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Development of Domestic Markets in Ukraine. Welfare through Competition

Date:

May 27th 2003

Place:

National Conference Hall of the National Bank of Ukraine vul. Institutska 9

14:00 - 15:00

Opening Session

Chair Ihor Burakovsky, Co-Director, Institute of Economic Research and Policy Conculting

• Serhiy Tihipko, Governor, National Bank of Ukraine: Opening Statement

• Lutz Hoffmann, Co-Head, German Advisory Group: "Competition and Welfare"

• Anatoliy Halchynskiy, Advisor to the President of Ukraine: "Economic Reforms and Competition in Ukraine"

15:00 - 16:30

Session 1: Competition and Structural Change in Competitive Markets

Chair: Lorenz Schomerus, Co-Head, German Advisory Group
Speakers:

• Serhiy Chernenko, Deputy Head, Anti-Monopoly Committee

• Ferdinand Pavel, Expert, German Advisory Group: "Ferrous Metallurgy: Problems for Competition"

• Iryna Akimova, Co-Director, Institute of Economic Research: "Development of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises"

Discussant: Kseniya Lyapina, Project Coordinator, Institute for Competitive Society

16:30-16:45

Coffee Break

16:45-18:00

Session 2: Competition for Network Industries

Chair: Lutz Hoffmann , Co-Head, German Advisory Group
Speakers:

• Boris Dodonov , Research Associate, Institute of Economic Research: "Competition in the Power Industry"

• Oleksandr Scherbakov, Research Associate, Institute of Economic Research:"Competition in the Telecommunication Sector"

Discussant:
Yuriy Prodan , Head, National Electricity Regulation Commission

18:00- 18:30

Closing Remarks
Speakers:

• Volodymyr Granovsky, Head, Group of Advisors to the Minister of Economics and European Integration

• Volodymyr Lanovy, President, Center for Market Reforms

• Lorenz Schomerus , Co-Head, German Advisory Group: "Summing up the discussion: How Stronger Competition Increases Welfare"

18:30

Cocktail