#  2025 TCUP Conference 

 



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## Landscapes of War, Landscapes of Victory: Ukraine’s Changing Environment

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*Three Landscapes of Occupation: Spoil Heap, Sea, Steppe. By* [*Mari Kinovych*](https://marikino.art/)*.*### February 7-8, 2025  
Cambridge, MA

*Tsai Auditorium (S-010), CGIS South Concourse*  
*1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138*

The 2025 TCUP Conference will address how Ukrainians are being denied their right to build (and rebuild) a safe environment due to Russia’s continued aggression. Panels will discuss the geopolitical landscape in which the war is being waged; ecocide and environmental crimes; the (re)built environment, and the landscape of digital technologies contributing to reconstruction.

#### **Conference Program**

Please note, this program is subject to change.

##### **February 7, 2025**

**9:45 a.m.**  
**Opening remarks**

**10:00 a.m. to noon**  
**Panel 1: The Geopolitical Landscape**

Moderator: Margarita Balmaceda, Seton Hall University

Panelists:  
Suresh Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute  
Polina Beliakova, MIT  
Thammy Evans, Atlantic Council  
Olga Khakova, Atlantic Council

**2:00-4:00 p.m.**  
**Panel 2: Ecocide and Environmental Crimes**  
  
Moderator: Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State University

Panelists:  
Anna Ackermann, International Institute for Sustainable Development/Ecoaction  
Milena Sterio, Case Western Reserve University  
Darya Tsymbalyuk, University of Chicago  
Jonathon Turnbull, University of Oxford

**4:30-6:00 p.m.**  
**Keynote Lecture:** [Jojo Mehta](https://www.stopecocide.earth/jojo-mehta-profile), Stop Ecocide International

##### **February 8, 2025**

**10:00 a.m. to noon**  
**Panel 3: The (Re)Built Environment**

Moderator: Johnathon Vsetecka, Nova Southeastern University

Panelists:  
Eve Blau, Harvard University  
Bart Gruyaert, Neo-Eco Ukraine  
Bogdan Kelichavyi, Mayor of Kopychyntsi hromada (Ternopil region)  
Juliy Morozov, Stop Poisoning Kryvyi Rih  
  
**2:00-4:00 p.m.**  
**Panel 4: Digital Landscapes**

Moderator: Oleksandra Keudel, Kyiv School of Economics  
  
Panelists:  
Anja Berestetska, United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities (UNITAC Hamburg)  
Santiago Garces, HKS & City of Boston  
Kateryna Ivanchenko, Center for Innovations Development  
Corey Scher, CUNY Graduate Center  
Phil Tinn, MIT

**4:30-6:30 p.m.**  
**Closing Reception**

*Lee Gathering Room (S-030, CGIS South Building)*

**Please join us for light refreshments and conversation.**



 

##  Conference Program in PDF 

 



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##  Conference Speakers 

 



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