Agenda
Navigate the meeting- 9 September
- 10 September
- 11 September
Thursday, September 09
18:00
Informal Gathering
Friday, September 10
09:20
Welcoming Remarks
09:25
Global Threats and Ukraine’s Contribution
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
10:25
Break and conference picture
11:05
Brainstorming: Are We Heading for Apocalypse?
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Rutger Bregman
Historian, Author, De Correspondent
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
12:10
Brainstorming: Does the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Imply a Loss of Credibility for All US Commitments and Alliances? Or is Afghanistan a Special Case?
Charles Kupchan
Professor, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University, Council on Foreign Relations
John Bolton
Former U.S. National Security Advisor, The John Bolton PAC
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Philosopher and Writer
Rana Foroohar
Financial Times Columnist, Global Economic Analyst, Author
Aziz Harara
Visual Artist
13:10
Lunch
14:20
Extreme Weather and Climate Change – Can We Stop It, and What Will It Take?
Andrew Forrest AO
Chairman and Founder, Fortescue Metals Group, Fortescue Future Industries, Minderoo Foundation, and Tattarang
Mike Berners-Lee
Director, Small World Consulting
Rutger Bregman
Historian, Author, De Correspondent
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
15:20
Break
15:50
Brainstorming: AI and Big Tech: Global Threat or Global Cure?
Cathy O'Neil
Founder, ORCAA
Rana Foroohar
Financial Times Columnist, Global Economic Analyst, Author
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
16:30
A Discussion on the Future of AI
Eric Schmidt
Co-Founder, Schmidt Futures, Former CEO & Chairman, Google
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
17:10
Break
17:40
West, US, China, Russia...and Ukraine
Linda Yueh
Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School Visiting Professor, LSE IDEAS
Masha Gessen
Author, Journalist, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Distinguished Writer in Residence, Bard College
Charles Kupchan
Professor, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael McFaul
Academic and Diplomat
Rana Foroohar
Financial Times Columnist, Global Economic Analyst, Author
18:40
Is Humankind Getting More Peaceful? Or Are We Heading for a Third World War?
Steven Pinker
Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
18:55
Summary
Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), YES Board
19:10
Dinner
19:30
The United States’ Foreign Policy and What it Means for Ukraine
Victoria Nuland
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), YES Board
20:40
COVID and Future Pandemics. Part 1
Nicholas Christakis
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
21:00
COVID and Future Pandemics. Part 2
Noubar Afeyan
Founder & CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-founder and Chairman, Moderna
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
21:30
Pipelines, Politics and Pipedreams. Balancing energy security, climate change and costs (Nightcap)
21:30
Crisis in Belarus: What does it mean for Ukraine, the United States, and European security? (Nightcap)
21:30
Decarbonization. What is the Ukrainian way? (Nightcap)
21:30
Social Inequality and What Can We Do About It (Nightcap)
Saturday, September 11
08:00
Security breakfast (off the record)
09:15
Brainstorming: Nord Stream 2 – What do We Have Besides. Part 1
Amos Hochstein
U.S. Senior Advisor for Energy Security, U.S. Department of State
Rana Foroohar
Financial Times Columnist, Global Economic Analyst, Author
09:35
Brainstorming: Nord Stream 2 – What do We Have Besides. Part 2
Andriy Yermak
Head, Office of the President of Ukraine
Wolfgang Ischinger
Ambassador, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Senior Professor of Hertie School of Governance
Yuriy Vitrenko
CEO, NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine"
Rana Foroohar
Financial Times Columnist, Global Economic Analyst, Author
10:15
Rule of Law in Ukraine - Is It Getting Better or Worse?
Dmytro Razumkov
Chairman, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Gillian Tett
Chair of the Editorial Board, Editor-at-large, US, The Financial Times
10:35
Break
11:20
Is the De-Oligarchization Initiative a Good Step for Ukraine?
Oleksii Danilov
Secretary, National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Denys Malyuska
Minister of Justice of Ukraine
Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor, MIT
Vladyslav Rashkovan
Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
12.20
Europe and Ukraine: Addressing Global Challenges Together
Kersti Kaljulaid
President of Estonia
Dmytro Kuleba
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Stephen Sackur
Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC World News
12.50
Lunch
13:30
Ukraine in the Global Economy – What Can Ukraine Contribute?
Vladyslav Rashkovan
Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
Olena Bilan
Chief Economist, Dragon Capital
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine – Trade Representative of Ukraine
David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Gillian Tett
Chair of the Editorial Board, Editor-at-large, US, The Financial Times
14:25
Summary
Carl Bildt
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), YES Board
15.00
The Kremlin’s View of Ukraine – and What to Do About It
Timothy Snyder
Levin Professor of History, Yale University
Serhii Plokhii
Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
Masha Gessen
Author, Journalist, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Distinguished Writer in Residence, Bard College
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
16:00
Break
16:30
9/11 and the Aftermath – What it Means for Tomorrow
Tony Blair
Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
17:15
Closing Debate: A New Cold War Cannot Save a Warming Planet
Niall Ferguson
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN
Gillian Tett
Chair of the Editorial Board, Editor-at-large, US, The Financial Times
18:00
Closing Remarks
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President of Poland (1995-2005), Chairman of the Board of YES
18:10
Reception
«We were shocked with the western elites’ expectations that Ukraine would lose in three days. It was only when we started to fight back within the week that we saw a different Europe. It began with an understanding that Ukraine could win this war and that changed mindsets»