Programme

BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON EU – EAEU AS A FORMULA FOR COOPERATION

Business Roundtable
Pavilion 4, Conference Hall 4.1

The prospects of economic relations between Russia and the European Union in the context of the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are high on business community’s agenda. Business on both sides is working on retaining well-established mutually beneficial ties and is seeking new formats and opportunities for cooperation in trade, investment, science, technology and other areas. Which new opportunities does the ‘EU — EAEU’ format open not only for major economic players, but also for SMEs? Will the new format become the basis for diversification of foreign economic relations? What future projects of business cooperation ‘from Lisbon to Vladivostok’ can be discussed today?

Moderator:
Martina Larkin , Head of Europe and Eurasia, Member of the Executive Team, World Economic Forum

Panellists
Petr Baskakov , President, United Transport & Logistics Company (UTLC)
Sergey Boev , General Director, RTI
Markus Borchert , Senior Vice President, Market Europe, Nokia
Alexander Bychkov , President – General Director, IC RUSS-INVEST
Ronald de Jong , Executive Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Market Leader, Royal Philips
Viktor Evtukhov , State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Andrey Kostin , President, Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Supervisory Council, Member of the Strategy and Corporate Governance Committee, VTB Bank
Alexey Likhachev , Chief Executive Officer, ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation
Alexey Mordashov , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal
Rakhim Oshakbayev , Deputy Chairman, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken"
Philippe Pegorier , President, Alstom Russia; Member of the Board, Association of European Businesses (AEB)
Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tube Metallurgical Company (TMK)
Jean-Pascal Tricoire , Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric
Cees ’t Hart , President, Chief Executive Officer, Carlsberg
Viktor Khristenko , President, Business Council, Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
Anatoliy Chubais , Chairman of the Executive Board, RUSNANO Corporation
Alexander Shokhin , President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Front row participants
Arkady Arianoff , Chairman of the Board, Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in the Russian Federation
Anatoly Artamonov , Governor of Kaluga Region
Tatiana Valovaya , Member of the Board - Minister in Charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission
Alexey Grigoriev , Head of METRO AG Representative Office Moscow, METRO GROUP
Victor Dmitriev , General Manager, Association of Russian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Frank Schauff , Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses

Broadcast

Key moments

It’s highly likely that, over time, the EAEU will become just as integrated and significant a structure as the European Union is now.
Anatoly Chubais
My dream is open transport, open circulation, an open flow of people, finance and goods within the EU and the EAEU.
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
The European Union is our most important, steady, long-term partner.
Alexey Mordashov