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Forum "THE ENERGY OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP: Women Holding Ukraine's Energy Frontline"

10 Dec 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine
10:00-14:00
Language:  Ukrainian
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Energy Club is a community of energy professionals that brings together experts, analysts and company executives to exchange knowledge, experience and ideas. We are committed to developing the energy sector and supporting its participants in an environment of constant change. Energy Club regularly holds conferences, forums and seminars dedicated to current energy issues.

Forum Objectives

The focus is on the unique experience of women leaders in Ukraine’s energy sector amid the full-scale war. We aim to:

  • Spotlight their colossal contribution to the operational stability, financial viability, and strategic development of the industry.
  • Share practical anti-crisis case studies that enabled companies to endure.
  • Support women’s leadership in a traditionally “male-dominated” sphere and show the new face of the energy frontline.

Target Audience

  • Women leaders and top managers of energy, finance, legal, HR, and communications departments.
  • Women professionals from Energy Club member companies.
  • Representatives of government structures and international organizations involved in the energy system restoration and gender equality/inclusion issues.
  • Experts in anti-crisis management and human capital preservation.
  • Young female specialists and students in energy and technical fields.
  • Media representatives.

Event program

09:20 – 10:00
09:20 – 10:00
Participant registration. Welcome coffee.
10:00 – 11:45
10:00 – 11:45
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Panel Discussion 1: FACING THE CHALLENGE: Leadership Under Fire. Anti-Crisis Management and Operational Stability

Key questions for discussion:

  • What was the most difficult professional challenge during the blackouts?
  • How to motivate and maintain team productivity under constant stress?
  • What unconventional solutions allowed businesses to adapt and endure?
  • Has the attitude towards women leaders changed in extreme situations?
  • What personally helps you cope with the colossal level of responsibility?
Speakers:
Iryna Beresnieva - General Director of Tolk Ukraine LLC
Olga Babii - Advisor to the Head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, member of the NEURC (2019-2024)
Kateryna Ivanus - founder of the agency Kateryna Ivanus PR&media consulting
Tetiana Shutka - Director of Service and Development, Prykarpatenergotrade LLC
Kateryna Litvinko - Commercial Director, Phoenix Contact LLC
Yulia Tolchinina-Burunska - директорка департаменту юридичного забезпечення та майнових відносин, корпоративний секретар ПрАТ "Укргідроенерго"
11:45 – 12:15
11:45 – 12:15
Break
12:15 – 14:00
12:15 – 14:00
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Panel Discussion 2: ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE: Recovery Strategies. Investments, Market Transformation, and the Green Transition

Key questions for discussion:

  • How to plan long-term development and investments when the planning horizon has narrowed?
  • What role do women leaders play in “energy diplomacy” and fundraising?
  • How has the war accelerated the “green transition” and decentralization?
  • Which projects (RES, storage) are a priority?
  • What would you advise young women just starting their path in the energy sector?
Speakers:
Mariia Prokhorchuk - Deputy Director for Electricity Market Issues, Eco-Optima Group of Companies LLC
Iryna Dmytrotsa - Expert in energy project development and business planning, Head of Operational and Regulatory Policy at Ukrainian Distribution Grids JSC (April 2024 - November 2025)
Hanna Pazynych - Director of Epicentr Generation LLC
Krystyna Ian - Director of Energy Sales, ENERGO RESOURСE RI GROUP LLC
Iryna Tsurkan - HRD Engineer at EDS Engineering and Investment Group

Moderators

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Yaryna Skorokhod

co-Chair of the Energy Committee of the European Business Association

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Kateryna Ivanus

founder of the agency Kateryna Ivanus PR&media consulting

Speakers

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Iryna Beresnieva

General Director of Tolk Ukraine LLC

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Kateryna Ivanus

founder of the agency Kateryna Ivanus PR&media consulting

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Olga Babii

Advisor to the Head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, member of the NEURC (2019-2024)

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Krystyna Ian

Director of Energy Sales, ENERGO RESOURСE RI GROUP LLC

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Hanna Pazynych

Director of Epicentr Generation LLC

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Kateryna Litvinko

Commercial Director, Phoenix Contact LLC

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Mariia Prokhorchuk

Deputy Director for Electricity Market Issues, Eco-Optima Group of Companies LLC

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Tetiana Shutka

Director of Service and Development, Prykarpatenergotrade LLC

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Iryna Dmytrotsa

Expert in energy project development and business planning, Head of Operational and Regulatory Policy at Ukrainian Distribution Grids JSC (April 2024 - November 2025)

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Iryna Tsurkan

HRD Engineer at EDS Engineering and Investment Group

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Yulia Tolchinina-Burunska

директорка департаменту юридичного забезпечення та майнових відносин, корпоративний секретар ПрАТ "Укргідроенерго"

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