Wars are no longer aiming at total destruction. Nowadays, it’s not enough to control the territory and natural resources. The fight is for the will of the people and the results of their intellectual work.
Surrendering weapons is not necessary for capitulation. Controlling media, electricity, gas, and water is the most effective weapon of mass destruction.
Do you want peace under your conditions? Remember who is your threat. Don’t let your enemy control your resources and your will.
18.00 OPENING CEREMONY
Venue: Restaurant Park Art of Rest, Lviv, Vitovskoho Str., 43 A
18.00 – 18.40 Cocktail
18.40 WELCOMING THE PARTICIPANTS
Daniel Seiberling, Representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine
18.50 – 19.30 Dinner
19.30 – 20.45 MAIN SPEECH OF THE FORUM “ECONOMY OF WAR OR THE WAR OF ECONOMIES”
Speaker: Edward Lucas, writer, journalist, a senior fellow at CEPA (USA)
Presentation of the speaker by the co-chair of organizing committee Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
20.45 Desert, informal communication
Upon invitation only (speakers + honourable guests)
08.00 – 09.00 Welcome coffee, registration
09.00 – 09.20 INTRODUCTORY SPEECHES
Oksana Syroyid, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
Ben Hodges, Lt Gen Ret US Army
Andriy Sadovyy, Mayor of Lviv
Fr. Bohdan Prakh, PhD, Rector of Ukraine Catholic University
09.20 – 09.40 PRESENTATION OF CEPA REPORT ON NORD STREAM 2
Speaker: Reka Szemerkenyi, Vice President of CEPA (USA)
09.40 – 11.00 DISCUSSION DEPENDENCY OR VULNERABILITY
Moderator: Oleksandr Sushko, Executive Director of International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
11.00 – 11.40 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.40 PRESS-CONFERENCE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE FORUM
Venue: Park Room, ground floor
Oksana Syroyid, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
Ben Hodges, Lt Gen Ret US Army
11.40 – 12.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: SITUATION IN AZOV SEA – ECONOMIC, SECURITY AND SOCIAL CHALLENGE
Moderator: Ben Hodges, Lt Gen Ret US Army (USA)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 PANEL DISCUSSION: PROPAGANDA – LEADING ASYMMETRIC WARS
Moderator: Ms Barbora Moronkova, Director at NATO Information and Documentation Centre, Kyiv (Slovak Republic)
15.15 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 PANEL: POLICY TOWARDS OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: HOW TO MAKE MAINTENANCE DIFFICULT FOR AGGRESSOR, HOW TO PREVENT NEW GREY ZONES EVOLVING
Moderator: Denis Kazanskyi, journalist, blogger (Ukraine)
17.45 Transfer to dinner
19.00 INFORMAL DINNER
Venue: Museum and culture centre of bier history “Lvivarnya”, Kleparivska Str., 18
Entry with forum beige only
Presentation of the film “Short History of Western Civilization” by Serhiy Savchenko
09.00 – 10.00 YOUTH SECURITY PANEL: HOW UKRAINE CAN BECOME A STRONG GEOPOLITICAL ACTOR IN VIEW OF CURRENT SECURITY CHALLENGES
Moderator: Dmytro Sherengovskyi, PhD, Head of academic department UCU (Ukraine)
Participants:
09.00 – 10.00 PRESS CONFERENCE OF FORUM SPECIAL GUEST EDWARD LUCAS
Venue: Park Room, ground floor
10.00 – 11.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING EFFECTIVE ARMY MODEL IN CURRENT SECURITY CONDITIONS
Moderator:Dmytro Ferents, Hromadske Radio (Ukraine)
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30 WHAT DEFENCE MEANS AS A CURRENT CONCEPT – SECURITY AS CORNERSTONE OF STATE GOVERNANCE
Moderator: Bruno Lete, Senior Fellow GMF ( Belgium)
13.30 – 14.15 CLOSING SESSION
Moderator: Oksana Syroid, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
14.15 – 15.15 Reception