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Friday, 23 October 09:00 – 10:00
Panel VIII. How Can We Stop Russia's War of Aggression Against Ukraine? international Pressure, Negotiations, Security Guarantees, and a Just Settlement. ”Black Sea” Venue
Plenary session
Chair:
Cristina CILEACU Journalist, DIGI 24 TV Channel, Romania Keynote speakers:
Ambassador Marius LAZURCA Presidential Adviser for Foreign Affairs, Romania Igor ZHOVKVA Foreign Affairs Presidential Advisor, Ukraine VTC Speakers:
Alina FROLOVA Deputy Chair, Centre for Defence Strategies; former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Kiril PETKOV Bulgarian politician, entrepreneur, and former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Maia OTARASHVILI Vice President of the Delphi Global Research Center, USA Shogo AKAGAWA Editor-at-Large for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), The Nikkei, Japan Wilfried JILGE Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany 10:10 – 11:10
Panel IXa. Learning from Ukraine: Unmanned Systems and Military Adaptation for Future Conflict ”Black Sea” Venue
Chair:
Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN Member of the International Consultative Board of New Strategy Center, The Netherlands Speakers:
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 Adrian IACOB Executive Director, Lockheed Martin Romania Robert HAMILTON President of Delphi Global Research Center, USA Lieutenant General (Ret.) Tomasz PIOTROWSKI Lieutenant General (Ret.), former Commander of the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, Poland Charity LIN VP of Strategic Partnerships, Tron Future, Taiwan Panel IXb. Veterans with Dignity: Reintegration, Opportunity and Human Capital ”Danube” Venue
Chair:
Răzvan MĂTIEȘ Expert on EU Affairs, Romania Speakers:
Ruslan PRYKHODKO Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine Masi-Mustafa NAYYEM Founder, Miller Law Firm; Co-founder of the Human Rights Center “Pryncyp”; Attorney, Ukraine Olena TANASIYCHUK President of the Charity, Resources and Public Initiatives Fund, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine Mariia KOROLCHUK Leader of the Ukrainian diaspora in Romania, Ukraine Panel IXc. From Recovery to Growth: Investment Opportunities in Chernivtsi region ”Crimea” Venue
Chair:
Ion CRISTEA International Relations Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania Speakers:
Ruslan OSIPENKO Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Military Administration, Ukraine Mykhailo PAVLIUK Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine Yevhen MAKHOVIKOV Deputy Mayor of Chernivtsi, Ukraine Oleksii HRUSHKO Director, Regional Development Agency, Chernivtsi, Ukraine 11:20 - 11:30
Main Partner Business Presentation - Concelex Black Sea "Venue"
11:30 – 12:20
Panel Xa. The Danube as a Strategic Corridor: Connectivity, Infrastructure and Ukraine’s Recovery ”Black Sea” Venue
Chair:
Stefan HOFMANN Head of the KAS Offices Romania, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany Speakers:
Yulia SIRKO Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Romania, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine George SCUTARU CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania Sebastian SCHÄFFER Director, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Austria Carol ȘERBAN Director of Strategy and Transformation, Concelex, Romania Wilfried JILGE Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany Panel Xb. Bracing for the Toughest Winter. Ukraine’s Energy System: Resilience, Cooperation and Reconstruction ”Danube” Venue
Chair:
Radu DUDĂU President and co-founder of Energy Policy Group, Romania Speakers:
Andrian PROKIP Head of Energy Programs at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, Ukraine (via VTC) VTC Rt. Hon. Charles HENDRY Former Minister of State for Energy, UK Osamu HATTORI Chief Representative Ukraine Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan George AGAFIȚEI Head of Institutional Affairs and Regulatory Department, Romania 12:30 - 12:40
Main Partner Business Presentation - Grampet Group Black Sea "Venue"
12:40 – 13:30
Panel XIa. Poland, Ukraine and Romania: Building Strategic Connectivity from the Baltic to the Black Sea ”Black Sea” Venue
Chair:
Bogdan BERNEAGĂ Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania Speakers:
Adam EBERHARDT Deputy Director, SEW UW – Centre forEast European Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland Oksana SAVCHUK Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine representing Ivano-Frankivsk Region Ionel SCRIOȘTEANU State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Romania Iryna KOSSE Senior Research Fellow and Project Coordinator, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine Małgorzata SAMOJEDNY Co-founder, The Opportunity Institute for Foreign Affairs, Poland Florin SPĂTARU Development Projects Coordinator – GRAMPET Group, Romania Panel XIb. From Sanctions to Post-War Reparations: How Do We Make Russia Pay for Its Crimes? ”Danube” Venue
Chair:
Maia OTARASHVILI Vice President of the Delphi Global Research Center, USA Speakers:
Igor BURAKOVSKY Head of the Board, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine Titus CORLĂȚEAN Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the Accountability of the Russian Federation for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate, Romania Franziska OFIERA Sanctions Policy Task Force, Federal Foreign Office, Germany Zera KOZLYIEVA Legal Director, Truth Hounds, Ukraine Andrea Matačić CAYLEY Executive Director, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Arizona State University, foreign advisor for the Ukrainian Office of the Prosecutor General on the prosecution of war crimes, USA Pavlo OSTAPENKO Expert in Regional Development, Decentralisation and Geospatial Information Systems; Head of the Ukrainian Researchers Society, Ukraine Panel XIc. From Recovery to Growth: Investment Opportunities in Odesa region ”Crimea” Venue
Chair:
Kateryna DADIVERYNA President, New Strategy Center Ukraine Speakers:
Oleksiy LEONOV Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine representing Odesa Region Olha LOZOVA Deputy Head of the Odesa City Military Administration, Ukraine Liudmyla MALIUTA Director, Cross-Border Cooperation Agency “Lower Danube Euroregion”, Ukraine Tamila AFANASIEVA Member of the Odesa Regional Council; Director, Odesa 5T Grant Office; Chair, Odesa Regional Peace Council, Ukraine 13:40 - 14:00
Book Launch – ”WAR and FREEDOM. 550 days in Ukraine” Black "Sea Venue"
Chair:
Ion M. IONIȚĂ Senior Editor, Adevărul Newspaper; Editor-in-Chief, Historia Magazine, Romania Speakers:
Remus CERNEA Author and War Journalist, Romania Kateryna KUSMAROVA War Journalist, Ukraine 15:15 - 15:25
Main Partner Business Presentation - OMV Petrom "Black Sea" Venue
15:25 – 16:20
Panel XIIa. The Energy Dimension of Cooperation in the Black Sea ”Black Sea” Venue
Chair:
Adrian MĂNIUȚIU Journalist, Romania Speakers:
Cristian BUȘOI State Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Romania Loránt ANTAL Chair of Energy Committee, Senate, Romania Denys KUDIN Strategy and Business Development Director, Naftogaz Group; Strategy and Development Director, Ukrnafta, Ukraine Alexandru MAXIMESCU Vice President, OMV Petrom, Romania Ștefan POPESCU Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs, ROMGAZ Black Sea, Romania 15:15 – 17:00
Panel XIIb. Solutions to Supporting Romanian Companies Seeking to Participate in Ukraine's Reconstruction ”Danube” Venue
only in Romanian
Chair:
Cristina CHIRIAC President, National Confederation for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Romania Speakers:
Dan MIHALACHE Former diplomat, political scientist & Member of Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, Romania Alexandru PETRESCU President, Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), Romania Radu OPREA Senator, Former Special Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Former Minister of Economy, Romania Alexandra-Maria BOCȘE Director for Institutional and International Relations, Romanian Investment and Development Bank, Romania Corina VULPEȘ Director, Institutional Relations, Eximbank Viorel MANOLE Executive Director, Romanian Defence Industry AssociationGeneral Director (PATROMIL), Romania 15:15 – 16:20
Panel XIIc. Frontline Regions Reconstruction: The Strategic Stakes of Kherson’s Reconstruction ”Crimea” venue
Chair:
Kateryna DADIVERYNA President, New Strategy Center Ukraine Speakers:
Oleksandr SAMOILENKO Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Ukraine Oleh KULAKEVYCH Director of the Regional Development Agency “Office of European Integration” of Kherson Region, Ukraine Volodymyr BIELENSKI Protection Officer, UNHCR, Ukraine Danilo SHCHERBAKOV Founder and Chairman, HELPER UKRAINE, Ukraine Pavlo OSTAPENKO Expert in Regional Development, Decentralisation and Geospatial Information Systems; Head of the Ukrainian Researchers Society, Ukraine 16:30 – 17:20
Panel XIIIa. Post-War Deterrence and Dual-use Cooperation. How Can We Produce More in Common with Ukraine in Europe? ”Black Sea” Venue
Chair:
Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN Member of the International Consultative Board of New Strategy Center, The Netherlands Speakers:
Alina FROLOVA Deputy Chair, Centre for Defence Strategies; former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Sergii GONCHAROV CEO, National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries – NAUDI, Ukraine Piotr MAŁECKI CEO, Defence 24, Poland Vlad DUHAN Member of the Board, ROMDEF; Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Leviatan Group, Romania 16:30 – 17:45
Panel XIIIb. Cross-Border Cooperation, Local Communities and the Support of EU-Funded Projects. A Bridge Between Romania and Ukraine ”Crimea” Venue
Chair:
Monica DINU Independent Expert in EU Funds and Cross-Border Projects, Romania Keynote speakers:
Vitaliy BEZGIN Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine VTC Speakers:
Serhiy LYSAK Head of the Odesa City Military Administration, Ukraine Gabriel ZETEA President of Maramureș County Council, Romania Nicolae PETREȚCHI Member of the Romanian Parliament representing the Union of Ukrainians of Romania Vasyl DEMIANCHUK Deputy Head of the Zakarpattia Regional Council, Ukraine Costel ALEXE President, Iași County Council, Romania Valeriu IFTIME Chairman of Botoșani County Council, Romania Mykhailo PAVLIUK Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine 17:30 – 18:20
Panel XIVa. The War in 2027. From Kherson to Sevastopol. Make Russia Small Again! ”Black Sea” Venue
Plenary session
Chair:
Teodora TOMPEA Journalist, Romania Speakers:
Valentyn NALYVAICHENKO Secretary of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Richard BURR Former Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence VTC Ambasador Tacan ILDEM Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Türkiye Emmanuel DUPUY President, Institute for European Perspective and Security Studies (IPSE), France Shogo AKAGAWA Editor-at-Large for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), The Nikkei, Japan Robert HAMILTON President of Delphi Global Research Center, USA George SCUTARU CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania 18:20 – 18:30
Closing remarks ”Black Sea” Venue
Plenary session
Speakers:
George SCUTARU CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
