Independent Ukraine with free people is the goal we should seek to achieve, the president of Poland (1995-2005) and chairman of the YES Board, Aleksander Kwasniewski, has said at the 14th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
On the morning of September 16th, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman will open the second plenary day of the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting with a speech on reform in Ukraine and the role of the European Union in this process. Stephen Sackur, host of HARDTalk on ВВС News, will moderate the discussion with forum participants.
The plenary sessions of the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting will start with a speech by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. He will speak about Ukraine’s role in a changing world. The discussion between the forum audience and the President will be moderated by Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The 14th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) – “Is This a New World? And What Does It Mean for Ukraine?” – will be held in Kyiv on September 14-16, 2017. Over 350 leading politicians, diplomats, businessmen, civil activists and experts from 34 countries will take part in the conference organized by the international forum YES in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
100 representatives of regional executive authorities, regional council members and civil activists as well as 105 students and young leaders from every region of Ukraine will participate in the Ukrainian Regional Civil Servants and Young Leaders Sections at the 14th YES Annual Meeting, which will take place on September, 14-16, 2017, in Kyiv.
Yalta European Strategy (YES) is pleased to announce that Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Founder of Rasmussen Global, Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014), and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009), has joined the YES Board.
The Victor Pinchuk foundation and Yalta European Strategy (YES) have selected participants of the Young Leaders Forum that will be held under the 14th YES Annual Meeting on 14–17 September 2017 in Kyiv. The young Leaders Forum is a discussion platform for young people to share ideas, learn from international and local professional experience and develop practical solutions to solve critical modern challenges.
On September 15, 2017, John Kerry, the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, at the invitation of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, will give a public lecture “Can Diplomacy Overcome the Challenges of a New World”.
On September 16, at 16:00 artist Marina Abramovic will give a public lecture “Artist Body / Public Body” at the invitation of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.