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PROGRAM OF THE FORUM
DAY ONE: Sunday, 27 October
09.00 – 10.00 Registration of delegates
10.00 Session 1. Welcome speeches. Mid-term prospects of social and economic development of Russia.
Grigory KARASIN, Ambassador of Russia in the United Kingdom
Aleksander POTCHINOK, Minister of Labour and Social Development of Russia
Sergey SHATALOV, First Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia
Arkadi DVORKOVITCH, Deputy Minister of the Economic Development and Trade of Russia
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 Session 2. Draft budget for 2003 and mid-term changes in the Russian tax system. Monetary and credit policy, currency regulations and operations of the Central Bank of Russia. Russian external debt and payments in 2003.
Guennady BUKAEV, Minister of Taxation of Russia
Aleksander JOUKOV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Budget and Taxes
Valery ZUBOV, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on Credit Organizations and
Financial Markets
Oleg VYUGIN, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia
Leonid LOZBENKO, First Deputy Chairman, State Customs Committee of Russia
13.40 – 15.00 Lunch sponsored by ABN AMRO Bank. Address by Mr. Hugh SCOTT-BARRET, Member of the Managing Board, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee, ABN AMRO Bank.
15.00 Session 3. Russian financial sector and its legislation: basic principles of restructuring and promotion. Role of foreign banks in the Russian banking sector.
Garegin TOSUNYAN, President of the Association of Russian Banks
Pavel MEDVEDEV, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the State Duma on Banking Legislation
Aleksander ZHELEZNYAK, Chairman of the Board, Probusinessbank
Anatoli MOTYLEV, President, Bank Globex
Steve THUNEM, Chairman of the Board, ABN AMRO Bank AO
16.40 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 Session 4. Russian financial sector and its legislation: basic principles of restructuring and promotion. Role of foreign banks in the Russian banking sector (continued).
Mikhail ZADORNOV, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the State Duma on Monetary and
Credit Policy, Currency Regulations and Operations of the Central Bank
Andrey KOSTIN, President-Chairman of the Board, Vneshtorgbank
Nikolay KOSOV, First Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank
Michael MARRESE, Head of Economic Research and Sovereign Strategy for Central and
Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey, J.P. Morgan Europe
Igor SOUVOROV, Chairman & Group Chief Executive, Moscow Narodny Bank
Aleksander SHOKHIN, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Investment Group Renaissance-
Capital
20.00 – 22.00 Ten years of conferences Transition to the Market Economy. Gala Dinner sponsored by Vnesheconombank. Address by Mr. Nikolay KOSOV, First Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank.
DAY TWO: Monday, 28 October
09.00 Session 5. Investment climate in Russia: problems and opportunities. Investments in new enterprises and industries. Russian-British business contacts and cooperation.
Michael OLIVER, Lord Mayor of London
Sir Roderic LYNE, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Russia
Mike O’BRIEN, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Andrey SVINARENKO, First Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of Russia
Eric FINE, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Vladimir RAZDUKHOV, Trade Representative of Russia in the United Kingdom
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 Session 6. Promotion of direct foreign investments in Russia. Future of the Russian equity market. Russian-British business contacts and cooperation.
Sir Edward GEORGE, Governor of the Bank of England
Bella ZLATKIS, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia
Roger MUNNINGS, Managing Partner, KPMG Moscow
Augusto LOPEZ-CLAROS, Executive Director, Lehman Brothers
Igor KOSTIKOV, Chairman of the Russian Federal Securities Commission
13.30 – 15.00 Termination of the conference and lunch sponsored by Vneshtorgbank. Address by Mr. Andrey KOSTIN, President–Chairman of the Board.
GENERAL CONFERENCE SPONSOR
Probusinessbank
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
ABN AMRO Bank, Bank Globex, KPMG, Moscow Narodny Bank, Vnesheconombank, Vneshprombank, Vneshtorgbank
LOGISTIC SUPPORT
FINAS
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