Our speakers

Mr. Lóránt ANTAL

Chairman of the Energy Committee, Senate, Romania

Mr. Kaush ARHA

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council, former Senior Advisor on Strategic Engagement
United States Agency for International Development, United States Agency for International Development, USA

Mr. Burcin ATAKAN

Deloitte Partner, Forensic Services Leader in Central Europe, Romania

Mr. Viktor BERESTENKO

President, Association of International Freight Forwarders, Ukraine

Bogdan BERNEAGĂ

Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Vladyslav BIELAKH

Deputy General Manager for Economics and Finance, Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP), Ukraine

Mr. Ionel BOGDAN

Chairman of Maramures County Council, Romania

Major General Remus BONDOR

Acting Deputy Chief of Defence Staff for Operations and Training, Romania

Mr. Matthew BOYSE

Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute, former Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for Central Europe at the State Department, USA

H.E. Sebastian BURDUJA

Minister of Energy, Romania

Mr. Rareș BURLACU

Chairman, Romanian Agency for Investment and Foreign Commerce, Romania

Prof. Gheorghe BUTA

Senior Partner, Popescu & Asociatii attorneys at law, Romania

Mr. James CARAFANO

Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation, USA

Mr. Davide LA CECILIA

Special Envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Mr. Bogdan CERNESCU

Managing Director, Head of Corporate Banking BCR, Romania

Mr. Vergil CHIȚAC

Mayor of Constanța, Romania

Mr. Marcin CHRUŚCIEL

Director of the Government Plenipotentiary Office for Polish-Ukrainian Development Cooperation, Poland

Mrs. Cristina CILEACU

Journalist, DIGI 24 TV Station, Romania

H.E. Marcel CIOLACU

Prime Minister, Romania

H.E. Nicolae CIUCĂ

President of the Romanian Senate

Rear admiral (LH) Liviu COMAN

Commander of the Romanian Maritime Component Command, Romania

Ms. Antonia COLIBĂȘANU

Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center & Chief Operating Officer & Senior Geopolitical Analyst, Geopolitical Futures, Romania

Ambassador Doru COSTEA

Member of the Scientific Council of the New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Tudor CURTIFAN

Editor-in-chief, Defense Romania, Romania

Mr. Thomas DANS

Visiting Fellow at the Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation, USA

Major General (Ret.) Leonardo DINU

Member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center

Ambassador Sorin DUCARU  

Honorary Chairman of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center; Director, European Union Satellite Centre, Romania

General (Ret.) Sir James EVERARD

Chairman of the International Consultative Board, New Strategy Center, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), UK

Mr. Gheorghe FLUTUR

Chairman of Suceava County Council, Romania

Mr. Marcel FOCA

Senior Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Iulian FOTA

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Mr. Jean FROEHLY

Head of the Task Force Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 (URC24), Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Mr. Mykola GAPEYEV

Director, LLC Graincom Shipping, Ukraine

Mr. Mihai GHIGIU

Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Romania

Mr. Cosmin GHIȚĂ

CEO, Nuclearelectrica, Romania

H.E. Igor GROSU

President, Parliament of Republic of Moldova

Mr. Pierre HEILBRONN

Special Envoy of the President for Ukraine’s relief and reconstruction, France

Mrs. Hanna HVOZDIAR

Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine

Mr. Ion IONIȚĂ

Senior editor Adevărul, Editor in chief, Historia, Romania

Mr. Adrian IACOB

Director Executive, Lockheed Martin Romania, Romania

Mrs. Angela IVAN

General Director, River Administration of the Lower Danube, Romania

Mr. Paul IVANOV

CEO Trading Line, Romania

Mr. Terry JAMISON

Director, Autonomous Aviation & Technology, Defence, Space &
Security, Boeing, USA

Mr. Markus KAIM

Senior Fellow, Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs – SWP, Germany

Mr. Taras KACHKA

Deputy Minister of Economy, Ukraine

H.E. Oleksandr KAMYSHIN

Minister of Strategic Industries, Ukraine

Mrs. Yulia KLYMENKO

First Deputy Head of Transport & Infrastructure Committee at Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

Mr. Mykola KOLISNYK

Deputy Minister of Energy, Ukraine

Mr. Sergiy KONONENKO

Director, Regional Development Agency of Odesa Region, Ukraine

Mr. Petro KOTIN

Chairman, Energoatom, Ukraine

Mrs. Svitlana KOVALCHUK

Executive Director, Yalta European Strategy, Ukraine

Mr. Sergii KROPYVA

Deputy Head of Odesa Regional State Administration for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation (CDTO), Ukraine

H.E. Oleksandr KUBRAKOV

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for
Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine

Mrs. Olha SHUBINA-KURULENKO

Head of the Coordination Export Support
Centers, The Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ukraine

Mr. Maksym LAPAI

Deputy Chairman for Ports Organization of the State
Enterprise “Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority”, Ukraine

Mr. Cristian LUCACIU

Director, VIAROM, Romania

Mr. Dmytro LYPPA

CEO, Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU), Ukraine

Mr. Roman MAYDANYK

Professor of Civil Law at Taras Shevchenko
National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Mr. Alexandru MAXIMESCU

Vice-president, OMV Petrom, Romania

Mr. Greg MELCHER

Chief Operations Officer, Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare, USA

Mr. Laurențiu MIHAI

General Manager, The Romanian Organisation for Serialisation of Medicines (OSMR), Romania

Mr. Silviu NATE

Director, Global Studies Center of Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Mr. Mustafa-Masi NAYEM

Head of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure, Ukraine

Mr. Sergii NAZARENKO

Head of the Office of Identification and
Counteraction to threats of critical infrastructure objects of NPC Ukrenergo,
Ukraine

Mr. Ionel NIȚU

President, New Strategy Center, Romania

H.E. Radu OPREA

Minister of Economy, Romania

Mr. Sabin ORCAN

Editorial Director, Newsweek Romania, Romania

Mr. Basat ÖZTÜRK

Director General for International Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye

Mr. Laurențiu PACHIU

Vice President, Energy Policy Group, Romania

H.E. Victor PARLICOV

Minister of Energy, Republic of Moldova

Mrs. Penny PRITZKER

Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, US

Mr. Cătălin PODARU

General Manager, Leviatan, Romania

Mr. Geoffrey PYATT

Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, former US Ambassador to Ukraine, USA

Mr. Nawaf SALAMEH

Chairman Alexandrion Group, Romania

Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS

Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Ukraine

Mr. Roman SARAI

Chairman of Transcarpathia Regional Council, Ukraine

Mr. Ionel SCRIOȘTEANU

State Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Romania

Mr. George SCUTARU

CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania

H.E. Denys SHMYHAL

Prime Minister, Ukraine

H.E. Andrei SPÎNU

Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Moldova

Mr. Lampridis SPYRIDON

Ambassador, Special Envoy for Ukrainian issues,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece

Mr. Gruia STOICA

President, GRAMPET Group – Grup Feroviar Român, Romania

Mr. Mykola TIMOFEEV

Director General, Automagistral Pivden, Ukraine

Mr. Oleg TOFILAT

CEO of State Enterprise „Railways of the Republic of Moldova”

Mrs. Ganna TSIMBOLYNETS

Director, Regional Development Agency of Zakarpattia Region, Ukraine

Mr. Radu TUDOR

Journalist, Antena 3 CNN, Romania

Mr. Ivan US

Senior Researcher, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine

Mr. Nasty VLĂDOIU

President, The Union of Bilateral Chambers of Commerce from Romania, President, Bilateral Chamber of Commerce Romania – Ukraine, Romania

Mr. Łukasz WOJDYGA

Deputy Director, Centre for Strategic Studies, Warsaw Enterprise Institute, Poland

Mr. Ruslan ZAPARANYUK

Chairman of Chernivtsi Regional Administration, Ukraine