DAY ONE: Sunday, 14 March

Registration of delegates

09.00

Morning plenary session

President of the Swiss National Bank

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation (Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament)

Oleg MOROZOV

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (Lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament)

Igor BRATCHIKOV

Ambassador of Russia in Switzerland

Viktor CHERNOMYRDIN

Ambassador of Russia in Ukraine, Former Prime Minister of Russia

Valery LOSCHININ

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Russia at the United Nations Office at Geneva

Rita FUHRER

Head of the Department of Economics, Canton of Zurich

Special Session 1

Social and economic development of Russia in the global context. Influence of the world economic and financial crisis on national economic and financial systems and reaction of the Russian business. What are the basic principles of the state and private sector partnership in time of economic hardship? How the investment climate and the macro-economic situation in general could reduce the flight of capital and attract new foreign investments in Russian economy? Facilitation of Russian investments in Europe.

Assistant to the President of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for Relations with Industrialized Countries and G8 Members

Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Budget and Taxes

Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on Budget

Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on Financial Markets and Currency Circulation

President – Chairman of the Board, Bank VTB 24

Special Session 2

Road map for the development of the Russian economy, its industrial and financial sector. Improvement of the monetary and credit policy, optimization of taxes, regulation of financial markets, operations of banks and insurance companies. Efficiency of the state management and enhancement of the competitiveness of national industries.

Andrey KLEPACH

Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia

Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia

First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia

Head of the Federal Service of Insurance Supervision of Russia

Deputy Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service of Russia

Special Session 3

Impact of the volatility of the world financial markets and the liquidity crisis on the Russian banking system. Sustainable increase of banks’ assets is a crucial prerequisite of the further economic development. Priority of credit mechanisms in the macroeconomic management and credit facilitation as important factors of the future economic growth. Access to affordable interbank lending rates and the Central Bank regulations. The wave of merges and acquisitions in the Russian banking sector – will small and medium size banks survive in the new environment? Role of commercial banks in the promotion of the national economic growth.

Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the State Duma on Banking Legislation

Garegin TOSUNIAN

President of the Association of Russian Banks

Director of the Credit Institutions Licensing and Financial Rehabilitation Department, Member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Russia

German GREF

President – Chairman of the Board, Savings Bank of Russia (Sberbank)

Chairman of the Board, Probusinessbank

Evening reception

DAY TWO: Monday, 16 March

Morning plenary session

Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Security

Head of the Federal Service on Financial Monitoring of Russia

Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship

Member of the Board, CCID SA

Director General, Russian Mortgage Financing Agency

Trade Representative of Russia in Switzerland

Round Table

Global recession, economic uncertainty and financial crisis. State measures to protect national economy and financial sector on a long-term basis. Legislative support of these measures and public-private partnership. Challenges of the post-crisis world and sustainable development of emerging markets. Strengthening positions of Russian companies and banks on international markets – can they use credit crunch, liquidity crisis and other economic upheavals to their benefit?

Discussions within the framework of the Round Table will involve all delegates of the Forum as well as Mr. Yuri VASILIEV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Budget and Taxes, Mr. Evgeny BUSHMIN, Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on Budget, Mr. Vladimir VASILIEV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Security, Mr. Evgeny FEDOROV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship, Mr. Pavel MEDVEDEV, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the State Duma on Banking Legislation, Mr. Andrey KLEPACH, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, Mr. Mikhail SUKHOV, Director of the Credit Institutions Licensing and Financial Rehabilitation Department, Member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Russia, Mr. Garegin TOSUNYAN, President of the Association of Russian Banks and other speakers.

13.30-15.00