08:00 – 09:30 Registration 
 

09:30 – 09:45 Official opening
(Open session – press access)
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

09:45 – 10:00 Panel I. The Importance of Romania for the Reconstruction of Ukraine
(Open session, press access)
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

          Keynote speech: H.E. Mircea ABRUDEAN, President of the Senate, Romania

 
10:00 – 10:10  Break

10:10 – 11:30 Panel II. Peace Negotiations and External Actors. A Deal or Sustainable Peace?
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

Chair: Ms. Cristina CILEACU, Journalist, DIGI 24 TV Channel, Romania

Keynote speakers:

Speakers:

10:10 – 11:30 Panel IIb. Solutions to Supporting Romanian Companies Seeking to Participate in Ukraine’s Reconstruction
(only in Romanian language)
[”Heros” Venue]

Chair: Ms. Cristina CHIRIAC, President, National Confederation for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Romania

Speakers:

  • Ms. Teodora PREOTEASA, Director, European Funds Administration at Investment and Development Bank, Romania
  • Mr. Mihai DARABAN, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
  • Mr. Viorel MANOLE, Executive Director, Romanian Defence Industry Association General Director (PATROMIL), Romania

11:30 – 11:40   Break

11:40 – 11:50 Main Partner Business Presentation – Leviatan Group, Romania
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

11:50 – 13:00 Panel IIIa. The Strategic Triangle of Connectivity: Romania -Ukraine – Republic of Moldova
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

Chair: Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania

Keynote speakers:

  • H.E. Vladimir BOLEA, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Moldova
  • Mr. Mihai JURCA, Special Envoy for Ukraine’s Reconstruction, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Romania

Speakers:

11:50 – 13:00 Panel IIIb. Rare Minerals, Technology and the Impact on the Economic Development of Ukraine
[”Alba Iulia Hall” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Vitaliy RADCHENKO, Managing Partner and Head of the Energy & Climate Change at CMS, Ukraine

 13:00 – 14:20 Lunch

14:20 – 15:30 Panel IVa. The Private Sector – A Key Actor in the Reconstruction of Ukraine. Financing and Insurances Instruments
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Victor SRAER, Managing Partner, Otto Broker, Romania

Speakers:

14:20 – 15:30 Panel IVb. Rebuilding Smarter: Cloud Infrastructure and Cyber Security for a Strong Ukraine’s Digital Shield
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Daniel IONIȚĂ, Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

  • Mr. Oleg HAIDUK, Advisor on AI & Innovation, PARKOVYI Data Center, former Deputy Defense Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization, Ukraine
  • Mr. Volodymyr LUTCHENKO, Chief Technology Officer, Kyivstar, Ukraine
  • Mr. Dragoș DIMA, Senior Adviser on Cybersecurity, European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), Romania
  • Ms. Olga BELYAKOVA, Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications (TMC) sector group in Central and Eastern Europe, CMS Cameron McKenna LLC, Ukraine

 
14:30 – 15:30 Panel IVc. Territory Management in a Combat Zone
[”Mirrors” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Oleh KULAKEVYCH, Director, Kherson Regional Development Agency, Ukraine

  • Mr. Vitaliy BEZGIN, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative and Territorial Structure and Local Self-Government, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
  • Ms. Olha MALYARCHUK, Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Ukraine
  • Ms. Mariana TOMYN, Coordinator of the SHOULDER TO SHOULDER – Cohesive Communities Project, Ukraine
  • Mr. Ihor GOLOVKO, Deputy Head of the Velykooleksandrivka Military Administration, Kherson region, Ukraine
  • Ms. Lyubov MINKO, Head of the Mylivka Military Administration, Kherson region, Ukraine

15:30 – 15:40 Break

15:40 – 16:40 Panel Va. Green Recovery and Green Energy
[”Marble” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Corneliu BODEA, President, Romanian Energy Center, Romania

Keynote speaker:

Speakers:

15:40 – 16:40 Panel Vb. Challenges of the Labor Market in Ukraine. Mobilizing Human Capital for Sustainable Reconstruction
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Adam EBERHARDT, Deputy Director, SEW UW – Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

  • Ms. Svitlana KOVALCHUK, Executive Director of Yalta European Strategy, Ukraine
  • Mr. Bogdan ZAWADEWICZ, Director of the Geopolitical Risk Analysis Office, BGK Bank, Poland
  • Ms. Olena TANASIYCHUK, President of the Charity, Resources and Public Initiatives Fund, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine
  • Ms. Anya ABDULAKH, representative of Ukranian diaspora in UK, Ealing Community&Voluntary Service (ECVS), Ukraine
  • Mr. Osamu HATTORI, Chief Representative Ukraine Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan

 15:40 – 17:30 Panel Vc. Romania’s Experience: Best Practices from Local/Regional Perspective (Workshop)
[”Mirrors Hall” Venue]

Chair:     Ms. Ecaterina DADIVERINA, Coordinator, Ukraine Projects Department, New Strategy Center; President, New Strategy Center Ukraine

  • Ms. Monica DINU, Independent Expert in EU Funds and Cross-Border Projects, Romania

16:40 – 16:50   Break

16:50 – 17:00 Main Partner Business Presentation. Boeing, USA
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

17:00 – 17:50 Panel VIa. Russia – Ukraine Drone War: Innovation on the Frontlines and Beyond. What Can We Learn for our Defence?
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Greg MELCHER, Chief Operations Officer, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA

 17:00 – 17:50 Panel VIb. Agriculture: Key Domain to Ukraine’s Recovery, EU Access and Global Food Security
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]

Chair: Mr. Teodor TRAȘCĂ, Vice-Rector, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV), Romania

17:50 – 18:00   Break

18:00 – 19:15 Panel VIIa. Lessons Learned from Ukraine Useful for our Defense Industry. New Technologies and Asymmetric Approaches
[”Marble Hall” Venue]

Chair: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Vasile TOADER, Member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Military Representative to NATO and EU, Romania

18:00 – 19.15 Panel VIIb. Ukraine’s EU Accession and Related Reforms: Impact on the Recovery Process
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]

Chair: Ms. Ionela CIOLAN, Research Officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Romania

  • Mr. Luminița ODOBESCU, Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
  • Mr. Vadym HALAICHUK, First Deputy Chairperson, Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
  • Ms. Nicoletta PIROZZI, Institutional relations manager; Head of the “EU, politics and institutions” programme, Instituto, Affari Internazionali (IAI), Italy

19:30 – 21:30 Cocktail