The Forum is aimed at the development of international economic integration and competitiveness improvement of Kharkiv Region, investment attraction to the economy of the region, formation of the positive image of Kharkiv and Kharkiv Region, demonstration of the existing opportunities and prospects of development of the leading industrial clusters of the region.

The Forum will be attended by representatives of diplomatic missions and foreign delegations of Kharkiv partner regions, the top management of investment funds, executives of government bodies responsible for innovation and investment development in Ukraine, representatives of financial and industrial groups interested in investment activities in Kharkiv Region, representatives of international consulting companies and projects of technical assistance to Ukraine, initiators of investment projects.

The Forum to be held in Kharkiv for the fifth time has become one of the most significant investment events in Ukraine. In 2012, it was attended by over 400 participants from 17 countries of the world. The co-organizers of the Forum along with Kharkiv Regional State Administration and Kharkiv City Council are the State Agency for Investment and National Projects of Ukraine and the world’s leading consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

One of the VIP speakers will be Leszek Balcerowicz – the author of the transformation program from the principles of centrally planned economy to market relations in Poland in 1989, and one of the eight members of the European Group of Experts formed by the European Union in 2008 to develop recommendations on avoiding the consequences of the world financial crisis.