09:00 - 10:00 – Registration of participants, guests
10:00 - 10:15 – Opening ceremony
Opening remarks by a Gorshenin Institute representative;
Readout of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s welcome address to the Forum;
Readout of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman’s welcome address to the Forum.
10:15 - 11:45 – Discussion panel I “FORMULA FOR UKRAINE’S SECURITY. Continuation”
Points for discussion:
- What is happening to the global security systems? Are they capable of ensuring peace and stability in the European region?
- What will the foreign policy be under Putin’s new mandate and what threats does it carry for Ukraine? Will Putin seek to reincarnate the former USSR?
- How should the Ukrainian security and defence sector be reformed to meet the new challenges?
- How is the Ukrainian army reform going? When will the Ukrainian army be able to meet NATO standards?
- What has the Donbas reintegration law changed?
- How could the Minsk process be unblocked? Do prospects for new arrangements exist?
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
· Oleksandr TURCHYNOV, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
· Arsen AVAKOV, Minister of Interior of Ukraine
· Melinda HARING, Atlantic Council, editor at Ukraine Alert
· Knut FLECKENSTEIN, Member of the European Parliament
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 II “REFORM PROCESS IN UKRAINE: INSTITUTIONALISATION”
Panel opening by Marcel RÖTHIG, Director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation Ukraine & Belarus.
Points for discussion:
- Reform process: achievements, challenges, new horizons. Has the reform become irreversible?
- Institutions VS personalities. Does Ukraine enjoy a due level of institutions development?
- Priorities in reforming the State: refurbishing facades or a quality transformation? Institutionalisation as an inherent criterion of a quality reform.
- Parliament reform as a critical element in the process of transforming the whole country.
- Do the existing fundamentals of the legislative process in Ukraine meet the today’s challenges and needs of a dynamically developing country in the global world?
- Can Ukraine hope for a modern parliament of a new quality?
- Will the reform of the energy sector ensure efficiency and transparency of the industry and integration with European energy systems?
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
· Oleksandr DANYLYUK, Minister of Finance of Ukraine
· Maksym STEPANOV, Chairman, Odesa Regional State Administration
· Vitaliy BUTENKO, Commercial Director, DTEK Energy
· Roman SHPEK, Chairman of the Council of the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine
· Ihor KOHUT, Director of Programme USAID RADA, founder of the Ukrainian School for Political Studies, political expert
· Georg ZACHMANN, Senior Fellow, Bruegel, member of the German Advisory Group to Ukraine
PANEL MODERATOR:
Ivan MIKLOS, head of the Strategic Advisory Group for Support Ukrainian Reforms, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
13:15 - 14:00 – Break, drinks and buffet. Communication on the sidelines
14:00 - 15:20 – Discussion panel III “DIGITAL AGENDA. INNOVATION AS A FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT”
Points for discussion:
- Digital society: what challenges does the society and State digitalisation imply for Ukraine?
- What place is attributed to digital as an element of the reform in Ukraine?
- Does Ukraine have the necessary resources for a successful implementation of innovation and modernization of the society?
- Does Ukraine have a potential to become a research hub for innovation?
- Economy, energy, industry, infrastructure development: what fields are part of the agenda to modernize the country, and to what extent?
- Are the digitalisation processes in Ukraine harmonised with relevant processes and trends in the EU?
- Will innovations in the public administration contribute de the service State development?
PANEL DISCUSSION SPEAKERS:
· Dmytro SHYMKIV, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration
· Anatoliy GIRSHFELD, executive director of the National Committee for Industrial development of Ukraine, Member of Ukrainian Parliament
· Deborah FAIRLAMB, Senior Adviser, Ukrainian Government Commissioner for Investments
· Valerii FISCHUK, co-Chair of the IT Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
· OleksandrDANCHENKO, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Informatisation and Communications
· OleksandrRYZHENKO, Head of the State Agency for e-Governance
· Petro MATIASHEK, chief of the project “Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services“
PANEL MODERATOR:
Victor Liakh, President of East Europe Foundation.
15:20 - 15:30 – Closing of the ІХ national Expert Forum.