Oleksii Sai, 688 Days, 2024. Produced by PinchukArtCentre
With every second passing, the war continues. The future of Europe, the West and the World is being decided in Ukraine.
Rules against violence. Freedom against oppression. Democracy against autocracy.
The outcome of this battle will decide for years and decades to come which principles will most shape tomorrow’s world.
Every day, hour and minute counts for life, counts for Ukraine and counts for every person who wants to live in freedom.
Zhanna Kadyrova, Russian Rocket flying through Paris, 2022–2023. Сourtesy of the artist
An immersive visual and intellectual experience brings four contemporary Ukrainian artists who depict Ukraine through a series of compelling video portraits and stories. Combined with an ongoing discussion program, Deciding Your Tomorrow offers a chance to re-visit what is at stake in Ukraine.
Looking back at every single day of Ukraine’s defense since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Oleksii Sai shows the clock ticking. An impressive moving visual diary of Ukrainians defending freedom, taking losses and moving to victories. It shows how much was achieved, how much courage and heroism, but also how much suffering and danger have been present for all Ukrainians since February 24, 2022.
This film is put in juxtaposition to a curated live stream of TikTok content from Ukraine, where people defiantly live their lives, finding joy, love and moments of happiness while under constant threat.
Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei, Just Sleeping (still), 2024
Ukrainian artists Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei present moving portraits of Ukrainian children who were kidnapped by Russia and returned home safely. Bringing the world’s attention to a systematic war crime Russia commits in Ukraine. At the same time, this work is a homage to all children in Ukraine who live under the systematic risk of being taken from their homes.
In an ongoing discussion program over three days, global political leaders, thinkers and activists will discuss key aspects of Ukrainians’ defense of life and freedom. How to strengthen and fortify alliances to prevail? How to defeat external aggression while strengthening one’s own society and political system? These are challenges Ukraine shares with its international partners.
The future of the World is being decided in Ukraine.
Agenda
11.00-12.00
What if Ukraine Loses?
Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Yehor Cherniev, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA
Lesia Vasylenko, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Valerii Pekar, Co-Founder, Nova Kraina
Moderator: Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), YES Board Member
14.15-15.00
Special address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (live stream from WEF)
16.00-17.00
Global threats from Russia’s war and the Peace Formula of President Zelenskyy
Mykola Tochytskyi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Ricardo Hausmann, Founder and Director, Growth Lab at Harvard University
Serhii Plokhii, Professor of Ukrainian History, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Nouriel Roubini, CEO of Roubini Macro Associates
Moderator: Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (2016-2021), YES Board member
17.30-18.20
Living with War?
Taras Chmut, Director, Come Back Alive Foundation
Jan-Emmanuel de Neve, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Oxford
Tata Kepler, Medical Volunteer, Founder at "Ptahy" charity project
Olha Piliarska, Medical Doctor from Kherson City
Moderator: Leshchenko Serhii, Member of Supervisory board, Ukrainian Railways
18.30-19.15
Exhibition opening
Deciding Your Tomorrow
Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland
Victor Pinchuk, Founder of EastOne group, Founder of Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Sviatoslava Mezheva, child deported from Mariupol City, 10 years old
Oleksandr Batalov, Gunner-medic, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Moderator: Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic Director PinchukArtCentre
20.30-21.30
Special conversation
22.00-23.00
Does the West understand why the war in Ukraine is so important for them?
Taras Chmut, Director, Come Back Alive Foundation
Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of the Kyiv School of Economics, Minister of Economy of Ukraine (2019-2020), Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh
Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine – Trade Representative of Ukraine
Nataliya Gumenyuk, co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab and The Reckoning Project
11.00-12.00
To a Fair Global Order - Only With Ukraine
Tobias Billström, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Nataliya Gumenyuk, co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab and The Reckoning Project
Lesia Vasylenko, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador(ret), President, MSC Foundation Council, YES Board Member
15.00-16.00
Ukraine’s Defense of Freedom – How Will a Changing Global Context Influence the Parameters?
Briefing: Vadym Skibitskyi, Major General, Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador (ret), President, MSC Foundation Council, YES Board Member
Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (2016-2021), YES Board member
John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council; Former US Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006)
Moderator: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Affairs
17.00-18.00
The history of Ukraine and the future of the world
Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University
Yaroslav Hrytsak, Doctor of Historical Sciences; Professor, Ukrainian Catholic University
Serhii Plokhii, Professor of Ukrainian History, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Moderator: Nataliya Gumeniuk, co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab and The Reckoning Project
12.00-13.00
War Crimes, Genocide and Deportation of Children
Oleksandr Korniyenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Yevhen Mezhevoi, father of three children deported from Mariupol City and Oleksandra Mezheva, child deported from Mariupol City, 8 years old
Hlib Stryzhko, Defender of Mariupol, Head of Veteran Hub in Kyiv
Galyna Mykhailiuk, Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, MP, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Moderator: Janine di Giovanni, CEO and Executive Director of The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies
16.30-17.30
Future of War
Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine
Dr. Will Marshall, Co-Founder & CEO, Planet Labs PBC
Dr. Gundbert Scherf, Co-Founder & CEO, Helsing GmbH
Nazarova Mariia, Combat medic, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) tactical medicine instructor
Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Contact
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Phone:
+380 96 173 5640 (For international guests)
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Partners
Deciding Your Tomorrow is organized by Victor Pinchuk Foundation and PinchukArtCentre in cooperation with the Office of the President of Ukraine.
