December 9
World Trade Center, Ladoga Hall
(12 Krasnopresnenskaya nab., entrance No. 7, floor 4)
10-11.30 a.m. SESSION 1: RUSSIAN CAPITAL’s DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
Welcome address on behalf of the Moscow Government delivered by Sergey Cheryomin, Minister of the Moscow Government and Head of the Department for External Economic and International Relations of Moscow.
Welcome address by Vladimir Salamatov, Director General, World Trade Center Moscow
Moderator: Andrey Levchenko, TV presenter RBC TV
Welcome address by the forum’s moderator
Breakout session topics for discussion:
- Relevant agenda of the megacity development
- Moscow development strategy for 2016
- The impact of the macroeconomic environment on the investment climate in Moscow
- Moscow development drivers: new points of growth
- The outlook for the European business in the Moscow Region in the current global economic and geopolitical situation
- Role of innovation in city development. Key projects
- Social development programs in the city are fundamental to increasing the capital’s appeal to investors and tourists
Invited to participate:
- Sergey Cheryomin, MINISTER OF THE MOSCOW GOVERNMENT AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR EXTERNAL ECONOMIC AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF MOSCOW
- Lyubov Glebova, HEAD OF THE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR THE CIS AFFAIRS, COMPATRIOTS LIVING ABROAD, AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION (ROSSOTRUDNICHESTVO)
- Alexander Gavrilov, DEPUTY HEAD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF MOSCOW
- Olga Gracheva, ACTING HEAD OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF MOSCOW
- Oleg Bocharov, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MOSCOW
- Sergey Kuznetsov, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF MOSCOW, FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING OF MOSCOW
- Alexis Rodzianko, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMCHAM
11.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
12-1.30 p.m. SESSION 2: DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN MOSCOW
Moderator: Nail Gafutulin, editor-in-chief BIG MOSCOW magazine
Topics for discussion:
- Review of most relevant sectors for development in 2016: key trends
- Doing business in the current environment: problems facing Russian and foreign businesses
- Development of international business in Moscow: Outlook for expansion in the new environment
- Small and medium-sized businesses in the new economic environment: an alternative approach
- The impact of the macroeconomic situation on Moscow’s HR market
Invited to participate:
- Marina Chebotaeva, CEO ENVIROCHEMIE RUSSIA
- Ekaterina Gorokhova, VICE PRESIDENT AND CEO, KELLY SERVICES IN CIS
- Thomas Kerhuel, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF CCI FRANCE RUSSIE
- Jeroen Ketting, FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE LIGHT HOUSE GROUP
- Ravi Navlani Premkumar, CEO, SURYA GROUP
- Lorenzo Getti, FOUNDER AND OWNER OF ITALIAN PRODUCTS STORE «DA LORENZO»
- Nicolas Chavrot, FOUNDER AND OWNER, ASCOTT DECO RUS
1.30-2 p.m.QUESTIONS FROM JOURNALISTS
3 – 4.30 p.m. “THE ROLE OF FOREIGN RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE PRESS IN UNITING THE RUSSIAN WORLD” ROUND TABLE (for Russian media)
Moderator: Yury Kaplun, Professor, First Deputy Director, Moscow House of Compatriots
- The role of the Russian-language media in maintaining and developing the language and ethnocultural identity of Russian compatriots in the environment of foreign languages and other cultures
- The role of Russian-language media in raising the efficiency of international cooperation as regards the propagation of Russian as the means of developing interethnic and international communication and cultural exchange
- Challenges and outlook for the development of Russian-language press aboard
- Creating a positive image of Moscow in the world through the effort of Russian-language media outlets
Invited to participate:
- Vladimir Chernikov, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT FOR MULTICULTURAL POLICY, INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION AND TOURISM OF MOSCOW
- Alexander Kibovsky, MINISTER OF MOSCOW GOVERNMENT AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF MOSCOW
- Yadviga Yuferova, DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PUSHKIN CONTEST FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TEACHERS
- Leonid Kolpakov, DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF LITERATURNAYA GAZETA
- Sergey Filatov, MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD, COMMENTATOR OF MEZHDUNARODNAYA ZHIZN (INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS) MAGAZINE