Agenda
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Thursday, September 13
19:00
Opening Reception
20:00
Welcoming Remarks
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President of Poland (1995-2005); Chairman of the YES Board
Vitali Klitschko
Mayor of Kyiv
Friday, September 14
08:20
Morning Coffee
09:20
Participants’ registration is closed
09:30
Opening Remarks
Victor Pinchuk
Founder, EastOne Group, YES, Victor Pinchuk Foundation
09:35
Opening Speech and Q&A
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukaine
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
10:30
Coffee Break and Conference Picture
11:15
The Next Generation of Everything. I. A Historian’s View
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
11:50
The Next Generation of Everything. II. An Investor’s View
Bill Ford
Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
12:20
The Next Generation of Everything. III. A Futurologist’s View
Ray Kurzweil
Inventor, Author, Futurist
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
12:45
Transatlantic Lunch
13:30
The Future of NATO
Alejandro Alvargonzález
Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
13:40
The Future of the United States
Condoleezza Rice
66th U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009)
Michael McFaul
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
Larry Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
14:55
Future Global Economy – Trade Wars, US vs. EU vs. China vs. Russia vs. ...
Valdis Dombrovskis
Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Larry Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University
Hernando De Soto
Chairman, Institute for Liberty and Democracy
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
15:40
Will Blockchain Change the World?
Vitalik Buterin
Co-founder, Ethereum
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
16:10
Coffee Break
16:40
Election Meddling and Disinformation – the Future of Democracy in Ukraine and in the West
16:40
16:45
Panel Discussion
Condoleezza Rice
66th U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009)
Jared Cohen
Founder and CEO, Jigsaw
Pavlo Klimkin
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Kurt Volker
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, U.S. Department of State
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
17:45
Demonstrations – “Hacking the online conversation”
Yasmin Green
Director of research and development, Jigsaw
17:55
How to Combat Election Meddling?
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Founder of Rasmussen Global; Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014); Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)
18:05
18:15
Dinner with Dinner Presentations
19:00
The Future of Europe
Valdis Dombrovskis
Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Franco Frattini
President of SIOI; Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy (2008-2011)
Manuel Valls
Prime Minister of the French Republic (2014-2016)
Tony Blair
Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute and former UK Prime Minister
Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994)
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
20:25
Digital Society and the State of the Future
Kersti Kaljulaid
President of Estonia
Tony Blair
Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute and former UK Prime Minister
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
20:55
3-D Mapping - A Short Movie on Ukraine
21:30
Night Caps
Saturday, September 15
08:20
Morning Coffee
90:20
Participants’ registration is closed
09:30
Ukraine’s Future - through the eyes of Ukrainian politicians and social leaders
Yulia Tymoshenko
Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Chairwoman, The Batkivshchyna Party
Anatoliy Grytsenko
Leader of the Civic Position party, Minister of Defense of Ukraine (2005-2007)
Slava Vakarchuk
Social activist, Musician, CES co-founder, Leader of Okean Elzy
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
10:45
Coffee break
11:15
The Future of Ukraine and Eastern Europe - Beyond Spheres of Influence and Zones of Conflict (Co-Hosted with the Munich Security Conference)
Kurt Volker
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, U.S. Department of State
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael Gahler
Special Rapporteur on Ukraine, European Parliament
Pavlo Klimkin
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference; Senior Professor, Hertie School of Governance; Member of the YES Board
12:00
Where Are We Heading?
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
Victor Pinchuk
Founder, EastOne Group, YES, Victor Pinchuk Foundation
12:20
Coffee Break
12:50
Russia after Putin – What Future?
John Tefft
Ambassador, Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation
Michael McFaul
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
Andrei Illarionov
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
13:35
Rule of Law and Fight Against Corruption
Yuri Lutsenko
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
13:55
Ukrainian Lunch. Ukraine – Key Challenges
14:25
Ukraine’s Democracy – Did the New Generation Fail?
Serhiy Leshchenko
Member of Parliament of Ukraine
Svitlana Zalishchuk
Member of Parliament of Ukraine
Mustafa Nayyem
Member of Parliament of Ukraine
Natalie Jaresko
Executive Director, Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico
Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994)
15:45
NordStream 2 and Ukraine’s and Europe’s Interests
Andriy Kobolyev
CEO, Naftogaz of Ukraine
Olena Zerkal
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Pat Cox
President of the European Parliament (2002-2004); Member of the YES Board
16:05
Special Presentation. Special Guest
16:25
Next Generation of Business: Can Impact Investment Overcome Poverty?
Bill McGlashan
Founder & CEO, TPG Growth & The Rise Fund
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
16:55
Coffee Break
17:25
Future Ukraine
Volodymyr Groysman
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
18:10
Closing remarks
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President of Poland (1995-2005); Chairman of the YES Board
18:20
Dinner
20:40
Concert
«If the West truly believes in its values then its task is to defend Ukraine right until the last Russian soldier leaves its territory»