PLENARY SESSION. Ukraine and Israel: How to Strengthen National Consolidation
Speakers:
Eli Belotserkovsky, Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
Daniel Meridor, President of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (2009-2013)
Georgii Logvynskyi, Member of Ukrainian Parlament, co-chair of the Ukraine-Israeil interpariamentary cooperation group
Moderator: Volodymyr Yermolenko, journalist, Hromadske TV
WORKSHOP 1. National security and human rights: how to find a balance in ensuring public interests?
Speakers:
Dan Meridor, President, Israel Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (2009-2013)
Andrew Srulevitch, Director of European Affairs of the Anti-Defamation League
Discussants:
Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Yevhen Zakharov, Head of Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, director of Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
Moderator:
Adrian Karatnycky, Board of Directors Member, UJE
WORKSHOP 2. Solidifying the nation: language, education, inclusion
Speakers:
Einat Wilf, Chair of the Knesset Committee on Education, Sport and Culture (2010-2013)
Ariel Rodal-Spieler, Leading Columnist, Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (IDC Herzliya)
Discussants:
Volodymyr Kulyk, Doctor of Political Sciences, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Ethnopolitics of the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Inna Sovsun, Vice President of the Kyiv School of Economics, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2014-2016)
Moderator:
Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director of the New Europe Center
WORKSHOP 3. Israel’s public diplomacy: countering disinformation and promoting state image abroad
Speakers:
Robert Singer, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of the World Jewish Congress
Ron Prosor, Head of the Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations (2011-2015)
Discussants:
Natalia Popovych, founder of the One Philosophy group of companies, co-founder of Ukrainian Crisis Media Center
Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Partner of the CFC Consulting
Moderator:
Sergiy Solodkyy, First Deputy Director of the New Europe Center
WORKSHOP 4. Israel’s Relations with its Diaspora
Speakers:
Rabbi Michael Melchior, Minister of Social and Diaspora Affaires (1999–2001)
Daniel Mariaschin, CEO and Executive Vice President of the B’nai Brith International
Discussants:
Paul Grod, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Josef Zisels, Chairman of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine
Moderator:
Adrian Karatnycky, Board of Directors Member, UJE
WORKSHOP 5. Israel’s Nurturing Innovation
Speakers:
Ron Prosor, Head of the Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy, Representative of Israel to the United Nations (2011-2015)
Dan Meridor, President, Israel Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (2009-2013)
Discussants:
Roman Zinchenko, Co-Founder, GREENCUBATOR
Mykola Movchan, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport of Ukraine on European Integration
Moderator:
Yevhen Hlibovytsky, founder of Pro.mova, member of Nestor Group
WORKSHOP 6. The Defense Sector and Innovation: Israel’s Experience
Speaker:
Yaakov Amidror, Major General, Head of the National Security Council of Israel (2011-2013)
Discussants:
Archil Tsintsadze, Advisor to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense of Ukraine on issues concerning defense reform
Denis Gurak, Deputy Director for External Economic Relations, «UKROBORONPROM» ( 2014-2018)
Moderator:
Berel Rodal, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter
