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Day 0
Wednesday, 24 June 2026 · Pre-conference
ECS · Europejskie Centrum Solidarności
9:00–13:00
Forum Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego· audytorium
10:30–12:30
European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine – Political level meeting: Setting the scene for the local and regional dimension of URC2026· biblioteka
12:30–13:00
Principals Lunch UDP· mediateca
Closed event
13:00–16:45
17th Steering Committee of the Ukraine Donor Platform· ogród zimowy
Closed event
14:00–15:00
Registration and welcome coffee· ECS
14:50–15:00
Group photo· ECS
16:00–17:30
Round Table Ministry of Culture· Sala F (drugie piętro Wystawy Stałej)
16:00–16:30
Forum Think Tank: Opening Ceremony TBC – Paweł Kowal x Denys Bashlyk – Moderator Maria Górska TBC· sala wielofunkcyjna
16:30–17:30
Forum Think Tank: Vision and Plan for the Reconstruction of Ukraine in 2026· sala wielofunkcyjna
17:00–18:30/45
BAC Meeting· ogród zimowy
17:30–18:30
Forum Think Tank: What Security Guarantees for Ukraine Would Be Truly Safe and Effective? Ukrainian and Central European Context· sala wielofunkcyjna
17:40–18:00
Break· ECS
18:30–19:30
Forum Think Tank: Scenarios for Ending the War in Ukraine in the Current International Situation· sala wielofunkcyjna
19:30–20:30
Forum Think Tank: The Future of Central Europe in a Post-War Reality: A Youth Evening Debate· sala wielofunkcyjna
Ratusz · Town Hall
13:30–17:00
Session of the Polish-Ukrainian Parliamentary Assembly
after 15:00
Bilateral meeting of delegation heads
Filharmonia · Polish Baltic Philharmonic
17:15–18:50
G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group
Programme
Opening Remarks · 25 min
Moderator: Mechthild Woersdoerfer, Deputy Director-General, DG Energy
Speakers: Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement; Miłosz Motyka, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Poland; Denys Shmyhal, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Energy of Ukraine
Presentations — “Strategy and priorities: actions before winter 2026/2027; long term priorities. Reforms”: Nicolas Forissier, Minister for Foreign Trade, France (on behalf of the G7 Presidency); Wojciech Wrochna, Deputy Minister of Energy of Poland, Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure
G7 countries · 70 min
David Lindon Lammy, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Justice (tbc)
Jeremy P. Lewin, Senior Official, Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, United States of America
Maria Tripodi, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
Florian Peter Hahn, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Kenji Yamada, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
David Angell, Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Other countries and organizations:
Alexander De Croo, UNDP Administrator
Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Netherlands
Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Azerbaijan (tbc)
Cecilie Myrseth, Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway
Žygimantas Vaiciunas, Minister of Energy, Lithuania
Maja Lundback, State Secretary, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Sweden
Martin Eyjolfsson, Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Denmark (TBD)
Karl Nehammer, Vice-President, EIB
Antonella Bassani, Regional Vice-President, Europe and Central Asia, WB
Matteo Patrone, Vice President, Banking, EBRD
Closing · 8 min
Marta Kos; Miłosz Motyka; Denys Shmyhal; Nicolas Forissier (on behalf of the G7 Presidency)
Day 1
Thursday, 25 June 2026
07:00
Registration and Security control
08:20–09:20
Ukraine Donor Platform Ministerial Meeting
Closed event
Hall 1 (Room 1A)
10:15–10:55
Opening Remarks
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 4
Donald Tusk — Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
Yuliya Svyrydenko — Prime Minister of Ukraine
Ursula von der Leyen — President of the European Commission
Antonio Costa — President of the European Council
10:55–11:45
Plenary Session 1 — Supporting Ukraine and winning the future
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 13
Friedrich Merz — Federal Chancellor, Germany
Gitanas Nausėda — President, Lithuania
Denis Bećirović — Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Edi Rama — Prime Minister, Albania
Rumen Radev — Prime Minister, Bulgaria
Andrej Babiš — Prime Minister, Czech Republic
Kristen Michal — Prime Minister, Estonia
Petteri Orpo — Prime Minister, Finland
Andris Kulbergs — Prime Minister, Latvia
Alexandru Munteanu — Prime Minister, Moldova
Robert Fico — Prime Minister, Slovakia
Ajaypal Singh Banga — President, World Bank Group
Christian Stocker — Federal Chancellor, Austria
11:45–12:10
Plenary Session 2 — Defending Western values and the future through building back better
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 7
Moderator — Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary, Canada
David Lammy — Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom
Jeremy P. Lewin — Undersecretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, The United States of America
Maria Malmer Stenergard — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Radmila Šekerinska — NATO Deputy Secretary General
Mathias Cormann — Secretary General, OECD
Tone Kajzer — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Karl Nehammer — Vice-President, EIB
12:10–12:35
Plenary Session 3 — Investing in human capital as cornerstone for economic recovery
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 6
Moderator — Eva Granados, Secretary of State for International Cooperation
Carlo Monticelli — Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank
Feridun H. Sinirlioglu — Secretary General, OSCE
Franco dal Mas — Secretary-General, CEI
Jeyhun Bayramov — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan
Odile Renaud-Basso — President of the EBRD
Alexander de Croo — UNDP Administrator
12:00–14:00
Lunch (Hall A) | Coffee available all day
12:30-13:00
Official Opening of the National Pavillions – URC Business Fair
13:00–13:45
Hight-Level Dialogue: Ukraine’s EU Membership: Building Shared Security, Resilience, and a Common Future
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 3
Radosław Sikorski
Taras Kachka
Marta Kos
13:45–14:15
High-Level Economic Dialogue
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 2
Andrzej Domański
Oleksii Sobolev
14:00–16:00
Lunch (Hall A) | Coffee available all day
14:15–14:45
High-Level Dialogue: Energy Platform
Hall D (Plenary Hall)
Speakers · 2
Miłosz Motyka
Denys Shmyhal
Stadium
08:00–09:00
United for Ukraine — The Role of Parliamentary Diplomacy in Building European Security and Resilience
Open event
12:30–14:00
„Rola współpracy organizacji przedsiębiorców w procesie budowania nowej Ukrainy”
14:05–15:30
Powering Ukraine's 2030 Agricultural Strategy: From Ambition to Action
15:35–17:15
“Support and Reconstruction of Ukraine in the Field of Sport. The Impact of Allowing Russian and Belarusian Athletes to Participate in International Competitions under National Symbols on the Organisation of Sporting Events”
17:30–19:00
Towards an Integrated EU–Ukraine Defence Industrial and Dual-use Technological Ecosystem (working title)
Business Fair · AmberExpo (Hall E)
09:00–18:50
Exhibition and national stands (Polish and Ukrainian)
Workshops · Room 1A (U-shaped)
13:00-14:15
Workshop HD: From Return to Participation: Co-Creating Ukraine’s Recovery
14:55–16:10
Workshop HD: The Architecture of Solidarity: A Multi-Level Approach to Mobilising Resources for Ukraine’s Human Capital Recovery (round table)
16:10–17:25
Rebuilding Ukraine’s energy sector in an era of energy transition. Challenges in affordability, reliability, and sustainability of the sector after the war (powered by ORLEN)
17:35–18:50
PL MoF Roundtable
Workshops · Room 1B (U-shaped)
13:30–14:45
Donor Roundtable: The Role of Viability Gap Funding in PPP Project
14:55–16:10
Workshop BD - Critical Raw Materials (CRM): Unlocking Ukraine’s potential in strategic minerals
16:10–17:25
Workshop BD: Ukraine’s Digital Economy: Driving Recovery, Innovation, and Long-Term Growth
17:35–18:50
Workshop BD: Mobilising Capital through Equity: The European Flagship Fund and Beyond
Workshops · Room 1C (theatre)
13:00–13:45
Official Thematic Workshop of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (Human Capital Dimension) Safe Schools for Ukraine’s Children: Comprehensive Solutions for Education, Physical Safety, Nutrition and Mental Health in Recovery
14:55–16:10
Defence workshop: The role of public defence financing institutions and funding bodies as a key enabler of investments into the Ukrainian Defence sector
16:10–17:25
Workshop: Flagship Investment Projects: From Pipeline to Implementation
17:35–18:50
Reputation Matters: Trust, Credibility and Partnerships in Rebuilding Ukraine – The Poland Brand Think Tank (powered by Fundacja Totalizatora Sportowego)
Workshops · Hall A — Expo (L&R Forum)
15:15–16:15
Workshop: Green recovery: NEB Between Survival, Investment and Identity
16:40–17:40
Workshop: Women in recovery
Five main dimensions
Business
3 panels
Security & Defense
2 panels
EU
2 panels
Local & Regional
2 panels
Human
2 panels
Additional programmes
Infrastructure
5 sessions
Energy
All day
Think-Tank
4 sessions
Business Dimension
📍 Hall D — Plenary Hall
14:55–16:10
Unlocking Ukraine’s Economic Potential: A Strategic Vision for a Business-Led Recovery
Panelists · 7
Moderator — Philipp Hildebrand
Andrzej Domański
Dan Katz
Oleksii Sobolev
Andrii Pyshny
Ajay Banga
Odile Renaud-Basso
Niels Annen
16:10–17:25
State-Owned Assets as an Opportunity to Stimulate Investment in Key Sectors of the Economy
Panelists · 7
Moderator — Matteo Patrone
Bogdan Benczak
Przemysław Ciszak
Dariia Marchak
Dmytro Natalukha
Alfonso Garcia Mora
Gert Jan Koopman
Rachel Reeves
17:35–18:50
Ukrainian Agriculture in Transition: Strategic Directions, Agri-Food Development and Modern Food Production Systems
Panelists · 5
Moderator — Paweł Wiśniewski
Małgorzata Gromadzka
Agnieszka Maliszewska
Denis Bashlyk
Alex Lissitsa
Andrew Forrest
Security and Defense Dimension
📍 Hall B
13:30–14:45
Modern Deterrence: Changing Technological Landscape on the Battlefield
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Herald Ruijters
Cezary Tomczyk
Jan Grabowski
Serhiy Boyev
Radmila Shekerinska
Yvette Cooper
Margus Tsahkna
16:10–17:25
Integrating Ukraine’s Defense Industry into the European Defense Technological and Industrial Base
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Aaron Koreva
Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka
Hubert Cichocki
Anna Gvozdiar
Natalia Shapoval
Florian Hahn
Andrius Kubilius
EU Dimension
📍 Hall B
14:55–16:10
From Reform to Results: Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Ukraine’s Accession Process
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Marta Tadeo
Waldemar Żurek
Jacek Bilewicz
Viktor Pavlushchyk
Olha Kidushkina
Gianluca Esposito
Marta Kos
17:35–18:50
Ukraine Facility as a Bridge to EU Membership: Financial Architecture, Reform Conditionality, and Structural Funds
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Sonia Sobczyk-Grygiel
Jacek Karnowski
Paweł Chorąży
Yuriy Draganchuk
Dariia Marchak
Nadia Petkova
Anna Jarosz-Friis
Local and Regional Dimension
📍 Hall B
13:30–14:45
Ukrainian Communities: Resilience in Action
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Jaroslava Barbieri
Oleksii Riabykin
Mieczysław Struk
Ihor Terekhov
Carlo Monticelli
Mathieu Mori
Jacek Karnowski
16:10–17:25
Regional Policy and Good Governance: From Strategy to Success
Panelists · 7
Moderator — Jan Olbrycht
Elżbieta Bieńkowska
Mr. Oleksii Riabykin
Andrzej Pietrasik
Regina Kharchenko
Oleksandr Korniyenko
Jaume Duch
Ivana Zivković
Human Dimension
📍 Hall B
14:55–16:10
Culture and Human Capital: Heritage, Resilience, Connecting Societies and Ukraine’s European Future
Panelists · 8
Moderator — Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, Director-General of ICCROM
Tetiana Berezhna, Vice-Prime Minister - Minister of Culture of Ukraine
Mstyslaw Chernov, Ukrainian Director, Filmmaker
Marta Cienkowska, Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland
Boris Kudlička, General Director, Polish National Opera
Darius Skusevičius, Ambassador-at-Large for the Coordination of Recovery and Reconstruction of Ukraine
Krista Pikkat, Director, Culture and Emergencies Entity, UNESCO
17:35–18:50
Investing in the Next Generation: Education, Skills and Youth Empowerment for Europe’s Shared Economic Prosperity
Panelists · 8
Moderator — Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD
Yevhen Kudriavets | First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
Bob Saum |World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe
Barbara Nowacka | Minister of Education of Poland
Katarzyna Rozenfeld | Vice-President of the Management Board for Operations PGE
Ayano Kunimitsu, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Ted Chaiban| Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, UNICEF
Pilvi Torsti | Director of the ETF (panel guest)
Oksen Lisovyi | Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (panel guest)
Infrastructure Platform
📍 Hall A — Expo (Forums)
12:40–13:00
Opening Ceremony of the Infrastructure Platform
Speakers · 3
Dariusz Klimczak — Minister of Infrastructure of Poland
Oleksii Kuleba — Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine, Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Kalina Gierblińska — Spokesperson for the Port of Gdynia, host
13:15–14:15
Reconstruction of Ukraine’s Transport Infrastructure: UTSF
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Mattias Landgren — Special Envoy to the Secretary-General for Reconstruction of Ukraine, International Transport Forum at the OECD
Stanisław Bukowiec — Secretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
Oleksii Kuleba — Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine, Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Andreas Carlson — Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Sweden
Jon-Ivar Nygård — Minister of Transport of the Kingdom of Norway
Kęstutis Budrys — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
Young Tae Kim — Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF)
14:15–15:15
Public-Private Partnership
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Alona Shkrum — First Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Stanisław Bukowiec — Secretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
Wojciech Kostrzewa — President of the Polish Business Roundtable
Serhiy Derkach — Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Lenna Koszarny — CEO and Investment Committee Member, Horizon Capital
Matthew Jordan-Tank — Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD
Alfonso Garcia — Vice President for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, IFC
15:30–16:30
Polish Experiences in the Implementation of Road and Rail Infrastructure Projects
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Joanna Lech — Director, Centre for EU Transport Projects (CUPT)
Stanisław Bukowiec — Secretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
Małgorzata Winiarek-Gajewska — President of the NDI Group
Paweł Woźniak — Acting General Director, General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways
Artur Popko — President of the Management Board and CEO, Budimex SA
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi — Chairman of the Board, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia
Alexander Walcher — Managing Director, ASFINAG, Austria
16:30–17:30
Maritime and Inland Water Transport
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Taras Boichyuk — Head of Office, “SPILNO” PPP Project Management Office
Alan Aleksandrowicz — Member of the Management Board, Port of Gdańsk
Arnold Perepeczo — Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports
Andrii Kashuba — Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Maksym Lapai — Deputy Head, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)
Alain Baron — Team Leader, Unit MOVE.B.1 “Transport Networks and Military Mobility”, European Commission
Matthew Jordan-Tank — Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD
Energy Platform
📍 Stadium
08:00–09:30
Closed-Door Discussion: Critical Infrastructure Protection and System Resilience
11:00–11:40
Distributed Generation for Energy Resilience of Ukraine
11:40–12:30
Oil & Gas Dialogue: Security, Supply and Strategic Investment
12:30–13:30
Energy Ministerial: Setting the Scene to Investment Discussions
13:30–13:50
Presenting the Next Update of Ukraine’s Energy Strategy by the World Bank
14:45–15:20
Opportunities for Business under the Ukraine Energy Support Fund
15:20–16:10
Sustainable Energy Dialogue: Investment Frameworks, Reforms and Market Transformation
16:10–16:50
Energy Infrastructure Dialogue: Corridors, Interconnectors, System Integration
17:00–17:40
New Energy Technologies & Innovations
17:40–18:25
Powering Integration, Unlocking Investment · Closing Remarks
Think-Tank Forum
📍 Stadium
13:45–15:00
Russia’s Cognitive War Against the West: Consequences for Ukraine and Its Allies
15:00–16:15
Ukraine and the Future of the European Union: Integration, Reform, Strategic Renewal
16:15–17:30
Ukrainians in the EU: Contribution to the European Economy and Social Life
17:30–18:20
Better Europe: A Strategic Discussion
Signing documents takes place next to the panels in the Business Dimension and at the stadium
18:50–19:30
Networking Reception
Day 2
Friday, 26 June 2026
08:00–09:00
Registration and Security / Welcome Coffee
12:00–16:00
Lunch (Hall A) | Coffee available all day
16:45–18:15
Closing remarks
Sala Pucharowa · Stadium
09:00–10:30
Ukrainian Reconstruction Envoys
12:00–16:00
1st High-Level Steering Committee — International Coalition for Science, Research and Innovation in Ukraine
Stadium
12:30–14:00
Meeting with veterans by the Ministry of Veteran Affairs and Ministry of Health
Suite number 31, 3rd floor (Stadium)
14:00–15:30
Prosecution service in Ukraine – search for accountability, efficiency and independence
Open event
15:30–17:00
High-level roundtable on Ukrainian media and information resilience
Business Fair · AmberExpo (Hall E)
09:00–16:40
Exhibition and national stands (Polish and Ukrainian)
Workshops · Room 1A (U-shaped)
09:00–10:15
Workshop BD - Securing the Highest Standards of Reconstruction Financing
10:15–11:30
Eastern Flank 5.0 – A Data Exchange System as the Foundation of State Resilience (powered by Polish Development Bank BGK)
11:30–12:45
How to Unlock Private Capital for Ukraine’s Reconstruction: A Financial Sector and Business Perspective (PKO BP & PKO Leasing)
12:45–14:00
Workshop BD - Industrial Parks as Platforms for Scaling Production in Ukraine: Incentives, Strategic Investors and Industrial Clusters for Industrial Recovery
14:10–15:25
Support for Ukraine’s reconstruction and energy transition (powered by TAURON)
Workshops · Room 1B (U-shaped)
09:00–10:15
Workshop EU: Green Recovery Of Ukraine: Practical Steps, Challenges and Opportunities
10:15–11:30
International Coalition on Science – European Commission
11:30–12:45
Workshop ED: Gender Equality in EU Accession and Recovery as a Driver of Ukraine’s Transformation
12:45–14:00
Workshop EU: From Recovery to Readiness: How Investment in Ukraine’s Private Sector Can Drive EU Accession?
14:10–15:25
Ready Generation: Investing in Children, Youth and Social Resilience (powered by GRUPA PZU)
Workshops · Room 1C (U-shaped)
09:00–10:15
Workshop BD: Unlocking Financial Innovation for Ukraine’s Reconstruction: An Ecosystemic Overview
10:15–11:30
Workshop BD: SMEs & Inclusive Growth: From EU Standards to Competitive European Value Chains
11:30–12:45
Workshop HD: Generation of Recovery: Youth as a Driver of Ukraine’s Recovery
12:45–14:00
Defence workshop: Financing Defense
14:10–15:25
Rebuilding Ukraine: Modern Energy and Raw materials powered by Enea Group
Workshops · Hall A — Expo (L&R Forum)
10:30–12:00
BGK + European Commission workshop: Ukraine investment framework: Unlocking Municipal Recovery and Reconstruction
12:30–13:30
Workshop: Shoulder to Shoulder: Cohesive Communities / Resilience Through Partnership: Communities Acting Together
14:00–15:00
Workshop: Lower Silesia – Dnipro Region: From experience to success, Lower Silesian–Dnieprovsk cooperation
16:30–17:30
Workshop: Tourism as a Tool for recovery, Resilience, and European Integration (with UN Tourism)
Five main dimensions
Business
4 panels
Security & Defense
3 panels
EU
3 panels
Local & Regional
3 panels
Human
3 panels
Additional programmes
Infrastructure
5 sessions
Think-Tank
4 sessions
Business Dimension
📍 Hall D — Plenary Hall
09:00–10:15
From Risk to Investment: Real Cases of Private Investment in Wartime Ukraine
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Liliane Bivings
Jakub Karnowski
Wojciech Kostrzewa
Oleksandr Komarov
Ivan Geliukh
Peter Huntley
Guillaume Cavalier
10:15–11:30
Investing in Ukraine: De-Risking as a Key to Scale Private Capital
Panelists · 7
Moderator — Marlena Hurley
Janusz Władyczak
Michał Sobolewski
Yegor Perelygin
Sergiy Nikolaichuk
Alina Pasalic
Ed Mountfield
Guglielmo Picchi
11:30–12:45
Factories of the Future: Pathways to Ukraine’s Industrial Recovery
Panelists · 5
Moderator — Marketa Rehakova
Michał Baranowski
Klaudia Baszniak-Kozłowska
Andrii Teliupa
Ruslan Illichov
Yuko Yasunaga
Olga Vovk
12:45–14:00
Investing in Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Lenna Koszarny
Jakub Jaworowski
Grzegorz Lot
Serhii Koretskyi
Bogdan Sukhetskyi
Richard Amor
Oleg Prokhorenko
Security and Defense Dimension
📍 Hall B
09:00–10:15
Recovery Under Attack: Safeguarding Trust, Media, and Transparency against Russia’s Cognitive Warfare
Panelists · 4
Moderator — Laurynas Vaičiūnas
Tomasz Siemoniak
Tetyana Berezhna
Anthony John Maxwell Borden
Anders Adlercreutz
11:30–12:45
Protection of Critical Infrastructure
Panelists · 5
Moderator — Wojciech Wróbel
Rafał Rosiński
Piotr Andrusiewicz
Ivan Lukeria
General Paolo Divizia
Gert Jan Koopman
14:10–15:25
Total Defence: Security, Veterans and Societal Resilience in Times of Crisis
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Tinatin Akhvlediani
Jacek Brzozowski
Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek
Oleg Shymanskyi
Roman “Koyot” Kulesha
Benedikta von Seherr-Thoss
Brendan Nelson
EU Dimension
📍 Hall B
10:15–11:30
Ukraine and the EU Single Market: Turning Enlargement into a Competitiveness Opportunity
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Anka Feldhusen
Jacek Piechota
Tomasz Zieliński
Gennadiy Chyzhykov
Oleksandr Verzhykhovsky
Janis Aizsalnieks
Luca Zanotti
12:45–14:00
From Compliance to Capital: How Green Reforms Unlock EU Investment for Ukraine
Panelists · 5
Moderator — Tymofiy Milovanov
Paulina Henning-Kloska
Dorota Zawadzka-Stępniak
Oleksiy Sobolev
Margot Wallström
Anna Ackermann
15:25–16:40
Reforming Public Administration: A Key Driver of EU Accession
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Gregor Virant
Anita Noskowska-Piątkowska
Małgorzata Bywanis-Jodlińska
Taras Kachka
Oleksandr Korniyenko
Stefan Schleuning
Jacques Gerber
Local and Regional Dimension
📍 Hall B
09:00–10:15
Recovery Despite the War — Future in the Making
Panelists · 7
Moderator — Tomasz Fijołek
Jacek Karnowski
Alona Shkrum
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz
Anna Sobieraj-Kozakiewicz
Olha Zykova
Alfonso Garcia More
Vitali Klitschko
11:30–12:45
Connectivity Under Fire
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Alain Baron
Filip Czerniecki
Jarosław Dąbrowski
Serhii Sukhomlyn
Tuerkner Arvid
Oleksandr Prokudin
Tadeusz Truskolaski
14:10–15:25
Post-War Horizon: What is Needed for Recovery?
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Yurii Romashko
Olgierd Geblewicz
Artem Rybchenko
Vadym Boichenko
Oksana Markarova
Kotaro Tanaka
Jacques Gerber
Human Dimension
📍 Hall B
10:15–11:30
People Who Rebuild: Health as a Prerequisite for Ukraine’s Development and Rebuilding its Human Capital
Panelists · 11
Moderator — Jarno Habicht, Head of WHO Country Office in Ukraine
Viktor Liashko | Minister of Health of Ukraine
Viacheslav Chernenko | Ukrainian War Veteran
Wojtek Wilk | CEO of the Polish Center for International Aid Foundation, MEDEVAC HUB JasionkA
Antonella Bassani | Vice President of the Europe and Central Asia Region, the World Bank
Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut, ambassador UNITED24 (Medical Aid)
Karmen Joller, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
Kotaro Tanaka, Director General of Middle East and Europe Department of JICA HQ (panel guest)
Orest Kulenych, representative of NGO "Academy of Family Medicine of Ukraine” (panel guest)
Anna Derevyanko, Executive Director of the European Business Association (panel guest)
12:45–14:00
Labour Market for the Economy of the Future: Skills, Productivity and Inclusive Employment
Panelists · 8
Moderator — Tetiana Lukyniuk, Country Director, Google Ukraine
Dariia Marchak | Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Nataliia Kalmykova | Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine
Aleksandra Gajewska | secretary of state, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Maciej Szyszko | PZU Ukraine CEO
Stefan Olsson | Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Jocelyn Kinnear | Director General of the Ukraine Bureau at the Global Affairs Canada / State Secretary
15:25–16:40
Social Recovery as a Core Pillar of Ukraine’s Recovery: Investing in People, Participation and Return
Panelists · 7
Moderator — Prof. Michael O'Flaherty, COUNCIL OF EUROPE Commissioner for Human Rights
Anatolii Komirnyi | Deputy Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitalization
Beata Stelmach | CEO of Totalizator Sportowy, former undersecretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland
Maciej Duszczyk | Secretary of State, Ministry of the Interior and Administration
Ugochi Daniels | Deputy Director General, DDG for Operations IOM
Ylva Johansson | EU Special Envoy for the Ukrainians
Carlo Monticelli | Governor of The Council of Europe Development Bank
Infrastructure Platform
📍 Hall A — Expo (Forums)
09:00–10:00
Road Transport and Border Infrastructure
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Jakub Jakóbowski — Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
Maciej Duszczyk — Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Interior and Administration
Jan Buczek — President, Association of International Road Carriers (ZMPD)
Kuldar Leys — Minister of Transport of Estonia
Serhiy Derkach — Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Danylo Mołchanov — Chief of Party, UK DIGIT
Magda Kopczyńska — Director General, DG MOVE, European Commission
10:00–11:00
From Resilience to Investment: Ukraine’s Water and Sanitation Sector
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Nicolas Osbert — Chief of WASH, UNICEF
Paweł Sikorski — President, Chamber of Commerce “Polish Waterworks”
Edyta Tuźnik-Kosno — Director, Department of Water Management, Ministry of Infrastructure (tbc)
Alona Shkrum — First Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Dmytro Novytsky — President, Association “Ukrvodokanalekologiya”, Ukraine
Miriam Faulwetter — Cluster Coordinator, Energy & Climate, GIZ Ukraine
Violaine Silvestro von Kameke — European Investment Bank (EIB)
11:30–12:30
Railway Transport
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Herald Ruijters — Deputy Director-General, DG DEFIS, European Commission
Piotr Malepszak — Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure
Alan Beroud — President of the Management Board, Polish State Railways (PKP SA); Chair, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
Oleksii Balesta — Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi — Chairman of the Board, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia
Magda Kopczyńska — Director General, DG MOVE, European Commission
Mark Magaletskyi — Deputy Head of Ukraine Infrastructure, EBRD
12:30–13:30
Integrated Community Recovery (Phoenix Model / Build Back Better)
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Oleksandr Romanishyn — Board Member / Adviser, ISE Group / SARDI
Marcin Skwierawski — Deputy Marshal, Pomorskie Voivodeship
Andrzej Brzozowy — Founder, Projekty Miejskie
Artem Rybchenko — Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
Ivan Lykeria — Head / Deputy Head, State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine
Erin McKee — Ambassador, CEO of Nova Ukraine
Oleksandr Zbanko — CEO, Viessmann Climate Solutions
13:30–14:30
Housing Policy and Social Housing
Panelists · 6
Moderator — Piotr Lorens — Professor, Gdańsk University of Technology; Architect of the City of Gdańsk
Adam Czerniak — Vice-President, National Real Estate Stock
Andrzej Sterczyński — CEO, Unibep
Mykola Marchuk — Chairman of the Board, State Fund for Support of Youth Housing Construction (SFYH)
Natalia Zubchenko — Executive Director, Charitable Foundation “Hansen Ukrainian Mission”
Robert Turner — Chief of Mission, IOM Ukraine
Lorenz Gessner — Head of the KfW Representative Office in Ukraine
Think-Tank Forum
📍 Stadium
09:00–10:15
Europe at Times of Rupture: Fireside Chats
10:15–11:30
Resilient Democracies in Wartime: Public Support and Adaptive Governance
11:30–12:45
From Recipients to Providers: Leveraging Ukrainian Resilience and Safeguarding Vulnerable Communities in Europe
12:45–14:00
How to Better Connect Ukraine with Europe
Signings of documents take place alongside the Business Dimension panels.
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