Agenda

  • 11.00-12.00

    What if Ukraine Loses?

    Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University

    Yehor Cherniev, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA

    Lesia Vasylenko, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

    Valerii Pekar, Co-Founder, Nova Kraina

    Moderator: Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), YES Board Member

    14.15-15.00

    Special address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (live stream from WEF)

    16.00-17.00

    Global threats from Russia’s war and the Peace Formula of President Zelenskyy

    Mykola Tochytskyi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

    Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab at Harvard University

    Serhii Plokhii, Professor of Ukrainian History, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

    Nouriel Roubini, CEO of Roubini Macro Associates

    Moderator: Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (2016-2021), YES Board member

    17.30-18.20

    Living with War?

    Taras Chmut, Director, Come Back Alive Foundation

    Jan-Emmanuel de Neve, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Oxford

    Tata Kepler, Medical Volunteer, Founder at "Ptahy" charity project

    Olha Piliarska, Medical Doctor from Kherson City

    Moderator: Leshchenko Serhii, Member of Supervisory board, Ukrainian Railways

    18.30-19.15

    Exhibition opening

    Deciding Your Tomorrow

    Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland

    Victor Pinchuk, Founder of EastOne group, Founder of Victor Pinchuk Foundation

    Sviatoslava Mezheva, child deported from Mariupol City, 10 years old

    Oleksandr Batalov, Gunner-medic, Armed Forces of Ukraine

    Moderator: Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic Director PinchukArtCentre

    20.30-21.30

    Special conversation

    22.00-23.00

    Does the West understand why the war in Ukraine is so important for them?

    Taras Chmut, Director, Come Back Alive Foundation

    Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of the Kyiv School of Economics, Minister of Economy of Ukraine (2019-2020), Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh

    Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine – Trade Representative of Ukraine

    Nataliya Gumenyuk, co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab and The Reckoning Project

  • 11.00-12.00

    To a Fair Global Order - Only With Ukraine

    Tobias Billström, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

    Nataliya Gumenyuk, co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab and The Reckoning Project

    Lesia Vasylenko, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

    Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador(ret), President, MSC Foundation Council, YES Board Member

    15.00-16.00

    Ukraine’s Defense of Freedom – How Will a Changing Global Context Influence the Parameters?

    Briefing: Vadym Skibitskyi, Major General, Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

    Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

    Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador (ret), President, MSC Foundation Council, YES Board Member

    Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (2016-2021), YES Board member

    John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council; Former US Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006)

    Moderator: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Affairs

    17.00-18.00

    The history of Ukraine and the future of the world

    Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University

    Yaroslav Hrytsak, Doctor of Historical Sciences; Professor, Ukrainian Catholic University

    Serhii Plokhii, Professor of Ukrainian History, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

    Moderator: Nataliya Gumeniuk, co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab and The Reckoning Project

  • 12.00-13.00

    War Crimes, Genocide and Deportation of Children

    Oleksandr Korniyenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

    Yevhen Mezhevoi, father of three children deported from Mariupol City and Oleksandra Mezheva, child deported from Mariupol City, 8 years old

    Hlib Stryzhko, Defender of Mariupol, Head of Veteran Hub in Kyiv

    Galyna Mykhailiuk, Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

    Moderator: Janine di Giovanni, CEO and Executive Director of The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies

    16.30-17.30

    Future of War

    Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine

    Dr. Will Marshall, Co-Founder & CEO, Planet Labs PBC

    Dr. Gundbert Scherf, Co-Founder & CEO, Helsing GmbH

    Nazarova Mariia, Combat medic, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) tactical medicine instructor

    Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist