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02.03.2012 “UKRAINE AT THE CROSSROADS” CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
(an asterisk after the name denotes confirmed speaker as of Feb 18, 2012)
Wednesday 7 March
6:00-7:00 pm Reception
7:00-10:00 pm Opening Forum Dinner
An Opening Dinner and panel presentation involving speakers representing Ukraine, the European Union, the US State Department and Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Venue: Chateau Laurier Hotel
Greetings from:
Bob Onyschuk, Q.C., Chair, Canada Ukraine Foundation
Keynote Speakers: “Quo Vadis Ukraine”
Borys Tarasyuk (Chair VR Committee on European Integration, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)*
Thomas Melia (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, Washington D.C.)*
Hon. Marcin Swiecicki, (Member of the Polish Sejm, former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Warsaw) *
Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Canada)*
Moderator: Chrystia Freeland (Editor, Thompson Reuters Digital)*
Followed by a question period involving the experts who are part of the conference programme
Thursday 8 March
Venue: Chateau Laurier Hotel
8:00-8:30 Registration (Coffee, Fruit, Muffins)
8:30-8:50 Official Opening
Dominique Arel, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa *
Eugene Czolij, President, Ukrainian World Congress *
Paul Grod, President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress *
08:50-09:30 am Plenary Presentation I
Opening Keynote Speaker:
Oleh Rybachuk (New Citizen, Kyiv) *
“The State of Democracy in Ukraine”
09:30-10:45 Session I: Democratic Governance, Rule of Law, Human Rights and Media Freedom
Moderator: Andrew Robinson (Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine, retired)
Speakers: Mykola Riabchuk (Krytyka, Kyiv) *
Halyna Coynash (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Ukraine) *
Danylo Bilak (CMS-Cameron McKenna, Kyiv) *
Discussant: Thomas Melia (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, Washington D.C.) *
10:45-11:00 Break (Coffee, Muffins, Fruit)
11:00-12:15 Session II: The New Election Law and the 2012 Parliamentary Elections
Moderator: Bohdan Harasymiw (University of Calgary) *
Speakers: Alyona Hetmanchuk (Institute of World Policy, Kyiv) *
Bohdan Futey (Federal Judge and Constitutional Expert, Washington)*
Markian Shwec (UCC-CUF Observer Mission) *
Discussant: Nico Lange (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Ukraina, Kyiv)*
12:15-2:00 Lunch and Plenary Presentation II
Luncheon Keynote Speaker:
James Sherr (Royal Institute of International Affairs; Senior Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Programme, Chatham House, London) *
“Ukraine and the Russian Question”
Moderator: Robert Amsterdam (Amsterdam and Peroff, Toronto) *
Discussant: Andrei Piontkovsky (Russian Academy of Sciences, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute) *
2:00-3:15 Session III: Economic Issues: Energy, Economic Freedom and Corruption
Moderator: Morgan Williams (Chair, US Ukraine Business Council)*
Speakers: Anders Aslund (Peterson Institute, Washington) *
Olexandr Chaliy (Ambassador Extraordinary, United World International Fund, Ukraine)
Zenon Potoczny (President, Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, Toronto)*
Discussant: Adrian Karatnycky (Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Program on Transatlantic Relations)*
3:15-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 Session IV: Geopolitics and National Security
Moderator: Derek Fraser (Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine, retired)*
Speakers: Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (Nasha Ukraina, Past Director Security Service of Ukraine) *
Dr. Amanda Paul (European Policy Centre, Brussels)*
Dr. Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. (Heritage Foundation, Washington) *
Ihor Kozak (former Canadian NATO military officer/diplomat, Toronto) *
Discussant: James Sherr (RIIA, Senior Fellow, Chatham House) *
5:00-5:15 Conference Summary
Walter Zaryckyj (Center for US-Ukrainian Relations) *
5:15-5:30 Official Closing Remarks
Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa)
Bob Onyschuk (President, Canada Ukraine Foundation)
5:30-7:00 Post-Conference Reception and Cash Bar
