Issues for discussion:
- How is it likely for Ukraine to become an energy independent state?
- Ukrainian-Russian gas relations in the time of crisis;
- Alternative sources of hydrocarbons for Ukraine;
- The future of shale gas projects in Ukraine and Eastern Europe;
- Reforms in Ukraine’s energy sector;
- Transit of Russian energy products through Ukraine to Europe;
- The place and role of Ukraine in the European energy transportation system.
Panelists:
- Mykola Martynenko, Ukrainian MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy Sector;
- Oleksiy Tymofeyev, CEO of Smart-Holding;
- Ihor Didenko, expert on energy sector, former Deputy Board Chairman of Naftohaz Ukrayiny;
- Alan Riley, expert, Professor of Law at the City Law School (London), Associate Research Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels;
- Oliksii Leshchenko, Vice President of the Gorshenin Institute.
Panel experts: Ivan Plachkov, Valentyn Zemlyanskyy, Volodymyr Omelchenko, Bohdan Sokolovskyy, Roman Opimakh, Yuriy Korolchuk, Mykhailo Honchar, Yuliya Zavalishyna, Oleh Krykavskyy, Anton Antonenko.
Panel moderator: Alla Yeremenko, editor of the economic security department, Zerkalo Nedeli weekly, expert on energy issues.