Black Sea Security Forum

JUNE 2024

Background

Odesa is Ukraine's maritime gateway, a hot spot of global geopolitics, a biggest Southern city of Ukraine, and the primary port within the Northern Black Sea region. It serves as a nexus for trade, finance, and culture in Eastern Europe, solidifying its status as the major city on the Black Sea.

For the first time since WWII, one of the largest Black Sea ports faced a maritime blockade. Russian vessels began obstructing exports and imports from Odesa in February 2022, posing a significant threat not only to Ukraine but also to global food security.

Our partners

Odesa City Council

Panel Discussions

Day 1

"Battleship: Ukraine Overpowers the Black Sea Fleet, Rewriting the Game's Rules"

Speakers

Colonel Mykhailo Tretyak

Chief Specialist of the Marine Unmanned Systems Development,
Department of the General Directorate of the Unmanned Systems (TBC)

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Colonel Richard Kemp

CBE

Mamuka Mamulashvil

Commander of the Georgian Legion, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Online remarks

General Welsey Clark

frm. Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO 1997-2000

Moderated by

Shelby Magid

Director of Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council

Panel Discussion under the flagship of Ukrainian Prism

"Beyond the EU: How Can Ukraine Shape a Post-War Europe?"

Speakers

Dr. Hanna Shelest

Security Studies Program Director, Foreign Policy Council Ukrainian Prism

Maria Piechowska

Ukrainian analyst, Polish Institute of International Affairs

Emanuelis Zingeris

Member of the Parlament of Lithuania, Chair of PACE Delegation of Lithuania

Amb. Ian Bond

Deputy Director, Center for European Reform

Moderated by

Steven Moore

Founder & President of Ukraine Freedom Project

Panel Discussion under the flagship of Ukrainian Prism

“Another World: Why Ukraine Is Not There Yet?”

Speakers

H.E. Tony Abbott

28th Prime Minister of Australia

Mr Hugo Antonio Acha-Melgar Christensen

Director, Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Integration of Ukraine into the EU

Moderated by

Catherine Sendak

Director of the Transatlantic Defense and Security program, CEPA

Day 2

"Grain and Waves: Odesa Emerges as the World's Major Port"

Speakers

Taras Vysotskyi

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine a.i.

Brooks Newmark

former British MP, former Minister of Civil Society

Marianne Ward

Ukraine Country Director a.i., World Food Programme

Rémi Duflo

Charge d’Affaires, EU Delegation to Ukraine

Moderated by

Vladislav Davidzon

non-resident fellow, Atlantic Council

"A Dive in the Black Sea for Trump: Post-Election Speculations and Implications

Speakers

Troup Hemenway

Senior Advisor and Associate Director, Heritage Foundation

Michael C. Ryan,

former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, U.S. Department of Defense (2019-2020)

Oleksandr Merezhko

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Moderated by

Monika Palotai

Danube Institute

"The Black Sea: A Crucial NATO Asset - Rectifying Missteps from the Bucharest Summit"

Speakers

Amb. Kurt Volker

Senior Intelligence Advisor, BGR Group; former Special Representative for Ukraine of the US

Dr. Yevgeniya Gaber

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Michał Kamiński

Deputy Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Moderated by

Dalibor Rohac

American Enterprise Institute

Mission

Our mission is to establish an annual international platform dedicated to addressing security challenges within the Black Sea region, which stands as a focal point of intense geopolitical contention.

Board of advisors

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

Founder of Goncharenko Centrer

Oleksii Goncharenko

International businessman, philanthropist, author of 28 books and pollster

Honorary Chairman and former Treasurer of the International Democracy Union (IDU)

Founder and Chair of Trustees
of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy

Former Treasurer and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU

Former Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine

Oleksandr Merezhko

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Chair of the Committee on Foreign Policy and interparliamentary relations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Kira Rudik

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Leader of the Liberal Political Party «Golos»

Vice President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Parliament Committee on Digital Transformation

Vadym Halaichuk

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the European Union
Co-Chair of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee

Arsenii Pushkarenko

Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation

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