Thursday, 11 December
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Registration
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Official Opening
Welcome remarks: Mr. Ionel NIȚU, President, New Strategy Center, Romania
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Panel I. The Importance of Romania for the Reconstruction of Ukraine
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Break
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Panel II. Peace Negotiations and External Actors. A Deal or Sustainable Peace?
Chair: Ms. Cristina CILEACU, Journalist, DIGI 24 TV Channel, Romania
Key-note speakers:
• H.E. Oana ȚOIU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
• H.E. Andrii SYBIHA, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine (via VTC)
Speakers
• Ms. Yulia SIRKO, First Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee at Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
• Ambassador Michaël ROUX, Envoy for the Eastern Partnership and the Black Sea, France
• Mr. John RENDON, President & CEO, The Rendon Group, Senior Expert in Global Strategic Communication, USA
• Ambassador Tacan ILDEM, Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Türkiye
• Mr. Davide LA CECILIA, Special Envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
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Break
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Main Partner Business Presentation
Mr. Cătălin PODARU, CEO, Leviatan Design, Romania
11:35 – 12:25
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Panel IIIa. The Strategic Triangle of Connectivity: Romania -Ukraine – Republic of Moldova
Chair: Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Ms. Yulia SIRKO, First Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee at Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
• Mr. Ionel SCRIOȘTEANU, State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Romania
• Mr. Serhii DERKACH, Deputy Minister. Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine
• Mr. Mircea PĂSCĂLUȚĂ, State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Moldova
• Mr. Cătălin PODARU, CEO, Leviatan Design, Romania
11:35 – 12:25
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Panel IIIb. Demining in the Black Sea. Regional Cooperation at EU and NATO Level
Chair: Mr. Sergiu MITRESCU, Program Director, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Mr. Ihor BEZKARAVAINYI, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Ukraine
• Vice Admiral Mihai PANAIT, Chief of Naval Forces, Romania
Representative of the Royal Navy, UK
• Mr. Jens GREINERT, Professor, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany
• Representative of Ocean Aero, USA
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Break
12:35 – 12:45u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Marble Hall” Venue]u003c/emu003e
Main Partner Business Presentation
12:45 – 13:45
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Panel IVa. The Private Sector – A Key Actor in the Reconstruction of Ukraine. Financing and Insurances Instruments
Chair: Mr. Victor SRAER, Managing Partner, Otto Broker, Romania
Keynote speaker:
• H.E. Alexandru NAZARE, Minister of Finance, Romania
Speakers:
• Mr. Volodymyr TSABAL, Secretary of the Committee on Budget, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
• Ms. Susan E. WALTON, Senior Advisor New Markets -Global Risk and Resilience, US
• Mr. Sergiu MANEA, CEO, Romanian Commercial Bank – BCR, Romania
• Mr. Takayuki SATO, Resident Executive Officer & Regional Head for EMEA, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan
• Representative of insurance company
13:45 – 13:55
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Main Partner Business Presentation
12:45 – 13:45u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Alba Iulia” Venue]u003c/emu003e
Panel IVb. Rebuilding Smarter: Cloud Infrastructure and
Cyber Security for a Strong Ukraine’s Digital Shield
Chair: Ambassador Sorin DUCARU, Honorary Chairman of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center; Director, European Union Satellite Centre, Romania
• Representative of Kyivstar, Ukraine
• Representative of Oracle Romania
• Representative of Vodafone Romania
• Ms. Olga BELYAKOVA, Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications (TMC) sector group in Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine
12:45 – 13:45
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Panel IVc. Territory Management in a Combat Zone
Chair: Mr. Tudor CURTIFAN, Editor in chief, Defense Romania, Romania
•Representative of Kherson Regional Military Administration
•Mr. Vitaliy BEZGIN, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative and Territorial Structure and Local Self-Government, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
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Lunch Break
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Main Partner Business Presentation
15:20 – 16:15
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Panel Va. Rare Minerals, Technology and the Impact on the Economic Development of Ukraine
Chair: Ms. Tetyana PROKOPCHUK, Vice President, AmCham Ukraine
Mr. Taras KACHKA, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
•Mr. Volodymyr TSABAL, Secretary of the Committee on Budget, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
•Mr. Paul COYER, Research Professor, The Institute of World Politics, USA
•Mr. Oleksandr KRAVCHENKO, Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Kyiv Office and a leader of the Energy and Materials Practice in Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine
15:20 – 16:15
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Panel Vb. Challenges of the Labor Market in Ukraine. Mobilizing Human Capital for Sustainable Reconstruction
Chair: Mr. Adam EBERHARDT, Deputy Director, SEW UW – Centre forEast European Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland
•Ms. Daryna MARCHAK, Deputy Minister of Economy, Ukraine
•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
15:20 – 16:15
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Panel Vc. Solutions for Supporting Romanian Companies Seeking to Participate in Ukraine’s Reconstruction
Chair: Ms. Cristina CHIRIAC, President, National Confederation for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Romania
•Mr. Traian HALALAI, President, EximBank, Romania
•Representative of Romanian Commercial Bank – BCR
•Representative of Ministry of Finance, Romania
•Mr. Mihai DARABAN, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
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Break
16:25 – 17:15
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Panel VIa. Ukraine’s EU Accession and Related Reforms: Impact on the Recovery Process
Chair: Ms. Ionela CIOLAN, Research Officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Romania
•Ms. Aliona SHKRUM, First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
•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
•Mr. Pierre HEILBRONN, Special Envoy for Ukraine‘s Relief and Reconstruction, France
16:25 – 17:15
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Panel VIb. Agriculture: Key Domain to Ukraine’s Recovery, EU Access and Global Food Security
Chair: Mr. Teodor TRAȘCĂ, Vice-Rector, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV), Romania
•Mr. Luc VERNET, Secretary General, Farm Europe, France
•Mr. Sergey FEOFILOV, Director, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine
•Mr. Florian CIOLACU, Executive Director, Romanian Farmers Club, Romania
•Mr. Eoin DREA, Senior Researcher in the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Ireland
•Mr. Anatolii Tkach, Vice President of the Vinnytsia Regional Council, Ukraine
•Mr. Mykola GAPEYEV, Director, Grain Shipping Company, Ukraine
16:25 – 18:00
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Panel VIc. Romania’s Experience: Best Practices from Local/Regional Perspective (Workshop)
Chair: Ms. Ecaterina DADIVERINA, President, New Strategy Center Ukraine
•Ms. Monica DINU, Independent Expert in EU Funds and Cross-Border Projects, Romania
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Break
17:25 – 17:35
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Main Partner Business Presentation
Short Description
17:35 – 18:30
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Panel VIIa. Lessons Learned from Ukraine Useful for our Defense Industry. New Technologies and Asymmetric Approaches
Chair: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Vasile TOADER, Member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Military Representative to NATO and EU, Romania
Speakers:
•Ms. Nicoleta PAULIUC, President, Committee on National Defence, Senate, Romania
•Mr. Andriy SIRKO-GALOUCHENKO, expert on UAV development for military applications, founder of the Ukrainian UAV Forum, Ukraine
•Representative of Lockheed Martin, USA
•Representative of Thales, France
•Representative of Interactive, Romania
17:35 – 18:30
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Panel VIIb. EU Funds and Infrastructure for Local Communities. Roads to Prosperity. Perspective from Romania
Chair: Mr. Marcel FOCA, Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
•Mr. Constantin TOMA, Mayor of Buzău, Romania
•Mr. Ștefan ILIE, Mayor of Tulcea, Romania
•Mr. Gheorghe ȘOLDAN, Vice President, National Union of County Councils of Romania, Chairman of Suceava County Council, Romania
•Representative of Viarom, Romania
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Break
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Main Partner Business Presentation
Short Description
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Panel VIIIa. Russia – Ukraine Drone War: Innovation on the Frontlines and Beyond. What Can We Learn for our Defence?
Chair: Mr. Greg MELCHER, Chief Operations Officer, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA
•Mr. Andriy SIRKO-GALOUCHENKO, expert on UAV development for military applications, founder of the Ukrainian UAV Forum, Ukraine
•Lieutenant General Iulian BERDILĂ, Deputy Chief of Defence for Operations and Training, Romania
•Representative of Boeing
18:50 – 19.40
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Panel VIIIb. Cross-border Cooperation: Business Sector, Local Communities and the Support of EU Financial Instruments
Chair: Ms. Svitlana KOVALCHUK, Executive Director of Yalta European Strategy, Ukraine
•Mr. Serhii DERKACH, Deputy Minister. Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine
•Mr. Dragoș BENEA, Chair, Committee of Regional Development, European Parliament, Romania
•Mr. Vitaliy BEZGIN, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative and Territorial Structure and Local Self-Government, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
•Ms. Svitlana BLINOVA, Manager of the Cities4cities/United4Ukraine project, Ukraine
•Mr. Valeriu IFTIME, Chairman of Botoșani County Council, Romania
Representative of Electroalfa, Romania