September 5-7, 2007 | Moscow, Russia

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Day I | Wednesday, September 5, 2007

5:00 p.m. - Roundtable Discussion

Council members only

7:00 p.m. - Opening Dinner
Keynote Address: State of the Economy in Russia
Roland Nash, Head of Research (Politics and Economics), Renaissance Capital

Day II | Thursday, September 6, 2007

9:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 a.m. - Panel: Emerging Financial Markets

• Natalie Jaresko, Managing Partner, Horizon Capital
• Sergei Guriev, Associate Professor and Rector, New Economic School CEO, CEFIR
• Jeffrey C. Neal (moderator), Partner, Horizon Capital; Member, Dean’s International Council

11:30 a.m. - US and Russia Relations
Daniel Allison Russell, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States to the Russian Federation

12:00 p.m. - Break

12:30 p.m. - Lunch
Keynote Address: Entrepreneurship and Kyoto
William Shor, Chief Executive Officer, Core Carbon Group

3:00 p.m. - Demographic Issues Facing the Russian Federation
Anatoly Vishnevsky, Director, Institute of Demography of the State University – Higher School of Economics

3:30 p.m. - Afternoon Tea
With His Grace, Bishop Niphon Saikaly, Ortodox Patriarchate of Antioch

7:00 p.m. - Reception

8:00 p.m. - Dinner
Keynote Address: Oil and the Russian Economy
Kris Sliger, Executive Vice President, Strategy and New Business Development

Day III | Friday, September 7, 2007

8:30 a.m. - Panel: What is really going on in Russia and can the West make investments without worrying about capricious decision making?

• Jochen Wermuth, Wermuth Asset Management
• Al Breach, Chief Economist, UBS Russia
• Mark Cutis (moderator), Chief Investment Officer, Shinsei Bank; Member, Dean's International Council

9:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast

10:00 a.m. - Russia, the United States, and the Future of Arms Control
Pavel Palazchenko, Director, Department of International & Press Relations

11:00 a.m. - Panel: Energy and Security

• Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
• James Harpel (moderator), Senior Partner, Palm Beach Capital; Chairman, Dean’s International Council

12:00 p.m. - Lunch
Keynote Address: EU and Russian Relations
Marc Franco, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the Russian Federation

2:00 p.m. - Roundtable Discussion 

Council members only

4:00 p.m. - Meeting Adjourned