Thursday, 11 December
08.00 – 09.30
Registration
09.30 – 09.45
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Official Opening
Welcome remarks: Mr. Ionel NIȚU, President, New Strategy Center, Romania
09:45 – 10:15
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Panel I. The Importance of Romania for the Reconstruction of Ukraine
10:15 – 10:25
Break
10:25 – 11:30
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Panel IIa. 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. Franco DAL MAS, Secretary General, Central European Initiative, Italy
• 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
10:25 – 11:30
[”Heroes” Venue]
Romanian Language only
Panel IIb. Solutions to Supporting Romanian Companies Seeking to Participate in Ukraine’s Reconstruction
Chair: Ms. Cristina CHIRIAC, President, National Confederation for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Romania
• Ms. Gabriela HORGA, Chair, Committee on Budget, Finance, Banking and Capital Market, Romania
• Ms. Alexandra BOCȘE, International and Institutional Affairs Director, Investment and Development Bank, Romania
• Mr. Mihai DARABAN, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
• Mr. Viorel MANOLE, Executive Director, Romanian Defence Industry AssociationGeneral Director (PATROMIL), Romania
11:30 – 11:40
Break
11:40 – 11:50
[”Marble Hall Hall” Venue]
Main Partner Business Presentation
Leviatan Group, Romania
11:50 – 13:00
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Panel IIIa. The Strategic Triangle of Connectivity: Romania -Ukraine – Republic of Moldova
Chair: Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
Keynote speaker:
• 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:
• 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 (via VTC)
• Mr. Cătălin PODARU, CEO, Leviatan Group, Romania
11:50 – 13:00
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]
Panel IIIb. Rare Minerals, Technology and the Impact on the Economic Development of Ukraine
Chair: Mr. Vitaliy RADCHENKO, Managing Partner and Head of the Energy & Climate Change at CMS, Ukraine
• Mr. Volodymyr TSABAL, Secretary of the Committee on Budget, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
• Mr. Paul COYER, Research Professor, The Institute of World Politics, USA
• Ms. Ksenia ORYNCHAK, Founder and Executive Director of the National Association of Extractive Industries, Ukraine
• Mr. Greg SWENSON, Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK, USA
13:00 – 14:20
Lunch Break
14:20 – 14:30
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Main Partner Business Presentation
Romanian Commercial Bank – BCR
14:30 – 15:30
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Panel IVa. The Private Sector – A Key Actor in the Reconstruction of Ukraine. Financing and Insurances Instruments
Chair: Mr. Victor ȘRAER, CEO, 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
• Ambassador Ulrik TIDESTRÖM, Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Sweden
• Ms. Susan E. WALTON, Senior Advisor New Markets -Global Risk and Resilience, US
• Mr. Sergiu MANEA, CEO, Romanian Commercial Bank – BCR, Romania
• Ms. Alexandra OLARU, Director Legal & External Affairs at Vodafone Romania
• Mr. Takayuki SATO, Resident Executive Officer & Regional Head for EMEA, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan
14:30 – 15:30
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]
Panel IVb. Rebuilding Smarter: Cloud Infrastructure and
Cyber Security for a Strong Ukraine’s Digital Shield
Chair: Mr. Daniel IONIȚĂ, Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
• Mr. Oleh HAIDUK, Institute of Cyber Warfare Research, former Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukraine
• Mr. Dragoș DIMA, Senior Adviser on Cybersecurity, European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), Romania
• Mr. Volodymyr LUTCHENKO, Chief Technology Officer, Kyivstar, Ukraine
• Mr. Sergiu RUSSU, Country Leader, Oracle Romania
• Ms. Olga BELYAKOVA, Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications (TMC) sector group in Central and Eastern Europe, CMS, Ukraine
14:30 – 15:30
[”Mirrors” Venue]
Panel IVc. Territory Management in a Combat Zone
Chair: Mr. Oleh Kulakevych, Director of the Kherson 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
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Panel Va. Green Recovery and Green Energy
Chair: Mr. Corneliu BODEA, President, Romanian Energy Center, Romania
Keynote speaker:
• H.E. Bogdan-Gruia IVAN, Minister of Energy, Romania
Speakers:
• Mr. George AGAFIȚEI, Head of Sustainability and Institutional Affairs, PPC Group, Romania
• Mr. Vitaliy RADCHENKO, Managing Partner and Head of the Energy & Climate Change at CMS, Ukraine
• Mr. Gheorghe CIUBOTARU, President, Electroalfa International, Romania
• Mr. Eduard DUMITRAȘCU President of The Romanian Association for Smart City, Romania
15:40 – 16:40
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]
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. 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 Foundation “Public Resources and Initiatives”, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine
• Ms. Anya ABDULAKH, representative of the Ukrainian 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
[”Mirrors Hall” Venue]
Panel Vc. 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
16:40 – 16:50
Break
16:50 – 17:00
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Main Partner Business Presentation
Boeing, USA
17:00 – 17:50
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Panel VIa. 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
• Mr. Mustafa NAYYEM, Head of Public Affairs, GTX, Ukraine
• Mr. Terry JAMISON, Director Vertical Lift Attack Systems, Boeing, USA
• General (Ret.) Nicolae CIUCĂ, former Prime Minister, Romania
• Lieutenant General Iulian BERDILĂ, Deputy Chief of Defence for Operations and Training, Romania
17:00 – 17:50
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]
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. Ihor BEZKARAVAINYI, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Ukraine (via VTC)
• Mr. Ciprian OLTEANU, President, Romanian Farmers Club, Romania
• Mr. Luc VERNET, Secretary General, Farm Europe, France (via VTC)
• Mr. Sergey FEOFILOV, Director, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine
17:50 – 18:00
Break
18:00 – 18:10
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
Main Partner Business Presentation
Lockheed Martin, USA
18:10 – 19:15
[”Marble Hall” Venue]
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
• Mr. Adrian IACOB, Executive Director, Lockheed Martin Romania
• Representative of Rheinmetall
• Mr. Costică POSTOLACHE, Deputy General Director for Business Development, Interactive Romania
18:10 – 19:15
[”Alba Iulia” Venue]
Panel VIIb. 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
• 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