International communication experts will discuss alternatives to conflicts at WCFDavos | Kyiv 2016 On September 19-20, 2016, Ukraine will host the biggest event in the local communications industry – WCFDavos|Kyiv’2016. The Forum will take place for the third time, with a focus on: “Win-win strategy as an alternative to conflicts in business, politics and society”. Leading Ukrainian and foreign experts will discuss the following topics in panels and key notes: •
Europe – overcoming differences. What can we bring to the table?
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From the trenches: successful negotiators share their stories.
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Can media rise above the language of conflict?
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Economic integration: how Ukrainian manufacturers find markets in Europe.
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Is win-win even possible?
More detailed preliminary program can be found online at www.forumdavos.com/regional/17. Full program of WCFDavos|Kyiv’ 2016 will be published on the website forumdavos-kyiv.org. WCFDavos|Kyiv’2016 will bring together well-known professionals representing business, government, public organizations and media. The first speakers are now being confirmed: •
Iryna Gerashchenko, Special Envoy of the President of Ukraine on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, the first vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of VIII convocation;
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Hlib Zahoriy, MP, Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Affairs of Veterans, Combatants, ATO Participants and Disabled People;
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Andriy Pyshnyy, Chairman of the board of “Oschadbank”;
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Sean Gardner, Forbes' #1 Social Media Power Influencer and Huffington Post Columnist;
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Maksym Bakhmatov, Director General of the National Complex “Expocenter of Ukraine”;
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Maksym Yakover, the owner and founder of the creative space and coworking “Chasopys”, co-founder of DreamKyiv.com, partner of “Mysterious Kyiv”;
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Kateryna Kotenko, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, prominent media expert;
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Maxim Behar, ICCO President, Chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies (CZ), CEO & Chairman of the Board of M3 Communications Group, Inc. (Bulgaria).
Iryna Zolotarevych, WCFDavos Kyiv Director, shared: “In order to achieve real changes, we need to learn how to engage in dialogue, not to fight with an opponent. This approach will help bring communications efficiency to a new level. This year's forum will host about 300 participants and some 60 speakers from 15 countries, many of them are very concerned about the topic of a world without conflict.”
Yanina Dubeykovskaya, WCFDavos Founder, WCFA Association President, stated: “The mission of modern communications is to search for new resources and channels. For professionals working in this field, it means to form a new, higher benchmark in the work for themselves, drive a new level of setting goals and achieving results. That is what we will talk about in Kyiv in the fall and in Davos in 2017.”
General partner: “Pharmaceutical firm “Darnytsya” The Forum will be supported by: Ukraine Today television channel, Business newspaper, Focus magazine, The Detector Media online edition, European Business Association (EBA), American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), the Kyiv International Economic Forum, Ukrainian Association of Public Relations (UAPR), the International Association of Marketing Initiatives (MAMI), the All-Ukrainian advertising coalition (AAC), independent public relations agency “Communication and consultants” (Lithuania), consulting company “Institute of PR” (Belarus), communication agency RED Communications (Azerbaijan), PG Communications Kazakhstan/Press Club (Kazakhstan) and other organizations. Organizer: GROU agency, reputation management and Public Affairs (AGAMA communications group of agencies)
To participate in the event, please register at forumdavos2016.ticketforevent.com/.
For details, please contact: Alla Chebotnikova, PR coordinator of WCFDavos Kyiv 2016 Tel.: +380 67 943 2662 E-mail: a.chebotnikova@grou.com.ua