Join us on several panel discussions.

A peace plan for Ukraine. The global context of the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine.

October 14 (Day 1), 11.00 – 12.30 – Panel 1

The peaceful resolution of the international armed conflict and Russia’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine should take place within a framework of a comprehensive set of measures, aimed at sustainable and irreversible peace. For Ukraine, this war is the result of a long-term confrontation of values with Russia and the struggle for survival of its people, society and the state. For centuries, Russia has been trying to destroy the Ukrainian identity, language, and culture, rewrite Ukraine’s history, and eradicate the intellectual elites. Ukrainians long for peace like no one else. However, such peace must be long-lasting, because the feeling of constant danger, a new attack of even greater aggressiveness on Ukraine’s territory, multiplication of the thousands of war crimes, will not give ground to restore the country and rebuild the global security architecture. Time has come to discuss both security guarantees and guarantees of sustainable peace, in which the world is interested, frankly and openly with all partners. The session will also focus on how global experiences can contribute to security guarantees, lessons learned and support for Ukraine.

• Catalina Gomez Angel, journalist, Columbia
• Dr Omar Ashour, Professor of Security and Military Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
• Paulina Astroza, Director of the Centre for European Studies at Universidad de Concepción, Chile
• Dr Dino Patti Djalal, Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia (2014) and Ambassador of Indonesia to the US (2010-2013), Indonesia
• Dr Greg Mills, Director, The Brenthurst Foundation, SAR, online

Keynote speaker: Office of President of Ukraine, TBC

Moderator: Olha Aivazovska, Head of the Board, OPORA Civil network, co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Ukraine

Global Food Security: feeding the world from under the Russian missiles and amidst the ecocide.

October 14 (Day 1), 13.30 – 15.30 – Panel 2

The session will discuss how the full-scale Russian invasion affected the food supply around the world and how to overcome its consequences together.

І component (1h). Discussion with Ukrainian farmers

This component will focus on the losses to Ukrainian agriculture from the war, including loss of crop areas, changes in the crop structure, equipment and human losses, and problems with irrigation. It will also discuss possible options for the future of Ukrainian agriculture. Farmers from the de-occupied territories.

• Serhii Leonov, Head of Rovi Agro,a farm in the Chernihiv region that operates under conditions of constant shelling from Russia and survived the Russian occupation
• Vadym Svietlov, Head of the Farm enterprise “Svetlova”, a farm in the Sumy region that operates under conditions of constant shelling from Russia and under conditions of mined fields

ІІ component (1h) Discussion: Impact of the Russian full-scale war on food security around the world. How to overcome it? This component will focus on the consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine across the globe, in particular on the price growth and consumption structure. The situation in the Black Sea and Russia’s control over the international trade routes, as well as potential forecasts and scenarios.

• Yörük Işık, geopolitical analyst, founder of the Bosphorus Observer, non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., Türkiye
• Pavel Panasjuk, Ukrainian innovator/startupper in the agriculture sphere, Ukraine
• Monsi Serrano, Business and Change Management Consultant, journalist, Philippines
• Aribel Contreras Suarez, Department of Business Studies at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, COMEXI think tank associate, global affairs analyst, Mexico

Moderator: Hanna Hopko, Co-founder, the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Head of Foreign Affairs Committee and Member of Parliament (2014-2019), Ukraine

Energy Security: how the full-scale Russian invasion affected the energy security around the world and how to overcome its consequences together

October 15 (Day 2), 12.00 – 13.30 – Panel 5

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine back in February 2022, Russia conducted more than 870 missile attacks on Ukraine. It has been violating the basic principles of nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, focusing its main military strategy on Ukrainian civil nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure providing integrity and safety of their operations. On March 4, 2022, Russia conducted an unprecedented act of nuclear terrorism – the seizure of the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe – Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia’s disregard for Europe’s and global nuclear safety and security, acting as an irresponsible supplier of nuclear power and civil nuclear technologies, and conducting an unprecedented act of nuclear terrorism at ZNPP calls for a common response on an international scale, which the session will aim to address. It will also discuss the future of peaceful nuclear energy, based on mistakes and lessons learnt from Russia’s war in Ukraine

• Olga Babiy, National Commission for State Regulation in Energy and Utilities, Ukraine
• Dr. Can Kasapoglu, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, Director of Defense Research, EDAM, Türkiye
• Ruhee Neog, CEO, The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), India
• Oksana Ishchuk, Executive Director, Centre for Global Studies Strategy XXI, Ukraine
• Oliver Della Costa Stuenkel, Professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil,online

Moderator: Victoria Voytsitska, International Center for Ukrainian Victory, Secretary of the Committee on Fuel Energy, Nuclear Policies and Security and Member of Parliament (2014-2019), Ukraine

You can watch the stream of the first day of this event on our YouTube channel.

Key organizers of the event:

• International Center for Ukrainian Victory
• Media Initiative for Human Rights
• Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
• International Partnership for Human Rights
• ZMINA Human Rights Center
• Coalition “Ukraine. The Fifth Morning”

With the support of:

• Office of the Crimean Platform