At the Lugano Business Forum on May 11-12, participating businesses will discuss Ukraine’s reconstruction.

Lugano, Switzerland is where the Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine was held in July 2022 and will host the first Lugano Business Forum on May 11-12. The forum will gather representatives from the European business community, primarily from Switzerland and Ukraine. The business leaders will discuss issues of private sector participation in projects associated with the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

The Lugano Business Forum is officially recognized as part of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 and a preparation stage for the leading Conference on the Recovery of Ukraine, which will take place this year on June 21-22 in London. Organizers say that the Lugano Business Forum will give foreign businesses and capital access to the biggest global project of the next decade: the recovery and transformation of Ukraine.

Seven key topics will be discussed at the event: Energy, Food Technology, Digital, FinTech, and IT, Medicine and Biotechnology, Construction and Industry, Venture Capital and Startups, and Raw Materials Extraction.