US-Ukraine Security Dialogue IV
July 17, 2013
Kyiv
Venue: American Chamber of Commerce/Ukraine [12 Vul. Amosova/Kyiv]
Principal Sponsors:
- Ukrainian Side:
- American Chamber of Commerce/Ukraine
- Kyiv International Energy Club Q”
- US Side:
- American Foreign Policy Council
- Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
Program
8:30 am – 9:00 am – Registration
9:00 am – 9:20 am – Dialogue Opening Remarks – On “General Security” Matters
Featured Speaker:
- Andriy Deshchytsya (UA Ambassador at Large to the OSCE)
9:20 am – 10:20 am – Regional Security Session I – The Outlook for South Ossetia & Abkhazia
Chair:
- Oleksandr Sushko (Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation)
Speakers:
- Irakli Gogava (Fmr. Member/Georgian Parliament)
- Leonid Polyakov (Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies)
10:20 am – 11:20 am – Regional Security Session II – The Prognosis for Nagoro-Karabagh
Chair:
- Orysia Lutsevych (Chatham House)
Speakers:
- Farhad Mammadov (AZ Center for Strategic Studies)
- Volodymyr Dubovyk (Odessa National University)
11:20 am – 11:30 pm – Coffee Break
11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Regional Session III – Whither Trans-Dnistria?
Chair:
- Oleh Garyaha (Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation)
Speakers:
- Leonid Litra (Institute of World Policy)
- Yaroslav Pylynsky (Kennan Institute Kyiv)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Working Lunch – Why Ukrainian Security Matters Globally?
Featured Speaker:
- Herman Pirchner (American Foreign Policy Council)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Regional Security Session IV – Keeping Crimea out of the “Conflict Zone” Circuit
Chair:
- Alexander Bohomolov (UA Association of Middle East Studies)
Speakers:
- Olexiy Starodubov (Council of Ministers/ARC)
- Nariman Jelal (ATR TV)
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Energy Security Session I – Expanding Ukraine”s Energy Exploration & Production Capabilities
Chair:
- Bohdan Sokolovski (Kyiv International Energy Club Q)
Speakers:
- Robert Bensh (Cub Energy)
- Mykhailo Honchar (NOMOS Center)
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm – Coffee Break
3:40 pm – 4:35 pm – Energy Security Session II – Enhancing Ukraine”s Energy Transmission & Storage Capacity
Chair:
- Pavlo Kachur (Nova Enerhia)
Speakers:
- Jonas Gratz (Center for Security Studies/ETH Zurich)
- Roman Nitsovych (DiXi Group/ UAEnergy.org)
4:35 pm – 5:30 pm – Energy Security Session III – The “Global Shale Gas Revolution” and Ukraine
Chair:
- Jorge Jukoski (AmCham/UA)
Speakers:
- Thomas Murphy (Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research)
- Olexander Todiychuk (Kyiv International Energy Club Q)
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Closing Remarks – On “Economic Security” Matters
Featured Speaker:
- Jock Mendoza Wilson (SCM)
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Patron”s Reception
Venue:
- International Energy Club Q”