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Forum One Ukraine welcomes Sir Richard Branson and other business legends in Kyiv

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Attendees of the Forum One Ukraine pick up their badges and brochures at the registration desk at Forum One Ukraine on April 30 in Palats Ukraina in Kyiv.

On April 30 Kyiv's Palats Ukraina welcomed the speakers and attendees of Forum One Ukraine business networking event.

“Age of change: New strategies” was the theme of the event. More than 3,500 attendees from 10 countries participated.

Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, named the seventh richest citizen of the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of $4.9 billion, was the headliner-speaker of the event.

Other speakers included Gabor George Burt, expert in business innovations and the “Blue Ocean” business strategy, Ben Saunders, explorer and conqueror of South and North Poles, Evgeniy Chichvarkin, the founder of the Russian Evroset phone retailer and owner of Hedonism Wines store in London, John Von Achen, business coach and the author of bestseller “Crisis – to stay alive”, and Fredrik Haren, the author of business creativity bestsellers.

Attendees could also donate money to the charity fundraising campaign presented in terms of the forum. The collected money will go to 10 Ukrainian kids with disabilities to pay for their future skills development and education.

Kyiv Post staff writer Bozhena Sheremeta can be reached at [email protected]. The Kyiv Post’s IT coverage is sponsored by AVentures Capital, Ciklum, FISON and SoftServe.