PROGRAM
VII National Expert Forum
“POINTS OF GROWTH”
15 June, 2017
Kyiv, Parus business centre, 2 Mechnikov St. (2 floor)
10:00 - 10:15 – Opening of the Forum
10:15 - 11:45 – Discussion panel “SUSTAINABILITY OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM”
Questions for discussion:
- Reform of the Constitution: path to sustainability or turbulence?
- Best architecture for the political system of Ukraine;
- Leadership’s agenda for 2017;
- Likelihood of early legislative and presidential elections: pros and cons;
- Political process locally: major trends;
- Decentralisation: point of growth or disintegration?
- How to unite Ukrainians around a shared goal?
DISCUSSION PANEL MODERATED BY: Sonya Koshkina, LB.UA editor-in-chief.
11:45 - 12:10 – Coffee break and informal networking
12:10 - 13:40 – Discussion Panel “ENERGY SECTOR: POINTS OF GROWTH”
Questions for discussion:
- Investment attractiveness of Ukraine’s energy sector;
- Reforming the energy sector: key to energy security of the nation;
- Implementation of international standards in organisation and functioning of energy markets in Ukraine;
- Energy consumption and tariff composition in Ukraine: striking the balance between the interests of the manufacturer and consumer?
- Unbundling in the energy sector: new opportunities for growth and investment;
- Ukraine’s place in Europe’s energy security.
DISCUSSION PANEL MODERATED BY: Oleksii Leschenko, Vice President of the Gorshenin Institute
13:40 - 14:30 – Break and buffet lunch. Informal networking
14:30 - 15:50 – Discussion Panel “UKRAINE IN THE CHANGING WORLD”
Questions for discussion:
· European integration through comprehensive reforms: a way to modernise Ukraine and implement European standards;
· Western and eastern vectors of Ukraine’s foreign policy. Hidden opportunities:
· Will Ukraine be able to remain unchanged in a changing world?
- Impact of changes across Europe on Ukraine’s foreign policy;
- New political face of Europe. Analysis of favourable and threatening factors for Ukraine;
- Has united Europe overcome the crisis of centrifugal and isolationist processes (Europe of “different speeds”, Brexit, migration crisis, far left and far right uprising, Russian influence)?
· The Marshall Plan for Ukraine: how feasible is an implementation of the EPP proposal? Will Ukraine use that chance?
· Is Ukraine’s experience of internal transformations a competitive strength in a world that is changing at an accelerated pace? How similar were the experiences used by other countries: Israel, South Korea, China?
DISCUSSION PANEL MODERATED BY: Gerhard Gnauck, journalist, Die Welt
15:50 - 16:00 – Closing of the VII National Expert Forum. Final address by a Gorshenin Institute representative
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
Stepan Kubiv, First Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine;
Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine;
Iryna Geraschenko, First Vice Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament;
Hugues Mingarelli, EU Ambassador to Ukraine;
Jérôme Vacher, IMF Permanent Representative in Ukraine;
Torsten Woellert, European Commission, Support Group for Ukraine, Team Leader Energy & Environment;
Matthes Buhbe, Director of FES Ukraine&Belarus;
Luc Jacobs, Ambassador of Belgium to Ukraine;
Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Director of IRSEM, French Ministry of Defence;
Heorhiy Lohvinskyy, Member of Ukrainian Parliament, Deputy Head of Permanent Delegation to PACE;
Roman Opimakh, Executive Director at the Association of Gas Extraction Companies of Ukraine and other politicians, experts, representatives of international organizations and diplomatic missions.
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