Friday, 12 December

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Registration

09:00 – 09:10u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Marble Hall” Venue]u003c/emu003e
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Main Partner Business Presentation

09:10 – 10:20
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Panel IXa. 2026 from a Security Perspective. Possible Developments

Chair: Mr. Radu TUDOR, Journalist, Antena 3 CNN, Romania

Keynote speaker:
•H.E. Ionuț MOȘTEANU, Minister of Defence, Romania
•Representative of Ministry of Defence, UK

Speakers:
•Mr. Vadym HALAICHUK, First Deputy Chairperson, Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
•Mr. Roderich KIESEWETTER, Member, Foreign Affaires Committee, Bundestag, Germany
•Ambassador Daniel FRIED, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, USA
•Mr. Shigeo MUTSUSHIKA, Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Comprehensive European Studies, University of Shizuoka, Japan

09:10 – 10:20u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Alba Iulia” Venue]u003c/emu003eu003cbru003e
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Panel IXb Cross-border cooperation for emergency situation and EU support

Chair: Mr. Robert LUPIȚU, Editor in chief, Calea Europeana, Romania
•Mr. Raed ARAFAT, State Secretary, Head of Emergency Situations Department, Ministry of Interior, Chair of the Joint Health Group, NATO, Romania
•Mr. Oleksii SERHIEIEV, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
•Mr. Dariusz WROBLEWSKI, Director of Department for Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Poland
•Representative of company

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Break

10:30 – 11:30u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Alba Iulia” Venue]u003c/emu003e

Panel Xa. The Strategic Role of the Danube in Logistics and Connectivity

Chair:Mr. Stefan HOFMANN, Head of the KAS Offices Romania, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 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
•Mr. Wilfried JILGE, Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP),  Germany

10:30 – 11:30
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Panel Xb. 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. Oleksiy RYABCHYN, Senior Consultant, Expert on Energy, Ukraine
•Mr. Alessio MENEGAZZO, CEO & Country Manager of PPC Group, Romania
•Mr. Ondrej SAFAR, Country Manager, EVRYO Group, Romania
•Mr. Nicolas RICHARD, CEO, ENGIE Romania, France

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Break

11:40 – 12:40u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Marble Hall ” Venue]u003c/emu003e

Panel XIa. Reintegration of Internally Displaced People, Refugees, and Veterans into Civilian Life

Chair: Mr. Răzvan MĂTIEȘ, Expert on EU Affairs, Romania
•Mr. Oleg SHYMANSKYI,Deputy Minister for Veterans Affairs, Ukraine
•Ms. Iryna NYKORAK, Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Veterans’ Rehabilitation, Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans’ Rights, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
•Ms. Mariia KOROLCHUK, Leader of the Ukrainian diaspora in Romania, Ukraine
•Mr. Adam EBERHARDT, Deputy Director, SEW UW – Centre forEast European Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland
•Ms. Khrystyna DUDASHVILI, Director of Recovery Camp, Sincere Heart Foundation, Lviv region, Ukraine
•Mr. Mykhailo PAVLIUK, Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine

11:40 – 12:40
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Panel XIb. Best Practices and Success Stories: Financing Mechanism and Programs Supporting Ukraine’s Recovery


Chair: Mr. Alexandru REFF, Managing Partner at Deloitte Romania & Moldova, Romania
•Mr. Paolo LOMBARDO, Head of International Relations, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Italy
•Mr. Lorenz GESSNER, Head of office for Ukraine and Moldova, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Germany
•Mr. Bogdan ZAWADEWICZ, Director of the Geopolitical Risk Analysis Office, BGK Bank, Poland
•Mr. Kjartan TVEITNES, Managing Director of the Norwegian Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, Norway
•Ms. Kristina MIKULOVA, Head of Regional Hub for Eastern Europe European Investment Bank, Slovakia
•Mr. Tetsuo SHIBATA, Director General, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Kyiv Office, Japan

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Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:10u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Marble Hall” Venue]u003c/emu003e
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Main Partner Business Presentation

14:10 – 15:00u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Marble Hall” Venue]u003c/emu003e
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Panel XIIa. The Energy Dimension of Cooperation in the Black Sea

Chair: Mr. Adrian MĂNIUȚIU, Journalist, Romania
•Mr. Mykhailo GONCHAR, Chairman,The Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”, Ukraine
•Mr. Cristian BUȘOI, State Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Romania
•Mr. Andrian PROKIP, Head of Energy Programs at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future,Ukraine
•Mr. Alexandru MAXIMESCU, Vice President, OMV Petrom, Romania

14:10 – 15:00u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Alba Iulia” Venue]u003c/emu003e

Panel XIIb. Recovering Ukraine: Opportunities in Zakarpattia and Ivano-Frankivsk Regions

Chair: Ms. Ecaterina DADIVERINA, President, New Strategy Center Ukraine
•Representative of Zakarpattia region
•Representative of Ivano-Frankivsk region

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Break

15:10 – 15:20u003cbru003eu003cemu003e[”Marble Hall” Venueu003c/emu003e]

Main Partner Business Presentation

15:20 – 16:20
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Panel XIIIa. How Can We Produce More Ammunition in Europe? European Funds and Partnerships with Ukraine

Chair: Ambassador Mihnea MOTOC, former Minister of Defence, Romania
•Mr. Serhiy BOYEV, Deputy Minister of Defense, Ukraine
•Ms. Olena KHOMENKO, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Defence Procurement, Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
•Representative of Rheinmetall
•Mr. Piotr MAŁECKI, CEO, Defence 24, Poland
•Mr. Nico LANGE, Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference, Germany

15:20 – 16:20
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Panel XIIIb. Recovering Ukraine: Opportunities in Chernivtsi and Vinnytsia Regions

Chair: Mr. Ion CRISTEA, International Relations Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
•Mr. Roman HREBA, Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Military Administration, Ukraine
•Mr. Mykhailo PAVLIUK, Deputy Head of the Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine
•Mr. Serhii BOSTAN, Executive Director of the Department of Social and Economic Development and Strategic Planning within the Chernivtsi City Council, Ukraine
•Mr. Andrii KAVUNETS, Deputy Head of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, responsible for digital development, digital transformation, and digitalization (CDTO), Ukraine

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Break

16:30 – 16:40
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Main Partner Business Presentation

16:40 – 17:30
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Panel XIVa. Connectivity and Port Infrastructure. Opportunities for Development and Investment

Chair: Brigadier General (Ret.) Hans DAMEN, Member of the International Consultative Board of New Strategy Center, The Netherlands
•Mr. Bohdan USTYMENKO, Director, Institute for Security and Law of the Sea, Ukraine
•Representative of Fincantieri, Italy
•Representative of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority
•Representative of GRAMPET Group, Romania
•Mr. Hiroyuki AKITA, Commentator of Nikkei, Japan

16:40 – 17:30
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Panel XIVb. Recovering Ukraine: Opportunities in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia Regions

Chair: Ms. Ecaterina DADIVERINA, President, New Strategy Center Ukraine
•Representative of Odesa region
•Representative of Mykolaiv region
•Representative of Zaporizhzhia region

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Break

17:40 – 18:30
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Panel XV. National Minorities – A Catalyst for Cross-border Cooperation

Chair: Mr. Ovidiu NAHOI, Editor-in-chief, Radio France Internationale Romania
•Ms. Yulia SIRKO, Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Romania, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
•Mr. Nicolae-Miroslav PETREŢCHI, Member of the Romanian Parliament representing the Union of Ukrainians of Romania
•Mr. Valentin STROIA, Leader of the Romanian minority in the Odesa region, Ukraine
•Mr. Nicolae ȘAPCĂ, Vice President of the Society for Romanian Culture “M. Eminescu” in the Chernivtsi region, Ukraine

18:30 – 18:40
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Closing remarks

•Mr. George SCUTARU, CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania