Kyiv StratCom Forum

ABOUT

The purpose of the annual forum is to combine and share experiences on approaches to countering informational aggression and building strategic communications.

This year, together with communicators from Ukraine and European and American countries, we are planning the following:
discuss how to communicate new challenges in the information war with Russia to Ukraine;
to discuss the needs of Ukraine on the international arena in the conditions of decreasing attention to the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Present successful and interesting Ukrainian communication cases.
Share with Western partners the experience of the past period.
Encourage them to create a unified “information front” to counter Russian propaganda.

AGENDA

Day 1

Registration (10 a.m.)

Registration of participants and guests, morning coffee.

Welcome Speech (10:40 - 11.00 a.m.)

Speakers

Rostyslav Karandieiev

Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Christophoros Politis

Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Ukraine

Panel 1. Strategic communication of the state in conditions of war (12:20 - 1:20 p.m.)

Andriy Kulakov

Program Director at Internews Ukraine

Moderator

Speakers

Mykhailo Fedorov

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation

Mykyta Poturayev

Chairman of the VRU Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy

Ilarion Pavliuk

Head of the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Daria Zarivna

Senior Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Vadym Skibitskyi

Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

Panel 2. 2024 Communication Challenges: A Disinformation Response Strategy (1:20 - 1:40 p.m)

Marcin Walecki

Senior Resident Country Director, NDI Ukraine

Moderator

Speakers

Mykola Chernotytskyi

Chairman of the board of Suspilne

Andrii Kovalenko

Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation

Olena Konoplia

Head of the Department of Communications and Information Policy of the NACP

Heorhii Tyhyi

Communications Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Dialogue of the communication expert Yarema Dukh with an important guest (1:40 - 2:20 p.m.)

Speakers

Kyrylo Budanov

Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence

Yarema Dukh

Communication Expert

Panel 3. Joint communication efforts of Ukraine and Western partners: what should the international coalition in the information sector be like? ( 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.)

Liubov Tsybulska

Adviser of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Moderator

Speakers

Olha Herasymiuk

Chairperson of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting

Yevheniia Kravchuk

MP, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy

Maria Lypyatska

head of BrandUkraine

Ihor Solovei

Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Matthew Booth

Advisor to the Government of Ukraine on Strategic Communications, delegated by the Embassy of Great Britain

Peter Pomerantsev

Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, journalist

Side events

Side event 1. Russia's Use of Sport as a Tool of War Propaganda (12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

Serhii Bykov

Deputy Head of the Strategic Planning and Communications Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine

Moderator

Speakers

Vitalii Lavrov

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitization of Ukraine

Alina Bondarchuk

Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation

Yaroslav Peliushko

Head of the Research Group, OSAVUL

Victoria Riasna

Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Side event 2. Media Literacy as a Guarantee of Information Security of the State (1:40 - 2:40 p.m.)

Speakers

Inna Sovsun

Lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Ilona Stankevich

Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine on Communications

Taras Shevchenko

Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy for European Integration

Olena Ursu

Team Leader Democratic Governance, UNDP in Ukraine

Olha Kravchenko

Head of the National Media Literacy Project Filter

Day 2

Registration (10 a.m.)

Panel 1. Global perspective: cooperation in countering threats of foreign information manipulation and interference (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Taras Shevchenko

Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine on European Integration

Moderator

Speakers

Lutz Güllner

Head of Strategic Communications, European External Action Service

Jonny Hall

Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate (ITID)

Marie-Doha Besancenot

Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy

Daniel Kimmage

Principal Deputy Coordinator, GEC

Panel 2. Tech platforms as a platform for spreading disinformation: how to counteract fakes and harmful information influence in conditions of war? (12:10 – 1:10 p.m.)

Ihor Rozkladai

Deputy Director of the Center for Democracy and Rule of Law

Moderator

Speakers

Oleksandr Melnychenko

Cyber Department of the SSU /State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine

Anton Melnyk

co-founder of UA TechEcosystem, partner of the MITS defence fund

Oksana Romaniuk

Executive Director of the Institute of Mass Information

Panel 3. Ukrainian and International Experience in Developing Products for an Emergency or War (13:40 - 14:40 p.m.)

Mykola Balaban

Deputy Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Moderator

Speakers

Nemo Stjernström

Head of Strategic Communications of the Psychological Defence Agency

Serhiy Dyoma

Senior Military Advisor, Ukrainian Country Program, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

Yevhenii Panchenko

Head of the 4th division of the Cyberpolice Department of the National police of Ukraine

Victoria Merlych

Head of the project department of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Panel 4: Cognitive Warfare: The Struggle for Human Consciousness Through Art (2:50 - 3:50 p.m.)

Lesia Chervinska

Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Moderator

Speakers

Viktor Yelenskyi

State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience

Sonya Koshkina

Journalist, editor-in-chief of LB.UA

Yevhen Nyshchuk

Chairman of the committee of the Shevchenko National Prize, actor

Rena Marutian

Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor of the Kyiv National University

Side events

Side event 1. How to talk to foreign media about Ukraine? (12:00 – 1:00 p.m.)

Speakers

Vasyl Samokhvalov

Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform

Maria Volodina

Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform

Side event 2. Information Strategy on Russia (3:00 - 4:00 p.m.)

Speakers

Roman Tsymbalyuk

Journalist, blogger

Vadym Denysenko

Political scientist

Oleksandr Shulha

Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Conflict Studies and Analysis of Russia

ORGANIZERS

In case of emergency or war

Viktoriia Merlych

vmerlych@gmail.com

Article

Photo

Video

Graphics

SPEAKERS

Mykhailo Fedorov

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation

Rostyslav Karandieiev

Acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Christophoros Politis

Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Ukraine

Andriy Kulakov

Program Director at Internews Ukraine

Marcin Walecki

Senior Resident Country Director, NDI Ukraine

Andrii Kovalenko

Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation

Olena Konoplia

Head of the Department of Communications and Information Policy of the NACP

Yevheniia Kravchuk

Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy

Heorhii Tyhyi

Communications Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Matthew Booth

UK Strategic Communication Adviser to the Government of Ukraine Deployed by British Embassy Kyiv

Maria Lypyatska

head of BrandUkraine

Ihor Solovei

Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Lutz Güllner

Head of Strategic Communications, European External Action Service

Jonny Hall

Director of the Information Threats and Influence Directorate (ITID)

Marie-Doha Besancenot

Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy

Ihor Rozkladai

Media lawyer, trainer, co-author of laws on media

Oleksandr Melnychenko

Cyber Department of the SSU /State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine

Mykola Balaban

Deputy Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Anton Melnyk

co-founder of UA TechEcosystem, partner of the MITS defence fund

Oksana Romaniuk

Executive Director of the Institute of Mass Information

Nemo Stjernström

Head of Strategic Communications of the Psychological Defence Agency

Serhiy Dyoma

Senior Military Advisor, Ukrainian Country Program, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

Yarema Dukh

Expert in strategic communications, blogger

Yevhenii Panchenko

Head of the 4th division of the Cyberpolice Department of the National police of Ukraine

Serhii Bykov

Deputy Head of the Strategic Planning and Communications Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine

Vitalii Lavrov

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitization of Ukraine

Yaroslav Peliushko

Head of the Research Group, OSAVUL

Daniel Kimmage

Principal Deputy Coordinator, GEC

Mykyta Poturayev

Chairman of the VRU Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy

Victoria Merlych

head of the project department of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Alina Bondarchuk

Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation

Victoria Riasna

Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Liubov Tsybulska

Adviser of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security

Inna Sovsun

Lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Olena Ursu

Team Leader Democratic Governance, UNDP in Ukraine

Olha Kravchenko

Head of the National Media Literacy Project Filter

Ilarion Pavliuk

Head of the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Vadym Skibitskyi

Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

Mykola Chernotytskyi

Chairman of the board of Suspilne

Olha Herasymiuk

Chairperson of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting

Taras Shevchenko

Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine on European Integration

Lesia Chervinska

Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Viktor Yelenskyi

State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience

Sonya Koshkina

Journalist, editor-in-chief of LB.UA

Peter Pomerantsev

Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, journalist

Yevhen Nyshchuk

Chairman of the committee of the Shevchenko National Prize, actor

Rena Marutian

Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor of the Kyiv National University

Ilona Stankevich

Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine on Communications

Vasyl Samokhvalov

Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform

Maria Volodina

Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform

Roman Tsymbalyuk

Journalist, blogger

Vadym Denysenko

Political scientist

Anton Mazai

Co-founder and CTO Players

ABOUT

AGENDA

Day 1

Registration of participants and guests, morning coffee.

Speakers

Andriy Kulakov

Speakers

Marcin Walecki

Speakers

Speakers

Liubov Tsybulska

Speakers

Side events

Serhii Bykov

Speakers

Speakers

Day 2

Taras Shevchenko

Speakers

Ihor Rozkladai

Speakers

Mykola Balaban

Speakers

Lesia Chervinska

Speakers

Side events

Speakers

Speakers

ORGANIZERS

In case of emergency or war

CONTACTS & PRESS

Viktoriia Merlych

Article

Photo

Video

Graphics

SPEAKERS