Ecology
7–9 June
Ecology
Clean water and air are the two most important, vital things for all of us. The Ukraine 30: Ecology forum scheduled for 7–9 June will be all about people's impact on the environment and what can be done to alleviate it.
Global climate change is a challenge for all peoples, countries, governments, and citizens. The forum's main platform will accommodate discussions on industrial pollution reduction, waste handling, efficient water use, and much more. All the speakers will share their thoughts on minimizing the anthropogenic impact on nature and learn to co-exist with it sustainably. Also, digital tools for the environmental sector will be discussed.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. Therefore, international experts and the representatives of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Government, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and international organizations will discuss the future of the Exclusion Zone, the prospects of turning it into a tourist attraction, and the steps to preserving Ukraine's nature reserve fund.
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The forum's objective is to discuss:
Consolidation of Ukraine's role in the fight against climate change
Legislative drafting in the area of environmental protection
Communication with the public on environmental issues
Green economy as a driver for faster technological change and EU integration
The necessity for modernization of industrial facilities and reduction of industrial pollution
Sustainable use of subsurface resources, their preservation and protection.
Preservation and protection of Ukraine's reserve fund, ecosystem rehabilitation
Digitalization in the environmental sector
Schedule
Global climate change and Ukraine
Preservation of Ukraine’s environment
and natural resources
Modern approaches to the protection of
the environment and natural resources
Volodymyr Zelenskyi
President of Ukraine
10:40–12:00 am
Fight against climate change
Moderator: Oksana Aliyeva
Coordinator of the Climate Change and Energy Policy Program of the Foundation named after Heinrich Böll, Bureau Kyiv - Ukraine
Roman Abramovskyi
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Osnat Lubrani
UN System Resident Coordinator in Ukraine
Yevhen Dykyi
Director of the National Antarctic Scientific Centre
Bohdan Havryliuk
Leader of the 26th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition
Oksana Savenko
Biologist of the 26th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition
Yaroslav Dozorov
System Administrator of the 26th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition
Kostiantyn Hura
Acting Head of the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
Lesia Vasylenko
Head of the Subcommittee on Climate Change and Atmospheric Air Protection of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Natural Resources
Sevhil Musaieva-Borovyk
Chief Editor of the online media Ukrayinska Pravda
Svitlana Berzina
Head of the Public Committee within the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, President of the NGO Living Planet
12:20–1:30 pm
Economics and Ecology
Moderator: Oleksiy Ryabchyn
Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Adviser to the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Energy (2019-2020)
Yaroslav Demchenkov
Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine in charge of EU Integration
Iryna Stavchuk
Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine—Trade Representative of Ukraine
Tymofii Mylovanov
President of Kyiv School of Economics
Olena Kryvoruchkina
Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Natural Resources
Dmytro Sakharuk
Executive Director of DTEK
Kyrylo Kryvolap
Executive Director of the Economic Recovery Centre, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine
Oleksandr Sushchenko
Team Leader and Coordinator of Energy and Environment Projects at UNDP in Ukraine
1:40–3:00 pm
Industrial pollution prevention
Moderator: Svitlana Sushko
Specialist in Industrial Pollution and EU Law Implementation
Ruslan Strilets
Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Maksym Nemchynov
Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine
Oleh Bondarenko
Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management
Andrii Malovanyi
Head of the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine
Torsten Vellert
Head of the Energy and Environment Section of the European Commission Support Group for Ukraine
Oleksandr Onyshchenko
Director of Business Development of D. Solutions (DTEK)
Gabriel Sauer
Project Director of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine
Stanislav Zinchenko
Chairman of the Industrial Business Committee of the European Business Association
Pavlo Kyrylenko
Head of Donetsk Regional State Administration
Serhiy Natrus
Director of Ecology and Natural Resources Department, Donetsk Regional State Administration
3:10 - 4:10 pm
Ecological Control
Moderator: Yehor Firsov
Former Head of the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine. Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Anton Herashchenko
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Oleksiy Melnyk
Head of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office
Oleh Bondarenko
Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management
Andrii Malovanyi
Head of the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine
Svitlana Mykhailovska
Deputy Director of the European Business Association
Olena Kravchenko
Executive Director of ICO Ecology. Right. Person
Roman Abramovskyi
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
10:40–11:40 am
Saving forests from fire and deforestation
Moderator: Andrii Plyha
Forest Coordinator of WWF in Ukraine
Bohdan Borukhovskyi
First Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine—Trade Representative of Ukraine
Yurii Bolokhovets
Head of the State Agency of forest resources of Ukraine
Oleh Bondarenko
Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management
Andrii Malovanyi
Head of the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine
Serhii Zibtsev
Professor of the Faculty of Forestry of NUBiP of Ukraine, Head of the Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Centre
12:00–1:00 pm
Sustainable use of subsoil and damaged ecosystem rehabilitation
Moderator: Kseniia Orynchak
CEO of the National Extractive Industries Association of Ukraine
Bohdan Borukhovskyi
First Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Roman Opimakh
Head of the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine
Vitalii Shcherbenko
chairman of All-Ukrainian branch association "Federation of Employers of the Oil and Gas Industry"
Peter Handley
Head of Energy-intensive Industries and Raw Materials Unit in the European Commission’s DG GROW
Kateryna Shumeiko
Senior Expert of the New Subsoil Code of Ukraine Project of the Office of Effective Regulation
Artem Petrenko
Executive Director of Association of Gas Producers of Ukraine
1:10–2:10 pm
Digitalization and Ecology TED
Ruslan Strilets
Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Viktor Smal
Deputy Head of the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine in Charge of Digitalization
Kostiantyn Taranets
Service Unit Manager for Climate Change and Sustainability at Ernst & Young Ukraine
Danylo Molchanov
Deputy Chief of the USAID/UK aid Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services / TAPASProject
Oleksii Dorohan
CEO of Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
2:20–3:20 pm
Water resources of Ukraine
Moderator: Oleksii Yaroshevych
Expert at the Water Initiative+Project
Mykhailo Khoriev
Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Eduard Proshchuk
Head of Subcommittee on Protection and Wise Use of Water Resources and State Environmental Monitoring of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Natural Resources
Valentyn Shlikhta
Head of the State Water Resources Agency of Ukraine
Andrii Malovanyi
Head of the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine
Sebastien Truffaut
Chief Manager for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene of UNICEF in Ukraine
Dmytro Novytskyi
CEO of Kyivvodokanal
Olha Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
10:50-11:50 am
Waste management
Moderator: Olena Koltyk
Director of the Department of Waste Management and Environmental Safety of the Ministry of Environment
Ruslan Strilets
Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Oleksandr Marikovsky
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management
Chloe Allio
Head of Section Economic Cooperation, Energy, Infrastructure and Environment at Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine
Yevhen Shevchenko
CEO at Carlsberg Ukraine, Member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
Dmytro Sakharuk
Executive Director of DTEK
Andriy Sadovy
Mayor of Lviv
Vladyslav Antipov
Chairman of the Committee of the Professional Association of Ecologists of Ukraine on Promecology and Innovation
Takashi Kurai
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine
12:25-13:25
Chornobyl NON-exclusion zone
Moderator: Lala Tarapakina
Adviser to the Minister of Environmental Protection on the development of the Exclusion Zone
Bohdan Borukhovskiy
First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Olga Vasylevska-Smaglyuk
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Maksym Shevchuk
Deputy Chairman of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management
Igor Kryvosheev
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Overcoming the Consequences of the Chornobyl Catastrophe of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management
Maryana Oleskiv
Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development
Yaroslav Yemelianenko
Chairman of the Association of Chornobyl Tour Operators
13:35 - 14:35
Chornobyl as a touristic magnet
Moderator: Yana Barinova
Director of the Department of Culture of the Kyiv City State Administration
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Svitlana Fomenko
Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Maryana Oleskiv
Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development
Serhiy Plohiy
Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University
Tamara Hundorova
Prof., Doctor of Philological Sciences, Chair of the Department of Literary Theory of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, Corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine
Svitlana Telukha
Candidate of Historical Science, Associate Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Studies, Cultural Studies and History of Science of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
14:45 - 15:45
Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine
Moderator: Yulia Ovchinnikova
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Forest Resources, Fauna and Flora, Natural Landscapes and Nature Reserves
Oleksandr Krasnolutsky
Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Klaus Deininger
Lead Economist, Development Research Group at the World Bank
Mykola Stetsenko
Head of the "Association of Protected Areas of Ukraine", Honored Conservationist of Ukraine
Nadiya Dolgova
Director of the National Nature Park "Meotida"
Anna Kuzemko
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine
Svitlana Blinova
Team Leader of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine website
Michael Brombacher
Head of Europe Department at Frankfurt Zoological Society