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PROGRAM OF THE FORUM
Saturday, 8 July
21.30 – 23.00 Evening reception at the Hotel Intercontinental sponsored by CIS Interfincom
DAY ONE: Sunday, 9 July
09.00 Morning plenary session
Charles KLEIBER, State Secretary for Education and Research of Switzerland
Aleksander ZHUKOV, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Dmitri CHERKASHIN, Ambassador of Russia in Switzerland
Erwin HOFER, Ambassador of Switzerland in Russia
Valery LOSCHININ, Permanent Representative of Russia at the United Nations Office at Geneva
Pierre MIRABAUD, Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association; Senior Partner, Mirabaud & Cie
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 Special session 1
Social and economic development of Russia in 2006-2007 and implementation of priority national projects. What are the basic principles of the state and private sector partnership, distribution of powers between central and local authorities in the implementation of these projects? How the investment climate and the macro-economic situation in general could reduce the flight of capital and attract new foreign investments in the Russian economy? Examples of investment projects in several Russian regions.
Svetlana ORLOVA, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation (Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament)
Arkadi DVORKOVICH, Head of the Expert Department of the President of Russia
Sergey SHATALOV, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia
Oleg CHIRKUNOV, Governor of the Perm Region
Khafiz SALIKHOV, Minister of Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Republic of Tatarstan
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch sponsored by Vnesheconombank
14.30 Special session 2
Road map for the development of the Russian economy and its financial and insurance 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, enhancement of the competitiveness of national industries and business promotion at the regional level.
Ilya LOMAKIN-RUMYANTSEV, Head of the Federal Service of Insurance Supervision of Russia
Oleg VYUGIN, Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service of Russia
Michel PERHIRIN, Chairman of the Board, MDM Bank
Alexander OVCHINNIKOV, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Housing Corporation
16.00 – 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 Special session 3
Banking reform in Russia is under way, deposit insurance and mechanisms to fight against money laundering are in operation, retail banking services continue to grow at a rapid rate and the consolidation of the banking system continues. Which direction should follow the Russian banking system in its development, what should be done to improve the stability of the system and its accessibility for the general public? Retail credits to the population and financing regional projects from local budgets. European banking experience and its application in Russia.
Pavel MEDVEDEV, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Banking Legislation
Andrey KOZLOV, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia
Garegin TOSUNIAN, President of the Association of Russian Banks
Edward NICHOLSON, Chief Executive Officer, UBS Investment Bank Russia
18.30 – 20.00 Evening reception at the Permanent Delegation of Russia at the United Nations Office at Geneva sponsored by the Geneva Financial Center Foundation
DAY TWO: Monday, 10 July
09.00 Morning plenary session
Marek BELKA, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Evgeny BUSHMIN, Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on Budget
Viktor TOLOKONSKY, Governor of the Novosibirsk Region
Mikhail KOPEYKIN, Deputy Chief of Staff, Government of Russia
Sergey BORISOV, President of the All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises «OPORA Rossii»
Alexander LIKHOTAL, President and CEO, Green Cross International
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 Special Session 4
Russia-Switzerland cooperation is on the rise. Intensive contacts at the state level as well as vast exchanges between representatives of different regions and cantons of both countries create a fertile ground for the further development of the bilateral cooperation and investments. What changes in the legislation and administrative procedures should be introduced to intensify this cooperation? What role should be played in this area by small and medium size enterprises? Prospects and main directions of the interregional cooperation. Facilitation of foreign investments in Russian regions and operation of foreign companies and banks in Switzerland.
Mikhail KUZNETSOV, Governor of the Pskov Region
Dorit PROBST-SALLIS, Managing Director, Joint Chambers of Commerce Switzerland-CIS (JCC)
Oswald BREGY, Chairman, CCID SA
Martin MEYER, Director, Economic Development of the Canton Valais
Christopher MOURAVIEFF-APOSTOL, Representative of the Geneva Financial Center Foundation
13.00-14.30 Termination of the Forum and lunch sponsored by Vneshtorgbank
GENERAL SPONSOR: Probusinessbank
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR: Bank Okhotny Ryad
SPONSORS: CCID SA, CIS Interfincom AG, Geneva Financial Center Foundation, Gübelin AG, MDM Bank, UBS AG, Vnesheconombank, Vneshprombank, Vneshtorgbank
PARTNERS: All-Russian Union of Insurers, Association of Russian Banks, Business Russia, JCC, Manz Privacy Hotels, OPORA Rossii, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers), SOFI, Swiss International Airlines, Switzerland Tourism
MEDIA-PARTNERS: Banking in Moscow Monthly Publication, The Banking Journal, Energy Market Magazine, Financial Control – News, Financial Izvestia, Finmarket News Agency, Insurance Review, InterCrim-Press, Izvestia National Newspaper, JET Magazine, Managing a Company Magazine, National Banking Magazine, Prime-TASS News Agency, RIA Novosti, The Russian Polis, Russian Switzerland, Securities Market Magazine
OFFICIAL CHRONOGRAPH: Vacheron Constantin
LOGISTIC SUPPORT: FINAS
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