10th Kyiv Security Forum
OLD CONFLICTS AND NEW DYNAMICS: STRATEGIES FOR A CHANGING WORLD (April 6-7, 2017; Kyiv, Ukraine)
AGENDA
Thursday, April 6
11:00-12:00 Registration
Forum Moderator: David EADES, Anchor, BBC, United Kingdom
12:00-12:05 Opening Speech Arseniy YATSENYUK, Leader of the “Narodny Front” political party, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), Founder of the Open Ukraine Foundation
12:05-12:20 Welcoming Speech Petro POROSHENKO, President of Ukraine
12:20-13:30 Prime Ministerial Session STRENGTHENING COOPERATION AND SECURITY BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE BALTIC STATES
Jüri RATAS, Prime Minister of Estonia Māris KUČINSKIS, Prime Minister of Latvia Saulius SKVERNELIS, Prime Minister of Lithuania Volodymyr GROYSMAN, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy YATSENYUK, Leader of the “Narodny Front” political party, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), Founder of the Open Ukraine Foundation
Q&A
13:30-14:00 Coffee break
14:00-15:00 Discussion A NEW EUROPEAN PLAN FOR UKRAINE
Andrius KUBILIUS, Member of Parliament of Lithuania, Prime Minister of Lithuania (1999-2000; 2008-2012) Volodymyr GORBULIN, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine Ostap SEMERAK, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:00 Statement THE CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPEAN PIECE IN A GLOBAL PUZZLE
Karel SCHWARZENBERG, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Chamber of Deputies; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic (2007-2009; 2010-2013)
16:00-17:30 Session I NEW SECURITY REALITY: WORKING FOR STABILITY IN TURBULENT TIMES
Daniela SCHWARZER, Otto-Wolff-Director of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations Nicolas TENZER, President of the Center for Study and Research for Political Decisions, France Rebecca HARMS, Member of the European Parliament Paula DOBRIANSKY, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs (2001-2009), U.S. Raimundas KAROBLIS, Minister for National Defense of Lithuania
Q&A
17:30-17:45 Coffee break
17:45-19:00 Session II CRISES AND PRICES OF HYBRID WARFARE
Bogdan KLICH, Minority Leader of the Senate of Poland, Minister of National Defense of Poland (2007-2011) Robert ONDREJCSAK, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of Slovakia
19:00-19:15 First-day summary: Danylo LUBKIVSKY, Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (2015-2016), Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine (2014)
19:15-20:30 Buffet dinner
20:30-22:00 Film screening: “Breaking Point: The Fight for Democracy in Ukraine”
Friday, April 7
08:30-9:30 Morning coffee
9:30-10:00 Special Address: Rose GOTTEMOELLER, Deputy Secretary General, NATO
10:00-11:15 Session III RUSSIA’S EVERLASTING STRATEGY FOR THE NEVERENDING WAR
James SHERR, Associate Fellow, the Russia and Eurasia Program, Chatham House, United Kingdom Andrey ZUBOV, Historian, Political Scientist, Former Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Arne LIETZ, Member of the European Parliament, Germany Oleh LYASHKO, Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Georgii LOGVYNSKYI, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe; Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Q&A
11:15-11:30 Coffee break 11:30-13:00 Parliamentary Session EASTERN EUROPE – FRONTLINE OF DEMOCRACY?
Nicolae-Miroslav PETRETCHI, Member, Parliament of Romania; President of the Union of Ukrainians in Romania Raynell ANDREYCHUK, Co-Chairperson of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC), Canada Taavi RÕIVAS, Vice President, Parliament of Estonia; Prime Minister of Estonia (2014-2016) Andriy PARUBIY, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Q&A
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:00 Special address: CHANGING WORLD: GLOBAL UPS AND DOWNS
Leszek BALCEROWICZ, Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Poland (2001-2007)
15:00-16:30 Session IV NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION: GREAT AGAIN?
Ariel COHEN, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Member, Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Steven PIFER, Director of the Brookings' Arms Control Initiative, U.S. Vitaliy PORTNIKOV, Journalist, Anchorman, Espreso TV, Ukraine Pavlo KLIMKIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Q&A
16:30-16:45 Coffee break
16:45-17:45 Session V EUROPE: THE CHALLENGES OF DIVERGENT AGENDAS
Andrew WOOD, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia (1995-2000) Ernst REICHEL, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Ukraine Iryna HERASHCHENKO, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
17:45-18:00 Coffee break
18:00-18:45 Session VI FASHION AS A NEW TREND OF SOFT POWER
Issues to be discussed: - Where fashion and reality meet: psychological approach - Dress as a reflection of social identity - The burkini as a test of European values? - The role of fashion in the creation of a country's image
Oksana KARAVANSKA, Fashion Designer, Ukraine Dawnn KAREN, Founder, Fashion Psychology Institute Oleg BATRYMENKO, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Q&A
18:45-19:00 Concluding remarks: Lilia SHEVTSOVA, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
19:00-20:30 Dinner
Schedule of Forum’s Sub-Events (special invitation only):
Thursday, April 6
10:00 – 11:30 Sub-Session I (in cooperation with the Brookings Institution) U.S. Foreign Policy: What Role Will Ukraine Play? Venue: Kyiv -2 conference hall (Fairmont Hotel, 2nd Floor)
Moderator: Barbora MARONKOVA, Director, NATO Information and Documentation Center to Ukraine
Speakers: Steven PIFER, Director of Brookings' Arms Control Initiative, U.S. Marie L. YOVANOVITCH, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of U.S. to Ukraine
10:00 – 11:30 Sub-Session II Donbas and Crimea: Restoring Ukraine’s National Integrity Venue: Kyiv-1 conference hall (Fairmont Hotel, 1st Floor)
Moderator: Taras BEREZOVETS, Political Expert