'From Lisbon to Vladivostok' Conference
Programme accurate as at May 30, 2017
BUSINESS PROGRAMME
International Conference on Developing Cooperation
from Lisbon to Vladivostok
With the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation(CCI of Russia) and the Association of European Businesses (AEB)
May 31, 2017
St. Petersburg,
ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre,
Address: 64/1, Peterburgskoye Shosse, St. Petersburg, 196140
Conference schedule
| 14:30—15:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 15:00—16:15 | Session 1. Creating a Common Economic Space. Challenges and Solutions |
| 16:15—16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45—17:45 | Conference opening |
| 17:45—19:00 | Session 2. Ensuring Prosperity from Lisbon to Vladivostok through Trade and Investment |
| 20:00—22:00 |
Final session and reception Achieving Sustainable Development and Political Stability from Lisbon to Vladivostok through a Common Economic Space |
From 15:00 to 18:00, while the conference business programme is under way, a memorandum on cooperation will be signed.
Concurrent with the conference business programme, two Russian–European roundtables will be held as part of the Third Russian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Forum:
1. Roundtable: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Russia and Italy: The Challenge for the Future
With the support of the Conoscere Eurasia Association and Banca Intesa
2. Roundtable: Developing the Export Activities of Russian and Finnish SMEs
PROGRAMME
The goal of this international conference is to promote the development of economic cooperation on the territory from Lisbon to Vladivostok, strengthen joint activities in the megaregion, and solidify interaction between the European Union and Eurasian Economic Union, including at the level of the European Union and the Russian Federation, as well as bilateral ties between member nations of both unions. Contacts need to be stepped up in the megaregion to achieve this goal with expanded trade, increased investment, and the creation of common spaces on the financial and labour markets all playing a key role in this process.
The conference was initiated by the parties to the Moscow Memorandum on Cooperation and Joint Activities in the Megaregion ‘From Lisbon to Vladivostok’, signed in March 2016 by the Roscongress Foundation, SCHNEIDER GROUP, Banca Intesa, and Thomas Vendome Investment.
15:00—16:15
Conference hall B2 |
Session 1. Creating a Common Economic Space. Challenges and Solutions The creation of a common economic space dictates a series of conditions for enhancing trade and economic ties, including:
Moderator: Ulf SCHNEIDER, Managing Partner, SCHNEIDER GROUP Panellists: Sergey ARISTOV, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Anna NESTEROVA, Member of the General Council Presidium, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia); Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Rus Trade Uldis REIMANIS, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Republic of Latvia Vladimir SALAMATOV, Chief Executive Officer, International Trade and Integration Research Centre Gerd SLAPKE, Managing Director, Eurasia Global Connecting GmbH Герд СЛАПКЕ, Руководитель, Eurasia Global Connecting GmbH Alan THOMPSON, Director, Department of International Financial Integration, International Investment Bank Evgeny VINOKUROV, Director, Centre for Integration Studies, Eurasian Development Bank |
16:45—17:45
Conference hall B2 |
Conference opening Moderator: Aleksander KNOBEL, Head of International Trade Department, Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry for the Economic Development of the Russian Federation Panellists: Vladimir CHIZHOV, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union Vladimir DMITRIEV, Co-Chairman from the Russian part, Russian–Italian Civil Society Dialogue Forum; Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI of Russia) Sergey EZHOV, Deputy Director of the First Department of the CIS Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Štefan FULE, AmbassadorSpecial Envoy for the OSCE, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Sergey KARAGANOV, Dean of the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) Aleksey REPIK, President,DelovayaRossiya (Business Russia) Frank SCHAUFF, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (AEB) |
17:45—19:00
Conference hall B2 |
Session 2. Ensuring Prosperity from Lisbon to Vladivostok through Trade and Investment Business associations, chambers of commerce, and business people talk about the importance of economic relations in the megaregion. Consideration of the ‘From Lisbon to Vladivostok’ initiative from the perspective of its practical significance for the business environment. The session’s key questions will be:
Moderator: Slava KHODKO, Head of Project Development Directorate, The Roscongress Foundation Panellists: Mikhail KHMELNITSKY, Deputy Head of the European Union Unit, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Stuart LAWSON, Representative of the Management Board, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Vladimir PADALKO, Vice-President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI of Russia) Philippe PEGORIER, President, Alstom Russia;Member of the Board,Association of European Businesses (AEB) Oleg PROZOROV, Director General, Belgian–Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Russia Matthias SCHEPP, Head of the Moscow Office, Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry Jean-Pierre THOMAS, President, Thomas Vendome Investment Vittorio TORREMBINI, Vice-President,GIM UnimpresaAssociation of Italian Entrepreneurs |
| 20:00—22:00 |
Final session and reception Achieving Sustainable Development and Political Stability from Lisbon to Vladivostok through a Common Economic Space It is anticipated that participants will be invited to speak. Venue: 20 Ul. Sadovaya, Pavlovsk Entrance by invitation only |
General Partner of the Conference: OFK Bank
Partners of the Conference: Thomas Vendome Investment, Banca Intesa, SCHNEIDER GROUP
Organization Partners: Belgian–Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Russia, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, Russian–German Chamber of Commerce
