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Ukraine’s Quest For Mature Nation Statehood – Roundtable IV
Ukraine’s Transition to a Developed Market Economy

October 7/8, 2003
Washington, DC

Program

TUESDAY – October 7, 2003

Venue: Wyndham Washington

8:20 AM – 9:00 AM – Welcome Coffee and Registration

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Opening Remarks:

  • M. Sawkiw, Jr. (Chair, Roundtable Steering Committee)
  • J. Herbst (United States Ambassador to Ukraine)

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Roundtable Focus Session I

Sponsor:

  • Heritage Foundation of First Federal Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois

Does Ukraine Have a Market Economy?

Chair:

  • V. Yatsenkivskyi (Charge d’Affair, UA Embassy to the US)

Keynote:

  • V. Yanukovich (Prime Minister of Ukraine)

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – [I] Ukraine’s Business Environment: Referencing Macro-Economic Trends –Three Panels

Sponsor:

  • International Renaissance Foundation

(1) Assessing the Pace of Banking Sector Reforms

Moderator:

  • O. Havrylyshyn (Deputy Director, European II Dept./IMF)

Panelists:

  • A. Yatseniuk (First Deputy Head, National Bank of Ukraine)
  • N. Lee (DAS for Europe and Eurasia, Dept. of Treasury)

Discussant:

  • D. Hartzler (Senior Corporate Governance Officer, IFC)

Suggested Topics:

  • Currency Stability
  • Banking Sector Restructuring
  • Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

(2) Assessing the Pace of Agricultural Sector Reforms

Moderator:

  • A. Bihun (Senior International Trade Specialist, DOC)

Panelists:

  • I. Tomych (Head, VR Committee/Agricultural Policy)
  • N. Cochrane (Internationaarnational Economist, ERS/USDA)

Discussants:

  • J. Costello (President, Citizens’ Network for Foreign Affairs)
  • A. Danylenko (Head, UA State Land Resources Committee)

Suggested Topics:

  • Privatization
  • Land Resource Management Policy
  • Commodities Futures Trading

(3) Assessing the Pace of Small and Medium Size Business Development

Moderator:

  • K. Parker (Vice President for Programs, AFPC)

Panelists:

  • Y. Yekhanurov (Head, VR Commit/Entrepreneurial Policy)
  • M. Considine (UA Country Manager, DOC/BISNIS)

Discussant:

  • N. Jaresko (CEO, Western NIS Fund)

Suggested Topics:

  • Regulatory Policy
  • Access to Micro Credits
  • Access to Market Information

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Working Lunch

Sponsor:

  • Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative (PAUCI)

Theme: How Will the Next Round of EU Expansion Impact on Polish-Ukrainian Economic Ties?

Chair:

  • J. Micgiel (Executive Director, ISE/Columbia University)

Discussants:

  • V. Yelchenko (First Deputy Foreign Minister, MFA Ukraine)
  • G. Paturalska (Member of the Sejm, Foreign Affairs Comm.)
  • J. Bugajski (Director, Eastern Europe Project, CSIS)
  • K. Boryk-Jozefowicz (Director, Torun Medical Supply Co.)

2:30 PM – 5:30 PM – [II] Ukraine’s Busin Business Environment: Referencing Micro-Economic Trends – Three Panels

Sponsor:

  • Philip Morris Ukraine

(1) Examining the Market Readiness of Ukraine’s Energy Sector

Moderator:

  • G. Laszkiewicz (Vice President, Alliance Technology Group Inc.)

Panelists:

  • A. Klyuyev (Head, VR Energy Committee)
  • V. Pergat (VP for Development/Europe, Northland Power)

Discussants:

  • O. Todiychuk (President, Ukrtransnafta)
  • K. Sep (Chief Advisor to the Chairman, Grupa Lotos)

Suggested Topics:

  • Coal
  • Electricity (Nuclear and Non-nuclear)
  • Oil and Gas

(2) Examining the Market Readiness of Ukraine’s Industrial Sector

Moderator:

  • J. Zukoski (President, AmCham Ukraine)

Panelists:

  • A. Kinakh (Head, UA League-Industrialists & Entrepreneurs)
  • K. Peppler (Manager/Partner Relations, Sea Launch Project)

Discussant:

  • A. Honcharuk (VP for External Affairs, Interpipe Corp.)

Suggested Topics:

  • Machine Building
  • Consumer Products
  • Aerospace

(3) Examining the Market Readiness of Ukraine’s High Technology Sector

Moderator:

  • W. Courtney (Senior VP, Dyncorp)

Panelists:

  • V. Kyryliov (Head, VR Deputies’ Group ‘Electronic Ukraine’)
  • Y. Utkin (President, Kvazar-Micro)
  • I. Birka (President & CEO, Desomark)

Discussant:

  • E. Candle (Chairman, US-UA Digital Alliance)

Suggested Topics:

  • Electronics
  • Information Technology
  • Medical Technology

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Roundtable Focus Session II:

Sponsor:

  • Self Reliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union, Chicago, Illinois

Has Ukraine Pursued the Appropriate Fiscal Policy to Sustain a Developed Market Economy?

Chair:

  • K. Jenkins (President, Ukraine-US Business Council)

Keynote:

  • P. Hajdutsky (Director, Econ. Policy/ UA Pres. Administration)

Discussant:

  • V. Asadchev (Member, VR Budget Committee)

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Patrons Reception {By Invitation Only}
Corporate Fellowship Reception {For Corporate Participants}

Sponsor:

  • Ukraine International Airlines

WEDNESDAY – October 8, 2003

Venue: Wyndham Washington

8:20 AM – 9:00 AM – Welcome Coffee and Registration

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Roundtable Focus Session III

Sponsor:

  • Cleveland Selfreliance Federal Credit Union

Has Ukraine Provided the Proper Legal Infrastructure to Sustain a Developed Market Economy?

Chair:

  • B. Futey (Judge, US Federal Claims Court)

Keynote:

  • S. Shevchuk (Director, ComparativDirector, Comparative Law Center, Min. Just. UA)

Discussant:

  • D. Hryshchenko (Managing Partner, Hryshchenko & Partners)

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM [III] Ukraine and the Global Market Place – Three Panels

Sponsor:

  • Polit XXI Stolittya

(1) Taking Measure of U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Economic Relations

Moderator:

  • H. Pirchner (President, AFPC)

Panelists:

  • S. Osyka (Head, Interparliamentary Group UA-USA)
  • S. Levin (Ranking Member, SC on Trade/HR W&M Comm.)
  • C. Crowley (Director, USAID Ukraine)

Discussant:

  • J. P. Schutte (Economic Officer, Ukraine Desk, State Dept.)

Suggested Topics:

  • FATF
  • PNTR
  • Anti-dumping legislation

(2) Taking Measure of Ukraine’s Regional Economic Ties

Moderator:

  • F.S. Larrabee (Senior Political Scientist, RAND)

Panelists:

  • P. Coessens (Head/Political Section, EC Delegation to the US)
  • V. Sidenko (Dir. of Economic Programs, Razumkov Center)

Discussants:

  • A. Taranenko (VP/IR, UL Industrialists & Entrepreneurs)
  • S. Bychko (Deputy Head, VR Committee on Foreign Affairs)

Suggested Topics:

  • EU
  • Balkans
  • Caucasus

(3) Taking Measure of Ukraine’s International Economic Priorities

Moderator:

  • R. Murphy (Senior Associate, CSIS)

Panelists:

  • V. Pyatnytskyi (First Deputy Minister/UA Economy & Euro-Integration)
  • C. Pascual (Coordinator/US Assistance, Europe and Eurasia)

Discussant:

  • O. Sushko (Director, CPCFPU)

Suggested Topics:

  • Middle East
  • South and East Asia
  • Latin America

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Working Lunch

Sponsor:

  • Astron Ukrayina

Theme: Can Ukrainian-Russian Economic Ties Move Beyond a ‘Metropole-Provinceí Relationship?

Chair:

  • Ariel Cohen (Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation)

Discussants:

  • V. Igrunov (Deputy Head, RF Duma Committee/CIS Affairs)
  • Y. Kaminsky (Director, UA Institute for International Studies)
  • I. Berman (Vice President for Policy, AFPC)
  • A. Karatnycky (Senior Scholar & Counselor, Freedom House)

2:00 AM – 5:00 PM – [IV] Market Economics and Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood – Three Panels

Sponsor:

  • SUMA-Yonkers Federal Credit Union

(1) Exploring the Nexus Between Market Economics and a Stable Democratic Polity in Ukraine

Moderator:

  • B. Ruble (Director, Kennan Institute/WWIC)

Panelists:

  • P. Dobriansky (Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs)
  • J. Steinhof (Former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland)
  • V. Lanovyj (Former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine )

Suggested Topics:

  • Economic Transparency
  • Political Transparency
  • Political Parties

(2) Exploring the Nexus Between Market Economics and an Independent Civil Society in Ukraine

Moderator:

  • N. McConnell (President, US-Ukraine Foundation)

Panelists:

  • O. Mazurchak (Mayor of Kamyanets-Podilskyi)
  • Alan Cohen (Mayor of Ithaca, New York)

Discussants:

  • O. Sych (Deputy Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk)
  • S. Rudyk (Director, Regional Initiatives UA)

Suggested Topics:

  • Independent Media
  • NGO Community
  • Trade Unions

(3) To What Extent Can a Market Economy Help Ukraine Establish a Mature National Identity?

Moderator:

  • A. Lyj (President, Ukrainian World Congressozynskyj (President, Ukrainian World Congress)

Panelists:

  • Y. Shapoval (UA Academy of Sciences)
  • O. Dubas (Publisher, ‘Geneza’ Press)
  • W. Miller (Senior Scholar, Kennan Institute/WWIC)

Discussant:

  • Y. Pavlenko (VR Member, Head/Youth Party of Ukraine)

Suggested Topics:

  • Patronage of Higher Education
  • Recovery of National Memory
  • General Philanthropy

5:00 AM – 5:30 PM – Roundtable Focus Session IV

Sponsor:

  • Self Reliance (NY) Federal Savings Bank

Will the U.S. Support Ukraine’s WTO AccTO Accession Process?

Chair:

  • A. Aslund (Director, Russian & Eurasian Affairs Prog./CEIP)

Keynote:

  • C. Novelli (Asst US Trade Rep, Europe & the Mediterranean)

5:30 AM – 6:00 PM – Concluding Remarks

  • G. Nesterczuk (Vice Chair, RT Steering Comm.)
  • C. Weldon (US Representative from Pennsylvania)

7:00-9:00 – Conference Reception

Host:

  • Embassy of Ukraine to the United States

Featured Speaker:

  • S. Pifer (DAS for Europe & Eurasia, State Dept.) [United States]