The Washington Group
Leadership Conference
Ukrainian Presidency
Post-Election Review

February 13, 2010
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
Monet Room
480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20024

Program:

9:30 -- 10:00 AM - Welcome
                       
Greetings Statement  -  Andrew Bihun,  The Washington Group
Opening  Address  -  Ambassador Oleh Shamshur, Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, DC
           
10:00 -- 12:00 PM – Morning Panel Session  

Election conduct/results; expected directions/actions - domestic affairs

Panelists:

Judge Bohdan Futey (U.S. Court of Federal Claims)
Nadia Diuk (National Endowment for Democracy)
David Kramer (German Marshall Fund)
Orest Deychakiwsky (U.S. Helsinki Commission)
James Greene (former NATO representative in Ukraine)
Samuel Charap (Center for American Progress)
Nadia McConnell (U.S.-Ukraine Foundation)

12:00 - 1:00 PM - No-host lunch
1:00 - 2:45 PM – Afternoon Panel Session

Expected directions/actions - foreign affairs; international community

Panelists:

Ambassador William Green Miller, Woodrow Wilson International Center
Ambassador  Steven Pifer, of The Brookings Institution
Lawrence Silverman (State Department)
Damon Wilson (Atlantic Council)           
Michael Sawkiw (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America - UNIS)

2:45 - 3:00 PM
Summary Remarks -  Ambassador William Green Miller, Woodrow Wilson International Center

Closing Statement -  Andrew Bihun,  The Washington Group

During the course of the conference, the Washington Group will have a tribute to Roman Kupchynsky (1949-2010), who contributed significantly to the development of U.S.-Ukrainian relations.