Agenda
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Welcome Reception and Speeches
Welcoming Remarks
Alexander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995 – 2005); Chairman of the Board, Yalta European Strategy
Dinner Remarks
Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, European Commission
Friday, September 20
Moderator:
Chrystia Freeland, Fellow, Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto; Editor of Consumer News, Thomson Reuters (2013)
Conference Opening
Welcoming remarks
Victor Pinchuk, Founder and Member of the Board, Yalta European Strategy
Opening Speeches, Conversation and Q&A: Creating Synergies – a Perspective for Wider Europe
Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine
Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania
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Economy: Austerity / Stimulus / Not Sure
Andrei Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (2007 – 2011)
Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank (2007 – 2012)
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Working Lunch: Next Generation + Education + Innovation = CHANGE
Jack Andraka, Inventor, Scientist and Cancer Researcher, Intel ISEF Grand Award Winner (2012)
Michio Kaku, Chair and Professor in Theoretical Physics, The City College of New York
Daphne Koller, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Coursera
Khadija Niazi, Student, Lahore College of Arts and Sciences
Anton Stepanov, Inventor, Student, ITstep Academy, Ukraine
Remarks:
Robert Fogel, Principal Education Architect, Intel Corporation
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Energy: Threats, Solutions, Revolutions
Yuriy Boyko, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1994 – 2005)
Gen. David H. Petraeus (US Army, Retired), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2011 – 2012)
Bill Richardson, 30th Governor of New Mexico (2003 – 2011); 9th United States Secretary of Energy (1998 – 2001); 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1997 – 1998)
Graham Tiley, Vice-President, Country Chair, Shell Ukraine
Maxim Timchenko, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, DTEK
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Shocks Ahead: Bad News and Good News
Michio Kaku, Chair and Professor in Theoretical Physics, The City College of New York
Ronald Noble, Secretary General, Interpol
Gen. David H. Petraeus (US Army, Retired), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2011 – 2012)
Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General, OSCE
Remarks:
Judith Miller, Contributor, Fox News
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The World of Tomorrow: Designs by Visionary Leaders
Tony Blair, Patron, Tony Blair Faith Foundation; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997 – 2007)
Bill Clinton, Founder, Clinton Foundation; 42nd President of the United States (1993 – 2001)
Saturday, September 21
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Journalist, Host, HARDtalk, BBC
Opening Remarks and Q&A: Making Ukraine a Successful Economy – Between East and West
Mykola Azarov, Prime Minister of Ukraine
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Europe: Destination Unknown
Egemen Bağış, Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey
Mario Monti, 54th Prime Minister of Italy (2011 – 2013)
Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany (1998 – 2005)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (2007 – 2011)
Remarks:
Bret Stephens, Deputy Editorial Page Editor (International), Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
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The Vilnius Summit – Creating Wider Europe?
Leonid Kozhara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Radosław Sikorski, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland
Elmar Brok, MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member of the Bureau, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
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Working Lunch: Finally at the Yalta Table – China
Jin Liqun, Chairman, China International Capital Corporation
Cui Liru, Professor, Senior Advisor, President (2005 – 2013), China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
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UKReative: A Suggestion on Economic Perspectives
Pascal Lamy, Honorary President, Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute; Director-General, WTO (2005 – 2013) (opening remarks)
Sergey Glazyev, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation
Petro Poroshenko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine; Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (2012)
Nouriel Roubini, Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University
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Ukraine Scenarios – Create the Future. Interactive format with WEF
Nouriel Roubini, Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (2007 – 2011)
Natalie Jaresko, Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital
Pavlo Sheremeta, President, Kyiv School of Economics
Dmytro Shymkiv, General Manager, Microsoft Ukraine
Wrap-up:
Lord Risby, Member, House of Lords, Parliament of the UK; Chairman British-Ukrainian Society
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Ukraine’s Mix for Success
Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament (2002 – 2004) (moderator)
Vitali Klitschko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Chairman of the “UDAR” Party
Serhiy Tigipko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, “The Party of Regions”
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Head of the “Batkivshchyna” Party
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Closing Session
Alexander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995 – 2005); Chairman of the Board, Yalta European Strategy