{"id":975,"date":"2026-05-18T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architectureofsecurity.com\/forum-speakers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:32:51","slug":"forum-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/architectureofsecurity.com\/en\/forum-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Kyrylo Budanov <\/div>

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Lieutenant General.
Former Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR) \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Steven Biegun<\/div>

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.
Has 30+ years of experience in international relations in both public and private sectors (Ford Motor, Boeing Company)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Benjamin Bobbe <\/div>

Head of the Central and Eastern Europe Department, Institute for European and Transatlantic Dialogue, Hanns Seidel Foundation <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andrii Vadaturskyi<\/div>

CEO and owner of NIBULON \u2013 one of Ukraine's largest agro-industrial enterprises.
Ukrainian entrepreneur\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fredrik Wesslau<\/div>

Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS). Former Director of the European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK) \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kurt Volker<\/div>

Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations (2017\u20132019).
U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2008\u20132009)
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Tetiana Honcharova <\/div>

Ukrainian journalist, TV and radio host with 17+ years of experience. Formerly worked on Savik Shuster's Freedom of Speech, Rada TV channel, and launched 112 Ukraine as Editor-in-Chief. Host of the Honcharova Argument program on Radio Era <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Oleksii Honcharuk<\/div>

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Aerorozvidka NGO
Chair of the Board of Directors, UFORCE\n\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andy Hunder <\/div>

President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Aspen Institute Kyiv, the Business Ombudsman Council, and the Ukrainian Catholic University\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Robert Doar<\/div>

President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
Has 20+ years of experience leading social programs at the state and city levels in New York\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Anne Applebaum<\/div>

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a staff writer for The Atlantic (2024).
Senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Serhii Yevtushenko<\/div>

Founder, Managing Partner, and CEO, UDP Renewables.
Partner at UNIT.City. Member of the Board of the Ukrainian Renewable Energy Association, Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, and Ukrainian Hydrogen Council. \n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Glenn Corn <\/div>

Professor, Institute of World Politics.
Former Senior Intelligence Service Officer, CIA
Founder and CEO of Great South Bay LLC <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Iulian Chifu<\/div>

President of the Center for Conflict Prevention and Early Warning.
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Romania for Foreign Relations, Security, and Strategic Affairs (2021-2023) \n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Natalia Kryvda <\/div>

PhD, Professor at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
Academic Director of the Edinburgh Business School \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Volodymyr Kudrytskyi<\/div>

Co-Chair of ACC Distributed Generation Committee, Co-Founder of NEGEN.\nChairman of the Management Board, NPC Ukrenergo (2020-2024)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Oleksii Kuleba<\/div>

Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine \u2014 Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nico Lange<\/div>

Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference.
Chief of Staff, German Federal Ministry of Defence (2019\u20132022)\n \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Linas Linkevi\u010dius<\/div>

Ambassador of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (2012\u20132020).
Permanent Representative of Lithuania to NATO (2005\u20132011)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rena Marutian<\/div>

Director of the Institute of National Resilience and Security, Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor of the Department of Global and National Security, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Matteo Mecacci <\/div>

Director of the European Policy Institute in Kyiv (EPIK). Scientific Advisor at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Olena Pavlenko<\/div>

PhD, President and co-founder of the Ukrainian DiXi Group think tank and the Ukrainian Energy website<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Geoffrey Pyatt <\/div>

Senior Managing Director for Energy and Critical Minerals, McLarty Associates. Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2013\u20132016)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pavlo Palisa<\/div>

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.\nBrigadier General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andriy Pyshnyy <\/div>

Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine since 2022.
Named the world's best central bank governor by The Banker magazine (2024) <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Peter Pomerantsev<\/div>

Author and expert on information warfare and disinformation.
Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mykyta Poturaiev <\/div>

Chair of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vadym Prystaiko<\/div>

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2019\u20132020) \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vadym Skibitskyi<\/div>

Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), Major General<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Maksym Timchenko<\/div>

CEO of DTEK<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nathalie Tocci <\/div>

Professor of the Practice, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe.
Senior Fellow at the Institute for European Policymaking, Bocconi University
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Vygaudas U\u0161ackas<\/div>

Founder and CEO of V.U. Business Linking LTD.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (2008\u20132010) \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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John Herbst<\/div>

Senior Director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2003\u20132006) 30+ years of service in the U.S. Department of State\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Taras Chmut<\/div>

Veteran of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Director of the Come Back Alive Foundation.
Founder of the NGO Ukrainian Military Center \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dmytro Shymkiv<\/div>

Ukrainian top executive, entrepreneur, and investor in innovation.
Co-founder and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Ukrainian startup AeroDrone.
Independent member of the Supervisory Board of Kyivstar (NASDAQ: KYIV) \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Denys Shmyhal<\/div>

First Deputy Prime Minister \u2013 Minister of Energy of Ukraine.
Prime Minister of Ukraine (2020-2025)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andrii Yusov<\/div>

Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), Deputy Head of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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