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Program-US-Ukraine Energy-Security Fusion Dialogue V

US-Ukraine Energy-Security Fusion Dialogue V

August 27, 2014
Kyiv

Conference Program

Venue: American Chamber of Commerce/Ukraine [12 Vul. Amosova/Kyiv]

Program

8:30 am – 9:00 am – Registration

9:00 am – 9:40 am – Dialogue Opening Remarks

  1. Taking Measure of the Ukraine’s General Security Situation

    Featured Speaker:

    • Herman Pirchner (American Foreign Policy Council)

  2. Secure & Reliable Energy Sources as a Driving Force in Ukraine’s Economic Rehabilitation & Development

    Featured Speaker:

    • Igor Kublitskiy (DTEK)

9:40 am – 10:40 am – Energy Security Session I – Assessing the State of UA Oil & Gas Exploration Efforts Under Present Conditions

Chair:

  • Yaroslav Pylynsky (Kennan Institute Kyiv)

Speakers:

  • Mykhailo Honchar (NOMOS Center)
  • Bohdan Sokolovski (Kyiv International Energy Club Q)

10:40 am – 11:40 am – Energy Security Session II – Contemplating the Optimal Ownership Paradigm for UA’s Energy Transport Systems

Chair:

  • Oleksandr Narbut (Kiev Institute of Energy Research)

Speakers:

  • Oleksandr Todiichuk (Naftogaz Ukraina)
  • Oleksandr Sukhodolia (National Institute for Strategic Research)

11:40 am – 11:50 pm – Coffee Break

11: 50 am – 12:50 pm – Energy Security Panel III – Does Nuclear Power Generation Have a Future in Ukraine?

Chair:

  • Anatoli Pinchuk (UP Strategy)

Speakers:

  • David Zhvania (Verkhovna Rada)
  • Oleksii Leshchenko (Gorshenin Institute)

12:50 pm – 1:30 pm – Working Lunch – On “Economic Security’ or… Looking to Retrieve Assets Stolen from the UA Treasury

Featured Speaker:

  • Norman Bailey (Potomac Foundation)

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Energy Security Session IV – Are Renewables/Alternatives Still An Alternative in Ukraine?

Chair:

  • Mykola Hryckowian (Center for US-Ukrainian Relations)

Speakers:

  • Guerman Ainbinder (DTEK Wind Power)
  • Georgiy Geletukha (Bioenergy Association of Ukraine)

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Energy Security Session V – Will the Shale Gas Revolution Reach the Shores of Ukraine?

Chair:

  • Evhen Hlibovitsky (Nestor Group)

Panelists:

  • Roman Nitsovych (DiXi Group/ UAEnergy.org)
  • Pavlo Zahorodnyuk (Nadra Group)

3:30 pm – 3:40 pm – Coffee Break [Press Interviews]

3:40 pm – 4:40 pm – Energy Security Session VI – Does LNG Fit Into the Ukrainian Energy Picture?

Chair:

  • Oleh Garyaha (Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation)

Speakers:

  • Vitaly Radchenko (CMS Cameron McKenna)
  • Ariel Cohen (International Market Research)

4:40 pm – 5:40 pm – Energy Security Session VII – Why Conservation Remains a Powerful Guarantor of UA’s Energy Security

Chair:

  • Pavlo Kachur (Nova Enerhia)

Speakers:

  • Andriy Mokhnyk (Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources)
  • Serhiy Yermilov (Institute of Ecology and Energy Conservation)

5:40 pm – 6:00 pm – Closing Remarks – RU’s Global Information Warfare Apparat”… What Can Be Done to Counter It?

Featured Speaker:

  • Ariel Cohen (International Market Research)