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.”