World Russian Forum
May 14 – 15, 2007
Day 1, Monday, May 14, 2007 Dirksen Senate Office Building , Room G-50
9.00 - 9.15 AM : Welcoming Remarks by His Excellency Ambassador Yuri Ushakov
9.15 - 10.30 AM : Energy and Geopolitics. Is Russia the Energy Superpower?
Moderator: Edward Lozansky, President, American University in Moscow
Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation
Konstantin Kosachev, Chairman, Committee on International Relations, Duma Vladislav Inozemtsev, Editor-in-Chief, "Free Thought"
Valery Prozorovsky, Deputy of the Russian State Duma
Alexander Vassilenko, Head, Public Affairs Office, Lukoil
10.30 – 10.50 AM : Coffee Break
10.50 - 12.15 PM : Legal and Financial Aspects of Doing Business in Russia . Russia and WTO.
Moderator: Robert Sherretta, Vice President, Eurasia Center
John Connor, Third Millenium Russia Fund
Dmitry Gubarev, Chadbourne & Parke
Peter Koelle, Unicredit Group
Roger Munnings, Head of KPMG for Russia
Alexey Portansky, Head, Information Office on Russia in WTO
12.15 - 1.30 PM : U.S. - Russia Science and Technology Cooperation
Moderator: Samuel Hancock, Executive Director, Eurasia Center
Cathy Campbell, President and CEO, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)
Thomas Pickering, Advisor to President, Boeing, Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow
Ludmila Stebenkova, Moscow City Duma
1.30 - 2.30 PM : Lunch with 2 luncheon speakers
Moderator: Gerard Janco, President, Eurasia Center
Stephen Cohen, professor, author, New York University
Sergei Rogov, Director, Institute of USA and Canada, Russian Academy of Sciences
2.30 – 5.30 PM Is U.S. – Russia strategic partnership possible?
Moderator: Edward Lozansky, President, American University in Moscow
Nikita Belykh, Chairman, Union of Right Forces (SPS)
Thomas Graham, former director of the Russian desk at NSC, presently with Kissinger McLarty Associates
Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Chairman, U.S. Helsinki Commission Andrew Kuchins, Director of Russian and Eurasian Programs, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Sergei Markov, Professor, Moscow State University , Public Chamber
Andranik Migranyan, Professor, MGIMO
Alexey Mitrofanov, Deputy, Russian State Duma
Arkady Murashev, Center for Liberal-Conservative Policy
Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief , Russia Today TV, Moscow
Richard Weitz - Senior Fellow and Director, Program Management - Hudson Institute
6.30 – 9.30 PM :
Reception at the Russian Embassy and Award Ceremony for James Collins, former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow , currently Director of Russian programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Day 2, Tuesday May 15: Morning at the U.S. Capitol, Room HC-6 (Need Personal ID)
Afternoon at the Russian Cultural Center, 1825 Phelps Place, NW
9.AM – 10.15 PM : Healthcare in Russia . Present state and goals for 2015
Moderator: Robert Hoy, Humanitarian Program, Eurasia Center
Marya Levintova, National Institute of Health
Alexandra Vacroux, Kennan Research Scholar
Lyuba Varticovski, National Institute of Health
Rene Wallis, Executive Director, Firefly
10.15 – 10.30: Networking Break
10.30 - 11.45: "FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA & CIS" What are the Risks, Where are the Opportunities?
Moderator: Robert Sherretta, Vice President, Eurasia Center
John Connor, Third Millennium Russia Fund
Andrei Dolgorukov, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation
Jerry Howard, CEO, National Association of Homebuilders
William Robinson, Attorney, Expert on US and Russian Law
Svetlana Yakimova - Founder, Kharkiv Real Estate Agency
Tuesday, May 15 Afternoon: Russian Cultural Center, 1825 Phelps Place, NW
Metro Red Line "Dupont Circle" Station
1.00 – 200 PM : Buffet Lunch Served
2.00 – 3.15 PM : Free for all. Presentation of different projects and ideas for U.S.–Russian cooperation
Moderator: Edward Lozansky, President, American University in Moscow
Marina Adamovich, Editor-in-Chief, New Review
Elizabetta Benedetti, author
Sofia Chernogortseva, Center for International Fellowships
Hall Gardner, American University in Paris
Natalia Sabelnik, Congress of Russian-Americans
Ira Straus, Committee for Eastern Europe and Russia in NATO
Uli Zislin, Curator, Russian Music and Poetry Museum
3.30 – 5.00 PM : 1. U.S. - Russia Educational and Cultural Cooperation
Moderator: Greg Guroff, President, Foundation for International Arts and Education
R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, State Department
Helene Kamensky, Program Director Salzburg Seminar
Sergei Rogov, Director, Institute of USA and Canada, Russian Academy of Sciences Blair Ruble, Director, Kennan Institute for Russian Studies
5.00 – 8.00 PM Concluding Reception and Award Ceremony for James Billington, Librarian of Congress |