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Speakers 

Ms. Anya ABDULAKH

Representative of Ukranian diaspora in UK, Ealing Community&Voluntary Service (ECVS), Ukraine

H.E. Mircea ABRUDEAN

President of the Senate, Romania

Mr. Hiroyuki AKITA

Commentator of Nikkei, Japan

Ms. Olga BELYAKOVA

Co-Head of the Technology, Media and Communications (TMC) sector group in Central and Eastern Europe, CMS Cameron McKenna LLC, Ukraine

Lieutenant General Iulian BERDILĂ

Deputy Chief of Defence for Operations and Training, Romania

Mr. Bogdan BERNEAGĂ

Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Ihor BEZKARAVAINYI

State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Ukraine (via VTC)

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. Corneliu BODEA

President, Romanian Energy Center, Romania

H.E. Vladimir BOLEA

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Moldova

Mr. Sebastian BURDUJA

Member of Parliament, former Minister of Energy, Romania

Mr. Cristian BUȘOI

State Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Romania

Mr. Marius CARA

Head of Romania office, European Investment Bank, Romania

Mr. Davide LA CECILIA

Special Envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy (via VTC)

Ms. Cristina CHIRIAC

President, National Confederation for Women’s Entrepreneurship, Romania

Ms. Cristina CILEACU

Journalist, DIGI 24 TV Channel, Romania

Ms. Ionela CIOLAN

Research Officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Romania

General (Ret.) Nicolae CIUCĂ

former Prime Minister, Romania

RADM (Ret.) Liviu COMAN

Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, former Commander of Maritime Component Command, Romania

Mr. Paul COYER

Research Professor, The Institute of World Politics, USA

Mr. Ion CRISTEA

International Relations Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

Ms. Ecaterina DADIVERINA

President, New Strategy Center Ukraine

Mr. Franco DAL MAS

Secretary General, Central European Initiative, Italy

Brigade general (Ret.) Hans DAMEN

Member of the International Consultative Board of New Strategy Center, The Netherlands

Mr. Mihai DARABAN

President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania

Mr. Enrico DELLA GATTA

Vice President Geopolitical Studies & Advocacy, Fincantieri, Italy

Mr. Serhii DERKACH

Deputy Minister. Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Ukraine (via VTC)

Mr. Dragoș DIMA

Senior Adviser on Cybersecurity, European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), Romania

Ms. Monica DINU

Independent Expert in EU Funds and Cross-Border Projects, Romania

Ms. Khrystyna DUDASHVILI

Director of Recovery Camp, Sincere Heart Foundation, Lviv region, Ukraine

Mr. Eduard DUMITRAȘCU

President of The Romanian Association for Smart City, Romania

Mr. Adam EBERHARDT

Deputy Director, SEW UW – Centre forEast European Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

Mr. Sergey FEOFILOV

Director, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine

Mr. Lorenz GESSNER

Head of office for Ukraine and Moldova, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Germany  (via VTC)

Mr. Ihor GOLOVKO

Deputy Head of the Velykooleksandrivka Military Administration, Kherson region, Ukraine

Mr. Sergii GONCHAROV

CEO, National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries – NAUDI, Ukraine

Mr. Roman GREBA

Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Military Administration, Ukraine

Mr. Oleg HAIDUK

Advisor on AI & Innovation, PARKOVYI Data Center, former Deputy Defense Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization, Ukraine

Mr. Vadym HALAICHUK

First Deputy Chairperson, Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

Mr. Osamu HATTORI

Chief Representative Ukraine Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan

Mr. Stefan HOFMANN

Head of the KAS Offices Romania, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany

Mr. Adrian IACOB

Executive Director, Lockheed Martin Romania

Ambassador Tacan ILDEM

Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Türkiye

Mr. Daniel IONIȚĂ

Senior associate expert, New Strategy Center, Romania

H.E. Bogdan-Gruia IVAN

Minister of Energy, Romania

Mr. Terry JAMISON

Director, International Vertical Lift Sales & Marketing, Boeing, USA

Mr. Wilfried JILGE

Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany

Mr. Mihai JURCA

Special Envoy for Ukraine’s Reconstruction, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Romania

Mr. Andrii KASHUBA

Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories, Ukraine (via VTC)

Mr. Andrii KAVUNETS

Deputy Head of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, responsible for digital development, digital transformation, and digitalization (CDTO), Ukraine

Ms. Mariia KOROLCHUK

Leader of the Ukrainian diaspora in Romania, Ukraine

Ms. Svitlana KOVALCHUK

Executive Director of Yalta European Strategy, Ukraine

Mr. Nico LANGE

Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference, Germany

Mr. Volodymyr LUTCHENKO

Chief Technology Officer, Kyivstar, Ukraine

Mr. Piotr MAŁECKI

CEO, Defence 24, Poland

Ms. Olha MALYARCHUK

Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Ukraine

Mr. Sergiu MANEA

CEO, Romanian Commercial Bank – BCR, Romania

Mr. Viorel MANOLE

Executive Director, Romanian Defence Industry AssociationGeneral Director (PATROMIL), Romania

Mr. Alexandru MAXIMESCU

Vice President, OMV Petrom, Romania

Mr. Adrian MĂNIUȚIU

Journalist, Romania

Mr. Răzvan MĂTIEȘ

Expert on EU Affairs, Romania

Mr. Greg MELCHER

Chief Operations Officer, New Generation Warfare Centre, USA

Ms. Lyubov MINKO

Head of the Mylivka Military Administration, Kherson region, Ukraine

Mr. Sorin MOLDOVAN

State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Romania

Mr. Shigeo MUTSUSHIKA

Managing Director of the Kazankai Foundation Professor Emeritus of the University of Shizuoka, Japan

Mr. Ovidiu NAHOI

Editor-in-chief, Radio France Internationale Romania

H.E. Alexandru NAZARE

Minister of Finance, Romania

Mr. Ionel NIȚU

President, New Strategy Center, Romania

Ms. Iryna NYKORAK

Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Veterans’ Rehabilitation, Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans’ Rights, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

Ms. Luminița ODOBESCU

Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Ms. Alexandra OLARU

Director Legal & External Affairs at Vodafone Romania

Mr. Ciprian OLTEANU

President, Romanian Farmers Club, Romania

Ms. Ksenia ORYNCHAK

Founder and Executive Director of the National Association of Extractive Industries, Ukraine

Ms. Nicoleta PAULIUC

President, Committee on National Defence, Senate, Romania

Mr. Mykhailo PAVLIUK

Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine

Ms. Nicoletta PIROZZI

Institutional relations manager; Head of the “EU, politics and institutions” programme, Instituto, Affari Internazionali (IAI), Italy

Mr. Cătălin PODARU

CEO, Leviatan Group, Romania

Mr. Ihor POPADYUK

Head of Department of Foreign Affairs, Ivano-Frankivsk city, Ukraine

Mr. Costică POSTOLACHE

Deputy General Director for Business Development, Interactive Romania

Ms. Teodora PREOTEASA

Director, European Funds Administration at Investment and Development Bank, Romania

Mr. Andrian PROKIP

Head of Energy Programs at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, Ukraine (via VTC)

Mr. Vitaliy RADCHENKO

Managing Partner and Head of the Energy & Climate Change at CMS, Ukraine

Mr. Alexandru REFF

Managing Partner at Deloitte Romania & Moldova, Romania

Mr. John RENDON

President & CEO, The Rendon Group, Senior Expert in Global Strategic Communication, USA

Ambassador Michaël ROUX

Envoy for the Eastern Partnership and the Black Sea, France

Mr. Oleksiy RYABCHYN

Chief of International Relations and Partnerships Office, Naftogaz, Ukraine 

Mr. Mykhailo SAMUS

CEO, First Contact company & Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Ukraine

Mr. Takayuki SATO

Resident Executive Officer & Regional Head for EMEA, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan

Mr. Werner SAUERWALD

Head of Programs & Sales, Rheinmetall, Germany

Mr. Ionel SCRIOȘTEANU

State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Romania

Mr. George SCUTARU

CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania

Mr. Oleksandr SHEKA

Director, The Organization for International Cooperation under the Odesa Regional State Administration, Ukraine

Mr. Andriy SHEKETA

First Deputy Head of the Zakarpattia Regional Council, Ukraine

Mr. Tetsuo SHIBATA

Director General, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Kyiv Office, Japan

Mr. Oleg SHYMANSKYI

Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, Ukraine

Ms. Aliona SHKRUM

First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine (via VTC)

Ms. Yulia SIRKO

Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Romania, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

Mr. Andriy SIRKO-GALOUCHENKO

expert on UAV development for military applications, founder of the Ukrainian UAV Forum, Ukraine

Mr. Valentin STROIA

Leader of the Romanian minority in the Odesa region, Ukraine

H.E. Andrii SYBIHA

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine (via VTC)

Mr. Nicolae ȘAPCĂ

Vice President of the Society for Romanian Culture “M. Eminescu” in the Chernivtsi region, Ukraine

Mr. Gheorghe ȘOLDAN

Chairman of the Suceava County Council, Romania

Mr. Florin SPĂTARU

Development Projects Coordinator – GRAMPET Group, Romania

Mr. Victor ȘRAER

CEO, Otto Broker, Romania

Mr. Greg SWENSON

Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK, USA

Ms. Olena TANASIYCHUK

President of the Charity, Resources and Public Initiatives Fund, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Vasile TOADER

Member of the Scientific Council, New Strategy Center, former Military Representative to NATO and EU, Romania

Ms. Mariana TOMYN

Coordinator of the SHOULDER TO SHOULDER – Cohesive Communities Project, Ukraine

Mr. Teodor TRAȘCĂ

Vice-Rector, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV), Romania

Ms. Ganna TSYMBOLYNETS

Director, Regional Development Agency Zakarpattia, Ukraine

Mr. Volodymyr TSABAL

Secretary of the Committee on Budget, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine

H.E. Oana ȚOIU

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Mr. Radu TUDOR

Journalist, Antena 3 CNN, Romania

Mr. Luc VERNET

Secretary General, Farm Europe, France (via VTC)

Ms. Susan E. WALTON

Senior Advisor New Markets -Global Risk and Resilience, US

Mr. Bogdan ZAWADEWICZ

Director of the Geopolitical Risk Analysis Office, BGK Bank, Poland