Co-organised by Gorshenin Institute and Friedrich-Ebert-StiftungUkraine & Belarus
PROGRAM
VII National Expert Forum
“POINTS OF GROWTH”
15 June 2017
Kyiv, Parus business centre, 2 Mechnikov St. (2 floor)
09:15 - 10:00 – Registration of participants and guests of the Forum
10:00 - 10:15 – Opening of the Forum. Keynote speech by Stepan Kubiv, First Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
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?
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
- StepanKubiv, First Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine;
- Iryna Heraschenko, First Vice Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament;
- HuguesMingarelli, EU Ambassador to Ukraine;
- Oksana Prodan, Member of Ukrainian Parliament;
- Mustafa Nayem, Member of Ukrainian Parliament;
- Olena Sotnyk, Member of Ukrainian Parliament.
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 State;
- International standards in organisation and functioning of energy markets: implementing in Ukraine;
- Energy consumption and tariff composition in Ukraine: how to achieve balance of interests between producers and consumers?
- Unbundling in the energy sector: new opportunities for growth and investment;
- Ukraine’s place in Europe’s energy security.
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
- JérômeVacher, IMF Permanent Representative in Ukraine;
- TorstenWoellert, European Commission, Support Group for Ukraine, Team Leader Energy & Environment;
- Roman Opimakh, Executive Director at the Association of Gas Extraction Companies of Ukraine;
- Roman Nytsovych, Head of Programmes at DiXi Group.
DISCUSSION PANEL MODERATED BY: Oleksii Leschenko, Vice President 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. Unrevealed opportunities:
- Will Ukraine be able to remain unchanged in a world that is changing?
- 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)?
- A 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 experiences were used by other countries: Israel, South Korea, China?
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
- IvannaKlympush-Tsyntsadze, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration;
- MatthesBuhbe, Director of FES Ukraine&Belarus;
- LucJacobs, Ambassador of Belgium to Ukraine;
- Jean-BaptisteJeangèneVilmer, Director of IRSEM, French Ministry of Defence;
- Heorhiy Lohvinskyy, Member of Ukrainian Parliament, Deputy Head of Permanent Delegation to PACE.
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