The forum is co-organised by Gorshenin Institute and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Ukraine&Belarus with support from the National Committee for Industrial Development.
AGENDA
“UKRAINE: SEEKING BALANCE”
VIII National Expert Forum
28 November 2017
Kyiv, Parus Business Centre, 2 Mechnykov St, Floor 2, (entrance from Lesia Ukrainka bvd.)
09:00 - 10:00 – Registration of participants, guests
10:00 - 10:15 – Opening ceremony
10:05 - 11:45 – Discussion panel “FORMULA OF UKRAINE’S SECURITY”
Points for discussion:
· Current situation in Donbas. Possible scenarios to achieve peace;
· Key priorities of national security policy for years to come;
· Ukraine’s place in the global and regional security system;
· What global experience in the field of security may be useful to Ukraine and what unique experience can we offer to the world?;
· Reform of law enforcement and Ukrainian army. What has been achieved and what changes are still ahead?
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PANEL:
- Oleksandr TURCHYNOV, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine;
- Arsen AVAKOV, Minister of Interior of Ukraine;
- Stepan POLTORAK, Minister of Defence of Ukraine;
- Vasyl HRYTSAK, Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine;
- Pavlo PETRENKO, Minister of Justice of Ukraine;
- Kurt VOLKER, Ambassador, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine (by video link);
- Alexander VINNIKOV, Head of NATO Representation to Ukraine; Director of NATO Liaison Office.
PANEL MODERATOR:
Sonya KOSHKINA, editor in chief at LB.UA
11:45 - 12:00 – Coffee break and informal communication
12:00 - 13:15 – Discussion panel “STRATEGY OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AS THE BASIS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH”
Keynote speech: “Drivers for growth of Ukraine’s economy” by MP Anatoliy GIRSHFELD, executive director of the
National Committee for Industrial Development of Ukraine
Points for discussion:
· Major factors of Ukraine’s economic recovery;
· Development of processing industry as a factor of economic growth;
· What should be a strategy of economic development of Ukraine? Priority fields of Ukraine’s economy.
· What national resources can be used as a basis for restoring Ukraine’s industry? What obstacles impede the technological development of the industry today?
· Ukraine’s place in the global economy;
· How can Ukraine preserve its labour potential?;
· Financial base for economic growth.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PANEL:
- Volodymyr OMELYAN, Minister for Infrastructure of Ukraine;
- Oleksandr DANYLYUK, Minister of Finance of Ukraine;
- Anatoliy GIRSHFELD, executive director of the National Committee for Industrial development of Ukraine, MP;
- Igor MAZEPA, director-general at Concorde Capital investment company.
PANEL MODERATOR:
Oleksiy LESHCHENKO, vice president of Gorshenin Institute
13:15 - 14:00 – Break, drinks and buffet. Communication on the sidelines
14:00 - 15:20 – Discussion panel “UKRAINE'S SUBJECTNESS IN EUROPE'S NEW LANDSCAPE”
Points for discussion:
● The place and role of Ukraine in the regional and European security system;
● Ukraine’s place in global labour distribution;
● Foreign investment: how to become a successful platform for investors and
foreign capital?
● Ukraine and the EU, what is next?
● What is Ukraine’s actual place on the world map?
● Foreign policy prospects.
● Ukraine’s foreign policy: a crisis or a new course?
PANEL PARTICIPANTS:
- Pavlo KLIMKIN, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
- Ryszard CZARNECKI, Vice President of the European Parliament;
- Marcel RÖTHIG, director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation Ukraine & Belarus;
- Boguslaw CHRABOTA, editor in chief at Rzeczpospolita (Poland);
- Jason SMART, chairman of For a Free Ukraine NGO, political pundit (USA).
PANEL MODERATOR:
Dmytro OSTROUSHKO, director of international programmes at Gorshenin Institute.
15:20 - 15:30 – End of VІIІ National Expert Forum. Closing remarks by the director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Ukraine & Belarus, Marcel RÖTHIG.
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