Retail&Development Business Summit 2016: Full Program, Speakers and Theses of the Speeches

UKRAINE,  KYIV: December 1, 2016 Ukrainian Retail Association will hold IV Retail & Development Business Summit “Transformation of Retail in the New Reality” at the Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv.

SUMMIT PROGRAM

9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS. Morning coffee. Introduction.

10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. Summit official opening ceremony

Welcome speech from event’s organizers and headliners*:

* Confirmation of participation is expected from Vladimir Tsoi.

10:30 a.m. — 11:10 a.m. SESSION 1 “Investment Climate in Retail and Development 2016/2017”

10:30 a.m. — 10:40 a.m. Presentation/S. Oberkovich “International Opinion about Ukraine and New Experience in Protection of the Rights of Foreign Investors”

10:40 a.m. — 11:10 a.m.

Format: Panel Discussion “Retail & Development”

1) Major changes and key trends in investments

2) Retailers and developers’ sources of investments in 2016

3) Selecting an investor: criteria, evaluations, risks, prospects

4) Protection of the rights of foreign investors in Ukraine

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

11:10 a.m. — 11:50 a.m. SESSION 2 “International Brands Expansion in Ukraine – 2016”

Format: Panel Discussion “Retail & Development”

1) Expansion. Launch of new brands in Ukrainian market

2) Successes and failures of foreign brands in Ukrainian market

3) Development plans for 2017

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

11:50 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. COFFEE BREAK

12:30 p.m. — 02:00 p.m. SESSION 3 “Ukrainian Retail 2016/2017”

12:30 p.m. — 01:25 p.m. BLOCK 1 “AT HOME AMONG YOUR FRIENDS”

12:30 p.m. — 12:45 p.m. Presentation/S. Yevtushenko “Interaction of Ukrainian Retail and Manufacturers”

Format: Panel Discussion “Retail & Development”

1) What Ukrainian manufacturers can use to compete with western brands

2) Interaction of Ukrainian manufacturers and malls. Desirable changes

3) Whether Ukrainian manufacturers understand market needs

4) Preferences of modern consumer: innovations vs. conservatism

5) Points of growth in the coming year (2016 sales growth, 2017 expected dynamics)

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

01:25 p.m. — 02:00 p.m. BLOCK 2 “UKRAINE FOR EXPORT”

Format: Panel Discussion

1) Development strategy when launching in foreign markets

2) Features of the western markets and ways of solving problematic issues

3) Development plans for 2017

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

02:00 p.m. — 03:00 p.m. LUNCH

03:00 p.m. — 03:40 p.m. SESSION 4 “How to Sustain for 200 Years”

03:00 p.m. – 03:10 p. m. presentation / Y. Lischyuk: “Development of Retail in 2017 and modern consumers”

Format: Panel Discussion

1) How to stay afloat in the period of constant changes

2) Effective communication with clients

3) Emotions as a factor in establishing a trusting relationships with the customer

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

03:40 p.m. — 04:40 p.m. SESSION 5 “E-commerce”

MODERATOR:

03:40 p.m. — 03:55 p.m. Presentation/N. Palienko “Global Trends and E-commerce in Ukraine”

03:55 p.m. — 04:05 p.m. Presentation/Ya. Vedmid “Social E-commerce”

04:05 p.m. — 04:15 p.m. Presentation/T. Goshovskiy “From Zero to Omni-channel Retail in Four Years: Typical Errors”

04:15 p.m. — 04:25 p.m. Presentation/A. Pertsovskiy “Cross-border in E-commerce. Export and Import Development in B2C Relationships”

04:25 p.m. — 04:40 p.m. Presentation/A. Vasilenko and O. Lesov “A Story of Fox Catching Roly-Poly with Personalization”

04:40 p.m. — 05:20 p.m. SESSION 6 “Development”

Format: Panel Discussion

1) Conceptual features of new malls as competitive advantages for tenants and customers

2) New retail concepts and formats in malls: traffic generators and incentive to visit

3) Mall and retailer synergy in action

MODERATOR

SPEAKERS

*PARTICIPANTS FROM LAVINA MALL, VICTORIA GARDENS ARE ALSO EXPECTED

05:20 p.m. — 06:15 p.m. SESSION 7 “Solutions for Retail and Development”

05:20 p.m. — 05:45 p.m. Presentation/K. Kostur and V. Panyuta “Rebranding: case of Toy’s House”

05:45 p.m. — 06:00 p.m. Presentation/V. Klichanovskiy “Light for Inspiration”

06:00 p.m. — 06:15 p.m. Presentation/M. Rabinovich “Nova Poshta for Retail”

MODERATOR

SPEAKERS

06:15 p.m. — 06:30 p.m. SHOPPING CENTRE AWARDS

06:30 p.m. — 07:00 p.m. AUDIT OF SALES AWARDS

Format: Presentation: “The Best Rent Department of Ukrainian Malls”

07:30 p.m. — 07:40 p.m. CLOSING SPEECH

08:00 p.m. — 11:00 p.m. PARTY, TERRACOTTA

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Contact person for partnership and participation in the summit:

Oksana Prykhodko

Event Manager

+38 (063) 238 99 95

oksana.prykhodko@rau.com.ua