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A DECADE OF WAR

Montag, 09.12.2024

13:00 Uhr

Arrival and Check-in

14:00 Uhr

Words of Welcome

Inna NELLES, Co-Founder, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

Mattia NELLES, Co-Founder & Executive Director, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

14:15 Uhr

BLITZ SESSION (Part 1) | After the Election – How is the Situation on Ukrainian Affairs in the United States?

Volodymyr DUBOVYK, Senior Fellow, Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Washington D.C.

Melinda HARING, Senior Advisor at Razom for Ukraine and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council, Washington D.C.

Iulia-Sabina JOJA, Director, Black Sea Program, Middle East Institute, Washington D.C.


Moderation: Gregor SCHWUNG, Foreign Policy Editor, Die WELT, Berlin


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15:15 Uhr

Coffee & Cake

15:30 Uhr

BLITZ SESSION (Part 2) | Europe Calling – How is the Situation on Ukrainian Affairs in the UK and in the EU?

Rebecca HARMS, Vice Chair, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and former Member of the European Parliament (2004-2019), Hannover

Nicolas TENZER, Chairman of the Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision (CERAP) and Senior Non-Resident Fellow at Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Paris (online)

Robert PUTZBACH, Journalist, Politics Department, Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z), Fankfurt a.M.

Moderation: Inna NELLES, Co-Founder, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf


--- followed by discussion with the participants ---

16:30 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

16:45 Uhr

PANEL DISCUSSION | Current Situation on the Battlefield and Military Foresight

Maria BERLINSKA, Military Expert, Former Director of the Aerial Reconnaissance Support Center and Head of Victory Drones, Kyiv (online)

Nico LANGE, Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference, Berlin

Ilja PONOMARENKO, Independent Ukrainian War Reporter and Author of “I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime” (Bloomsbury 2024) Kyiv

Victoria VDOVYCHENKO, Program Director for Security Studies at the Centre for Defence Strategies (CDS) and Joint Programme Leader at Cambridge University’s Center for Geopolitics, Kyiv/Cambridge


Moderation: Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

18:30 Uhr

Dinner

19:30 Uhr

PANEL DISCUSSION | Victory or Compromise? How to End the War and Ensure Sustainable Peace in Europe?

Olena HALUSHKA, Co-Founder of International Centre for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV) and Board Member at Anti-Corruption Action Center, Kyiv (online)

Wilfried JILGE, Senior Adviser, Integrated Response Hub for Ukraine at the Stabilization Platform and Associate Fellow of the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign (DGAP), Berlin

Valerii PEKAR, Co-Founder, „The New Country” Civic Platform, Kyiv (online)

Anastasia RODI, Journalist, TAZ, Berlin

Brian WHITMORE, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Texas-Arlington


Moderation: Mattia NELLES, Co-Founder & Executive Director, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

21:00 Uhr

Informal Get Together

Dienstag, 10.12.2024

08:30 Uhr

Breakfast

09:15 Uhr

PANEL DISCUSSION | From Reforms and EU Integration to Readiness for Negotiations – What do Ukrainians want?

Yevhen HLIBOVYTSKY, Head of Frontier Institute and Lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University, Kyiv (online)

Tetiana SHEVCHUK, Anti-Corruption Action Centre and International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Kyiv

Olga TOKARIUK, Senior Analyst, Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), London (online)

Maria ZOLKINA, Research Fellow, Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and head of Regional Security & Conflict Studies at Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Kyiv/London


Moderation: Inna NELLES, Co-Founder, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

10:45 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

11:00 Uhr

PANEL DISCUSSION | Was the “Zeitenwende” Enough? Outlook on Germany’s Future Ukraine Policy

Tilman KUBAN, MdB (CDU), Member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union and Rapporteur for Ukraine, Deutscher Bundestag Berlin/Hannover

Ljudmyla MELNYK, Head of the Ukraine Programme, Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP), Berlin

Johannes SCHRAPS, MdB (SPD), Member of the European Committee, Deutscher Bundestag and Deputy-Chair of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentarian Group, Berlin/Bad Pyrmont

Christian SCHWEPPE, investigative journalist and author of the book „Zeiten ohne Wende“ (C.H. Beck 2024), Berlin

Robin WAGENER, Special Envoy for the Cooperation with the Civil Society within the Eastern Partnership at the German Foreign Office, Member of Parliament (Greens), Berlin/Bad Salzuflen


Moderation: Mattia NELLES, Co-Founder & Executive Director, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

12:30 Uhr

Lunch

14:00 Uhr

FISHBOWL DISCUSSION | Activism Without Borders – The Role of Civil Society in Bringing Victory Closer

Julia CHENUSHA, CEO, Blau-Gelbes Kreuz e.V., Köln

Francois GRUNEWALD, Co-Founder, Group URD, Paris (online)

Nataliya PRYHORNYTSKA, Co-founder and Board Member, Open Platform and Alliance of Ukrainian Organizations, Berlin

Eva YAKUBOVSKA, Chief Project Manager and Board Member, Vitsche, Berlin


Moderation: Tetiana LOPASHCHUK, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

15:30 Uhr

Coffee & Cake

16:00 Uhr

BREAKOUT SESSION | What Can be Done to Increase Support for Ukraine?

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WORKING GROUP 1 – The Cultural Sphere

Moderation: Kateryna RIETZ-RAKUL, Head, Ukrainian Institute in Germany, Berlin

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WORKING GROUP 2 – Humanitarian Sphere

Moderation: Igor MITCHNIK, First Executive Director, Austausch e.V., Berlin

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WORKING GROUP 3 – The Sphere of Political Advocacy

Moderation: Daria MALLING, Project Manager, LibMod (Zentrum Liberale Moderne), Berlin

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WORKING GROUP 4 – Security Guaranties

Moderation: Mattia NELLES, Co-Founders & Executive Director, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

18:30 Uhr

Dinner

19:30 Uhr

LITERARY SALON | Writing in and about War

Ilja PONOMARENKO, Independent Ukrainian War Reporter and Author of the Book “I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime” (Bloomsbury 2024) Kyiv


Moderation: Kateryna RIETZ-RAKUL, Head, Ukrainian Institute in Germany, Berlin

21:00 Uhr

Informal Get Together

Mittwoch, 11.12.2024

08:30 Uhr

Breakfast

09:30 Uhr

PLENARY DISCUSSION | Presentation and Discussion of the Breakout Session’s Results

10:45 Uhr

Coffee & Tea Break

11:00 Uhr

CONCLUDING PANEL | Where Is the Hope? Outlook of 2025 and a Discussion About Desired and Realistic Futures

Rémi DUFLOT, Deputy Head, The Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Brussels/Kyiv

Olexiy HARAN, Research Director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and Professor of Comparative Politics at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv (online)

Yevhen HLIBOVYTSKY, Head of Frontier Institute and Lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University, Kyiv (online)

Brian WHITMORE, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Texas-Arlington


Moderation: Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

12:15 Uhr

Wrap-Up & Words of Farwell

Inna NELLES, Co-Founder, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

Mattia NELLES, Co-Founder & Executive Director, German-Ukrainian Bureau, Düsseldorf

Thomas MÜLLER-FÄRBER, Protestant Academy Loccum

12:30 Uhr

Farewell Lunch

12:50 Uhr

Bus Shuttle to Wunstorf train station