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3
Days
77
Speakers
37
Sponsors
32
Sessions
30. May - 1. June, 2025 | Odesa, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, 65000

Black Sea Security Forum

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

Institutional Partners

Information Partners

Supporting Partners

Speakers

Oleksii Goncharenko
Oleksii Goncharenko
MP, Chairman of the Forum Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Thomas Birringer
Thomas Birringer
Country Director Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC
Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC
Melinda Haring
Melinda Haring
Senior Advisor Razom for Ukraine
Roman Pohorilyi
Roman Pohorilyi
Co-founder DeepStateUA
Roman Kostenko
Roman Kostenko
MP, Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Dalibor Rohac
Dalibor Rohac
Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute
Dr Hanna Shelest
Dr Hanna Shelest
Security Studies Program Director Ukrainian Prism
Yevgeniya Gaber
Yevgeniya Gaber
Senior Fellow Atlantic Council - Türkiye
John Herbst
John Herbst
Director for Eurasia Center Atlantic Council
Rt Hon Scott Morrison
Rt Hon Scott Morrison
30th Prime Minister of Australia
Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (2022-2024)
H.E. Vadym Prystaiko
H.E. Vadym Prystaiko
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom (2019–2023)
Ivanna Klympush - Tsintsadze
Ivanna Klympush - Tsintsadze
MP, Chair of EU Integration Committee Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Rt Hon Tony Abbott
Rt Hon Tony Abbott
28th Prime Minister of Australia, Adviser the UK Board of Trade, director of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation
Kira Rudik
Kira Rudik
MP, Leader of the Political party Golos, vice president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Rear Admiral Michael Hewitt
Rear Admiral Michael Hewitt
Co-Founder and CEO; Former deputy director for Global Operations, Operations Directorate, Joint Staff of the Pentagon IP3
Amanda Paul
Amanda Paul
Senior Policy Analyst and Deputy Head of the Europe in the World Programme European Policy Centre
Luke Coffey
Luke Coffey
Hudson Institute
Marko Mikhelson
Marko Mikhelson
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Riigikogu (Estonia)
Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin
Senior Fellow AEI
Adrian Balutel
Adrian Balutel
Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic of Moldova, MP Office of the President of Moldova
Andrew Mueller
Andrew Mueller
Contributing Editor Monocle
Сaroline Kanter
Сaroline Kanter
Deputy Head of the Division European and International Cooperation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Francis Dearnley
Francis Dearnley
Executive Editor The Telegraph
Dominic	Nicholls
Dominic Nicholls
Associate Editor The Telegraph
Mykola Davydiuk
Mykola Davydiuk
Political analyst&Political influencer
H.E. William B. Taylor
H.E. William B. Taylor
Distinguished Fellow, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Eurasia Center Atlantic Council
George Mastrokoukos
George Mastrokoukos
International Chess Master
Bohdan Nahailo
Bohdan Nahailo
Chief Editor Kyiv Post
Brooks Newmark
Brooks Newmark
Chairman Trypillian
Jacob Torrild Hansen
Jacob Torrild Hansen
Head of Mykolaiv Recovery Programme Office of the Embassy of Denmark in Mykolaiv
H.E. Mr. Martin Jaeger
H.E. Mr. Martin Jaeger
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine
H.E. Valerii Chalyi
H.E. Valerii Chalyi
Chair of the UCMC Board, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Ukraine in 2014-2015, Ambassador of Ukraine to the US(2015-2019)
Vladlen Nikitin
Vladlen Nikitin
Founder Ukrainian Aviation and Space Technologies
Vadym Denysenko
Vadym Denysenko
Head, Political Scientist Analytical centre "Business Capital"
Bob McEwen
Bob McEwen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1993)
Secret guest (Ukraine)
Secret guest (Ukraine)
Secret guest (United States)
Secret guest (United States)
Petro Poroshenko
Petro Poroshenko
5th President of Ukraine, Member of the Parliament, Leader of the Political Party “European Solidarity” Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Hugo Acha
Hugo Acha
Director Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba
H.E. Julie S. Davis
H.E. Julie S. Davis
U.S. Chargé d'affaires, a.i. U.S. Embassy in Kyiv
Rep. Gary Palmer
Rep. Gary Palmer
Member U.S. House of Representatives
Olexandr Mischenko
Olexandr Mischenko
Deputy Foreign Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MP
Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MP
Member of Parliament, Minister of State for Security (2022-2024)
Dr Robert (Bob) Seely MBE
Dr Robert (Bob) Seely MBE
Head of Strategy, Trypillian; Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, (2017-2024)
Col. Richard Kemp CBE
Col. Richard Kemp CBE
Mariia Mezentseva-Fedorenko
Mariia Mezentseva-Fedorenko
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Head of Ukraine’s Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Alex Sobel MP
Alex Sobel MP
Member of the House of Commons
Evelina Kurilets
Evelina Kurilets
Executive Director of Ukraine’s Office Razom for Ukraine
Steven Moore
Steven Moore
Founder Ukraine Freedom Project

Program

Stages
Main Stage

10:00

11:00

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

Registration & welcome coffee / Реєстрація та вітальна кава

11:00 - 12:00

Opening of the Forum / Офіційне відкриття Форуму

12:00 - 12:30
Oleksii Goncharenko
Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC
Сaroline Kanter

From Check to Mate: Ukraine’s Role in the Great Game of the Black Sea / Від шаху до мату: Роль України у Великій грі Чорного моря

12:30 - 13:30
Vice Admiral Oleksii Neizhpapa
Dr Hanna Shelest
Andrii Kashuba
Melinda Haring
Roman Kostenko
Roman Pohorilyi

Welcome remarks by local authorities / Вступне слово від представників місцевої влади

13:30 - 13:40

Keynote Coversation on Ukraine / Розмова із запрошеним гостем

13:40 - 14:10
Vadym Denysenko Vadym Denysenko

Coffee break / Перерва на каву

14:10 - 14:40

Welcome remarks from the local authorities / Вступне слово від представників місцевої влади

14:40 - 15:00
Oleh Kiper Oleh Kiper

The Najdorf System: Russian Interests on the Black Sea / Система Найдорфа: російські інтереси в Чорному морі

15:00 - 16:00
Luke Coffey
H.E. Mr. Martin Jaeger
John Herbst
Petro Poroshenko
Vadym Denysenko

Romanian Zwischenzug: Romania’s Role in the Black Sea Region / Румунський Міжхід: Роль Румунії в Чорноморському регіоні

16:00 - 17:00
Kira Rudik
Adrian Balutel
Remus Cernea
Ștefan Țintă
Paul-Claudiu Cotîrleț

Coffee Break

17:00 - 17:30

Keynote conversation on Global South / Розмова із запрошеними гостями (Глобальний Південь)

17:30 - 18:00
Rt Hon Scott Morrison
Andrew Mueller
Hugo Acha

Welcome reception hosted by Odesa Business Club / Вітальний прийом, організований у співпраці з Одеським Бізнес Клубом

18:30 - 20:30
Side events

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11:00

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

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19:00

20:00

SIDE EVENT | War and Recovery: Ukraine’s Fight for the Future / Війна і відновлення: боротьба України за майбутнє

10:00 - 11:45
Roman Pohorilyi
Vladlen Nikitin
Brooks Newmark
Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
Bohdan Nahailo
Mariia Mezentseva-Fedorenko
Alex Sobel MP
Jacob Torrild Hansen
Evelina Kurilets

Opening of the New Sculpture 'Time' in the Greek Park of Odesa / Відкриття нової скульптури «Час» у Грецькому парку Одеси

10:00 - 10:30

Film Screening "Faith Under Siege" / Кінопоказ "Faith Under Siege"

10:30 - 11:30
Steven Moore
Anna Shvetsova

Coffee break / Перерва на каву

14:10 - 14:40

Exhibitors

Contact information

Event date:
30. May - 1. June, 2025
Organizer:
Odesa Ukraine [email protected]
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