More than 40 international experts from over 20 countries will speak at the Forum, including:
o Ekuru AUKOT, Chairman of the expert committee on the development of the Constitution of Kenya
o Giorgi BARAMIDZE, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia (2004-2012)
o Raul BENITEZ-MANAUT, President of the Center of the collective analysis of security and democracy, Mexico
o John BOND, Coordinator of the Forum on Human Security, the city of Co, Switzerland
o Leonidas CHRYSANTHOPOULOS, Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (2006-2012)
o Ariel COHEN, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation, a member of the Council on Foreign Policy, USA (Advisor at US Congress)
o Susan CORKE, Eurasia Director, Freedom House (USA)
o Michael EMERSON, Expert, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels
o Anna Elzbieta FOTYGA, Member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm), Foreign Minister of Poland (2006-2007)
o Mircea-Dan GEOANA, MEP, President of the Senate of Romania (2008 - 2011), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania (2000-2004)
o Vinayak GODSE, Director of Personal Data Protection, Data Security Council of India
o Dr Owen GREENE, President of the Center for International Cooperation and Security University of Bradford, UK
o Anabel HERNANDEZ, journalist, winner of prize “Golden feather of freedom”
o Rasa JUKNEVICIENE, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, the Minister of Defense of Lithuania (2008-2012)
o John KAMPFNER, Censorship and ethics Advisor at Google, international affairs journalist, UK
o Bogdan KLICH, Minister of Defense of Poland (2007-2011)
o Paul Robert KOWAL, Member of the European Parliament
o Markku MANTILA, Chief editor of the Kaleva newspaper (Finland)
o Petr MARES, Special Envoy for the Eastern Partnership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
o Claus NEUKIRCH, Deputy Director of Operational Conflict Prevention Centre, OSCE
o Vivien PERTUSOT, Head of the Brussels office, the French Institute of International Relations
o Steven PIFER, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000)
o Grzegorz PYTEL, Expert on Oil and Gas Policy, Sobieski Institute (Poland)
o Jim REAVIS, Founder and Executive Director, Cloud Security Alliance
o Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, MEP, Vice-President of the European People's Party
o Adrian SEVERIN, Member of the European Parliament
o James SHERR, Head of Russian and Eurasian Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House (UK)
o Graham TILEY, Country Director, Shell Ukraine
o Dr. Frank UMBACH, Deputy Director of the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), Department of War Studies, King's College (London)
o Piotr WOZNIAK, Deputy Minister of Environment of Poland
o Yasar YAKIS, Turkish Foreign Minister (2002-2003).
For more information about the experts’ topics, expertise and their biographies, please visit: ksf.openukraine.org.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The annual international event - Kyiv Security Forum, established by Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation in 2007, is a platform for debate and exchange of experience on the most pressing security issues in Europe and the Black Sea region.
The 6th Kyiv Security Forum will take place on April 18 – 19, 2013 in Kyiv at Fairmont Grand Hotel, Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska str. 1 (Ballroom, Ground Floor).
