Science City Ecosystem. Connecting business and science

15 January 2025
09:00 – 13:30

Event moderator: Oksana Berezhna, director general of innovation and science liaison with the real sector of economy directorate at Ministry of Education and Science

09:30 – 10:00	Registration and welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:05	Opening of the event
10:05 – 10:35	Opening remarks “Science City: views and plans” Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy Julie A. Koenen, USAID Mission Director in Ukraine Stefan Kossoff, Director of Development Programmes at the British Embassy in Ukraine
10:35 – 10:55	Presentation of the Science City regime: Existing barriers to the development of science parks and mechanisms for solving them. Denys Kurbatov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
10:55 – 12:20	Public consultations on Science City regime: a roundtable discussion. Key issues: Stimulating R&D on the basis of higher education institutions Stimulating the involvement of private capital in R&D through science parks Tax incentives for R&D development within science parks Participants: Oleksandr Borniakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Denys Kurbatov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Anastas Boiko, Deputy Chief of Party at the Digital Transformation Activity (DTA) Oleksii Dorogan, CEO of Better Regulation Delivery Office Tymofiy Mylovanov, KSE President Olha Budnyk, Advisor, Presidential Commissioner for the Fund of the President of Ukraine for Support of Education, Science and Sports Nazar Podolchak, Director of SID City Scientific Park, Lviv Polytechnic National University Kseniia Semenova, Acting Rector of the of the Kyiv Aviation Institute Valentyn Chebanov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Scientific and Technological Complex “Institute of Single Crystals” of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Mykhailo Tukalo, Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Lyudmila Kryzhanovska, Head of the Investment Fund at Promprylad Dmytro Derkach, CEO of the group of companies / CEO of YURiA-PHARM Sergiy Melnychuk, Scientific Advisor to the Head of the Board Chris Watson CEO Greenfield Investments Greg Gerris CEO Omega Group

	From talk to action Invitation of participants to public discussion and a short intro on the procedure of submitting proposals to the draft law. Q&A session.
12:20 – 12:30	Conclusions and further formats of work on legislation
12:30 – 13:30	Networking