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Resilience and Transformation: Balancing Ukraine's energy system in a new reality

Our forum is a frank conversation between professionals who hold the energy frontline every day. We will not discuss hypothetical risks - we will share real experience and look for practical solutions to strengthen our energy system.
25 Sep 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine
14:00-18:30
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.

Ukraine’s energy system operates in conditions that no other country in modern history has experienced. Constant attacks on infrastructure, the need for rapid recovery, and the simultaneous global trend towards decarbonization pose unique and challenging tasks.

For Ukraine, the balancing act is not just a matter of RES integration. It is, first and foremost, a matter of national security, resilience and survival. How to ensure the stability of the grid when any object can become a target? How to rebuild the system according to the “Build Back Better” principle, making it more flexible, decentralized and secure?

Old instructions and approaches no longer work. We need new solutions developed here and now.

That is why Energy Club brings together leading Ukrainian experts – representatives of system operators, the regulator, generating companies and innovators. Our forum is a frank conversation between professionals who hold the energy frontline every day. We will not discuss hypothetical risks – we will share real experience and look for practical solutions to strengthen our energy system.

Join the key professional discussion to become a part of Ukraine’s sustainable energy future!

Event program

13:30 – 14:00
13:30 – 14:00
Registration and welcome coffee
14:00 – 14:15
14:00 – 14:15
Opening remarks
14:15 – 14:35
14:15 – 14:35
Keynote Speech

Topic: Speech on the topic: Strategy for the Resilience and Reconstruction of the Ukrainian Energy System

14:35 – 16:05
14:35 – 16:05
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Panel discussion 1: Resilience under attack: Operational challenges and realities of the Ukrainian power system

Key questions for discussion:

  • Lessons learned from blackouts: practical experience of dispatching and disaster recovery in war conditions.
  • How does physical protection of facilities and decentralization affect operational security and balancing?
  • Interaction between TSOs, DSOs and civil-military administrations during crisis situations.
  • Working with unstable RES generation in a damaged and unbalanced grid.
  • The role of distributed generation (industrial enterprises, communities) in maintaining local stability.
16:05 – 16:35
16:05 – 16:35
Coffee break and networking
16:35 – 18:05
16:35 – 18:05
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Panel discussion 2: Reconstruction and the future: Technology, investment and regulation for Ukraine's new energy sector

Key issues for discussion:

  • “Build Back Better” in practice: what technologies and solutions should be prioritized for reconstruction?
  • The practical role of NECP in sustainability, European integration transformation, and innovative development of Ukraine’s energy system
  • Regulatory barriers to the development of energy storage technologies (BESS)
  • The role of energy storage systems (BESS) as an element of security and decentralization. Economics and first pilot projects in Ukraine.
  • Attracting investment in reconstruction: what models, guarantees and incentives are needed for balancing and distributed generation projects?
  • Human capital for reconstruction: where to find and how to train thousands of engineers and technicians for the new energy sector?
18:05 – 18:30
18:05 – 18:30
Closing remarks and summarizing

Moderators

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Andriy Kulykov

journalist, TV and radio host, media expert

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Artem Martyniuk

vice president of Energy Club, Acting Director General of Ukrainian Distribution Networks JSC (August 2023 - September 2025)

Speakers

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Valerii Bezus

vice President of Energy Club, Head of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency (2021-2023)

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Ivan Grygoruk

vice president of Energy Club

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Mykhailo Bubnov

CEO of Schneider Electric Ukraine LLC

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Yehor Zakharchenko

Head of the Renewable Energy Sources Department, D.TRADING

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Ksenia Kovalenko

Head of Credit Department at Rayton

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Volodymyr Smolii

Executive Director, Prykarpatenergotrade LLC

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Yurii Podoliak

CEO of IKNET

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Oleksii Hnatenko

Partner, Dispute Resolution Practice, Juscutum

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Artur Korobov

Technical Director of PowerU LLC

Terms of participation

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Rules

Participation in the event is confirmed only after full payment of the registration fee.

Registration cannot be transferred to another person without prior agreement with the organizers.

The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the event program, including changes to the time, venue and speakers.

Participants agree to photo and video shooting during the event and the use of these materials for advertising and marketing purposes by the organizers.

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Participants are required to follow the order and follow the instructions of the organizers during the event.

Failure to comply with the rules may result in the participant being removed from the event without a refund.

The organizers are not responsible for the cancellation or postponement of the event in the event of force majeure (for example, natural disasters, epidemics, political instability, etc.).

For any questions regarding registration, participation and refunds, participants can contact the following contacts: info@iclub.energy.

Participants must behave respectfully towards other participants and speakers.

Any form of discrimination, harassment and aggressive behavior is prohibited.

Any additional services offered during the event (e.g. catering, transport, accommodation) are paid separately and are subject to separate refund and cancellation policies.

By registering for the event, participants confirm their agreement to all of the above terms and conditions.

A full refund is possible in case of cancellation no later than 24 hours before the event. If cancellation occurs less than 24 hours before the event, the funds will not be refunded. Thank you for your understanding.

Team

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Andrii Kostrytsia

President of the Energy Club

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Inha Varlamova

office administrator

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Liubov Asauliuk

accountant

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