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12.01.2024
Victor Pinchuk Foundation to launch the exhibition and discussion program as a part of Deciding Your Tomorrow project in Davos, on the occasion of WEF 2024
On January 16-18, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the PinchukArtCentre, in cooperation with the Office of the President of Ukraine, will open the space of the Deciding Your Tomorrow project on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Promenade 59. The official opening of the exhibition will be held on January 16 at 18:30 (CET). To join the exhibition opening please register here.
The livestream of Deciding Your Tomorrow project will be available via this link
Among the speakers of the exhibition opening will be: Andrzej Duda, President of Poland; Victor Pinchuk, founder of Victor Pinchuk Foundation; Oleksandr Batalov, gunner-medic, Armed Forces of Ukraine and Sviatoslava Mezheva, child deported from Mariupol City. Bjorn Geldhof, artistic director of the PinchukArtCenter, will moderate the opening.
The Deciding Your Tomorrow project is an immersive visual and intellectual experience, and space for discussion and debate. Four contemporary Ukrainian artists depict Ukraine through a series of compelling video portraits and stories. An exhibition portraying Ukrainians as they defend freedom, endure losses, and achieve victories. Amid constant threat, it showcases people definitely living their lives.
Another part of the Deciding Your Tomorrow project is a 3-day discussion program (16-18 January) which brings together global thinkers, experts and people from the ground in Ukraine to 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.
Among the speakers of the discussion program will be: Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014), Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), YES Board Member; Tobias Billström, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; Artem Chekh, Author, Soldier, Writer, Armed Forces of Ukraine; Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, Foreign Affairs Columnist; Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of Economic Development, Harvard University; John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council; Former US Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006); Yaroslav Hrytsak, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Ukrainian Catholic University; Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador(ret), President, MSC Foundation Council, YES Board Member; Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (2016-2021), YES Board Member; Tata Kepler, Medical Volunteer, Founder at "Ptahy" charity project; Oleksandr Korniyenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Serhii Plokhii, Professor of Ukrainian History, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University; Nouriel Roubini, CEO of Roubini Macro Associates; Vadym Skibitskyi, Major General, Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine; Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University; Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, Social Activist, Leader of Okean Elzy.
To join the discussion program please register here
Details of the discussion program of the Deciding Your Tomorrow are available at the link.
Besides the Deciding Your Tomorrow project, this year Victor Pinchuk Foundation will also hold the Ukrainian Breakfast on 18th January, a traditional private event organised on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), and will again co-organize the Ukraine House Davos (16-18 January, at Promenade 59, Davos).
