Schedule of press-briefings in Ukraine Crisis Media Center for March 4, 2016

9-00 Topic: “Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: updates on the activities over the past week”
Lt. Oleksiy Chernobay, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine spokesperson

10-00 Topic: “Ratification of the Agreement conсerning the Credit Agreement on the Second Bond for development policy and implementation of economic reforms”
Natalia Yaresko, Minister of Finances of Ukraine
Shigeki Sumi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine

10-30 Topic: “Rehabilitation of ATO participants with hearing disorders”
Volodymyr Shevchenko, candidate of pedagogic sciences, senior research fellow  at the deaf-and-dumb pedagogy laboratory, Institute of special pedagogy, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Viktor Pysanko, PhD in medicine, chief research fellow at ENT Pathology Department, Kolomyichenko Institute of Otolaryngology, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
Borys Myroniuk, research fellow at ENT Pathology Department, Kolomyichenko Institute of  Otolaryngology, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine

11-30 Topic: “Presentation of the exhibition “Through the rough way of catacombs to the light of resurrection”
Liubomyr Huzar, the Major Archbishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
Volydymyr Viatrovych, head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory
Oleh Turiy, Vice Rector for Program Development of the Ukrainian Catholic University
Moderator: Igor Yatsiv, director of Information Department, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church

12-30 Col. Andriy Lysenko, Presidential Administration spokesperson on ATO related issues

13-00 Topic: “Current situation and tendencies on the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”
Vadym Skybytskyi, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Chief Intelligence Department

14-15 Topic: “General update on OSCE SMM activity and the security situation in Ukraine”
Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine

15-00 Topic: “Open data in Ukraine: what should be opened and in what way?”
Hennadiy Zubko, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing of Ukraine
Janthomas Hiemstra, director of the UN Development Program in Ukraine
Oleksiy Vyskyb, deputy head of the State Agency for E-Governance in Ukraine
Oleksandr Ryzhenko, head of the State Agency for E-Governance in Ukraine
Diana Zubko, expert on democratic governance, UN Development Oleksiy Sobolev, advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Denys Gurskyi, SocialBoost
Oleksandr Krakovetskyi, KyivSmartCity