Programme

RUSSIA–NORTH AMERICA: BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION – A REALITY CHECK

Congress Centre, Conference Hall D3

In the current economic climate and weak economic environment, the majority of North American companies active in Russia are maintaining the status quo of their positions or in some cases expanding operations. What do Russian, US, and Canadian companies believe to be the prospects for, and potential benefits and risks of, expanded business and economic cooperation? What confidence-building measures could the three governments take to improve the conditions for business development and commercial engagement?

Moderators
Alexis Rodzianko , President, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
David Iakobachvili , Vice President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP); President, Orion Heritage

Panellists
Dimitry Afanasiev , Chairman, Co-Founding Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Sergey Kravchenko , President, Boeing Russia/CIS
Alexey Likhachev , Chief Executive Officer, ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation
Lou Naumovski , Chairman, Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association
Daniel Russell , President, Chief Executive Officer, US–Russia Business Council (USRBC)
Zakhar Smushkin , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilim Group
Clyde C. Tuggle , Senior Vice-President, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
William Shor , Managing Director, Caspian VC Partners Ltd
Alexander Shokhin , President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

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Key moments

The sanctions, the low oil prices, the geo-political situation as a whole, and the weak revival of the world economy, can all be balanced out by a radical improvement in the business climate.
Alexander Shokhin
Our role is to create the foundations for peaceful co-existence of multilateral trade associations, and not just co-existence, but rather development of relations.
Alexey Likhachev