conference
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Jean Froehly, Special Envoy and Head of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 Task Force of the German Federal Foreign Office
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Roman Danyliuk, Supervisory Board Member, Accordbank
Reinventing Ukrainian Cities
Moderator: Vladyslav Rashkovan, International Monetary Fund
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Topics: International instruments for Ukrainian science and innovation (showcase: Science and Innovation Fund for Ukraine to be launched by U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine).
Speakers:
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Kei Koizumi, Principal Deputy Director for Science, Society, and Policy, Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Gregory H. Symmes, Chief Program Officer, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
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Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary, National Space Council
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Dr. Oleksandr Skorokhod, Researcher at Science at Risk and Stanford University
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Roman Kachur, Alternate Executive Director, World Bank Group
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Dr. Carol O'Donnell, Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center
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Anna Novosad, co-founder of SavED, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019-2020)
Science and Education for Leapfrogging
Moderator: Dr. Yulia Bezvershenko, Ukraine House
Exhibitions about Ukraine:
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50 inventions of Ukraine,
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Ukraine House Mariupol Exhibition,
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Artists vs War (Culture fights back),
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Free Ukrainian prisoners,
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Cities (Bucha Green Network project)
Theme rooms with narrators:
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Science at risk
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Courage of the Nation (Howard G. Buffet)
Open
Ukraine House
PARTNERS
