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Day 1 – April 24

Registration of participants and guests, morning coffee

Speakers

Mykola Tochytskyi
Mykola Tochytskyi
Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine
Rémi Duflot
Rémi Duflot
European Union Chargé d’affaires a.i., Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine

Speakers

Vadym Skibitskyi
Vadym Skibitskyi
DIU representative
Olena Semykina
Olena Semykina
Аdviser to the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

Speakers

Mariana Betsa
Mariana Betsa
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Piers Cazalet
Piers Cazalet
Director, Defence and Security Cooperation, NATO HQ
Ben Heap
Ben Heap
Project Lead, Ukraine StratCom Partnership NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Sébastien Surun
Sébastien Surun
Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of France in Ukraine

Speakers

Oleksandr Melnychenko
Oleksandr Melnychenko
Representative of the SBU Cyber Security Department, Colonel
Heorhiy Tykhyi
Heorhiy Tykhyi
MFA spokesperson
Andriy Yusov
Andriy Yusov
Spokesperson for the Defence Intelligence of UkraineDIU
Dmytro Lykhoviy
Dmytro Lykhoviy
Main Directorate of Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Speakers

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
spokesperson of Kherson Regional Military Administration
Spokesperson
Spokesperson
Lyudmyla Konozenko
Lyudmyla Konozenko
Deputy Director of the Department – Head of the Information Space Development Division Department of Information Policy and Public Communications Sumy Regional State Administration
Yaroslava Berezhna
Yaroslava Berezhna
Director of the Department of Mass Communications and Access to Public Information of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration

Side events

How to communicate with foreign media about reconstruction and development issues?
How to “pack” the news in a way that will be interesting to international media?
How to find access to the right media?

Day 2 – April 25

Registration of participants and guests

1. Ukrainian strategic narrative, its sources and effectiveness, Artem Zakharchenko
2. Peculiarities of informing the world community about the sanctions policy towards the aggressor country, Anatoliy Astafiev
3. Peculiarities of today’s information threats, Oleg Aleksandrov
4. The Anatomy of Russian Disinformation Campaigns Against Ukraine’s Nuclear Energy Sector, Ivan Fanin
5. Presentation of the Center’s research “Kremlin’s Anti-European Narratives: Map of Information Threats”, Serhiy Zhukov

Speakers

Artem Zakharchenko
Artem Zakharchenko
Head of CAT-UA
Oleg Alexandrov
Oleg Alexandrov
Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
Anatoliy Astafiev
Anatoliy Astafiev
DIU
Ivan Fanin
Ivan Fanin
Analyst, Strategic Communications Directorate, SE NNEGC “Energoatom
Serhiy Zhukov
Serhiy Zhukov
Analyst at the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, PhD in History

Speakers

Valeriy Pekar
Valeriy Pekar
Ukrainian entrepreneur and public figure
Dmitry Zolotukhin
Dmitry Zolotukhin
Oleksandr Shulga
Oleksandr Shulga
Institute of Conflict Studies and Analysis of Russia (ICAR)
Denis Kazansky
Denis Kazansky
Ukrainian blogger, political commentator, journalist, writer

Speakers

Mykyta Poturaiev
Mykyta Poturaiev
Member of Parliament of Ukraine, member of the delegation to PACE
Oleksandra Matviychuk
Oleksandra Matviychuk
Lawyer, human rights activist, head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation
Yaroslav Hrytsak
Yaroslav Hrytsak
Ukrainian historian and publicist

Speakers

Oksana Romaniuk
Oksana Romaniuk
Director of the Institute of Mass Information
Natalia Ligacheva
Natalia Ligacheva
Editor-in-Chief Detector Media
Oleksandr Sushko
Oleksandr Sushko
Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation, Ph.D. in Political Science in International Relations
Maryna Bezkorovaina
Maryna Bezkorovaina
Country Director, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Lyubov Tsybulska
Lyubov Tsybulska
Advisor at the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security

Side events

How to build communication with top Ukrainian media?
Is it appropriate for RSA representatives to engage bloggers in communication?

Speakers

Vitaliy Gordienko
Vitaliy Gordienko
blogger, actor, producer and public figure

ORGANIZERS

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Mykola Tochytskyi
Mykola Tochytskyi
Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine
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Rémi Duflot
Rémi Duflot
European Union Chargé d’affaires a.i., Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Ukraine
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Vadym Skibitskyi
Vadym Skibitskyi
DIU representative
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Olena Semykina
Olena Semykina
Аdviser to the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
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Liubov Tsybulska
Liubov Tsybulska
Advisor at the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security
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Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko
Head of Mission of the Ukrainian World Congress, former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine
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Andriy Yusov
Andriy Yusov
Spokesperson for the Defence Intelligence of UkraineDIU
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Yarema Dukh
Yarema Dukh
Communications expert
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Alina Frolova
Alina Frolova
Founder of Media Centre Ukraine
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Artem Zakharchenko
Artem Zakharchenko
Head of CAT-UA
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Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
spokesperson of Kherson Regional Military Administration
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Ivan Fanin
Ivan Fanin
Analyst, Strategic Communications Directorate, SE “NNEGC “Energoatom”
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Oleksandra Matviychuk
Oleksandra Matviychuk
Lawyer, human rights activist, head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation
more
Oksana Romaniuk
Oksana Romaniuk
Director of the Institute of Mass Information
more
Yaroslav Hrytsak
Yaroslav Hrytsak
Ukrainian historian and publicist
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Heorhiy Tykhyi
Heorhiy Tykhyi
MFA spokesperson
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Natalia Ligacheva
Natalia Ligacheva
Editor-in-Chief Detector Media
more
Oleksandr Melnychenko
Oleksandr Melnychenko
Representative of the SBU Cyber Security Department, Colonel
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Dmitry Zolotukhin
Dmitry Zolotukhin
expert in information warfare and competitive intelligence
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Ihor Solovey
Ihor Solovey
Head of the Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security
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Valeriy Pekar
Valeriy Pekar
Ukrainian entrepreneur and public figure
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Denis Kazansky
Denis Kazansky
Ukrainian blogger, political commentator, journalist, writer
more
Oleksandr Shulga
Oleksandr Shulga
Institute of Conflict Studies and Analysis of Russia (ICAR)
more
 Sonya Koshkina
Sonya Koshkina
journalist, editor-in-chief of LB.UA
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Mariana Betsa
Mariana Betsa
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
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Ben Heap
Ben Heap
Project Lead, Ukraine StratCom Partnership NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
more
Piers Cazalet
Piers Cazalet
Director, Defence and Security Cooperation, NATO HQ
more
Sébastien Surun
Sébastien Surun
Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of France in Ukraine
more
Vitaliy Gordienko
Vitaliy Gordienko
blogger, actor, producer and public figure
more
Mykyta Poturaiev
Mykyta Poturaiev
Member of Parliament of Ukraine, member of the delegation to PACE
more
Serhiy Zhukov
Serhiy Zhukov
Analyst at the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, PhD in History
more
Mykola Balaban
Mykola Balaban
Deputy Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security
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Andriy Zablotskyi
Andriy Zablotskyi
Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications
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Roman Tsymbalyuk
Roman Tsymbalyuk
journalist, blogger
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Maryna Bezkorovaina
Maryna Bezkorovaina
Country Director, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
more
Oleksandr Sushko
Oleksandr Sushko
Executive Director of the International Renaissance Foundation, Ph.D. in Political Science in International Relations
more
Yaroslava Berezhna
Yaroslava Berezhna
Director of the Department of Mass Communications and Access to Public Information of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration
more
Lyudmyla Konozenko
Lyudmyla Konozenko
Deputy Director of the Department – Head of the Information Space Development Division Department of Information Policy and Public Communications Sumy Regional State Administration
more
Dmytro Lykhoviy
Dmytro Lykhoviy
Main Directorate of Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
more