1PM CEST After a welcome by Liliya Luts @Jonathan_Rowson and @JMNSCH we start with Vytas Buciunas’ reflections on Ukrainian agency and rapid development of grass roots networked initiatives in Ukraine

A thread on the schedule for tomorrow’s Emerge – Ukraine fundraiser emergeukraine.com Drop in any time of the 8-hour long day. Get a ticket and donate even if you can’t make it. It’s free for Ukrainians. Please join & share! #StandWithUkraine

A discussion on competing cultural codes between Russia and Ukraine with organizational psychologist Kateryna Yasko, molecular geneticist Taras Nazarov and co-founder of the New Thinking School and consultant Liliya Luts happens at 3.15 CEST

Join activist @OReshetylova from the Media Initiative for Human Rights at 2.15 CEST to learn about Russian human rights abuses and what is happening in occupied territories

At 4.30 CEST join Ukrainian journalists @KSergatskova and @NikaMelkozerova for a conversation on reporting during war time, shifting narratives and the state of the information space

A screening at 5.30 CEST of an important segment of @TimothyDSnyder In conversation with @harari_yuval On why this war is an ‘axial event’ that matters for all open societies resisting authoritarianism for decades to come

Ukrainian Comedian @_Tymoshenko will speak at 6.30 CEST on the importance of humor during war time. We’ll see some clips from his standup performances held in bomb shelters in Kyiv

What can (y)our networks offer Ukraine, and what does Ukraine offer the world? International panel with Mihail Krikunov, Gayle Karen Young, Aftab Omer and @andersenske discuss this question and the educational foundations of open societies at 7 CEST

At 8PM CEST the final session on Visions for the future for Ukraine begins with organizational psychologist Kateryna Yasko, author Mychailo Wynnyckyj and expert on international relations Kateryna Shynkaruk. What does Ukraine need from its allies and what does recovery look like?

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