June 14, Friday
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
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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
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
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