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Two-day online event with panel discussions and side events that aims to exchange and improve approaches to strategic communications and resilience building at the State level in Ukraine and other NATO partners in Eastern Europe.

Facilitate peer learning between NATO and EU member states and their partners from the Eastern flank.

Contribute to international debate around hybrid threats and resilience building, focusing on the best experience of Ukraine and East European states and explore effective ways of cooperation between the state and civil society in providing consolidated, the-whole-society response to disinformation.

 

AGENDA

Day 1

Alexey Matsuka

Journalist, founder of Donbas Media Forum/Donbas News

Moderator

Speakers:

Olha Stefanyshyna
Olha Stefanyshyna
Vice-Prime Minister on European and Euro Atlantic Integration
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Minister of Culture and Information Policy
Baiba Braže
Baiba Braže
Assistant Secretary General 
for Public Diplomacy, NATO
Oliver Rentschler
Oliver Rentschler
Director for Strategic Communication and Foresight, European External Action Service

Yuriy Sak

CFCBig Ideas, Partner and Director of Special Projects

Moderator

Speakers:

Emine Dzheparova
Emine Dzheparova
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Matti Maasikas
Matti Maasikas
EU Ambassador to Ukraine
Kristina Kvien
Kristina Kvien
US Chargé d’Affaires to Ukraine
Anka Feldhusen
Anka Feldhusen
Federal Republic of Germany Ambassador to Ukraine
Henry Collis
Henry Collis
Deputy Director for Security and Defence Projects in the Cabinet Office Communications Team

Yehor Bozhok

Career diplomat and former chairman of the SZRU, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine

Moderator

Speakers:

Vineta Kleine
Vineta Kleine
Director, NATO Information and Documentation Centre
Linda Austere
Linda Austere
Riga StratCom COE

Issues for discussion:

Projects implemented by NATO in Ukraine

Taras Shevchenko

Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy

Moderator

Speakers:

Doowan Lee
Doowan Lee
Senior advisor to the Institute for Security and Technology (IST)
Viktoras Daukšas
Viktoras Daukšas
Head of DebunkEU
Patrice Wangen
Patrice Wangen
Data Analyst; Stratcom Division, European External Action Service
Anatoliy Bondarenko
Anatoliy Bondarenko
Analyst Texts.org

Day 2

Alya Shandra

Editor-in-chief at euromaidanpress.com

Moderator

Speakers:

Liubov Velychko
Liubov Velychko
Investigative journalist, freelancer (Liga.net, Slovo i Dilo, Mind.ua)
Roman Tsymbaliuk
Roman Tsymbaliuk
Ukrainian journalist, UNIAN correspondent in Russia
Yuri Christensen
Yuri Christensen
Analyst of the Odessa Political Platform Media Center

  • Current interventions in democratic developments
  • How democracy promotes resilience
  • How disinformation targets human rights 
  • Building trust to strengthen democracy through information challenges

Maxim Skubenko

VoxUkraine CEO, VoxCheck ambassador

Moderator

Speakers:

Marco Ferraro
Marco Ferraro
Sector Manager for Strategic Communication and Human Rights, EU Delegation to Ukraine
Jakub Kalensky
Jakub Kalensky
Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council
Tamta Otiashvili
Tamta Otiashvili
Senior Program Manager, Research and Countering Disinformation Programs

Victoria Romanyuk

Deputy Director at Mohyla School of Journalism. Deputy Editor in Chief of StopFake

Moderator

Speakers:

Liubov Tsybulska
Liubov Tsybulska
The first head of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security
Gillian McCormack
Gillian McCormack
Internews Country Director
Hélène Champagne
Hélène Champagne
Deutsche Welle Akademie Programme Director, EU Support to National Public Broadcaster of Ukraine
Galyna Petrenko
Galyna Petrenko
Director at Detector Media

Oksana Romanyuk

Executive director of the Institute of Mass Information

Moderator

Speakers:

Ihor Solovei
Ihor Solovei
Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security
Andriy Ostrovsky
Andriy Ostrovsky
Head of Strategic Communications Department at office of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Larysa Shustenko
Larysa Shustenko
Director of the Communications Department at the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine
Mykiya Poturaiev
Mykiya Poturaiev
Ukrainian politician, expert in communications, political consulting and media

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SPEAKERS

Olha Stefanyshyna
Olha Stefanyshyna
Vice-Prime Minister on European and Euro Atlantic Integration
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Oleksandr Tkachenko
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Minister of Culture and Information Policy
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Baiba Braže
Baiba Braže
Assistant Secretary General 
for Public Diplomacy, NATO
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Oliver Rentschler
Oliver Rentschler
Director for Strategic Communication and Foresight, European External Action Service
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Liubov Tsybulska
Liubov Tsybulska
Adviser to the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security
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Emine Dzhaparova
Emine Dzhaparova
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Matti Maasikas
Matti Maasikas
EU Ambassador to Ukraine
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Kristina Kvien
Kristina Kvien
US Chargé d’Affaires to Ukraine
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Anka Feldhusen
Anka Feldhusen
Federal Republic of Germany Ambassador to Ukraine
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Linda Austere
Linda Austere
Senior Expert Riga StratCom Centre
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Alya Shandra
Alya Shandra
Editor-in-chief at Euromaidan Press
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Marco Ferraro
Marco Ferraro
Sector Manager for Strategic Communication and Human Rights, EU Delegation to Ukraine
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Jakub Kalensky
Jakub Kalensky
Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council
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Gillian McCormack
Gillian McCormack
Internews Country Director
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Hélène Champagne
Hélène Champagne
Deutsche Welle Akademie Programme Director, EU Support to National Public Broadcaster of Ukraine, Program Director Media Fit EU Project in southern and eastern Ukraine
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Galyna Petrenko
Galyna Petrenko
Director at Detector Media
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Ihor Solovei
Ihor Solovei
Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security
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Andriy Ostrovsky
Andriy Ostrovsky
Head of Strategic Communications Department at office of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Larysa Shustenko
Larysa Shustenko
Director of the Communications Department at the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine
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Doowan Lee
Doowan Lee
Senior advisor to the Institute for Security and Technology (IST)
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Viktoras Daukšas
Viktoras Daukšas
Head of DebunkEU
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Anatoliy Bondarenko
Anatoliy Bondarenko
Analyst Texts.org
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Vineta Kleine
Vineta Kleine
Director, NATO Information and Documentation Centre
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Liubov Velychko
Liubov Velychko
Investigative journalist, freelancer (Liga.net, Slovo i Dilo, Mind.ua)
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Tamta Otiashvili
Tamta Otiashvili
Senior Manager for Research and Countering Disinformation Programs at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Ukraine
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Roman Tsymbaliuk
Roman Tsymbaliuk
Ukrainian journalist, UNIAN correspondent in Russia
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Mykiya Poturaiev
Mykiya Poturaiev
Ukrainian politician, expert in communications, political consulting and media
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Patrice Wangen
Patrice Wangen
Data Analyst; Stratcom Division, European External Action Service
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Henry Collis
Henry Collis
Deputy Director for Security and Defence Projects in the Cabinet Office Communications Team
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Yuri Christensen
Yuri Christensen
Analyst of the Odessa Political Platform Media Center
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