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PROGRAM OF THE FORUM
DAY ONE: Monday, 7 November
09.00 Morning Plenary Session
Job COHEN, Mayor of Amsterdam
Kirill GEVORGIAN, Ambassador of Russia in The Netherlands
Jos DOUMA, Minister, The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Russia
Yury VASILIEV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Budget and Taxes
Arkadi DVORKOVICH, Head of the Expert Department of the President of Russia
Aleksander MISHARIN, Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia
Konstantin KOSACHEV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on International Affairs
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 Special Session 1
The Netherlands occupies leading positions among industrialized nations in a number of sectors of industry and agriculture. Many bilateral projects have been successfully fulfilled in these areas, many others are ongoing. What can be done by government authorities to facilitate these projects? Which role should small and medium size enterprises play in this cooperation? Regional development, preservation of existing jobs and creation of new production facilities are common to both countries although each country has its own specific distribution of powers between central and local governments, legislative and executive branches of power, budget financing and taxation as well as regulation of financial markets and banking systems.
A.W.H. DOCTERS van LEEUWEN, Chairman of the Executive Board of The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
Evgeny BUSHMIN, Chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Federation on Budget
Vladimir GUSAKOV, Deputy Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service of Russia
Henk PAARDEKOOPER, Country Executive, ABN AMRO (Russia)
Jan H. WITZENBURG, Head of Corporate Clients, Central & Eastern Europe, ING Bank
Marcel KRAMER, Chairman and CEO, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch sponsored by Vnesheconombank.
14.30 Special Session 2
The influence of the politics on the business development and investment climate in Russia is still a key element. Administrative reform, reform of the electoral system and initiatives of local legislative and governing bodies should reduce the bureaucratic burden, relief entrepreneurs from the heavy state supervision, promote a genuine free market in Russia and reduce the grip of monopolies. What are the basic principles of the state and private sector partnership? What can be done by provincial authorities in both countries to attract new industries and facilitate international cooperation? 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?
Mikhail KOPEYKIN, Deputy Chief of Staff, Government of Russia
Konstantin PANIN, Vice President, Shell Exploration & Production Services (RF) B.V.
Leonid LOZBENKO, Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia
David IAKOBACHVILI, Chairman, Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods
Liekel FABER, Head of the Genencor Representative Office in Russia
Peter BIJMAN, Vice Governor, Province Fryslan
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. However affordable credits are rare, short term credits prevail, consumer credits and mortgages are still limited. Which direction should follow the Russian banking system in its development, what role can be played in this market by foreign banks, what should be done by the government, legislative bodies of power and banking community at large to improve the stability of the system and its accessibility for the general public?
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
Garegin TOSUNIAN, President of the Association of Russian Banks
Nikolay KOSOV, First Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank
Michel PERHIRIN, Chairman of the Board, Raiffeisenbank Austria
Mikhail KHODOROVSKY, Chairman of the Board, SKB-Bank
Alexander SHARONOV, Chairman of the Board, NBD-Bank; Chairman of the Nizhniy Novgorod Banking Association
18.30 – 20.00 Evening reception
DAY TWO: Tuesday, 8 November
09.00 Morning Plenary Session
Roel PIEPER, Chairman, European Technology and Investment Research Center (ETIRC)
Sergey MOROZOV, Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region
Sergey SHATALOV, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia
Ab van RAVESTEIN, Managing Director, EVD
Andrei VORONTSOV, Deputy Director of the Department of the Financial Policy, Ministry of Finance of Russia
Liudmila PIROZHNIKOVA, Deputy of the State Duma, Member of the Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 Special Session 4
Russia-Netherlands 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. More and more Dutch companies are opening their offices and branches in Russia. Russian banks and companies also show their interest in the Dutch market. What changes in legislation and administrative procedures should be introduced to intensify this cooperation? How the insurance business in Russia is expanding and what role will be played by foreign insurance companies in this market? How the government should improve the efficiency of its management and enhance the competitiveness of national industries first of all in innovative technologies, scientific and intellectually intensive sectors?
Andrei SVINARENKO, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Russia
Vladimir IONKIN, Deputy Head of the Federal Service of Insurance Supervision of Russia
Peter MULLER, Representative in Russia, Ukraine and Republic of Belarus, Munich Re Group
Natalia YACHEISTOVA, Trade Representative of Russia in The Netherlands
Maarten L. PRONK, Country Manager, Rabobank International
Bernard ZONNEVELD, Deputy Chairman of the Netherlands – Russia Center on Trade Development; Managing Director, Global Co-Head Commodity Group, ING Bank
C.H.M. de GIER, Director General, Bulneth B.V.
Peter van OSTAIJEN, Director, Dutch Agricultural Wholesale Board / Flowers and Plants
13.30-15.00 Termination of the Forum and lunch
GENERAL SPONSOR
Probusinessbank
SPONSORS
ABN AMRO (Russia), European Technology and Investment Research Center, Bank Globex, ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO, Rabobank, Raiffeisenbank Austria, Shell, Vnesheconombank, Vneshprombank
PARTNERS
Association of Russian Banks, KLM, NRCH, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
MEDIA-PARTNER
Business News Agency PRIME-TASS
LOGISTIC SUPPORT
FINAS
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