V EURASIAN FORUM IN VERONA: THE ART OF INNOVATION

V EURASIAN FORUM IN VERONA: THE ART OF INNOVATION
October 20-21, 2016
Palazzo della Gran Guardia (Verona, Italy)
Organized by: Association Conoscere Eurasia, Roscongress Foundation, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
Partners: Intesa Sanpaolo, Gazprombank, REGION Group, Visa Handling Services
Main Sponsor: Banca Intesa Russia, Coeclerici
Under the patronage of: Verona City Government
Under the support of: Association of Russian Banks, Association of European Businesses
The Program is subject to changes
PROGRAMME 2016
Thursday, 20 October 2016
08.30-09.30
REGISTRATION
09.30-11.30
FORUM OPENING
Reception
Auditorium
Moderator: Monica Maggioni, President of Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A.
 Flavio Tosi, Mayor of Verona
 Antonio Fallico, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banca Intesa and President of the Association Conoscere Eurasia
 Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of Italy
 Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
 Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece
11.30-11.45
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Geopolitical processes in Greater Eurasia
Auditorium
• Romano Prodi, President of Foundation for World Wide Cooperation, former President of European Commission, former Prime Minister of Italy
11.45-13.00
Session I: Energy market in the perspective of 2020
Auditorium
Moderator: Konstantin Simonov, General Director of the Energy security foundation
 Igor Sechin, President and CEO of Rosneft – keynote speaker
 Patrizia Grieco, President, Enel
 Leonid Mikhelson, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Board of the Russian gas company Novatek
 Elena Burmistrova, General Director of Gazprom Export
 Marc Benayoun, CEO of Edison, Member of the EDF Executive Committee
 Ulrich Lissek, Head of Communications and GR, Nord Stream2
 Vladimir Drebentsov, Vice-president of BP Russia
 Q&A
13.00-14.00
Lunch break
14.00-16.00
Session II: Economic and finance and the global crisis
Bouvette
Auditorium
Moderator: Mikhail Khazin, President of the Economic Research Foundation
 Francesco Profumo, Chair of Compagnia di Sanpaolo - keynote speaker
 Andrey Akimov, Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank
 Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank
 Shiv Vikram Khemka, Vice Chairman, SUN Group
 Sergei Roumas, Chairman of the Management Board, Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus
 Michael Harms, CEO, the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations
 Valeriy Vaisberg, Head of Research, REGION Investment company
 Q&A
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16.00-18.00
Session III: Geopolitical map of Greater Eurasia in movement
Auditorium
Moderator: Valery Fadeev, Editor-in-Chief of magazine «Expert»
 Grigory Rapota, Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Bielorussia – keynote speaker
 Tigran Sarkisian, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission
 Lord Robert Skidelsky, GB, member of the House of Lords, researcher
 Michael Christides, Secretary General, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC)
 Hongbin Son, Global finance and Silk Road expert, China
 Princess Ingrid Detter de Frankopan, Professor Emeritus of the University of Stockholm, barrister at Lincoln’s Inn in London
 Father Luciano Larivera, Society of Jesus, Economist
 Q&A
18.00-18.40
Sizing up the first day of the Forum – Meeting with Ministers
Auditorium
Moderator: Alexei Bobrovsky, Anchorman, Russia-24 TV
 Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation
 Carlo Calenda, Minister of Economic Development of Italy
 Tatiana Valovaya, Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC)
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Friday, 21 October 2016
09.00-09.30
Registration
09.30-09.45
Innovations as the everyday creativity
Reception
Auditorium
 Maria Elena Boschi, Minister of Constitutional Reforms and Relations with the Parliament of Italy
09.45-11.30
Session IV: New models of economic cooperation in the context of global crisis
Auditorium
Moderator: Vladimir Soloviev, Anchorman
 Alexei Ulukaev, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation – keynote speaker
 Timur Suleimenov, Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC)
 Mauro Moretti, CEO and General Manager, Leonardo-Finmeccanica
 Erbolat Dosaev, President, National Holding “Baiterek” (Kazakhstan)
 Marco Tronchetti Provera, Chairman and CEO of Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
 Alexander Shokhin, President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
 Vincenzo Boccia, Chairman of Confindustria
 Alexander Braverman, Member of the Board of Directors and CEO, Federal Corporation for Developing Small and Medium Business
 Q&A
11.30-13.00
Session V: Interregional cooperation as an engine of development
Auditorium
Moderator: Alessandro Cassieri, Anchorman, Tg1
 Sergey Sobianin, Mayor of Moscow – keynote speaker
 Flavio Tosi, Mayor of Verona
 Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan
 Piero Fassino, President of National Association of Italian Municipalities
 Michele Emiliano, President of the Region of Puglia
 Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region
 Enzo Bianco, Mayor of Catania, President of the Italian Delegation to The European Committee of the Regions
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Q&A
13.00-14.00
Lunch break
14.00-16.00
Session VI: Innovation infrastructure in Greater Eurasia
Bouvette
Auditorium
Moderator: Angelo Tantazzi, President of Prometeia
 Denis Manturov, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation – keynote speaker
 Vladimir Evtushenkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Joint-Stock Financial Corporation Sistema
 Gregorio De Felice, Chief Economist, Intesa Sanpaolo Group
 Shahmar Movsumov, CEO, State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ)
 Oleg Belozerov, President, RZhD (Russian Railways)
 Renato Mazzoncini, Chief Executive Officer of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
 Cao Jianlin, Vice Minister of Ministry of national science and technology of China
 Frank Schauff, President, Association of European Business
 Anatoly Khodorovskiy, Counsellor of the President, REGION Investment company
 Valery Bondarenko, Director General, Conar (Chelyabinsk)
 Q&A
16.00-17.30
Session VII: Agriculture and agribusiness – new edges
Auditorium
Moderator: Evelina Zakamskaya, Anchor, Russia-24 TV
 Maurizio Martina, The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Italy – keynote speaker
 Ilya Shestakov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, Russian Federation
 Paolo Boni, CEO Inalca S.p.A – Cremonini Group
 Rustam Tariko, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Russky Standart
 Aldo Ciceroni, CFO, De Cecco
 It is expected the participating of three companies from Eurasia
 Q&A
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17.30-18.30
Closing of the Forum: Strengthening of the dialog
Auditorium
Moderator: Georgy Kaptelin, Deputy editor-in-chief, TASS (interview with participants)
 Ambassadors: Armenia, Belorussia, China, South Korea, Kazakhstan, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mongolia, Russia, USA
 Antonio Fallico, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banca Intesa and President of the Association Conoscere Eurasia (closing speech)
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