Register: Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable XXVII: Examining the Human Capital and Intangible Factors Needed for Post-War Recovery

October 21, 2026
Related Expert: Anna Harvey,  Herman Pirchner, Jr.

Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable XXVII: Examining the Human Capital and Intangible Factors Needed for Post-War Recovery

October 21, 2026
University Club, 1135 16th Sttreet, NW, Washington, DC 20002

In-person registration: https://forms.gle/ZnMFUVv2pNsq6b1C6

Zoom registration: 

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8:30-9:00 AM - Registration

9:00-9:30 AM - Highlight Focus Session I: Planning the Non-Material Dimension of Ukraine’s Post-War Recovery

Chair: Mykola Hryckowian, Center for US-Ukrainian Relations/DC Bureau

  • Amb. Oksana Markarova, Presidential Advisor on Ukraine’s Post-War Recovery

9:30-10:40 AM - Roundtable Panel Session I: Assessing the Impact of Wartime Manpower Depletion

Moderator: Amb. John Herbst, Atlantic Council 

  • Howard Shatz, RAND Corporation

  • Nataliia Shapoval, KSE Institute

Special Discussant: Michael Kofman, Carnegie Endowment

10:40-10:45 AM - Coffee Break

10:45-11:55 AM - Roundtable Panel Session II: Can Technology Compensate for Manpower Depletion?

Moderator: Glen Howard, Saratoga Foundation

  • Reuben Johnson, National Security Journal

  • Mark Montgomery, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation

Special Discussant: Norine MacDonald, RAINClOUD

11:55 AM-12:35 PM - Highlight Focus Session I: Can Ukraine’s Veterans Become the Next “Greatest Generation”?

Discussion Leader: David Kirichenko, Henry Jackson Society

  • Mykola Melnyk, Ukrainian Armed Forces Senior Lieutenant

  • Jaroslav Martyniuk, Ukrainian American Vets

12:35-1:05 PM - Lunch Break / Press Interviews

1:05-1:35 PM - Highlight Focus Session II: Coordinating Ukraine’s Post-War Recovery

Chair: Anna Harvey, American Foreign Policy Council

  • Irina Paliashvili, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council

1:35-2:45 PM - Roundtable Panel Session III: Addressing Individual and Social Trauma Caused by the War

Moderator: Amb. William Taylor, Atlantic Council

  • Christine Dolyniuk, Ryder University

  • Kristina Hook, ACUS/Kennesaw State University

Special Discussant: Karolina Hird, Institute of the Study of War

2:45-2:50 PM - Coffee Break

2:50-4:00 PM - Roundtable Panel Session IV: Increasing Trust and Transparency in Recovery Efforts

Moderator: Amb. Roman Popadiuk, Unity Club

  • Thomas Lang, Rebuilding Ukraine Association

  • Olena Trehub, Secretary General, Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO)

Special Discussant: John Hughes, Drexel University Engineering

4:00-4:30 PM - Highlight Focus Session III: Taxation Policy and Ukraine’s Shadow Economy

Chair: Andrij Dobriansky, Ukrainian World Congress

  • Natalie Jaresko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine (2014-2016)

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