All Day

Registration of participants

Trip to the regions of the Republic of Armenia by the Representatives of the regions of the Russian Federation

19:30-22:00

Official reception for participants

09:00—10:30

Participant registration

Exhibition preview

10:30—11:30

OPENING EVENT

Welcoming of guests

Welcome address by Ara Abramyan

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Dialogue Among Civilizations; President of the International Forum for Eurasian Partnership

Invited speakers

  • Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board, Eurasian Economic Commission
  • Sergey Glazyev, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on Regional Economic Integration
  • Alexey Ulyukaev, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
  • Representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
  • Governor of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation
  • Head of a region of the Republic of Armenia

11:30—12:00

Coffee break. Press conference

12:00—16:30

Networking session for business leaders

12:00 – 13:30

Panels

Panel session 1

Eurasian Economic Union: Politics and Economics. Benefits to Participants. Multilateral and Bilateral Cooperation

Invited Speakers:

• Vache Gabrielyan, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia for International Economic Integration and Reforms
• Members of the Board (Ministers), Eurasian Economic Commission
• Representatives of EAEU member countries
• Yossef Bodansky, Research Director, International Strategic Studies Association
• Peter Roell, President, Institute for Strategic, Political, Security, and Economic Consultancy (Berlin)
• Xu Mingqi, President, Shanghai Institute for European Studies; Deputy Chair, Chinese Society for European Studies

Roundtable 1

Economic Development in the Regions of Russia and Armenia as a Basis for Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation

Roundtable 2

Developing Tourism Infrastructure as a Promising Area for Cooperation

Roundtable 3

Developing Russian–Armenian Cooperation in Innovation, Science and Technology

Roundtable 4

Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation in Humanitarian sphere

13:30—15:00

Lunch

15:00 – 16:30

Panels

Panel session 2

Armenia: Economic Modernization and Prospects for Development

Invited speakers:

• Ara Abramyan, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Dialogue Among Civilizations; President of the International Forum of Eurasian Partnership
• Hassan Abouyoub, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco
• Caroline Cox, Member of the British House of Lords
• Artsvik Minasyan, RA Minister of Nature Protection
• Representative of the Armenian Development Agency

Panel session 3

Investment Environment, Investment Security, and Mechanisms for Supporting Business

Invited speakers:

Christopher Braham, Former head of the UK Customs Service
Herman Gref, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Sberbank
Rupert Goodman, Board Director, Equilibrium Global Ltd.
Arthur Javadyan, Chair, Central Bank of Armenia
Russell Duke, Founding Member, National Standard
David Richards, Advisor to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Sem Saeed, Chief Scientist, AERTEC and ENUGY corporations; Advisor on Energy and Investment (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Garegin Tosunyan, President, Association of Russian Banks

Roundtable 1

Economic Development in the Regions of Russia and Armenia as a Basis for Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation

Roundtable 2

Developing Tourism Infrastructure as a Promising Area for Cooperation

Roundtable 3

Developing Russian–Armenian Cooperation in Innovation, Science and Technology

Roundtable 4

Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation in Humanitarian sphere

16:30—17:00

Coffee break

17:00—18:00

Plenary session

Sighning of the documents (15 min.)

19:30—22:00

Formal dinner

10 :00– 11: 30

Bilateral and multilateral meetings

Meetings with the leadership of the Republic of Armenia

10:00—11:30

Plenary

Panel session 3 (continued)

Investment Environment, Investment Security, and Mechanisms for Supporting Business

Invited speakers:

• Thierry Pilenko, Chairman and CEO, Technip
• Marco Villa, President for Europe, Middle-East, India, and Africa, Technip
• Roger Tamraz, Chairman of the Board, Netoil
• Giovanni Arduini, Strategy and Finance Advisor, MAE S.p.A
• Ananda Krishnan, Chair, Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd
• Dimitri Economides, Regional Director and Member of the Board, Consolidated Contractors Company
• Giuseppe Caselli, Chief Operating Officer for Engineering & Construction, Saipem S.p.A.
• Gianluca Aliotta, Head of the Russia Office, Saipem S.p.A.

Roundtable

Prospects for Cooperation in the Technology Sector with the support of the Rostec Foundation

Invited speakers:

  •  Ralph Simon CEO/Founder of Mobilium Global
  •  Dmitriy Shugaev, Deputy CEO for International Affairs, Rostec
  • Representative of Ruselectronics
  • Representative of United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation
  • Representative of Kamaz
  • Representative of RT-Khimkopozit
  • Representative of Shvabe Holding

11:30—12:00

Coffee-break

12:00—13:30

Parallel roundtables, bilateral and multilateral meetings

Meetings with the leadership of the Republic of Armenia

13:30—14:30

Lunch

18:00—19:30

Formal dinner

All Day

Departure of participants

Cultural programme for Forum participants