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Patron Sponsors of
Roundtable III - "Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic Community"
include:
Platinum Patrons
1
st
Security Federal Savings Bank;
Self Reliance (NY) Federal Credit Union;
Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine
Gold Patron
Motorola
Silver Patrons
SUMA Yonkers Federal Credit Union;
Self Reliance Chicago Federal Credit Union;
SigmaBleyzer
Bronze Patrons
Self Reliance (NJ) Federal Credit Union;
Ukrainian Future Credit Union
STEERING COMMITTEE
MICHAEL SAWKIW, CHAIRMAN
GEORGE NESTERCZUK, EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR
WALTER ZARYCKYJ, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
PAUL BANDRIWSKY, FINANCIAL COORDINATOR
TAMARA GALLO, MEDIA COORDINATOR
MYKOLA HRYCKOWIAN, TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
HERMAN PIRCHNER, MEMBER
KYLE PARKER, MEMBER
GRETCHEN BIRKLE, MEMBER
KATE HEILMAN, MEMBER
RICHARD MURPHY, MEMBER
ADRIAN KARATNYCKY, MEMBER
FRANK MORGESE, MEMBER
GEORGE LASZKIEWICH, MEMBER
VOLODYMYR YATSENKIVSKYI, MEMBER
OLEKSANDR POTIEKHIN, MEMBER
JOHN VAN OUDENAREN, MEMBER
JOHN MICGEL. MEMBER
TOM KEANEY, MEMBER
SERHIY KONOPLYOV, MEMBER
DMYTRO SHTORYN, MEMBER
THEODORE OLESCHUK, MEMBER
YURI NAKONECHNY, MEMBER
PETRO PALUCH, MEMBER
SPONSORS
CONGRESSIONAL UKRAINIAN CAUCUS
EMBASSY OF UKRAINE
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE
FREEDOM HOUSE
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY/SAIS
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/ISE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY/UNSP
UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICE
UKRAINIAN AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION
UKRAINIAN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF FOUR FREEDOMS FOR UKRAINE
UKRAINIAN AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION
UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF FOUR FREEDOMS FOR UKRAINE
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"Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood --Roundtable III:
Ukraine and the EuroAtlantic Community"
October 8/9, 2002, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. (UNIS) - More than 90 Ukrainian and U.S. government officials, international foreign policy experts, and prominent figures from research centers and academia have confirmed their participation in the third annual
"Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood"
roundtable conference. A veritable "who's who" of foreign policy establishments from the United States, Ukraine, the European Union, and NATO are gathering on October 8
th
and 9
th
to assess Ukraine's integration into the structures of the Euro-Atlantic community
The two-day conference, held at the JW Marriott on Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of our nation's capital, features several keynote addresses, 12 panel discussions and two working luncheons. The Roundtable III Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the Honorable Carl Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will deliver a keynote address on the importance of Ukraine to the Euro-Atlantic community.
Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood - Roundtable III: "Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic Community"
will take into account Ukraine's efforts to move matters from theory to practice, by exploring four major areas of discussion. The conference's topics include: Assessing the Progress of Ukraine's Transition to EuroAtlantic Structures; Assessing the State of European Union-Ukraine Relations; Assessing the State of U.S.-Ukraine Relations; and Assessing the State of NATO-Ukraine Relations.
Speaking on behalf of Ukraine, the following speakers have confirmed their attendance: Oleksandr Chaliy, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Volodymyr Khoroshkovsky, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Hennadiy Udovenko, Chair - Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights; Serhiy Osyka, Head of the Ukraine-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Commission; Mykola Tomenko, Chair - Parliamentary Committee on Information; Dmytro Tabachnyk, Chair - Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations; Borys Tarasyuk, Chair - Parliamentary Committee on European Integration; Yuriy Yekhanurov, Chair - Parliamentary Committee on Industry & Enterpreneurship; Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States; and, Roman Shpek, Special Envoy to the European Union (EU).
Confirmed speakers from the United States include: The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Co-Chair, Congressional Ukrainian Caucus; The Honorable Bob Schaffer, Co-Chair Congressional Ukrainian Caucus; The Honorable Curt Weldon, Co-Chair, Congressional Ukrainian Caucus; The Honorable Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Congressional Ukrainian Caucus; Steven Pifer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia; Sarah Lenti, Director, Europe and Eurasia, National Security Council; Ian Brzezinski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/Europe & NATO; General Nicholas Krawciw, President, Dupuy Institute; Shaun Donnelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Mark Taplin, Senior Ukraine Desk Officer, U.S. Department of State; Anders Aslund, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment; Michael Haltzel, Majority Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Van Oudenaren, Head of the European Division, Library of Congress; John McLaughlin, Producer -
The McLaughlin Group
; and, Jeffrey Kamins, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Confirmed speakers from Europe include: James Sherr, Senior Fellow - CSCR/Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Guenther Burghardt, Head of the EU Delegation to the United States;
Andreas Gross, Vice President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE); and, Carl Hartzell, Senior Advisor-Policy Unit, Secretariat General of the EU Council.
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