Agenda
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City Market Reception at Bessarabsky Market. WELCOMING REMARKS:
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005); Chairman of the YES Board
Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv
Friday, September 15
OPENING MOVIE AND REMARKS
Victor Pinchuk, Founder, YES, Victor Pinchuk Foundation, EastOne Group
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OPENING SPEECH AND Q&A: UKRAINE IN A CHANGING WORLD
Moderator:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine
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UKRAINE IN A CHANGING WORLD – A VIEW FROM THE EU
Introduction:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Energy
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UKRAINE IN A CHANGING WORLD – A VIEW FROM A MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
Introduction:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Suma Chakrabarti, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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IS THIS A NEW WORLD? GLOBAL POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES
Moderator:
Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994)
John Kerry, 68th U.S. Secretary of State (2013-2017)
David Cameron, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)
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IS THIS A NEW WORLD? THREE VIEWS
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
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I. A PHILOSOPHER’S VIEW
Bernard-Henri Lévy, Philosopher and Writer, Director, La Règle du Jeu
II. AN ECONOMIST’S VIEW
Paul Krugman, Professor, City University of New York, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2008)
III. AN ARTIST’S VIEW
“And Now WHAT?”
Marina Abramović, Artist
NEW US – INTERESTS NOT VALUES?
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Paul Krugman, Professor, City University of New York, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2008)
Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2006-2011)
Newt Gingrich, 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
John R. Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
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THREE CRUCIAL CHALLENGES FOR THE WORLD
Moderator:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
I. HOT SPOTS AND ROGUE STATES
David Cameron, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)
Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2006-2011)
Gen. Jack Keane (U.S. Army, Ret.), Chairman, Institute for the Study of War
II. CYBERSECURITY
Gen. Keith Alexander (U.S. Army, Ret.), CEO and President, IronNet Cybersecurity; Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (2010-2014) and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (2005-2014)
Rami Efrati, Founder and President, Firmitas Cyber Solutions
III. POPULISM
Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
THE GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY
Moderator:
Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009) (opening remarks)
Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Energy Union
Andriy Kobolyev, CEO, Naftogaz of Ukraine
Ian R Taylor, President and CEO, Vitol
UKRAINE’S CHANGEMAKERS: RETREAT OR EN MARCHE?
Moderators:
Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009)
Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament (2002-2004); Member of the YES Board
Aivaras Abromavičius, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (2014 - 2016)
Mustafa Nayyem, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Svitlana Zalishchuk, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Victoria Voytsitska, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Valeri Pekar, Co-Founder, New Country Civil Platform
Pavlo Rizanenko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Dmytro Shymkiv, Secretary, National Reforms Council to the President of Ukraine; Deputy Head, Administration of the President of Ukraine
Saturday, September 16
OPENING SPEECH AND Q&A: UKRAINE’S REFORMS AND THE EU’S ROLE
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Volodymyr Groysman, Prime Minister of Ukraine
EUROPE AND UKRAINE – A VIEW FROM THE UK
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Sir Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State for Europe and Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (remarks and Q&A)
SHIMON PERES PEACE LECTURE
Introduction:
Victor Pinchuk, Founder, YES, Victor Pinchuk Foundation, EastOne Group
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
SUPPORT AND CRITICISM OF UKRAINE IN THE EU: FACING REALITY
Discussion of a poll on support for Ukraine’s EU and NATO accession in EU member states
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005); Chairman of the YES Board
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Natalie Jaresko, Executive Director, Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico
Sergii Leshchenko, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Oleksandr Danylyuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine
Remarks:
Stephane Fouks, Vice President of Havas Group, Executive Co-Chairman of Havas Worldwide, Member of the YES Board
RUSSIA’S FUTURE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR UKRAINE
Moderator:
Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
Gennady Burbulis, Secretary of State of RSFSR/Russian Federation (1991–1992); President of the Baltic-Black Sea Forum
Michael McFaul, Director and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council
Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2006-2011)
Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
SECURITY FOR UKRAINE: WHAT ARE THE REALISTIC OPTIONS?
Moderators:
Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
Will Hurd, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 23rd District
Tacan Ildem, Ambassador, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference; Senior Professor of Hertie School of Governance; Member of the YES Board
Arseniy Yatseniuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016)
REGAINING UKRAINE’S EAST AND CRIMEA: WAYS FORWARD
Moderator:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Kurt Volker, United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, United States Department of State (opening remarks)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Founder of Rasmussen Global, Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014), Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)
Refat Chubarov, Chairman, Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine (1994-2005)
RULE OF LAW IN UKRAINE – WINDOWDRESSING OR ROOT-AND-BRANCH?
Moderator:
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Yuri Lutsenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine
SUMMARY – IS THIS A NEW WORLD?
Moderator:
Victor Pinchuk, Founder and Member of the Board, Yalta European Strategy; Founder, EastOne
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Stephen Sackur, Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
CLOSING REMARKS
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005); Chairman of the YES Board
