Although the IT industry and other sectors of the “new economy” generate a significant share of GDP and billions dollars of exports from Eurasian countries, the amount of foreign investment in these sectors remains insignificant – just hundreds of millions of dollars. How to assist the new economy of the Eurasian countries to discover not only their production capacity but also the investment potential? These issues to be discussed in the StrategEast Live session “U.S. Investment in Eurasian New Economy”.
Join us on Wednesday, July 01 at 10:00-11:00 EST (16:00-17:00) CET
Panel Moderator: Anatoly Motkin, President of StrategEast.
Speakers:
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Arkadiy Dobkin, founder and CEO, EPAM Systems;
- Avtandil Kasradze, Chairman, Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
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Lenna Koszarny, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Horizon Capital; Chair of the Board of Directors, American Chamber of Commerce (ACC) in Ukraine;
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John Piletich, Coordinator for South Central Asia and Eastern Europe at International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State;
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Robert Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, US Department of State;
Among the issues to be discussed on the panel are:
– What governments of Eurasia have to do to improve the prospects of their digital economy to attract U.S. investment?
– What are the interests of private U.S. IT companies in the development of the Eurasian digital economy?
– How do U.S. institutions’ investments in the new economies of Eurasia assist to increase transparency and reduce corruption?
You can follow the discussion with the live stream on our Facebook page.
You can ask our speakers in the comments during the live stream or send your questions in advance to iryna.shyrokova@new.strategeast.org
