TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021

At 0930, a press briefing by the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna on Ukraine’s priorities in the process of updating the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, will start. The conference "Trade Wars: the Art of Defense", which is traditionally held by Ilyashev&Partners Law Firm, will start at 10:00. The conference will be opened by the Deputy Prime Minister with a special report "Priorities of Ukraine in the process of updating the Association Agreement with the EU." Conference program: https://tradewar2021.ticketforevent.com/. Participants are owners, top managers of large Ukrainian and international companies, representatives of government and international and specialized associations. Among the conference participants: Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka, Director of the Brussels office of UBTA Nazar Bobytsky, Director of GMK Center Stanislav Zinchenko (Hyatt Regency Kyiv, 5 Tarasovoi Street). Accreditation is required until 18:00 on October 4: (067) 465 54 26, [email protected], (095) 831 33 40, [email protected].

At 1000, a briefing by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Cyber ​​Police and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on the topic: "Countering COVID Certificate Counterfeiting in Ukraine" will start. Participants: First Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Oleksiy Vyskub, Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization Maria Karchevych, Head of the Cyber ​​Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine Oleksandr Hrynchak. Journalists can ask the speakers a question online until 8.00 on October 5: https://forms.gle/8jEkDDS228z5Nrdx6. Answers will be provided during the briefing. Media accreditation: https://forms.gle/1RJsgsFhr77hf1Fh9. The briefing will be broadcast on the YouTube channel of the Ministry of Digital Science and the official Facebook page.

At 1000, at Ukraine Crisis Media Center, a press briefing on the topic: "Integration of Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine: from Personal Stories to Understanding the Hidden Potential" will start. Investigative journalist Tetiana Zarivna, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian People’s Council of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, political scientist Stanislav Fedorchuk, member of the Ukrainian Bar Association Volha Sheiko, deputy director of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine Olena Maksymova (2 Khreschatyk Street).

At 1100, a press conference on the topic: "Digital Rights or Public Health: Raising Awareness of Digital Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ukraine, Taking into Account the Best Practices of the EU" will start. Organizers: NGO Institute of Innovative Management with the support of the International Renaissance Fund. Participants: Lawyer of the "Digital Security Laboratory" Maksym Dvorovy; expert on e-democracy and e-governance of the Institute of Innovative Management Dmytro Khutky; Director of the Human Rights and Justice Program of the International Renaissance Foundation Roman Romanov; (Ukrinform, 8/16 Khmelnytskoho Street, hall 1). Media accreditation: [email protected]. Due to quarantine restrictions, the number of places is limited. The event will be broadcasted on the Ukrinform YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/UkrinformTV.

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