Tiger Conference
Tiger Conference is an annual conference, founded in 2012 by the Kyiv Post. The conference brings together more than 400 Ukrainian and world leaders, top managers, top executives of leading companies, media, parliamentarians, diplomats and opinion leaders to exchange ideas about the future of Ukraine in a changing world.
Since 2016, Kyiv Post has launched a "Top 30 Under 30" award ceremony, selected by jury on the basis of nominations from readers and business community. This ceremony completes the conference.
As of 2018, the Tiger Conference has become an independent discussion platform for discussing the strongest challenges of Ukraine.
Format
The event holds 4 panel discussions, speeches delivered by key speakers, 2 sectional meetings and the award ceremony of the 30 most successful young Ukrainians "TOP30UNDER30".Top 30 Under 30
The Top 30 Under 30 nomination is a popular practice among international editions, research organizations such as Forbes. In Ukraine, the award was launched in 2016 by KyivPost in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.Every year special jury creates a list of the top 30 most successful young Ukrainians, who inspires and proves that Ukraine has a bright future.
The winners of the nomination must be a citizen of Ukraine who has not yet reached the age of 30 years and have outstanding achievements in the fields of education, health care, business, science, medicine, social activities, art and other fields. The award is realized in a crystal engraving statuette.
Speakers and themes
During the 7 years og the Tiger Conference, among the speakers there were: Mikheil Saakashvili, Petro Poroshenko, Dmytro Shymkiv, Ariel Cohen, Mark Galeotti, Oksana Syroyid, Michael Bolchuk, Mark Hartling and others.| Year | Topic | Speakers | Location |
| 2012 | Will Ukraine become a tiger economy that grows rapidly | Mikheil Saakashvili, Petro Poroshenko, Valery Horokovsky, Mikhail Moldavan, Daniel Bilak, Steven Pifer, Valery Martsinovich, Valery Muntian, Tang Sri Suleiman Makhbob, Max Aliyer, Adam Yedrzeyevski, Pavlo Sheremet, Torben Megaard, Carl Rob, Yegor Anchiskin, Morgan Williams, Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, Jean-Jacques Hervé, Leonid Kozachenko, Sergiy Mazin, John Shmorkhun, Cornelius Granig, Volodymyr Ignashchenko, Graham Tyle, Peter Justin O'Brien, Tomas Fial, Natalia Jaresko, John Campbell, Pavel Tsetkovsky, Armen Khachaturian, Daniel Bilak | :uk:Fairmont_Grand_Hotel|Fairmont Grand Hotel |
| 2013 | The future of Ukraine after the summit in Vilnius | Marek Siwiec, Jerome Waccher, Jan Tombinsky, Daniel Bilak, Boris Krasnyansky, George Logush, Balash Yarabik, Pavel Koval, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Karl Rob, Yevhen Hlibovitsky, Alexander Klymenko, Tomas Fiala, Sergiy Yevtushenko, Nicolas Berg, Jean Jacques Hervé, Vadim Trjukhan, Gennadiy Novikov, Bogdan Chomyak, Mykola Mirkevich, Alex Lissitsa, Jerome Vasher, Ricardo Giucci, Jock Mendoza Wilson, Oleg Ustenko, Stephen Fisher, Alexey Tatarenko, Jonas Grets, Andriy Favorov, Armen Khachaturyan, Dmitry Shimkov, Viktor Galasyuk, Andriy Kolodyuk, Dmitry Podol'ev, John Fredriksen, Jof Re Paiet, Viktor Likhachev, Vitaliy Kalyuzhny, Dmytro Fedoruk | Premier Palace Kyiv |
| 2014 | A year after the revolution of Euromaidan | Pavlo Klimkin, Mark Heartling, Igor Smeshko, Joseph Lehas, Daniel Bilak, Aivars Purinis, Dmitry Kuleba, Macon Phillips, Ariel Cohen, Timothy Ash, Natalia Yaresko, Pavlo Sheremeta, Jean-Jacques Hervé, Oleg Bakhmatyuk, Elena Voloshina, Dmitry Shimkov, Anna Hopko, Yevgeny Utkin, Sergey Konovets, Andrew Chachoyan, Nicolas Berg, Jofri Payet | :uk:Hilton_Kyiv|Hilton Kyiv Hotel |
| 2015 | New social contract of Ukraine | Aivaras Abromavichus, Edward Chow, Bogdan Poshva, Oksana Syroyid, Virgilius Valanchus, Darius Kalenyuk, Daniel Bilak, Andriy Kyrylenko, Aivaras Abromavichius, Sam Kingston, Carl Stuhren, Timothy Ash, Edward Chow, Michael Kirste, Razvan Nikolescu, Ichiro Kutani, Yuri Vitrenko, Olga Belkova, Robert Bensh, Natalia Yaresko, Erez Eschel, Ilya Ponomarev, Lyuba Shivpachch, Dmitro Shimkov, Olena Kosharna, David Sakvarearidze | :uk:Hilton_Kyiv|Hilton Kyiv Hotel |
| 2016 | Ukraine: VISION 2020 | Tomas Fiala, Yevgeny Utkin, Mark Khertling, Pavlo Klimkin, Linas Antanas Linkavičius, Igor Dolgov, Pavel Felgengauer, Ivanna Klimpush-Tsintsadze, Natalia Yaresko, Myroslava Krasnoborova, Igor Budnik, Andriy Stelmashchuk, Daria Kalenyuk, Daniel Bilak, Dmytro Klepak, Iryna Mirochnik, Diana Francis, Aivaras Abromavicius, Torben Megaard, Sergei Leshchenko, Morgan Williams, Miron Vasilik, Olesya Ostrovska-Luta, Natalia Mykolska, Yevhen Hlibovitsky, Andy Hander, Ruslan Kravets, Larisa Makarova, Jerome Wache, John Lowe, Maxim Sauliak, Eugene Velikanov | :uk:Hilton_Kyiv|Hilton Kyiv Hotel |
| 2017 | Ukraine- visiov 2020: capturing innovations | Ariel Cohen, Giorgi Kalantadze, Oksana Syroyd, Albert Mitroshkin, Mark Galeotti, Denis Gurak, Michael Bosierk, Farzana Baudel, Jonathan McClori, Tatiana Popova, Barbora Maronkova, Edward S. Chow, Peter Nor, Alexei Ryabchin, Alexei Orzhel, Dmitry Aleev, Ostap Semerak, Yevgeny Utkin, Valery Krasovsky, Ivar Talho, Andriy Aleikin, Yevgeny Krazhan, Dmitro Shimkov, Cornelius Granig, Hector Rodriguez, Marina Krotofil, Yevhen Sarantsov, Ivan Svitek, Michal Krohotvill, Ivan Istomin | :uk:Hilton_Kyiv|Hilton Kyiv Hotel |
| 2018 | Innovative future of Ukraine | Intercontinental |