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Three years after the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the France-Ukraine 2025 Forum will welcome politicians, experts, academics, and civil society representatives from both countries to discuss three main topics: Ukraine's current military strategy and strategic perspectives; the country's resilience and recovery; Ukraine's European and transatlantic perspectives, including the EU accession process and its aspirations to join NATO.
Program:
13:00-13:30: Sandwich Buffet
13:30-13:45: Welcome Addresses by the Organizers
Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri, France
Leo Litra, Senior Research Fellow, New Europe Center, Ukraine
13:45-14:15: Keynotes Speeches
Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine
Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate for Europe, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Moderator: Thomas Gomart, Director, Ifri
14:15-15:30: What Are the Current Military Strategies and Strategic Perspectives for Ukraine?
Panelists:
- Brice Roquefeuil, Head of the Directorate for Continental Europe, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Rostyslav Ohryzko, Deputy State Secretary, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- Alice Rufo, General Director of DGRIS, French Ministry of the Armed Forces
- Leo Litra, Senior Research Fellow, New Europe Center, Ukraine
Moderator: Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean, Director, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri
15:30-16:00: Coffee Break
16:00-17:15: Resilience and Recovery: Ukraine's Fight Beyond the Battlefield
Intervenants:
- Claire Cheremetinski, Deputy Director General of the Treasury, France
- Oleksandr Sushko, Executive Director, International Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine
- François Benaroya, CEO of Europe-Mediterranean, BNP Paribas, France
- Oleksandra Betliy, Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine
- Alexandra Goujon, Lecturer, University of Burgundy, Researcher affiliated with CREDESPO and Associate at CERCEC
Moderator: Lesia Orobets, Head of the "Air Defence Shield for Ukraine" initiative, Former Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
17:15-18:30: Transatlantic Perspectives: EU Accession Process and NATO Aspirations
Panelists:
- Vincent Guérend, Director for the European Union at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Alyona Getmanchuk, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (TBC)
- Pierre Haroche, Lecturer in European and International Politics, Catholic University of Lille, France
- Yehor Cherniev, Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of Ukraine's Permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Olena Halushka, Member of the Board of the International Renaissance Foundation, Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV), Member of the Board of the Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC), Ukraine
Moderator: Dimitri Minic, Researcher, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri
18:30-18:45: Conclusions with H.E. Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to France
18:45-20:00: Cocktail near Ifri (Invitation-only)
Co-organized by Ifri (Paris) and the New Europe Center (Kyiv).
With the support of French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs.
For this event, the New Europe Center is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.
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