Friday, 9 May, Europe Day
Kyiv EEST
Session
09:55
Guests are kindly invited to take their seats
10:00 - 10:45
Special Panel on Europe Day
Deputy Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Senior Representative and Head of the NATO Representation in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security and for Human Security
Moderator
Senior Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center
10:45 - 11:45
Europe’s Leadership: How to Live Without America?
Member of the European Parliament, Finland
Member of the National Assembly of France
Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic
Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s integration to the European Union
Chairman of the Academic Council
of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies,
Secretary General of the European Parliament (2009-22)
Moderator
CNN Global Affairs Analyst & Contributor
11:00 - 12:00
Side Event in cooperation with the Global Foresight Strategies
Venue: Maidan Hall, 2nd Floor
Introductory Remarks
Amb. Rolf HOLMBOE
Head of the Mission, The European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Sector Reform in Ukraine
President of the Bucharest Center for Conflict Prevention & Early Warning
Jeffrey C. DODSON
Partner, Cyber Activities Group (Col USAF, Ret.)
Senior Strategic Advisor, Global Foresight Strategies (Brigadier General ITA Army, Ret.)
Founder & CEO, Cordillera Applications Group (Col AUS Army, Ret.)
Adjunct Professor of the Kyiv-Mohyla and Ukrainian Catholic University Business Schools, Chairman of Decolonization NGO
Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine
Moderator
Founder & CEO, Global Foresight Strategies
11:45 - 12:45
Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative
Member of the European Parliament, Austria
Member of the European Parliament, Lithuania
Minister of Defense of Lithuania (2008-12)
Member of the European Parliament, Bulgaria
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s integration to the European Union (2014-16)
Moderator
CNN Global Affairs Analyst & Contributor
12:45 - 14:00
Coffee Break
14:00 - 14:30
Special Talk | Secrets, Strategy, and the Struggle for the Future
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom (2014-20)
Member of the KSF Security Council,
Commander of U.S. Central Command (2008-10),
Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (2011-12)
Moderator
Deputy Director of the U.S. National Intelligence for Mission Integration (2019-21)
14:30 - 15:15
Strategic Session
Elina VALTONEN (video address)
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Member of the European Parliament, Finland
Member of the European Parliament, Lithuania,
Minister of Defense of Lithuania (2008–2012)
Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (2012-20)
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Estonia
Moderator
Director of the Kyiv Security Forum
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Turning Point Discussion
In cooperation with the IMPACT Conference (Poland)
Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2015-18)
Member of the European Parliament, Poland
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Director, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies ber of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Member of the Estonian Parliament
Member of Editor-in-Chief, Krytyka Polityczna the Estonian Parliament
Moderator
Director of the Kyiv Security Forum
16:30 - 16:45
Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:30
Regional Director for Eastern Europe, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Journalist, Head of Investigation Unit, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
Author and Journalist
Editor-in-Chief, Kyiv Independent
Director of the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (Riga)
White House Bureau Chief, Voice of America
Moderator
Chief International Correspondent, The Cipher Brief
17:30 - 18:00
Special Live Conversation
U.S. National Security Advisor (2021–25)
In this exclusive session, Mr. Sullivan will reflect on the evolution of American strategy during Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s full-scale invasion and will offer a frank analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the international response. This dialogue will address the global stakes of the war, the sustainability of Western support, and the strategic choices ahead.
Moderator
Senior Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center
18:00 - 19:00
Strategic Wrap-Up
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy (2001–05)
Senior Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, International Centre for Defense & Security
Chairman of the Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision, France
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Senior Resident Country Director, NDI Ukraine
Moderator
Senior Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center
19:00 - 19:10
19:10
Gratitude
Ramina SHUT
Director of the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation
