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Subject: Ukraine's Quest, RTX
From:    "Center for US Ukrainian Relations" <cusur1014 at gmail.com>
Date:    Mon, October 19, 2009 8:44 am
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Ukraine's Quest for
Mature Nation Statehood
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www.usukrainianrelations.org
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Dear Colleague,
You are respectfully invited to be a participant in the tenth annual
roundtable
of the Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood series, to be held at
the US
Library of Congress in Washington, DC on Oct 21-22, 2009. This year, the
forum will
be entitled "Compelling Bilateral Relations: US-Ukraine & Canada-Ukraine"
The two day conference will bring together government and key
non-government representatives
from Ukraine, Canada and the US to examine and evaluate two bilateral
relationships
that carry deep strategic significance and powerful cultural/historical
meaning
for Ukraine.
To facilitate the said examination, the event will run eight plenary
sessions, four
focus sessions, two working lunches and two conference receptions. In
total, nearly
sixty speakers are expected to address the conference proceedings.
Former distinguished speakers of the UA Quest Roundtable series include:
UA:
Tarasyuk,  Rybachuk, Kinakh, Yekhanurov, Yanukovch, Pustovojtenko,
Plyushch, Yatseniuk,
Nemyria,  Lutsenko, Chervonenko,  Pavlenko, Shpek, Mitiukov, Hryshchenko,
Bilorus,
Buteiko, Shcherbak, Veselovski, Ohryzko, Khandohiy, Shamshur, Sergeyev,
Popovich,
Kaminsky
EU & RU:
Naimski, Jeszensky, Sherr, Koelsch, Burghardt, Gross, Hartzell, Nowina,
Usackas,
 Gahler, Mikeladze, Steinof, Wujec, Kacer, Usackas, Riekstins, Ritter,
Sensoy, Pildegovics,
Scharioth, de Vallera, Bruzga, Liuk, Rivasseau, Pangratis, Igrunov,
Lebedev, Piontkowski
US & CA:
McConnell, Lugar, Levin, McCain, Biden (pr), Bzrezinski, Wolfowitz,
Holbrooke, Dobriansky,
Fried, Wayne, Kramer, Smith, Weldon, Levin, Kaptur, Hinchey, Lowey, Lee,
Taylor,
 Pascual, Pifer, Miller, Herbst, Smith, Courtney, Wilson, Tedstrom,
Schneider, O'Keefe,
Novelli, Wallander, Crane, Aslund, Cohen, Larrabee, Sestanovich, Legvold,
Subtelny
The complete program and list of invited speakers is provided below.  You
are welcome
to attend all of the specified plenary sessions.  Your presence will
certainly enhance
the proceedings you may choose to join. In addition, you are welcome to
partake
in Roundtable's traditional evening receptions.
William Miller
Co-Chair
Bob Schaffer
Co-Chair
Oleh Shamshur
Co-Chair
Borys Tarasyuk
Co-Chair
Walter Zaryckyj
Program Coordinator
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Steering Committee


Chairs
William Miller
Bob Schaffer
Oleh Shamshur
Borys Tarasyuk
Executive Committee
Olga Fishel
Nadia Komarnycky McConnell
Nico Lange
Lewis Madanick
Steven Nix
Jan Pieklo
Herman Pirchner
Walter Zaryckyj
Members
Yarema Bachynsky
Stephan Bandera
Andrew Bihun
Peter Borisow
Motria Chaban
Michael Koziupa
Slavko Pavlyuk
Christina Pendzola-Vitovych
Vitaliy Shelest
Jeff Smith
Morgan Williams
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Sponsors


American Foreign Policy Council
Center For US-Ukrainian Relations
Embassy of Ukraine to the United States
International Republican Institute
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/UA
League of Ukrainian Canadians
National Democratic Institute
Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Initiative
UA Center for Strategic Studies
US-Ukraine Business Council
US-Ukraine Foundation
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Conference Patrons

AFPC

Center for US Ukrainian Relations

Selfreliance [NY] Federal Credit Union

Heritage Foundation at 1st Security Federal Savings Bank

Chadbourne & Parke/Ukraine

Selfreliance Ukrainian American FCU Chicago

Cleveland Selfreliance FCU
Library of Congress/OW
US Ukraine Foundation
Self Reliance (NJ) FCU
Self Reliance Baltimore FCU
Ukrainian Home Dnipro FCU

Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine
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PROGRAM

Day I - October 21, 2009
VENUE: Library of Congress, Montpelier Room, James Madison Memorial Building
8:20 AM - 9:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Remarks:
John O'Keefe (Director, Open World/Library of Congress)
Daniel Russell (Dep. Assistant Secretary of State)
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM           Roundtable Focus Session I
Theme: US-Ukrainian Relations - Ukrainian Government Perspective
Chair:               Oleksandr Aleksandrovich (Min/C, Embassy of Ukraine
to the
US)
Speaker:          Oleh Shamshur (Ambassador of Ukraine to the US)
10:10 AM - 11:30 AM         Roundtable Plenary Session I
Theme: US, Canada and Ukraine's Search for Security
Moderator:       John Hewko (Public Policy Scholar/WWIC)
Panelists:         Celeste Wallander (Dep. Assistant Sec. of Defense)
Damon Wilson (Vice President/Atlantic Council)
Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Member of Parliament/Canada)
Bohdan Sokolovsky (Sen. Advisor /UA Pres. Sec.)
11:30 PM - 11:40 PM Coffee Break
11:40 AM - 1:00 PM            Roundtable Plenary Session II
Theme: US, Canada and Ukraine's Quest for Political Stability
Moderator:       Steven Nix (Director/Eurasia Division/IRI)
Panelists:        William Taylor (Vice President/US Peace Institute)
David Kramer (Senior Transatlantic Fellow/GMF)
Bohdan Futey (Judge/US Fed. Claims Court)
Ron Chyczij (President/ELRA)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM               Working Lunch
Theme: A Word or Two from the Ukrainian American "Hromada"
Chair:               Peter Borisow (President, Hollywood Trident Foundation)
Speaker:          Andrew Bihun (President, The Washington Group)
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM               Roundtable Focus Session II
Theme: US-Ukrainian Relations - US NGO Perspective
Chair:               Olga Fishel (Senior Program Officer, NDI)
Speaker:          Nadia McConnell (President, US-Ukraine Foundation)
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM               Roundtable Plenary Session III
Theme: US, Canada and Ukraine's Quest for Prosperity
Moderator:       Morgan Williams (President, US-Ukraine Business Council)
Panelists:         Anders Aslund (Senior Fellow/Petersen Institute)
Mykola Pakhnin (Liaison Director/Kharkiv Olb. Adm.)
Slava Johnson (Partner, Chadbourne & Parke)
Michael Einhorn (Senior Research Fellow, CITI)
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM Coffee Break
4:40 PM - 6:00 PM               Roundtable Plenary Session IV
Theme: US, Canada and Ukraine's Search for Energy Independence
Moderator:       Keith Smith (Senior Scholar/CSIS)
Panelists:         Pavlo Kachur (Projects Director, Nova Energia Ukrainy)
Tom Spellman (Director/Trade & Finance, Halliburton)
Bohdan Onyschuk (QC, Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson)
George Laszkiewicz (Senior Associate, ATG)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Patron's Reception
[By Invitation Only]
[Hosted by US Ukraine Foundation]
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PROGRAM

Day II - October 22, 2009

VENUE: Library of Congress, Montpelier Room, James Madison Memorial Building

8:20 AM - 9:00 AM              Registration
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM             Roundtable Focus Session III
Theme: Canadian-Ukrainian Relations - Ukrainian Government Perspective
Chair:               Ihor Kozak (Int'l. Relations Director, League of
Ukrainian
Canadians)
Speaker:          Ihor Ostash (Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada)
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM           Roundtable Plenary Session V
Theme: US, Canada, Ukraine & EU's Eastern Partnership Initiative
Moderator:       Nico Lange (Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)
Panelists:         Oleksandr Scherba (Senior FA Advisor to A. Yatseniuk)
Angelos Pangratis (DCM, EC Delegation to the US)
Leigh Sarty (Director, European Affairs, CA DFAIT)
Nadia Diuk (Senior Director, REA, NED)
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Coffee Break
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM          Roundtable Plenary Session VI
Theme: US, Canada, Ukraine & Russia's 'Near Abroad' Expectations
Moderator:       Ariel Cohen (Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation)
Panelists:         William Miller (Senior Scholar, Kennan Institute)
Yuri Scherbak (President, Inst. for Sustainable Development)
Derek Fraser (Director, EastWest Institute of Canada, UV)
Gennady Shorokhov (Senior Advisor to Duma Deputy Sablin)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM             Roundtable Focus Session IV
Theme: Ukrainian-Canadian-US Relations - Media Perspective
Chair:               Taras Paslavsky (UA Liaison Officer, LUC)
Speaker:          Yuri Klufas (Producer, Kontakt TV Network/CA)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM               Working Lunch
Theme: A Word or Two from the Ukrainian Canadian "Hromada"
Chair:               Orest Steciw (Chair, National Council, LUC)
Speaker:          Paul Grod (President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress)
2:30 PM - 3:50 PM               Roundtable Plenary Session VII
Theme: US, Canada, Ukraine & Regional 'Frozen Conflict' Issues
Moderator:       Vitaly Garber (Director/ret., DOD Interoperability Program)
Panelists:        Steven Pifer (FP Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution)
Oleksandr Sushko (Research Director, IEAC)
Heather Conley (Director, European Programs, CSIS)
David Hutchison (First Secretary, CA Embassy to the US)
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM            Roundtable Plenary Session VIII
Theme: US, Canada, Ukraine & Belarus' Potential Promise
Moderator:       Jan Pieklo (Director, PAUCI)
Panelists:         Larry Silverman (Director/UMB Bureau, Dept. of State)
Orest Deychakiwsky (Senior Staff Advisor, US CSCE)
Borys Parakhonskyj (Senior Researcher, UA NSDC)
Andrew Robinson (Distinguished Senior Fellow, Carleton U.)
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM               Concluding Remarks:
Lewis Madanick (Senior Program Officer, Open World/LOC)
Michael Wilson (Canadian Ambassador to the US) [Invited]
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Conference Reception
[Hosted by Embassy of Ukraine to the United States]
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Due to the time constraints involved with organizing such a large forum,
we kindly
ask that you respond by October 19, 2009 concerning your acceptance to
participate.
 For further information, kindly contact Marta Kostyk, UA Quest RTS
Technical Coordinator,
by phone: (212) 473 0839, fax: (212) 473 2180, or
e-mail:cusur1014 at gmail.com [mailto:e-mail%3Acusur1014 at gmail.com],
at your convenience.

If you wish to register online, please go directly
to:www.usukrainianrelations.org
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Otherwise, please print out the following attached registration form,

provide the information requested by the form and

fax the completed form to the number provided below

Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood

Roundtable X

Compelling Bilateral Relations: US-Ukraine & Canada-Ukraine

October 21-22, 2009

Library of Congress - Washington, DC

The Montpelier Room, in the James Madison Memorial Building

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Suggested Donations: 75 US Dollars per Day

If you are not registering on line, please fax your form to:

Fax no: 1 212 473 2180

If donating, please make out your check to:

"CUSUR-UA Quest RTX"

and send to

Center for US Ukrainian Relations

43 St. Mark's Place

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or donate online @www.usukrainianrelations.org
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Affiliation:______________________________________________________
NB: The above information will appear in the Conference Brochure

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Telephone:_______________________Fax:_________________________Email:___________________________________

I will attend all listed Roundtable functions Oct 20 -21   (8 panels plus
2 Working
Lunches plus 2 Receptions)

I will attend the proceedings both days Oct 20 -21  (8 panels plus 2
Working Lunches)

I will attend the proceedings on October 20 only  (4 panels plus Working
Lunch)

I will attend the proceedings on October 21 only

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