INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURING INVESTMENT GROWTH IN RUSSIA
PROGRAMME 14–15 April 2016
Moscow | Four Seasons Hotel
Choose Russia!
Held under the patronage of the Investment Council under the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia
www.russia-invest.ru
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURING INVESTMENT GROWTH IN RUSSIA
INVESTRUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ARCHITECTURE 14 April 2016 TOPIC 1 TOPIC 2 Finance, investment, Marketing a region: how and the economy: is it time to attract investment? for a system-wide reset? 800 900
Participant registration, welcome coffee
900 1045
SESSION 1.1 Investment sources and mechanisms Tchaikovsky Hall
1045 1115
Coffee break
1115 1300
SESSION 1.2. Improving Russia’s economic model Tchaikovsky Hall
PLENARY SESSION: CHOOSE RUSSIA! EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS AT A TIME OF CRISIS Tchaikovsky Hall
1530 1600
Coffee break
1600 1800
SESSION 1.3. Reforming the rating industry: optimizing the investment market in Russia Dolgoruky Hall In cooperation with the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA)
TOPIC 3 Business, investment, and privatization: identifying effective solutions
SESSION 2.3. The investment climate in Russia’s regions Tchaikovsky Hall In cooperation with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) and the RAEX Rating Agency (Expert RA)
15 April 2016
SESSION 2.1. Investing in the Eurasian Economic Union Pasternak Hall In cooperation with the Eurasian Development Bank and the Eurasian Communication Center (ECC)
SESSION 3.1. Investing in small and medium business Dolgoruky Hall In cooperation with OPORA RUSSIA
SESSION 2.2. The present and future of foreign business in Russia’s regions Dolgoruky Hall In cooperation with EY
SESSION 3.2. Big business – investment strategies Pasternak Hall
1300 1400
Lunch
1300 1400
WORKING MEETING BETWEEN SPEAKER OF THE STATE DUMA OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SERGEY NARYSHKIN AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES In cooperation with the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) Strictly by invitation only
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1400 1530
900 930
Participant registration, welcome coffee Official Guest of the InvestRus International Conference on Securing Investment Growth in Russia – Central Federal District Association For Interregional Socio-Economic Collaboration ‘Attracting investment in industries based in the Central Federal District’
930 1200
Extended meeting of the Coordinating Council for Agribusiness Development of the Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Collaboration Tchaikovsky Hall
1000 1200
Extended meeting of the Coordinating Council for Waste Management Development of the Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Collaboration Developing the waste management sector in Russia’s Central Federal District Pasternak Hall
1200 1230
Coffee break
1230 1400
‘RUSSIA’S REGIONS: NEW AREAS OF GROWTH’ – A ST PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM SESSION In cooperation with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Foreign Investment Advisory Council, the Russian Export Center, and EY Plenary Session
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURING INVESTMENT GROWTH IN RUSSIA
INVESTRUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DRAFT PROGRAMME 14 April 2016 800 900 1.1.
900 1045 Tchaikovsky Hall
Participant registration, welcome coffee SESSION: INVESTMENT SOURCES AND MECHANISMS Moderator: Ekaterina Trofimova, Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) Key issues: ── Opportunities for attracting foreign investors to Russian projects ── Mechanisms for protecting investments and ensuring returns ── Domestic resource wellsprings: opportunities for mobilization and optimization ── Stimuli to encourage business owners and entrepreneurs to implement new investment projects Invited speakers: Sergey Belyakov, Chairman, National Association of Investment and Development Agencies Anton Drozdov, Chairman of the Board, Pension Fund of the Russian Federation Maksim Ermilov, Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in CIS Nam Ju Han, CEO, Korea Exchange Bank Rus Vadim Makhov, Chairman of the Board of the Directors, OMZ Alexander Morozov, Director of the Research and Forecasting Department, Central Bank of the Russian Federation Ernesto Preatoni, CEO, Domina Vacanze Holding AS Alexis Rodzianko, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia Jean-Pierre Thomas, President, Thomas Vendome Investment Elena Tkachenko, Professor and Chair of Economy and Management of Enterprises, St Petersburg State University of Economics
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2.1.
900 1045 Pasternak Hall
SESSION: INVESTING IN THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION In cooperation with the Eurasian Development Bank and the Eurasian Communication Center (ECC) Moderator: Tatyana Valovaya, Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission Key issues: ── Attracting investment in major joint projects from both within and outside the union ── Improving the quality of development institutions’ investment activity ── Competition or synchronization of jurisdictions of EAEU member states ── Making connections between the EAEU and the Silk Road Economic Belt ── Expansion of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Invited speakers: Innokentiy Alafinov, First Deputy Chairman of the Board on Finance and Investment issues, Russian Highways State Company Artyom Anikyev, Director, Department for the Support of Projects in the Asia-Pacific Region, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Antonio Fallico, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Banca Intesa Anastasia Kalinina, Head of Eurasia, World Economic Forum Yerlan Muratov, Managing Director, KAZNEX INVEST National Export and Investment Agency Dmitry Pankin, Chair of the Management Board, Eurasian Development Bank Ulf Schneider, General Director, SCHNEIDER GROUP Dennis Turovets, Managing Partner, Minsk Office of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURING INVESTMENT GROWTH IN RUSSIA
3.1.
900 1045 Dolgoruky Hall
SESSION: INVESTING IN SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS In cooperation with OPORA RUSSIA Moderator: Sergei Borisov, Deputy Chairman, Russian Government Commission on Competition and Development of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Key issues: ── State support tools ── Investing in an SME support infrastructure and entrepreneur education ── Investing in innovative small and medium companies; their distinguishing features ── Investment in manufacturing, trade, and the service sector Invited speakers: Igor Borovikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Softline Alexander Chernoshchekin, Vice–President, Deputy Head of the Small and Medium Business Unit, Promsvyazbank Alexander Kalinin, President, OPORA Russia Maxim Lyubomudrov, Deputy Director General, Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Business Mikhail Makarov, Deputy Director, Industrial Development Fund Pavel Samiev, Managing Partner, National Agency for Financial Studies (NAFI) Andrei Sharov, Vice-President and Head of the Small Business Development Department, Sberbank Alexander Torshin, Official Secretary – Deputy Chairman, Central Bank of the Russian Federation
1045 1115
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1.2.
1115 1300 Tchaikovsky Hall
SESSION: IMPROVING RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC MODEL Moderator: Nikolay Gordeev, President, Chairman of the Management Board, UFC Bank PJSC Key issues: ── The state’s economic policy in the wider context of society ── Competing state economic strategies (models) ── The current economic model of Russia. Is growth possible? ── Russia in the 21st century. Choosing its own economic strategy. Economic growth drivers. Pros and cons ── Financial markets as supporters of investment activity. Financial centres and their role Invited speakers: Yakov Mirkin, Head of International Capital Markets Department, Institute of World Economy and International Relations Boris Rubtsov, Head of Financial Markets and Financial Engineering Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Alexander Torshin, Official Secretary – Deputy Chairman, Central Bank of the Russian Federation Ekaterina Trofimova, Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) Andrey Tsyganov, Deputy Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation Konstantin Volkov, President, National Securities Market Association (NSMA)
Coffee break
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2.2.
1115 1300 Dolgoruky Hall
SESSION: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF FOREIGN BUSINESS IN RUSSIA’S REGIONS In cooperation with EY Moderator: Alexander Ivlev, Country Managing Partner for Russia, EY Key issues: ── Competitiveness of Russian regions in attracting investment. How do changes in market conditions and the rouble exchange rate, Russia’s policy on import substitution, and regional development affect the plans of foreign investors? ── What changes have been made with regard to infrastructure development in the regions? The role of regional development institutions ── Providing a skilled workforce for Russia’s regions
3.2.
1115 1300 Pasternak Hall
SESSION: BIG BUSINESS – INVESTMENT STRATEGIES Moderator: Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Key issues: ── Increasing the effectiveness of infrastructure investment by stateowned companies ── Investing in major infrastructure projects ── Investment strategies for major companies ── Resources for investments ── Improving the competitiveness of the Russian economy through investment Invited speakers: Albert Eganyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, InfraONE (First Infrastructure Company) Georgy Kalamanov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexey Kedrin, Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Baltika Breweries Thomas Martin, Partner, EY Vadim Mikhailov, Senior Vice-President, Russian Railways Dmitry Strashnov, CEO, Russian Post Boris Yaryshevsky, Director of Strategic Development, Russian Export Center
Invited speakers: Alexey Grigoriev, Head of Representative office, METRO AG (Germany); Vice-President Corporate Public Policy Lou Naumovski, Vice-President and General Director of Moscow Representative Office, Kinross Gold Corporation Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the Board, Russian Association of European Businesses Daniel Russell, President and CEO, US–Russia Business Council Vadim Vlasov, Country President, Novartis Group Russia Zoran Vucinic, President, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Business Unit, The Coca-Cola Company
1300 1400
1300 1400
Lunch WORKING MEETING BETWEEN SPEAKER OF THE STATE DUMA OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SERGEY NARYSHKIN AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES In cooperation with the Foreign Investment Advisory Council Strictly by invitation only
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1400 1530 Tchaikovsky Hall
PLENARY SESSION: CHOOSE RUSSIA! EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS AT A TIME OF CRISIS Moderators: Slava Khodko, Chairman, North-West Development and Investment Promotion Agency; Aide to Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Key issues: ── Priority measures to build a positive macroeconomic environment ── Guaranteeing property rights; promoting trust in Russian jurisdiction ── Legislative support for investment: what has been done, and what still lies ahead? ── Who chooses Russia in today’s world, and why? Invited speakers: Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Olga Atukova, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District Alexander Braverman, CEO, Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Business Kirill Dmitriev, CEO, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Nikolay Gordeev, President, Chairman of the Management Board, UFC Bank PJSC Aleksey Likhachev, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin, Speaker, State Duma of the Russian Federation Andrey Nikitin, CEO, Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board, Eurasian Economic Commission Sergey Shvetsov, First Deputy Chairman, Central Bank of the Russian Federation
1530 1600
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SESSION: REFORMING THE RATINGS INDUSTRY: OPTIMIZING THE INVESTMENT MARKET IN RUSSIA
1.3.
16 18 00
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Dolgoruky Hall
In cooperation with the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) Moderator: Ekaterina Trofimova, Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) Key issues: ── The role of ratings agency evaluations in the Russian financial market ── What are investors’ ratings requirements? ── Specific features involved in assessing local credit risks ── Key implications of regulatory innovations Invited speakers: Sergey Barsukov, Director of the Department of Financial Policy, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Elena Chaikovskaya, Director of the Financial Market Development Department, Central Bank of the Russian Federation Vadim Korsakov, Deputy Executive Director for Investment, Blagosostoyanie non-state pension fund Anna Kuznetsova, Managing Director Equity & Bond Market, Moscow Exchange Alan Thompson, Russia Director, Russo–British Chamber of Commerce
Coffee break
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2.3.
1600 1800 Tchaikovsky Hall
SESSION: THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN RUSSIA’S REGIONS In cooperation with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) and the RAEX Rating Agency (Expert RA) Moderator: Oxana Derevyanko, Head of Business Programme Department, Russia Today Key issues: ── The Russian Regional Investment Climate Index ── Tools for attracting investors: best practices ── Special economic zones and clusters Invited speakers: Pavel Alekseev, Vice-Governor, Kostroma Region Boris Belyaev, Head, Kumertau City District Administration, Republic of Bashkortostan Sergey Belyakov, Chairman, National Association of Investment and Development Agencies Victor Chetverikov, CEO, National Rating Agency Dmitry Grishankov, Chairman, RAEX International Group; President, RAEX Rating Agency (Expert RA) Aleksey Laptev, First Deputy Governor of Kaluga Region Gregory Lavrukhin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development of Tula Region Sergey Morozov, Governor of Ulyanovsk Region
15 April 2016
900 930
Participant registration, welcome coffee OFFICIAL GUEST OF THE INVESTRUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – CENTRAL FEDERAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR INTERREGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC COLLABORATION ‘Attracting investment in industries based in the Central Federal District’
930 1200 Tchaikovsky Hall
EXTENDED MEETING OF THE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL FEDERAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR INTERREGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC COLLABORATION Open sessions: Sergei Ivanov, Deputy Head, Tambov Region Administration Nikolay Konstantinov, Executive Director, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation
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Svetlana Maximova, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Member of the State Duma Committee for Agricultural Issues Mikhail Orlov, Chief Secretary, Committee for Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management, Council of the Federation Vadim Potomsky, Chair, General Meeting of the Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation; Governor of Orel Region Block 1: Creating a Commodity Distribution Network for Domestic Agricultural Output Invited speakers: Natalia Astafieva, Head of Department of Education and Science of Tambov Region Olga Bashmachnikova, Deputy Executive Director, Association of Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia Georgy Belozerov, Director, Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations All-Russia Research Institute for the Refrigeration Industry Valentina Ivanova, Chair of the Presidium of the Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation Coordinating Committee on the Development of the Agricultural Industry; Chancellor of the Y.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technology and Management Block 2: Improving State Support for Agro-Food Infrastructure and Logistics Development Invited speakers: Anatoly Kosovan, Director, Research Institute for the Baking Industry; Ph.D. (Economics); Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council for Agribusiness Development Lyudmila Pridanova, First Deputy CEO, Rosagroleasing; Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council for Agribusiness Development Inna Rykova, Head, Centre for Sectoral Economics Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Finance; Member of the Presidium of the Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socioeconomic Cooperation Coordinating Committee on the Development of the Agricultural Industry Vladimir Volik, Deputy Director, Department for the Regulation of the Agro-Food Market and Food and Processing Industry, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURING INVESTMENT GROWTH IN RUSSIA
Block 3: Best Practice in Developing SMEs in the Agricultural Production and Processing Sectors Invited speakers: Vadim Babushkin, Chancellor, Michurinsky State Agrarian University Oleg Dolgikh, Head, Lipetsk Region Agriculture Department; Head, Working Group on Ensuring the Stable Development of Rural Areas, Employment of the Rural Population, and Developing Human Resources in Rural Areas for the Central Federal District Association for the Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation Coordinating Committee on the Development of the Agricultural Industry Alexander Sayapin, Chair, Association of Rural (Farm) Businesses and Agricultural Cooperatives in Kaluga Region, Head, Sayapin A.V. rural farm enterprise OPEN DISCUSSION Invited speakers: Alexei Chernov, Head, Research Centre Supporting SMEs in the Agricultural Industry; Specialist, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socioeconomic Cooperation Coordinating Committee on the Development of the Agricultural Industry Andrey Danilenko, Chair of the Board of Directors, Soyuzmoloko; Head, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) Agro-Industrial Policy Committee; Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council for Agribusiness Development Eduard Fartushny, Deputy CEO, Adminora Sergei Ivanov, Associate Professor, Marketing and Foresight Department, Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management Alexei Krasilnikov, Executive Director, Potato and Vegetable Union; Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council for Agribusiness Development Andrei Petrov, Director, Food Preservation Technology Institute; Ph.D.; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council for Agribusiness Development Andrey Plyshevsky, Expert, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio Cooperation; Chair, Interregional Union of Food Service Industry Workers Anastasia Samoilova, Project Director, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation Sergei Uglov, Executive Director, Association of Enterprises for Social Catering in the Education and Healthcare Sectors (APSPSOZ) Grigory Yazev, Director, Economics and Business Institute; Executive Secretary, Admissions Board, Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management
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1000 1200 Pasternak Hall
EXTENDED MEETING OF THE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL FEDERAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR FOR INTERREGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC COLLABORATION Developing the waste management sector in Russia’s Central Federal District Opening speech: Nikolay Konstantinov, Executive Director, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation Elena Nikolaeva, First Deputy Chair, Committee on Housing Policy and Housing and Communal Services, State Duma of the Russian Federation Victor Osipov, Director, E.M. Sergeev Institute of Geoecology, Russian Academy of Sciences Vadim Potomsky, Chair, Coordinating Council for Waste Management Development, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation; Governor of Orel Region Kostantin Yeliseyev, Acting Head, Central Federal District Department, Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources Invited speakers: Pavel Alekseev, Deputy Governor, Kostroma Region Alexander Bazhenov, CEO, Chair of the Board of Directors, Federal Centre for Project Finance, Vneshecombank Group Svetlana Bik, Executive Director, National Association of Concessionaires and Long-Term Investors in Infrastructure (NACDI) Irina Bulgakova, Vice President, Rossiysky Capital Victor Evtukhov, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexander Fedyakov, Deputy Head, Department for Control over Housing and Public Utilities, Federal Antimonopoly Service Walter Lex, CEO, EVN-Ekotekhprom MSZ3 Vladimir Marev, President, Waste Recycling Association; Chair, Committee on Science, High Technology, and Innovation in Waste Management and Recycling, Coordinating Council of the Central Federal District Association Franz Mittermayer, Head, EVN Umweltholding und Betriebs Oleg Radchenko, Director, Expert Analytical Department, Public Foundation to Support Reform of Housing and Communal Services Irina Rubleva, CEO, TSENTRRESURS; Executive Secretary, of the Coordinating Council for Waste Management Development, Central Federal District Association for Interregional Socio-Economic Cooperation
1200 1230
Coffee break
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1230 1400
‘RUSSIA’S REGIONS: NEW AREAS OF GROWTH’ – A ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM SESSION In cooperation with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Foreign Investment Advisory Council, the Russian Export Center, and EY PLENARY SESSION Moderator: Slava Khodko, Chairman, North-West Development and Investment Promotion Agency; Aide to Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Key issues: ── Identifying and developing new investment and export projects in Russia ── What are the most effective ways to present projects to foreign investors? ── Is there demand for Russian products abroad? ── What opportunities are Russian exporters currently offered by the government in order to ensure that Russian goods and services have access to foreign markets? ── Is it possible to use the potential of major international events to communicate effectively with investors and potential buyers of Russian products? Invited speakers: Alexey Grigoriev, Head of Representative office, METRO AG (Germany); Vice-President Corporate Public Policy Alexander Ivlev, Country Managing Partner for Russia, EY Andrey Polyakov, Regional Development Director, Russian Export Center Natalya Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Alexander Stuglev, Director, Roscongress Foundation Marina Korotaeva, Corporate Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Agency for Strategic Initiatives
*The programme is subject to change
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