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Kyiv Lviv Kharkiv Odesa
March 10
START TIMELOCATIONSPEAKERSTOPICS / DESCRIPTION
11:00 AM
		ODESASerhii Bratchuk, spokesman for the head of the Odesa regional military administration (in person);

Topics of focus:

– Current security and humanitarian situation in the region;
12:00 PMODESAVelizar Shalamanov, former minister of Defense of Republic of Bulgaria and chairman of NATO communications and information organization (online)




Topics of focus:

– Bulgarian and Ukrainian cooperation in the defense sphere;
– Possible supplies of Bulgarian weapons and ammunition to Ukraine;
– Cooperation in the military-industrial complex;
– Military cooperation in the Black Sea;
01:00 PMODESAČedomír Stojković, Serbian lawyer, head of the Octobar (October) civic group

Topics of focus:

– Activities of PMC “Wagner” in Serbia;
– Has the official policy of the Serbian authorities changed?
– Possible supplies of Serbian weapons and ammunition to Ukraine;
02:00 PMODESABakur Kvashilava, Professor of international relations and politics of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (online);

Sergi Kapanadze, former Vice speaker of the Parliament of Georgia (online);

Pavlo Klimkin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2014-2019) (online);

Topics of focus:

– Protests in Sakartvelo (Georgia) –  causes and possible consequences;
START TIMELOCATIONSPEAKERSTOPICS / DESCRIPTION
10:30 AM
KYIV— Roman Vashchuk, Business Ombudsman (in person)

— Natalia Artemchuk, Manager of the Tax and Customs (online)

— Andy Hunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (online)

— Hennadii Chyzhykov, President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (online)		More than 40% of active VAT payers were held up at ‘gunpoint’ of tax authorities: results of Business Ombudsman Council’s own investigation

Why is it interesting?
Roman Vashchuk, Business Ombudsman of Ukraine, together with the heads of leading business associations, will announce the results of the investigation. In particular, he will present the recommendations that the Business Ombudsman Council has submitted to government agencies to adjust a mechanism for the automated VAT system operation without excessive human intervention and reduce adverse effects for reputable businesses.
11:00 AMKYIV— Dmytro Zolotukhin, Executive Director of the Institute of Post-Information Society

— Agiya Zagrebelska, Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) Sanctions Department

— Yuliia Nikitina, Editor-in-chief of Cultureversus, Coordinator of the Encyclopedia of Civil Activists

— Heorhiy Shabayev, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist		Special event: “Presentation of the study on OSINT in social and government activities”

Why is it interesting?
Since 2015, the NGO Institute of the Post-Information Society (IPS) has been training Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) practices everyone willing to. Now the goal of the NGO is to implement OSINT practices in the public sector, by in particular, organizing volunteer activities to identify, document, and describe assets, legal and natural persons that may be subject to sanctions, as well as to explore ways to avoid and circumvent the sanctions those already imposed.
1:00 PMKYIV— Giuli Alasania, Mikheil Saakashvili’s mother (online)

— David Saakashvili, Mikheil Saakashvili’s brother (in person)

— Olena Shuliak, Chair of Sluha Narodu (Servant of the People) Party (in person)

— Vano Merabishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia (2012), Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia (2004-2012) (in person)

— Maria Barabash, Head of Mikheil Saakashvili’s office (2020-2022) (in person)		Briefing on: “Special event: “The launch of the global initiative “SAVE MISHA”

Topics of focus:
— The launch of the global movement “SAVE MISHA”
— Mikheil Saakashvili’s critical health condition
— 10 steps to free Mikheil Saakashvili
— Protests against pro-Russian draft laws in Georgia
3:00 PMKYIV— Olexander Khara, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Expert at Centre for Defence Strategies, Diplomat, Advisor to the Defense Minister of Ukraine (2020)

— Nataliya Plaksiienko-Butyrska, Expert on East Asia, Master of International Relations

— Yurii Poita, Head of the Asia-Pacific Section at the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (online)		Special event! The panel discussion entitled: “The eastern dragon. How the Chinese factor can affect the russo-Ukrainian war

Questions to be discussed:
— China and russia: friendship, partnership or competition?
— China and Ukraine: challenges and opportunities for Ukrainian diplomacy
— China-U.S., China-EU, China-Africa, and the Ukrainian factor