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Program-US-UA Working Group Yearly Summit IV

US-UA Working Group Yearly Summit IV:
Providing Ukraine with an Annual Report Card

June 16, 2016
Washington DC

Venue: The University Club of Washington DC/1135 16th Street [Embassy Row]

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Focus Session I

Theme: Why a Free, Stable and Prosperous Ukraine Matters-UA Gov”t Perspective

Chair:

  • Valeriy Chaly (Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States)

Featured Speaker:

  • Volodymyr Groysman (Prime Minister of Ukraine)

9:30 AM – 10:40 AM Plenary Session I

Theme: Robust Democratic Politics – Assessing Ukraine”s Progress/Regress

Moderator:

  • Nadia Diuk (National Endowment for Democracy)

Panelists:

  • Steven Nix (International Republican Institute)
  • Laura Jewett (National Democratic Institute)
  • David Kramer (McCain Institute)
  • Orest Deychakiwsky (US Helsinki Commission)

Issues to Consider:

  • Fair Elections
  • Free Media
  • Respect for Human Rights
  • Strong Civil Society

10:40 AM – 10:45 AM Coffee Break

[Press Interviews]

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

Theme: Developed Market Economics – Assessing Ukraine”s Progress/Regress

Moderator:

  • Roman Popadiuk (Morgan Lewis)

Panelists:

  • Anders Aslund (Atlantic Council)
  • Morgan Williams (US-Ukraine Business Council)
  • Lev Holubec (PriceWaterhouseCooper)
  • Myron Rabij (Dentons Global)

Special Guest Discussant:

  • Oleksandr Danyluk (Finance Minister of Ukraine)

Issues to Consider:

  • Sound Fiscal Policy
  • Sound Monetary Policy
  • Appropriate Deregulation/Privatization
  • General Business Transparency

11:45 AM – 1:05 PM Plenary Session III

Theme: Ever Greater General Security – Assessing Ukraine”s Progress/Regress

Moderator:

  • William Courtney (RAND Corporation)

Panelists:

  • John Herbst (Atlantic Council)
  • Steven Blank (American Foreign Policy Council)
  • Glen Howard (Jamestown Foundation)
  • Janusz Bugajski (Center for European Policy Analysis)

Issues to Consider:

  • Secure Borders
  • Modernized Military Industrial Complex
  • Professionalized Armed Forces
  • Reliable Allies

1:05 PM – 1:55 PM Focus Session II [Working Lunch]

Theme 1: Progress in Providing Ukraine With a Clearer European Future
Theme 2: Progress in Forging an Optimal Constitutional Arrangement for Ukraine

Chair:

  • William Miller (Woodrow Wilson International Center)

Featured Speaker:

  • Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze (UA Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-Integration)
  • Bohdan Futey (Senior Judge of the US Court of Federal Claims)

1:55 PM – 3:05 PM Plenary Session IV

Theme: Ever Greater Energy Security – Assessing Ukraine”s Progress/Regress

Moderator:

  • • Ilan Berman (American Foreign Policy Council)

Panelists:

  • Ariel Cohen (Atlantic Council)
  • Frank Mermoud (CUB Energy)
  • Thomas Murphy (Penn State University/Marcellus Outreach Program)
  • Keith Smith (Center for European Policy Analysis)

Issues to Consider:

  • Expanding Domestic Production
  • Improving Transport Capacity
  • Enlarging Storage Capacity
  • Increasing Conservation

3:05 PM – 3:10 PM Coffee Break

[Press Interviews]

3:10 PM – 4:20 PM Plenary Session V

Theme: Viable Social Cohesion – Assessing Ukraine”s Progress/Regress

Moderator:

  • John O”Keefe (Open World Leadership Center)

Panelists:

  • Idil Ismirli (George Mason University)
  • Alina Polyakova (Atlantic Council)
  • Joanna Rohozinska (National Endowment for Democracy)
  • Ethan Burger (American University/Washington School of Law)

Issues to Consider:

  • Stable Inter-Ethnic Relations
  • Stable Inter-Faith Relations
  • Stable Class Relations
  • Manageable Regional Differences

4:20 PM – 5:30 PM Plenary Session VI

Theme: Established National Identity – Assessing Ukraine”s Progress/Regress

Moderator:

  • William Taylor (United States Institute of Peace)

Panelists:

  • Adrian Karmazyn (US-Ukraine Foundation)
  • Nolan Peterson (Daily Signal)
  • Lewis Madanick (Open World Leadership Center)
  • Adrian Karatnycky (Atlantic Council)

Issues to Consider:

  • A Sense of Common History
  • A Sense of Common Culture
  • A Sense of a Common Future
  • Ability to Assimilate the “Other”

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Closing Remarks Ceremony

Theme: Why a Free, Stable and Prosperous Ukraine Still Matters-US Government Perspective

Chair:

  • Nadia McConnell (US-Ukraine Foundation)

Featured Speaker:

  • Alexander Kasanof [Director of the Office of UMB Affairs/ US Department of State]

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Patrons” Reception

Venue: American Foreign Policy Council/Center for US Ukrainian Relations DC Bureau