Agenda
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- 14 September
Friday, September 13
10:00
Opening remarks
Victor Pinchuk
Founder, YES
10:15
11:05
Break
11:45
Keynote address by Alar Karis
Alar Karis
President of the Republic of Estonia
11:55
Keynote address by Gabriel Attal
Gabriel Attal
Former Prime Minister of the French Republic
12:05
Europe’s Moment of Truth
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Gabriel Attal
Former Prime Minister of the French Republic
Andrii Sybiha
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Radosław Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
13:00
Lunch
14:15
In the Heads of Western Leaders - What Stands In the Way of Doing All That‘s Needed
Gillian Tett
Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times
Timothy Snyder
Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University
General David Petraeus
Partner and Chairman of the Global Institute, KKR
Kajsa Ollongren
Minister of Defence of the Netherlands (2022-2024)
Annette Kroeber-Riel
Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google in Europe
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Minister of Justice of Ukraine
15:05
Ukraine’s Role for Creating a Safe World
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President of Poland (1995–2005), Chairman of the Board of YES
Andrii Yermak
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, The Office of the President of Ukraine
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019-2022)
Mike Pompeo
70th United States Secretary of State
Kajsa Ollongren
Minister of Defence of the Netherlands (2022-2024)
15:55
Break
16:25
Why we must defeat this enemy
Timothy Snyder
Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University
Stanislav Aseyev
Serviceman, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Serhii Zhadan
Writer, Musician, Serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine, The National Guard of Ukraine
Oleg Sentsov
Filmmaker, Writer, Serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Yaryna Chornohuz
Author, Soldier
17:20
A Conversation with Rebecca Lissner
Wolfgang Ischinger
President of the Foundation Council of the Munich Security Conference Foundation, Member, YES Board
Rebecca Lissner
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, The White House
17:30
Break
17:50
Win or Lose – Imagining the World After
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Ihor Zhovkva
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, The Office of the President of Ukraine
Condoleezza Rice
66th US Secretary of USA
Francis Fukuyama
Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Stanford University
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Moritz Schularick
President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
19:20
Dinner
21:00
Night Caps
Saturday, September 14
8:00
A Conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine: Ukraine's victory - what does it mean for Europe and globally?
Gillian Tett
Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times
Denys Shmyhal
Prime Minister of Ukraine
8:30
Ukraine's internal challenges
Gillian Tett
Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times
Ruslan Stefanchuk
Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Andriy Pyshnyy
Governor, National Bank of Ukraine
German Galushchenko
Minister of Energy of Ukraine
9:20
Break
9:45
Who is Winning? Who has more time?
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Rustem Umerov
Minister of Defence of Ukraine
Troels Lund Poulsen
Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Denmark
General David Petraeus
Partner and Chairman of the Global Institute, KKR
Christian Freuding
Director Joint Planning and Command Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany
Oleksandr Kamyshin
Advisor to the President for Strategic Affairs
10:45
News from the front
Kersti Kaljulaid
President of Estonia (2016-2021), Member, YES Board
Robert Brovdi (Madyar)
Founder and Commander of the special unit of drone aerial systems "Ptakhi Madyara"
Pavlo Palisa
Commander of 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Kholodniy Yar”
Ihor Obolienskyi
Commander of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Charter"
11:15
Break
11:45
A Conversation with Mike Pompeo: The Future of the US - Ukraine Relationship
Fareed Zakaria
Host, CNN
Mike Pompeo
70th United States Secretary of State
12:30
Global Axis of Evil – Do We Have a Strategy?
Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer Prize winning Historian, Journalist and Commentator, The Atlantic
General Wesley Clark
Chairman, Wesley K. Clark & Associates
Radosław Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Sanna Marin
Prime Minister of Finland (2019-2023), Member, YES Board
Oleksandr Lytvynenko
Secretary of National Security and Defence Council
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
13:25
Lunch
14:45
Will the US Support Ukraine in One Year’s Time?
Kersti Kaljulaid
President of Estonia (2016-2021), Member, YES Board
Oleksandra Ustinova
Member of Parliament, Minority leader, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Donald Bacon
Congressman, United States House of Representatives
James Panetta
Congressman, United States House of Representatives
Salud Carbajal
Congressman, United States House of Representatives
Jim Costa
Congressman, United States House of Representatives
Rob Portman
Former United States Senator (OH), American Enterprise Institute
15:30
A Conversation with Kyrylo Budanov
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Kyrylo Budanov
Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
15:50
Break
16:20
A Conversation with Jake Sullivan
Fareed Zakaria
Host, CNN
Jake Sullivan
28th United States National Security Advisor
16:50
For Humankind’s Survival, Does Ukraine Matter?
Anne Applebaum
Pulitzer Prize winning Historian, Journalist and Commentator, The Atlantic
Yuval Noah Harari
Historian and Professor in the Department of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
17:20
Break
17:50
A conversation with Eric Schmidt: Innovation and winning
Fareed Zakaria
Host, CNN
Eric Schmidt
Former CEO & Chairman, Google, KBE
18:05
Closing Plenary: Victory Perspectives and the Future We Can Create
Fareed Zakaria
Host, CNN
Gillian Tett
Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Financial Times
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President of Poland (1995–2005), Chairman of the Board of YES
Oleksander Budko (Teren)
War veteran, public activist
Hanna Vasyk
Junior Sergeant, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Egor Firsov
Chief sergeant of the UAV attack company, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Serhii Varakin
Commander of the drone unit of the 58th brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Serhiy Chuchula
Major, the head of the training division of the 25th brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine
«A stable, sovereign and independent Ukraine is a key to Euro-Atlantic security.»