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YES Summer University
13th - 16th September 2007
Ukraine, Kyiv 14th September, Friday 9.00 am – “Discovering Kyiv and Ukraine” - sightseeing tour around Kyiv: 11.00-12.30am - Visit to Verkhovna Rada session hall (Building of the Ukrainian Parliament) 1.00pm – Lunch (Hotel Rus) 3.00pm – Opening Ceremony of YES Summer University (Sofievsky Grand Hall, Premier Palace Hotel): - 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 o Mychailo Wynnyckyj – Professor of KMBS, Associate professor at National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy o Yulia McGuffie – Chief editor of Korrespondent.net o Anatoly Klepatsky – Chairman of the Board of Golden Gate Business 8.00pm – Dinner at O’Panas restaurant 15th 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: o Core principles of the political movement o Economic reform programme o Social reform programme o 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 12.30pm - Lunch (Rus Hotel) 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): o Core principles of the political movement o Economic reform programme for Ukraine o Social reform programme for Ukraine o Ukraine’s European integration Q&A, discussion 3.30 – 4.00pm – Coffee-break 4.00pm – Thematic Workshops on Key Trends and challenges in the EU and Ukraine, with debate moderated by Thomas-Eymond Laritaz. o Economic reforms, Introduction by Jean-Pierre Saltiel, Member of the Board of YES o Social reforms, Introduction by Rt. Hon. Stephen Byers, Member of Parliament (UK), Chairman of the Board of YES o EU Enlargement, Introduction by Mario David 7.00pm – Ukrainian Cultural Event and Dinner at Pirogovo 16th September, Sunday (Conference Centre, Rus Hotel, 4 Hospitalna Street) – 9.00am – Separate meetings of the three main European Political Families 11.00-11.30am – Coffee-break 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) 
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