BELARUS BUSINESS HARBOUR 2023
III Belarusian Business Forum in Warsaw
20 September 2023
III BELARUSIAN BUSINESS FORUM IN WARSAW IS THE MAIN BELARUSIAN
BUSINESS EVENT OF THE YEAR IN THЕ EU
GOALS OF THE FORUM
UniTE
Belarusian business diaspora and create opportunities for networking
Continue dialog
with officials of Poland, the EU, and the USA on how they can support Belarusian business abroad
Show potential
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KEYNOTE SPEECH
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (video)
National Leader of Belarus and Head of the United Transitional Cabinet
SPEAKERS
Anna Kostrzewa-Misztal
Deputy Director of the Eastern Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Karolina Opielewicz
Member of the Management Board of the Polish Chamber of Commerce
Henrik Huitfeldt
Representative of the European Commission
Zmarak Khan
Senior Counsel at the US Department of Commerce
Alaksandar Milinkievič
Chancellor at Free Belarusian University, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Advisor on the Implementation of European Choice of Belarus
Dmitriy Navosha
Founder and co-owner of Tribuna.com
Yauheni Bury
President of ABBA
Aleś Alachnovič
Vice President of ABBA
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Economic Reforms
Jenna Tajchman-Trofim
Belarus Country Director at USAID
Tszwai So
Founder of Spheron Architects
Aleksander Lukashou
Managing Partner at CleanWhale
Agnieszka Falkowska
Director of International Business Department at Polish Development Bank (BGK)
Antoni Rytel
Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Education and Science for Digital Transformation and Deputy Director of the GovTech Polska program
Lizaveta Yaznevich
Associate Research Fellow at Center for New Ideas
Palina Prysmakova
Associate Professor, School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economic Science at University of Warsaw
Aliaksandr Kuushynau
Head of Wialon at Gurtam
Dmitry Matveev
Co-founder and CTO at Approveit Inc.
Nastia Khamiankova
Co-founder of Imaguru Startup HUB
Dzmitry Kruk
Senior Researcher at BEROC
Natalia Belikova
CEO at Press Club Belarus
Yaroslav Romanchuk
Chairman of the Board of the Association of Ukrainian Business in Poland
Anna Matsiyeuskaya
Co-Head of Eastern Desk at WBK Lawyers; Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at ABBA
Sierž Naūrodski
Vice President of ABBA
Aliaksei Kartynnik
Blogger, Developer Relation Specialist, Community Builder & Programmer
Mateusz Zawistowski
Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Armenia Securities Exchange
Yuriy Bryvus
Chief Revenue Officer at VC Leaders
Drew Roberts
Attorney Advisor at US Department of Commerce
Gleb Raczkowski
Business Loans Expert at Santander Bank
Tomasz Sadziński
Deputy Director of Economic Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Denis Doudinski
TV-host, Reporter, Journalist
PROGRAM of the FORUM
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Opening of the Forum by Yauheni Bury, President of ABBA
Keynote Speech from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, National Leader of Belarus, Head of United Transitional Cabinet (video)
Panel 1. Should the West support Belarusian businesses abroad or in Belarus?
- Anna Kostrzewa-Misztal, Deputy Director of the Eastern Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
- Antoni Rytel, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Education and Science for Digital Transformation and Deputy Director of the GovTech Polska program
- Henrik Huitfeldt, Representative of the European Commission
- Jenna Tajchman-Trofim, Belarus Country Director at USAID
- Karolina Opielewicz, Member of the Management Board of the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG)
- Palina Prysmakova, Associate Professor at School of Public Administration, Florida University; Visiting Professor at Faculty of Economic Science, Warsaw University
- Moderator: Aleś Alachnovič, Vice President of ABBA; Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Economic Reforms
Coffee Break
Information Panel. Roadmap for cooperation between US Department of Commerce and ABBA
- Zmarak Khan , Senior Counsel at the US Department of Commerce, Office of the General Counsel’s Commercial Law Development Program
- Aleś Alachnovič, Vice President of ABBA; Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Economic Reforms
- Moderator: Drew Roberts, Attorney Advisor at US Department of Commerce
- Sierž Naūrodski, Vice President of ABBA, Country Manager for Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia; Senior Economist at CASE
- Agnieszka Falkowska, Director of International Business Department at Polish Development Bank (BGK)
- Mateusz Zawistowski, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Armenia Securities Exchange
- Yuriy Bryvus, Chief Revenue Officer at VC Leaders
- Yaroslav Romanchuk, Chairman of the Board, Association of Ukrainian Business in Poland
- Moderator: Anna Matsiyeuskaya, Co-Head of Eastern Desk at WBK Lawyers, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at ABBA
Lunch Break
Panel 3. How to improve the business environment in New Belarus in order to encourage Belarusians and their businesses to come back or invest in new Belarus?
- Tomasz Sadziński, Deputy Director of Economic Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
- Aleś Alachnovič , Vice President of ABBA; Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Economic Reforms
- Dzmitry Kruk, Senior Researcher at BEROC - Belarusian Research and Outreach Center
- Nastia Khamiankova, Co-founder of Imaguru Startup HUB
- Lizaveta Yaznevich, Associate Research Fellow, Center for New Ideas
- Moderator: Natalia Belikova, CEO at Press Club Belarus
- Dmitriy Navosha, Founder and co-owner of Tribuna.com (Spain)
- Aliaksandr Kuushynau, Head of Wialon at Gurtam (Lithuania)
- Aleksander Lukashou, Managing Partner at CleanWhale (Poland)
- Dmitry Matveev, Co-founder and CTO at Approveit Inc. (USA)
- Aliaksei Kartynnik, Blogger, Developer Relation Specialist, Community Builder & Programmer (Poland)
- Tszwai So, Founder of Spheron Architects (UK)
Closing Remarks
Networking in Hotel Marriott
Cocktail Party (by invitation only)
VENUE
Hotel MARRIOTT Warsaw
Hall BALTIC. al. Jerozolimskie 65/79
Warsaw - Poland
ORGANIZER
ASSOCIATION OF BELARUSIAN BUSINESS ABROAD
ABBA is the biggest association of Belarusian business abroad brining together more than 70 members from 9 countries from all 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.
OUR CONTACTS
Any questions and suggestions about the forum or your participation please email to: info@abbabusiness.org
2023 Belarusian Business Forum in Warsaw
Organizer:
ABBA – Association of Belarusian Business Abroad with financial support from the European Union and USAID
Contact us at: info@abbabusiness.org
This event is funded by the European Union within “EU4Belarus” program