11.00-12.30am - Visit to Verkhovna Rada session hall (Building of the Ukrainian Parliament)

1.00pm – Lunch (Hotel Rus)

-          Welcome address by Victor Pinchuk, Founder and Member of the Board of YES

Addresses by

-          President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko,

-          Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal Luis Amado

-          Member of the European Commission for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva

-          Q&A moderated by Mário David, YES Board Member

5.00 pm – Debate around modern Ukrainian society:

-          meeting with young Ukrainian opinion leaders

-          Svjatoslav Vakarchuk – Leader of Okean Elzy Music Band
-          Mychailo Wynnyckyj – Professor of KMBS, Associate professor at National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
-          Yulia McGuffie – Chief editor of Korrespondent.net
-          Anatoly Klepatsky – Chairman of the Board of Golden Gate Business
8.00pm – Dinner at O’Panas restaurant

 

 

15^th September, Saturday (Conference Centre, Rus Hotel, 4 Hospitalna Street)

 

9.00am – Session on European Political Landscape with debate moderated by Thomas Eymond-Laritaz, President of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

-         Addresses by the Representatives of YEPP, ECOSY and LYMEC:

-         Core principles of the political movement
-         Economic reform programme

-         Social reform programme

-         EU Enlargement Policy

          Q&A, discussion

10.30-11.00am – Coffee-break

11.00-12.15am – Address by European Commissioner Meglela Kuneva "From Democracy to EU Membership" with Q&A moderated by Mario David, YES Board Member

2.00pm – Session on Ukrainian Political Landscape with debate, moderated by Dr. Nikita Poturaev, adviser on communications of Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

-         Addresses by Leaders of Youth Movements of the Political Parties represented in the Parliament of Ukraine (Party of Regions of Ukraine, Block of Yulia Timoshenko, Block “Our Ukraine-National Self-Defence” and Socialist Party of Ukraine):

-        Core principles of the political movement

-        Economic reform programme for Ukraine

-        Social reform programme for Ukraine

-        Ukraine’s European integration

         Q&A, discussion

4.00pm – Thematic Workshops on Key Trends and challenges in the EU and Ukraine, with debate moderated by Thomas-Eymond Laritaz.

-         Economic reforms, Introduction by Jean-Pierre Saltiel, Member of the Board of YES

-         Social reforms, Introduction by Rt. Hon. Stephen Byers, Member of Parliament (UK), Chairman of the Board of YES

-         EU Enlargement, Introduction by Mario David

7.00pm – Ukrainian Cultural Event and Dinner at Pirogovo

 

 

 

11.30-12.30pm - Closing session:

-        Address by Marek Siwiec, Vice President of the European Parliament, Member of the Board of YES: Agenda 2020 and  the road to the European Union

-        Address by Arseniy Yatseniuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

-        Closing remarks:

         Rt. Hon. Stephen Byers, Member of the UK Parliament, Chairman of the Board of YES

         Victor Pinchuk, Founder and Member of the Board of YES
12.30am – 2.30pm – buffet-lunch (Rus Hotel)