Ways to overcome global economic crisis to be considered at the 5th Davos Ukrainian Lunch

During the World Economic Forum, international investment advisory group EastOne and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation will conduct the 5th Davos Ukrainian Lunch "Crisis: In & Out".

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The Ukrainian lunch will take place on January 30 at the Morosani Schweizerhof Hotel.

The main topic of the discussion will be the new structure of the global economic and financial relations taking shape under the influence of crisis. The Lunch participants will try to analyse the evolution of the global challenges and their effect on Ukraine, find the most advantageous ways to strengthen transnational cooperation in view of today's realities and also define a concept for the future economic development of Ukraine in the global context, taking into account new risks and new opportunities.

The key speakers at the Davos Ukrainian Lunch include Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on European and International Integration Hryhory Nemyrya; Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Ex-speaker of Parliament of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk; financier, investor and philanthropist George Soros; famous columnist of
The New York Times newspaper Thomas Friedman. The former European Commissioner for External Relations, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and
Co-chairman of the International Crisis Group Chris Patten will moderate the discussion.

The event will gather more than 200 delegates from the top world's companies, politicians and public figures from Ukraine, Russia, USA, Germany, France and other countries, as well as Ukrainian and international mass-media representatives. Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanely, ArcelorMittal, ITI Group, Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, Bombardier Inc., Nestlé SA, Soros Fund Management LLC, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Renova, VTB and other companies have already confirmed their presence at the Lunch.

The Davos Ukrainian Lunch hosted for the 5th year since 2005 has become a traditional event, which is conducted during the World Economic Forum and one of the most significant international events intended to form opinion of the international elite as to the tendencies in political, economic and investment environment of Ukraine.