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U in the EU: Next steps for Ukraine? | YALTA EUROPEAN SEMINAR 2005 PROGRAMME | | Thursday, 21st of July, 2005 - Kiev |  | | | 8.30 pm | Dinner conference
| | Friday, 22nd of July, 2005 - Yalta | | | | 3.00 pm | Opening of the Yalta European Seminar 2005 Stephen Byers and the YES Executive Board,
Anatoliy Matvienko, Prime Minister of the Crimea Autonomous Republic - Ukraine | | | | 3.30 pm | Plenary sessions
U and EU: where do we start from?
1. EU and further enlargement: the new context
Chairman: Marek Siwiec, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Committee; Member of the Board, YES - Poland
Speakers:
Manfred Grund, Member of Bundestag - Germany Marcel Koprol, State Secretary for European Affairs - Slovenia
Magda Vasaryova, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs - Slovakia
| | | | 4.45 pm | Coffee break | | | | 5.15 pm | 2. Ukraine and its European destiny, 8 months after the Orange revolution
Chairman: Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group - Australia
Speakers:
Anton Buteiko, First DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs - Ukraine
Dmitriy Vydrin, Director, European Integration and Development Institute - Ukraine
Guy Carcassonne, Professor of Law - France | | | | | | 6.30 pm | Closing of talks | | | | Saturday, 23 rd of July, 2005 - Yalta | | | | 9.00 am | 2 parallel workshops
Workshop 1: European business community's perception of Ukraine and recommendations for fostering economic development
Chairman: Terrence Brown, General Manager, European Investment Bank - ireland
Speakers:
Boris Nemtsov, Advisor to the President of Ukraine - Russia
Jed Sunden, Publisher, KP Publikation - USA
Philippe Vollot, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank - France
Oliver Wieck, Director, EAST Comine of German Economy - Germany Workshop 2: European political leader's perception of Ukraine and recommendations for bringing the country closer to the European Union
Chairman: Alexander Chalyi, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs - Ukraine
Introductive Report: Alexander Rahr, Program Director, German Council on Foreign Relations - Germany
Speakers:
Judith Gebetsroithner, Member of the Cabinet of Mrs Benita Ferrero-Wladner, European Commissioner - Austria
Ed Owen, Former Special Advisor to Jack Straw, Minister of Foreign Affairs - UK
Olexander Sushko, Director, Centre for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine | | | | 11.00 am | Coffee break | | | | | | 11.30 am | Plenary session: feedback and debate
Chairman: Mario David, Member of Parliament; Former State Secretary for European Affairs - Portugal
Rapporteur Workshop 1: Jean-Pierre Saltiel, Former President, Rothshild International; Member of the Board, YES - France
Rapporteur Workshop 2: Stephane Fouks, Managing Director, Havas; Member of the Board, YES - France
Reactions from:
Anatoliy Matvienko, Prime Minister of the Crimea Autonomous Republic - Ukraine
Grigiriy Nemyrya, Director, Centre for European and International Studies - Ukraine | | | | 12.30 pm | Lunch | | 2.30 рm | Plenary sessions
1. Benchmark on membership strategy: what can be learnt from Turkey, Poland and Croatia?
Chairman: Alexander Martynenko, Editor in Chief, Interfax International Agency - Ukraine
Introductive Report: Andrea Romano, Former Director, Italieni Europei Foundation - Italy
Speakers:
Marija Peijčinović Burić, Stete Secretary on Eurointegration - Croatia
Suat Kiniklioglu, Director, German Marchall Fund of the US Ankara office - Turkey
International Perspective: Robert Legvold, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University - USA | | 3.45 pm | Coffee break | | 4.00 pm | 2. Next steps for Ukraine - EU relationships
Chairman: Stephen Byers, Member of Parliament; Former Minister of Trade and Industry; Former Mininster of Transport; Chairman of the Board, YES - UK
Speakers:
Volodymyr Litvyn, Speaker of the Parliament - Ukraine
Marek Siwiec, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Committee; Member of the Board, YES - Poland
Michel Rocard, Member of the European Parliament; Former Prime Minister - France | | 5.15 pm | Conclusion: Viktor Pinchuk and Stephen Byers | | |
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