Sigma became a partner of the Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum, which will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 4th-5th. The event aims to facilitate networking between Swedish and Ukrainian organizations and highlight the prospects of economic and social development of Ukraine.
Organized by the Embassy of Sweden
in Ukraine and a consulting organization Business Sweden, the event is expected
to welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt, the Ambassador
of Sweden in Ukraine Andreas von Beckerath, the Minister of Economics
Development and Trade of Ukraine Pavlo Sheremeta, the Vice Prime Minister for
Regional Policy of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, and other high officials.
Major Swedish and Ukrainian
companies became Forum partners, among them are a multinational provider of
communications technology and services Ericsson, a multinational food packaging
and processing company Tetra Pak, cosmetics group Oriflame, Swedish financial
group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), a major Swedish automotive industry
manufacturer Scania, Shelton Petroleum — a company engaged in exploration and
production of oil and gas. The representatives of professional communities
including the European Business Association were also invited to the Forum.
As one of the event partners, Sigma will
take part in all Forum activities and in particular, will participate in panel
debates dedicated to ICT technologies role in cross-sector upgrade. The hot
topics to be discussed would be how to create favorable conditions for
Ukrainian IT industry, how the government supports the sector development, how
to bring education of the IT specialists on the new level. Carl Vikingsson, CEO
at Sigma Technology Group, is invited as a panelist of the ICT sector.
“Sigma Ukraine together with Sigma
IT&Management, Sigma Technology and Sigma Connectivity has been working
with the largest Scandinavian brands for over 8 years. Among our long-term
partners are Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Fortum, Volvo and Viaplay. The
Business Forum aims to draw the attention of other Swedish companies to the
successful cooperation of Sweden and Ukraine as a country with similar
mentality and way of working,” says Valery Krasovsky, Chief Operating Officer at Sigma Ukraine.