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Program: Ukraine and the ‘National Minorities’ Question

Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable XVI:
Ukraine and the ‘National Minorities’ Question

October 1, 2015
Washington, D.C.

Day 1

Venue: National Democratic Institute (455 Massachusetts Ave, NW)

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM

Word of Welcome:

  • Katie Fox [Eurasia Regional Deputy Director/National Democratic Institute]

9:10 AM – 9:35 AM Opening Highlight Focus Session

Theme: Ukraine’s Record on the National Minorities Issue – UA Government Perspective

Chair:

  • Laura Jewett [Eurasia Regional Director/National Democratic Institute]

Featured Speaker:

  • Valeriy Chaly [Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States]

9:35 AM – 10:40 AM Roundtable Plenary Session I

Theme: Assessing the State of the Polish-Ukrainian Community

Moderator:

  • John Herbst [Atlantic Council of the United States]

Panelists:

  • Jan Pieklo [Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation/PAUCI]
  • Konstyantyn Romanyuk [Donetsk Polish Ukrainian Community]

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

10: 40 AM – 11:45 AM Roundtable Plenary Session II

Theme: Assessing the State of the Jewish-Ukrainian Community

Moderator:

  • William Miller [Woodrow Wilson International Center]

Panelists:

  • Joffel Zissels [Chair of Euro-Asian Jewish Congress]
  • Peter Zalmayev [Eurasian Democracy Initiative]

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

11: 45 AM – 11:50 AM Coffee Break

11:50 AM – 12:55 PM Roundtable Plenary Session III

Theme: Assessing the State of the Crimean Tatar Community

Moderator:

  • Colin Cleary [United States Institute of Peace]

Panelists:

  • Refat Chubarov [Chair of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People]
  • Ayla Bakkalli [US Representation of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People]

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

12:55 PM – 1:20 PM Lunch Break [Press Interviews]

1:20 PM – 1:45 PM Afternoon Highlight Focus Session

Theme: Ukraine’s Record on the National Minorities Issue – The OSCE Perspective

Chair:

  • Glen Howard [Jamestown Foundation]

Featured Speaker:

  • Orest Deychakiwsky [US Helsinki Commission]

1:45 PM – 2:50 PM Roundtable Plenary Session IV

Theme: Assessing the State of the Hungarian-Ukrainian, Moldovan-Ukrainian & Romanian-Ukrainian Communities

Moderator:

  • Roman Popadiuk [Morgan Lewis]

Panelists:

  • Yaroslav Pylynskyi [Kennan Institute/Kyiv]
  • Vlad Spanu [Moldova Foundation]

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

2:50 PM – 2:55 PM Coffee Break

2:55 PM – 4:00 PM Roundtable Plenary Session V

Theme: Assessing the State of the Russian Minority in Ukraine

Moderator:

  • Nadia Diuk [National Endowment for Democracy]

Panelists:

  • Lada Rosylycky [Ukraine Today]
  • Paul Goble [Window on Eurasia/EDM]

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

4:05 PM – 5:10 PM Roundtable Plenary Session VI

Theme: A Special Look at the Ukrainian Minority in Russia

Moderator:

  • Motria Chaban [International Republican Institute]

Panelists:

  • Fr. Leo Goldade [Order of St. Basil the Great/OSBM]
  • Eugene Czolij [Ukrainian World Congress]

Suggested Topics:

  • Speakers’ Choice

5:05 PM – 5:45 PM Final Highlight Session Focus Session

Ukraine’s Record on the National Minorities Issue – The US Government Perspective

Chair:

  • Mark Lagon [Freedom House]

Featured Speaker:

  • Victoria Nuland [Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs [INVITED]

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Patrons’ Reception

  • [Host UA Quest RT Series Steering Committee]

Venue: American Foreign Policy Council

Sponsors:

  • American Foreign Policy Council
  • Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
  • International Republican Institute
  • Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
  • National Democratic Institute
  • Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation/PAUCI
  • Open World Leadership Center
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