UK-Ukraine Relations at the Time of War

Conference organised by the University of Westminster.

Location

C1.15–16 Cavendish Campus, 115 New Cavendish Street London W1W 6UW

10–10.20am: Eduard Fesko, Chargé d'affaires, Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
Professor Peter Bonfield, Vice-Chancellor, University of Westminster
Dzvinko Choir
10.30-11.15am: Keynote speech (Ambassador Melinda Simmons, former UK Ambassador to Ukraine)

Chair: Professor Roman Petrov (Kyiv Mohyla Academy & British Institute for International and Comparative Law)

11.15-11.40am: ‘Solidarity has many faces’
Professor Adam Łazowski (University of Westminster)
11.40am-12.05pm: ‘UK reaction to Russian invasion of Ukraine’
Professor Kataryna Wolczuk (University of Birmingham and College of Europe, Natolin)
12.05-12.30pm: ‘Russian invasion of Ukraine: geopolitical implications and building of Global Britain’
Professor Roland Dannreuther (University of Westminster)
12.30–1.30pm: Lunch

Chair Professor Luke Mason (University of Westminster)

1.30–1.55pm: ‘UK-Ukraine trade relations at the time of war’
Dr Solomiia Matsola (Faculty of Economics of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine and University of Westminster)
1.55–2.20: ‘UK sanctions on Russia’
Ant Parham, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
2.20–2.45: ‘English Jurisdiction over Claims against Russian Enterprises for Damage inflicted during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine’
Oleh Malinevskyi (Partner at Equity Law Firm, Kyiv, Ukraine)
2.45-3.15: Coffee break

Chair: Professor Adam Lazowski, University of Westminster

3.15–3.40pm: ‘Cultural Diplomacy at the Time of War’
Andrey Kurkov (Ukrainian writer)
3.40–4.05pm: ‘Culinary Diplomacy at the Time of War’
Olia Hercules (Ukrainian chef and activist, author of several books, mastermind behind Cook for Ukraine scheme)
4.05-4.30pm: ‘Academic Diplomacy at the Time of War’
Professor Tetyana Antsupova (Taras Shevchenko, National University of Kyiv, Ukraine)