Transcripts

Plenary Session I
Global Crisis and New Realities
  • What is the Crisis? What are we dealing with?
  • Global Order or Disorder?
  • Global System of Economic Governance – Modification or Substitution
  • International Security in the Post-Crisis World: Will New Superpowers Appear?

Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Member of Parliament, Leader of Front Zmin Party, Founder of Open Ukraine Foundation

Kostiantyn Yelisieiev
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine

Valeri Chechelashvili
Secretary General, Organisation for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM

Traian Chebeleu
Deputy Secretary General, Permanent International Secretariat, BSEC

Michel Duray
Head of the Outreach Countries Section, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO HQ

Pirkka Tapiola
Senior Adviser, Policy Unit, Council of the European Union, General Secretariat



Plenary Session II
Political and Security Risks Arising From the Global Crisis: What Impact On the Black Sea Region and the European Union
  • What New Priorities Will the Global Crisis Bring Onto the Regional Security Agenda?
  • Dealing with Domestic Instability and Insecurity: Will the Existing Regional Frameworks/Instruments (NATO, EU, OSCE, BSEC) Be Up to the Challenge?
  • Economic Security – A New Challenge?
  • Political Radicalization and National Egoism: Is Democracy at Risk?

Oleksandr Pavlyuk
Head of External Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat

Stephan De Spiegeleire
Senior Scientist, The Hague Institute for Strategic Studies, the Netherlands

Oleksandr Chalyi
Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine (1998-2001)

Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
Director General, International Centre for Black Sea Studies, Greece

James Greene
Senior Advisor, US-Ukraine Business Council

Suren Movsisyan
Senior Expert, Research and Development Unit, International Center for Human Development, Armenia



Plenary session III
EU/ BSR: Economic Policy Responses to the Global Crisis. Social and Political Dimensions of the Crisis Measures
  • Policy Responses: Economic Nationalism or Protectionism? Populism or Pragmatism?
  • State Support during the Economic Crisis: Market Stimuli and Social Policies
  • Regional and Global Economic Policy Coordination: How Much Do Political Divisions Matter?
  • Labour Market and Migration Policies under Pressure: What Reforms Are Needed?
  • Consequences of Rising Social Tensions

Mats Hellstrom
Minister of Trade of Sweden (1983-1986, 1994- 1996), Governor of the Province of Stockholm

Alexander Pivovarsky
Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Petru Veverita
Managing Director, Foundation for Social and Economic Research - CASE Moldova

Gulshan Pashayeva
Head of Foreign Policy Analysis Department, Centre for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan



Plenary Session IV
Where to Go from Here: Rethinking Current Political and Economic Models
  • A New Financial Architecture?
  • Managed Growth Rate – Future Prospects?
  • Coping with Security Risks during a period of Economic Crisis: Ways Forward
  • The Economic Crisis and the Economies of the Black Sea Region: Boosting Reforms or Riding the Storm
  • Is there an “Ideal” Model of Anti-crisis Policy?

Dmitriy Sorokin
First Deputy Director, Institute of Economics, Russian Federation

Ihor Mityukov
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Ukraine

Ilgar Mammadov
Co-Founder, Republicanist Alternative civic union, Azerbaijan

Revaz Sakevarishvili
Leading Expert, Economic Policy Research Centre, Georgia