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June  14, Friday

Day 1

13:00–14:00

Welcome coffee and registration

14:00–14:30

Opening of the Forum

Oleksii Goncharenko

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

Gennadiy Trukhanov

Mayor of the City of Odesa

Oleg Kiper

Head of the Odesa regional military administration

14:30–15:00

Special address from the honored guests

15:00–16:15

Panel Discussion

 "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

16:15–16:45

Coffee break

16:45–18:00

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 Palament of Lithuania, Chair of PACE Delegation of Lithuania 

  • Member of the Parliament 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

18:00–19:00

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

19:00–19:30

Wrapping up Day 1

Closing remarks from the distinguished guests

Oleksii Goncharenko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, President of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced PersonsH.E. Tony Abbott, Adviser to the UK Board of Trade, 28th Prime Minister of Australia

19:30–22:00

Welcome Reception. ​

Official partner Welcome Reception, the Guest of Honour Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC.

June 15, 2024

Day 2

08:00–09:00

Welcome coffee & registration

09:00–09:15

Welcome remarks

Oleksii Goncharenko

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, President of PACE Committee

H.E. Tony Abbott

Adviser to the UK Board of Trade, 28th Prime Minister of Australia

09:15–10:30

"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

Online remarks

Ambassador Cindy McCain

Executive Director of World Food Programme

Moderated by

Vladislav Davidzon

non-resident fellow, Atlantic Council

10:30–11:30

Panel Discussion

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

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

Dr. George Bogden

Olin Fellow, Columbia Law School

Online remarks

James O’Brien

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, United States Department of State

Moderated by

Monika Palotai

Danube Institute 

11:30–12:00

Coffee break

12:00–12:15

Online remarks

François Hollande

24th President of France

12:15–13:00

Round table under the flagship of the American Enterprise Institute

Wartime challenges for the Black Sea states

Adviser to the UK Board of Trade28th Prime Minister of Australia

Nicholas N. Eberstadt

Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute

Vladimir Gjorchev

Former MP, Executive Board Member, VMRO-DPMNE

Oleksii Goncharenko

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

Yulia Klymenko

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Moderated by

Dalibor Rohac

American Enterprise Instituteedited 19:32

13:00–14:00

Panel Discussion

"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

Online remarks

Jeanne Shaheen

 U.S. Senator

14:00–15:00

Lunch

15:00–16:15

Panel Discussion

"Charting the Path to Resolve the Transnistrian Conundrum"

Speakers

H.E. Mihai Popșoi

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova

Sergiu Ostaf

Director, CReDO

George Scutaru

CEO, New Strategy Center

Pavlo Klimkin

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014-2019)

Moderated by

Sergiy Sydorenko

editor of the European Pravda

16:15–17:30

Panel Discussion

"From the Varangians to the Greeks: The Revival of the Baltic-Black Sea Union"

Speakers

Margareta Cederfelt

Member of the Parliament, Chair of the Swedish delegation to the IP

Kira Rudik

Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Leader of Party “Golos”, Vice-President of ALDE

Indrek Saar

 Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Estonia (2019-2022)

Robert Hamilton

Head of Eurasia Research, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Moderated by

Kristof Gyorgy Veres

Danube Institute

17:30–18:00

Wrapping up Day 2

Closing remarks from the distinguished guests

Oleksii Goncharenko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, President of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

Lord Michael Ashcroft KCMG PC

18:00–21:00

Reception 

Hotel Bristol

June  15, Saturday

Day 2 Side Events

Side Events

16:20–17:35

Panel Discussion under the flagship of the Public Policy Development Office

“HOW could we STOP the RUSSIAN influence on the elections IN MOLDOVA?”

Limited availability, prior registration is required

Chatham House Rule is applied

Speakers

Vadym Halaichuk

Member of the Parliament, First Deputy of EU Integration Committee Co-Chair of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee

 Alexandru Balan

Security policy expert, former deputy director of SIS Moldova

Sergiu Ostaf

independent analyst, expert in democracy and public policy (Moldova)

Vadim Pistrinciuc

Executive director of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS), Member of Parliament of Moldova (2014-2019)

 Radu Burduja

Executive Director of the Euro-Atlantic Institute for Building Resilience, former Deputy Minister of Defense and Military Representative of Moldova to NATO and the EU 

Moderated by

Ruslan Rokhov

managing partner, PGR Consulting Group LLC

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