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PROGRAM OF THE FORUM
DAY ONE: Sunday, 12 March
09.00 Morning plenary session
Joseph DEISS, Federal Councilor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs
Hans VONTOBEL, Honorary President, Bank Vontobel
Aleksander ZHUKOV, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Svetlana ORLOVA, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation
Mikhail MARGELOV, Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on International Affairs
Arkadi DVORKOVICH, Head of the Expert Department of the President of Russia
10.40 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 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? 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?
Yury VASILIEV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Budget and Taxes
Mikhail ZADORNOV, President – Chairman of the Board, Vneshtorgbank 24
Evgeny BUSHMIN, Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on Budget
Oleg VYUGIN, Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service of Russia
Vitaly SAVELIEV, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia; Co-Chairman of the Russia-Switzerland Intergovernmental Commission
Victor VEKSELBERG, Executive Director Gas Development of TNK-BP Management; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SUAL Group; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renova
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 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.
Ilya LOMAKIN-RUMYANTSEV, Head of the Federal Service of Insurance Supervision of Russia
Peter MULLER, Representative in Russia, Ukraine and Republic of Belarus, Munich Re Group
Reinhard STARY, Chief Operating Officer, International Businesses, Zurich Financial Services; Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Company (Russia) Ltd.
Andrey KOZLOV, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia
Alexander ZHELEZNIAK, Chairman of the Board, Probusinessbank
Sergey SHATALOV, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia
Mikhail KOPEYKIN, Deputy Chief of Staff, Government of Russia
Boris TITOV, Chairman of the All-Russian Public Organization «Business Russia»
16.40 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 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? 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
Michael LAUBER, Director, Liechtenstein Bankers Association
Garegin TOSUNIAN, President of the Association of Russian Banks
Pierre MIRABAUD, Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association; Senior Partner, Mirabaud & Cie
Adolf E. REAL, Chief Executive Officer, VP Bank Group
Sergey LYKOV, Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank
Dmitry SOLOVIEV, Deputy Chairman of the Board, National Reserve Bank
Aleksander POTEMKIN, President, Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange
Valery KHRABROV, Business Development Director, SAS CIS
19.30 – 21.00 Evening reception sponsored by the Canton and City of Zurich
DAY TWO: Monday, 13 March
09.00 Special morning plenary session dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and 100th anniversary of the Swiss diplomatic presence in Russia
Dmitri CHERKASHIN, Ambassador of Russia in Switzerland
Erwin HOFER, Ambassador of Switzerland in Russia
Bénédict de TSCHARNER, Ambassador, President of the Foundation «Suisses dans le monde»
Mikhail RYZHENKOV, Director of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Documents
10.10 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 Special session 4
Russia-Switzerland cooperation is on the rise. Intensive contacts on the state level as well as vast exchanges between representatives of business communities create a fertile ground for the further development of the bilateral cooperation and investments. What changes in legislation and administrative procedures should be introduced to intensify this cooperation? What role should be played in this cooperation by small and medium-size enterprises?
Yuri ZHDANOV, Head of the Russian Federal Agency for the Administration of Special Economic Zones
Bernard MEUNIER, Chief Executive Officer, Nestle Food LLC
Edward NICHOLSON, Chief Executive Officer, UBS Investment Bank Russia
Ivan PICTET, Chairman, Geneva Financial Center Foundation; Senior Partner, Pictet & Cie
Sergey BORISOV, President of the All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises «OPORA Rossii»
Stephan KUX, Head of the Economic Development, Canton of Zurich
Andrey CHECHIN, Business Director, Nestle Nespresso Professional Russia
Yuri KHROMOV, Trade Representative of Russia in Switzerland
George MALCOTSIS, Managing Director, Swiss Organization for Facilitating Investments (SOFI)
13.30 – 15.00 Termination of the Forum and lunch sponsored by the Organizing Committee
Special cultural program: Russian evening in Zurich – sponsored by Vneshtorgbank 24
19.30 – 21.00 Concert of the Tchaikovsky State Academic Symphonic Orchestra, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Vladimir Fedoseev (Tonhalle, Zurich)
21.00 – 22.30 Evening reception (Tonhalle, Zurich)
GENERAL SPONSOR
Probusinessbank
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR
Vneshtorgbank 24
SPONSORS
CIS Interfincom, Bank Globex, Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, Munich Re Group, Nespresso, Nestle, SAS Institute, TNK-BP, UBS, Vnesheconombank, Vneshprombank, Bank Vontobel, VP Bank Group, Zurich Insurance Company, Canton and City of Zurich
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, The Banking, Financial Control – News, Finansovye Izvestia, Finmarket, InterCrim-Press, Izvestia, National Banking Magazine, RIA Novosti, The Russian Polis, Russian Switzerland, Strakhovoye Review, Zhuk Magazine
OFFICIAL CHRONOGRAPH
Vacheron Constantin
LOGISTIC SUPPORT
FINAS
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