BELARUS BUSINESS HARBOUR IN BALTICS

3rd Belarusian Business Forum in Vilnius

Event of fair relocated Belarusian business
April 9th, 2024

Association of Belarusian Business Abroad

GOALS OF THE FORUM

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KEYNOTE SPEECH

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
National Leader of Belarus and Head of the United Transitional Cabinet (video)

Žygimantas Pavilionis
Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Lithuania

SPEAKERS

Gediminas Varvuolis
Ambassador At Large For Connectivity, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Lucija Voišnis
Deputy Director, Migration Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Drew Roberts
Senior Attorney, International Commercial Law Development Program of the US Department of Commerce

Svetlana Naumčik
Associate Partner, migration law expert at iLAW LEXTAL

Danukas Arlauskas
President, Lithuanian Employers Confederation

Mindaugas Mikalajūnas
CEO, smeGo financial platform

Palina Prysmakova
Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Maryja Kolesava-Hudzilinai
President, Belarusian association of human rights lawyers

Anna Matsiyeuskaya
Co-Head of Eastern Desk, WBK Lawyers (Poland); Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, ABBA

Dzmitry Kruk
Senior Researcher, BEROC

Sierž Naūrodski
Vice President, ABBA

Marina Girin
Vice President, ABBA

Philip Daineka
Owner and CEO at Flatlogic UAB, ABBA member

Maryia Zharylouskaya
International Lawyer & Expert in Labour Law

Ilia Jasinski
Co-owner, “Karčma 1863” tavern

Vytis Jurkonis
Project Director and General Manager of Freedom House Lithuania

Anastasiya Khamiankova
Co-founder, Imaguru Startup Hub

PROGRAM of the FORUM

9:30-10:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00-10:20

Opening of the Forum by the organisers and partners.

10:20-10:35

Keynote Speech from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, National Leader of
Belarus (video, confirmed)

10:35-11:45

Opening Panel. Is there a place for Belarus in the regional trade and business community and what are democratic Belarus’ prerequisites for that?
Belarus is not a member of WTO and currently is being excluded from global value chains
and regional economic cooperation. Can this be changed and how? Do EU countries see
Belarus as a regional economic partner when democratic changes happen in the country?

• Gediminas Varvuolis - Ambassador At Large For Connectivity, Lithuanian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (confirmed)
• Drew Roberts – Senior Attorney at International Commercial Law Development
Program of the US Department of Commerce (confirmed)
• Anastasiya Khamiankova - Co-founder, Imaguru Startup Hub (confirmed)
• Dzmitry Kruk – Senior Researcher, BEROC (confirmed)
• Moderator: Palina Prysmakova, Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University (confirmed)

11:45-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-13:15

Keynote Speech from MP Žygimantas Pavilionis, Chairman of Foreign Affairs
Committee of the Parliament of Lithuania (confirmed)

13:15-14:30

Issues Panel. Business migration of Belarusians to Lithuania: status
quo and perspectives. Lithuania is the home for more than 60,000 Belarusians, but
Lithuanian authorities claim that national security issues matter the most when having the
migration door open for Belarusians. How does this influence the business run by
Belarusians in Lithuania? What is expected to change in the nearest future?

• Lucija Voišnis - Deputy Director of the Migration Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (confirmed)
• Svetlana Naumčik - Associate Partner, migration law expert at iLAW LEXTAL (confirmed)
• Maryja Kolesava-Hudzilina - President of Belarusian association of human rights lawyers (confirmed)
• Vytis Jurkonis - Project Director and General Manager of Freedom House Lithuania (confirmed)

• Philip Daineka– Owner and CEO at Flatlogic UAB, ABBA member (confirmed)
•Moderator: Anna Matsiyeuskaya, Co-Head of Eastern Desk at WBK Lawyers (Poland); Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at ABBA (confirmed)

14:30-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:45

SME Panel. Financial opportunities and practical advises on how to develop business in Lithuania. What are the opportunities and restrictions for businesses with Belarusian shareholders in Lithuania? How to improve access to finance? How to reach out to Lithuanian and Baltic markets?

• Danukas Arlauskas – President, Lithuanian Employers Confederation (confirmed)
• Mindaugas Mikalajūnas – CEO, smeGo financial platform (confirmed)
• Maryia Zharylouskaya - International Lawyer & Expert in Labour Law (confirmed)
• Anna Ivanova – Owner & CEO, A2.Print MB, ABBA Member (confirmed)
• Ilia Jasinski – Co-owner, “Karčma 1863” tavern ( confirmed)
• Moderator: Sierž Naūrodski, Vice President, ABBA; Senior Economist, CASE (confirmed)

16:45-17:00

Concluding remarks by organizers

17:15-18:45

Coffee and Networking session for the relocated fair Belarusian businesses

20:00-22:00

Networking Reception (“Karčma 1863” tavern)

VENUE

Marriott Vilnius
Rinktinės g: 3, Vilnius

ORGANIZERs

ASSOCIATION OF BELARUSIAN BUSINESS ABROAD

ABBA is the biggest association of Belarusian business abroad brining together 112 members from 11 countries from around the world. ABBA’s goal is to integrate, protect the interests and develop the legal and ethical business of entrepreneurs with Belarusian roots for the development of New Belarus as an independent democratic country.

Lithuanian Employers Confederation (LDK)

The Lithuanian Employers’ Confederation is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation representing small and medium-sized businesses in Lithuania. LDK mission is to gather the elite of SME employers and business-creating youth for the improvement of the quality of the working life of Lithuanian people and the development of competitive personalities

BELARUS BUSINESS HARBOUR IN BALTICS

3rd Belarusian Business Forum in Vilnius

Event of fair relocated Belarusian businessApril 9th, 2024

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KEYNOTE SPEECH

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya National Leader of Belarus and Head of the United Transitional Cabinet (video)

Žygimantas Pavilionis Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Lithuania

SPEAKERS

Gediminas Varvuolis Ambassador At Large For Connectivity, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Lucija Voišnis Deputy Director, Migration Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Drew RobertsSenior Attorney, International Commercial Law Development Program of the US Department of Commerce

Svetlana Naumčik Associate Partner, migration law expert at iLAW LEXTAL

Danukas Arlauskas President, Lithuanian Employers Confederation

Mindaugas Mikalajūnas CEO, smeGo financial platform

Palina PrysmakovaAssociate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Maryja Kolesava-Hudzilinai President, Belarusian association of human rights lawyers

Anna Matsiyeuskaya Co-Head of Eastern Desk, WBK Lawyers (Poland); Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, ABBA

Dzmitry Kruk Senior Researcher, BEROC

Sierž Naūrodski Vice President, ABBA

Marina Girin Vice President, ABBA

Philip Daineka Owner and CEO at Flatlogic UAB, ABBA member

Maryia Zharylouskaya International Lawyer & Expert in Labour Law

Ilia Jasinski Co-owner, “Karčma 1863” tavern

Vytis Jurkonis Project Director and General Manager of Freedom House Lithuania

Anastasiya Khamiankova Co-founder, Imaguru Startup Hub