Ukrainian Ports Forum

Toggle navigation [/] Main Archive UPF 2021 UPF 2019 UPF 2018 Language Укр Eng Ukrainian Ports Forum 2021 About the forum The 3rd Ukrainian Ports Forum will take place on May 27-28, 2021 in Odessa! The third annual Ukrainian Ports Forum is a key event in the maritime industry of Ukraine. The forum traditionally brings together a wide audience of speakers and participants – top officials, including the representatives of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, members of Parliament, representatives of international maritime organizations and associations such as the European Organization of Seaports, the International Association of Ports and Harbors, the International Maritime Organization and international financial institutions, including the World Bank, IFC, EBRD, EIB, members of diplomatic missions and international organizations, representatives of the world's leading ports and the Ukrainian port community, private investors and business representatives – top managers of ArcelorMittal, Cosco Shipping, Bunge, HHLA, Cofco Agri, Nibulon, Kernel, Louis Dreyfus, Posco International – and many others. The Ukrainian Port Forum 2021 will be an effective platform for presenting key trends, discussing achievements and seeing further development of the country's infrastructure, including the investment potential of Ukraine's port industry, plans for the implementation of public-private partnership projects, digitalization of processes in the port industry and more. The following topics will be discussed during panel sessions and working discussions: corporatization of the USPA and its role in the implementation of the Ukrainian Seaports Development Strategy until 2038; legislative and regulatory changes aimed at attracting investment in the port industry of Ukraine; investment priority areas and financing of projects in the port sector; investment program of the USPA; new privatization and public-private partnership projects in Ukrainian seaports; bulk cargo exports and prospects for increasing grain cargoes in 2021-2022 marketing year; integration of port facilities and in-land logistics in container transportation; seaports’ digitalization and introduction of innovative technologies, security and cybersecurity. In addition, a number of Partnership agreements and MoU’s are planned to be signed during the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2021. Traditionally the organizers of the Forum are Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the Center for Transport Strategies (CTS). This year the Ukrainian Ports Forum will be a continuation of the government's dialogue with investors, business representatives, international organizations and financial institutions, initiated at the First Investment Forum "RE: THINK. Invest in Ukraine" by the President of Ukraine and representatives of the Government and Parliament, which took place on October 29, 2019, in Mariupol. The leaders of the state “presented Ukraine” to investors, emphasizing its ambitious goals of economic growth, including through attracting effective and large-scale investments. Join the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2021 and use its marketing and advertising tools. Speakers Volodymyr Kreydenko Deputy Head of the Parliament Committee for transport and infrastructure Liubov Nepop Head of the Danube Commission, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in Hungary Hrynevetsky Serhiy Head of Odessa Regional State Administration Serhii Vovk Director of CFTS Andriy Gaidutskiy Head of USPA Supervisory board Jason Brett Pellmar Regional Manager of IFC Oleksandr Holodnytskyi Acting CEO of SE “USPA” Jean-Erik de Zagon Head of EIB Representation for Ukraine Iryna Koshel Director of Reform Support Team of Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine Roy van Eijsden Managing director Ballast Nedam International Projects Darius Macijauskas Executive Sales Manager ArcelorMittal Olha Kopiika Chairman of the Logistics Committee of the European Business Association Vitalii Lipskyi Deputy CEO of USPA on technical questions and infrastructure development Michał Stupak Manager, Port Gdańsk Authority Nico Suys Port of Antwerp International, APEC Philip Sweens Managing Director of HHLA International GmbH, President SC “CTO” Frank Lett Transportation solutions Director of Huawei Daria Sichkar Logistics Committee manager of the EBA Neville Bissett Chief Executive Officer Qterminals W.L.L. Maksym Artomenko COO and CTO ART PORT LLC Taras Boichuk Head of Office SPILNO Radostin Popov Chief Business Development Officer, P&O Maritime Logistics Nadiia Kaznacheieva Head of Investments, UMG Investments Manfred Seitz Director-General of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission Vitalii Petruk Deputy CEO of SE “USPA” for economics Dmytro Iakymenkov CCO “PPL 33-35” LLC Alex Pougovkine Nord Metallica Netherlands Beka Gurgenidze CEO ERTI LLC Nikolay Gorbachov President of Ukrainian Grain Association Agenda Download the agenda Download “MTR: Black sea - Baltic sea“ agenda Ukrainian Ports Forum May 27 , 2021 Ukrainian Ports Forum May 28 , 2021 Registration of participants. Coffee Opening ceremony OPENING SPEECH Volodymyr Zelenskyi , the President of Ukraine (TBC) Oleksandr Kubrakov , Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine Session 1. Development of port infrastructure as a driver of economic growth in Ukraine Serhii Vovk, director of CFTS (moderator) PANELISTS: Volodymyr Kreydenko , Deputy Head of the Parliament Committee for transport and infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov , Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine Remi Duflot , Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Ukraine (Online) Serhii Hrynevetskyi , the Governor of Odesa Region Andriy Gaidutskiy , Head of USPA Supervisory board Oleksandr Holodnytskyi , Acting CEO of SE “USPA” Liubov Nepop , President of the Danube Commission, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in Hungary, Representative of Ukraine to the Danube Commission TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION Port infrastructure of Ukraine: current situation and development prospects Corporatization of the USPA The role of USPA in the implementation of the Ukrainian Seaports Development Strategy until 2038 Roadmap on legislative and regulatory changes Main development trends in the Black Sea region: navigation safety and international cooperation Coffee break Session 2. Options for financing projects in the port sector Taras Boichuk, head of Office SPILNO (moderator) PANELISTS: Matteo Patrone , Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus EBRD (Online) Jason Brett Pellmar , Regional Manager of IFC (Online) Jean-Erik De Zagon , Head of the EIB office in Ukraine (Online) Vitalii Petruk , Deputy CEO of SE “USPA” for economics Radostin Popov , Chief Business Development Officer, P&O Maritime Logistics Nadiia Kaznacheieva , Head of Investments, UMG Investments Vitalii Lipskyi , Deputy CEO of USPA on technical questions and infrastructure development Neville Bissett , Chief Executive Officer QTerminals W.L.L. Iryna Koshel , Director of Reform Support Team of Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION Port industry investment priority areas Attraction of the alternative sources of financing and real availability of loans in Ukraine USPA investment program: barriers and real opportunities Concession of port assets - next steps and prospect projects M&A in ports: attracting international operators and market impact Lunch Session 3. Cargo flows of the port industry: growth points Roy van Eijsden, Managing Director Ballast Nedam International Projects (moderator) PANELISTS: Philip Sweens , Managing Director of HHLA International GmbH, President SC “CTO” Olha Kopiika , Chairman of the Logistics Committee of the European Business Association Darius Macijauskas , executive sales manager ArcelorMittal Michał Stupak , Manager, Port Gdańsk Authority Nikolay Gorbachov , President of Ukrainian Grain Association Aleksandr Lesnik , Director General Association of seaports of Ukraine “UKRPORT” Adnan Rahman , Team Leader “Assistance to the Ukrainian authorities for establishment of national transport model and master plan“ (EU funded project) TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION Bulk cargo exports - how to increase competitiveness on the world market Prospects for increasing grain cargo handling in 2021-2022 marketing year Integration of port facilities and in-land logistics in container transportation "Transit revival" - conditions and opportunities New prospective types of cargo for transshipment in the ports of Ukraine The latest technologies in the construction of strategic port infrastructure Coffee break Session 4. Smart Ports: how to ensure technical and technological breakthrough. Case study Daria Sichkar, Logistics Committee manager of the EBA (moderator) PANELISTS: Manfred Seitz , Director-General of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission Maksym Artomenko , COO and CTO ART PORT LLC Dmytro Iakymenkov , CCO “PPL 33-35” LLC Frank Lett , transportation solutions Director of Huawei Alex Pougovkine , CEO Nord Metallica Netherlands Beka Gurgenidze , CEO ERTI LLC TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION Innovative solutions to improve the quality and facilitate transshipment: analysis of successful cases Port digitalization: how to get financial benefits from the introduction of new technologies Optimization of design and technical solutions in the construction process in seaports Ensuring security and cybersecurity in ports operation International standards of digital transport documents in the process of multimodal transportation Special session Round table "Concessions in seaports - advantages for the state and business" Gala dinner – M1 Club Hotel International conference "Multimodal transport route: Black Sea - Baltic Sea. Development, strategy, projects" Partners Media partners For sponsorship +38 (067) 448 82 25 forum@uspa.gov.ua Location of the forum May 27-28, 2021 Premier Hotel Odessa, 32 Akademichna str. Odesa, Ukraine Contacts +38 (067) 448 82 25 +38 (048) 789 26 25 (Odesa) forum@uspa.gov.ua © 2022