WUB Hub conference
The EU Integration Prospects for Ukraine and Belarus: Assessing the Future
28th June 2024, 12:00 - 20:00 BST
About the Conference
The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus (WUB) Hub and the European Parliament Liaison Office (EPLO) in the UK invite you to the conference “The EU Integration Prospects for Ukraine and Belarus: Assessing the future”
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine brought severe security, political and societal challenges to eastern Europe, demanding a constructive response from the European Union, the United Kingdom, and others.
The invasion has hastened Ukraine’s EU accession prospects, while the Belarusian democracy movement has made a clear choice in favour of an EU future. The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub’s high-profile international conference on 28 June 2024 in London will bring together decisionmakers, officials and scholarly experts to advance the crucial debate on both countries’ futures.
The conference will be a special opportunity for participants to exchange novel ideas, challenge existing thinking, and advance the key strategic discussions. It will showcase novel research and facilitate network building.
Speakers will include representatives from the UK parliament, European institutions, and experts on and from both Ukraine and Belarus. We are glad to invite you to this unique event.
For more information about the research we do at the Warwick Ukraine-Belarus (WUB) Hub
Conference Agenda
[agenda subject to change; the below lists confirmed speakers as of 7 May 2024]
12.00 - 12:45 Networking Lunch
12.45 - 13.30 Opening Keynote Speeches
Fabia Jones, European Parliament Liaison Office
Virginijus Sinkevicius, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Katerina Mathernova, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine (online from Kyiv)
Franak Viachorka, Senior Adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Elena Korosteleva, Professor of Politics and Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
13.30 - 14.45 Panel 1- Ukraine’s Pathway to the EU: Challenges & Opportunities
Moderator: Paul Hansbury (University of Warwick)
Kataryna Wolczuk, Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
Vlad Mykhnenko, Associate Professor, St Peter's College, University of Oxford
Iva Merheim-Eyre, Project Manager (Ukraine), Habitat for Humanity International
Maryna Yaroshevych, European Integration Programme Director, Ukrainian Prism
Miriam Lexmann, Member of the European Parliament (TBC)
14.45 - 15.00 Coffee Break
15.00 - 16.15 Panel 2 - Belarus’s Prospects for EU Integration: Challenges & Opportunities
Moderator: Viktoria Leukavets (Stockholm Centre for East European Studies)
Alena Kudzko, Vice President for Policy and Programming, GLOBSEC
Victor Shadurski, Professor and formerly Dean of IR Faculty, BSU (in exile)
Dzianis Kuchynski, Diplomatic Adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Alesia Rudnik, Director, Center for New Ideas
Petras Austrevicius, Member of the European Parliament (TBC)
16.15-16.20 - Comfort Break
16.20 - 17.20 Panel 3 - Governance practices: insights emerging from the work of Ukrainian & exiled-Belarusian John Smith Fellows
17.20 - 17.30 - Comfort Break
17.30 -18.30 Roundtable - Ways forward for Ukraine and Belarus: Building on the Lessons Learned
Moderator: Elena Korosteleva (University of Warwick)
Hanna Shelest, Security Studies Programme Director, Ukrainian Prism
Valery Kavaleuski, Deputy Head & Representative for Foreign Affairs, United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus
Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament
Dirk Schuebel, Special Envoy for the Eastern Partnership, European External Action Service
18.30 - 20.00 Networking Reception