If a state encourages an innovation boom in a country, it should not intervene in innovative entrepreneurs’ activities. This point of view was expressed by Alec Ross, Senior Advisor on Innovation to the Secretary of State of the United States in the discussion on “Innovation for the Future” at the 9th Yalta Annual Meeting of YES.
Life of any country depends on cyber systems which are extremely vulnerable to attacks, including terrorist attacks. Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, had his say in the debate “Future of the global world order and the security”.
World order based on the dominance of superpowers is disappearing. Global challenges in today's world require participation of a broader range of countries, Shashi Tharoor, Member of the Lower House of the Parliament of India and UN Deputy Secretary General (2001-2007), said at the session on the future of the global world order and security at the 9th Yalta Annual Meeting.
Mangold Klaus. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Mangold Klaus. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Aslund Anders. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
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Strauss-Kahn Dominique. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Leszek Balcerowicz. Aslund Anders, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations. Leszek Balcerowicz, Chairman (2001-2007), National Bank of Poland. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Klaus Mangold, East–West Committee of German Industry, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Rothschild , Strauss-Kahn Dominique. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Petro Poroshenko, Chairman of the Supervisory board of the National Bank of Ukraine. Strauss-Kahn Dominique. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES) 
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director of Bruegel. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Strauss-Kahn Dominique, Managing Director of the IMF. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Raissa Bohatyreva, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Hryhory Nemyria, Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Pierre Lellouche, National Assembly, France. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Еmbassador of the President of Poland. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Richard Haass, Strauss-Kahn Dominique, Aslund Anders, Mangold Klaus, Balcerowicz Leszek, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Petro Poroshenko. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Aleksander Kwasniewski, Olena Franchuk, Victor Pinchuk. © 2008 Yalta European Strategy (YES) 
