Program

Canada Russia Business Summit (June 22 – 23, 2009)

Saturday, Sunday, June 20 – 21, 2009 Arrival of Canadian delegates

Sunday, June 21, 2009 

19:00 Informal gathering for Canadian participants - Marriott Grand Hotel Bar

Note: Information kiosks will be in the Marriott Grand Hotel during that informal gathering

MONDAY, June 22, 2009

8:00 – 9:00 Registration - President Hotel

9:00 - 9:30 Opening Remarks -  Red Hall

Honourable Viktor Zubkov, First Deputy Prime Minister, Russian Federation

Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Canada

Alexander Shokhin, President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Piers Cumberlege, Chairman, National Board, Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association

9:30 – 12:30 First series of CRBC Committee and IEC Working Group Sessions

1) Agriculture IEC WG, Zhel Hall, co-chaired by:

Alexey Bazhanov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Russian Federation and Steve Tierney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

2) Energy WG & CRBC Committee, Biblioteka Hall, co-chaired by:

Yuri Lazarevich Baron, Deputy Director, Department of State Energy, Policy, Russian Ministry of Energy and Claude Gauvin, Director International Energy Relations, Natural Resources Canada  

3) Mining IEC WG & CRBC Committee,  Green Hall, co-chaired by:

Denis Khramov, Director, Department of State Policy in the Field of Subsoil Usage and Nature Management, Ministry of Natural Resources. Russian Federation and Leonard Surges, Senior Advisor to the Assistant  Deputy Minister, Minerals and Metals Sector, Natural Resources Canada 

4) Transport CRBC Committee, Blue Hall, co -chaired by:

(TBC) and Mark S. Gilbert, Director of Business Development and Sales for Russia, Bombardier Aerospace

5) Finance CRBC Committee, Zhel Couloir Hall,  co-chaired by:

Andrei Kostin, CEO and Chairman, Vneshtorgbank and James Francis Dinning, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Export Development Canada

12:30 – 14:00 Networking Lunch - Red Hall

Kindly hosted by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs:

14:00 – 17:00 Second series of CRBC Committee and IEC Working Group Sessions

1) Veterinary Technical IEC WG, (location TBC) co-chaired by:

(TBC) and Dr. Richard Arsenault, Director, Meat Program Division, Canadian Food and Inspection Agency

2) Construction IEC WG, Green Hall (TBC), co-chaired by:

Sergei Kruglik, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Regional Development, Russian Federation and André Asselin, Executive Director, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

3) Arctic and North IEC WG, Biblioteka Hall, co-chaired by:

Elena Bondarenko, Director of Territorial Planning and Regional Development, Ministry of Regional Development and Paul Gibbard, Director, Aboriginal and Circumpolar Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

4) Agriculture CRBC Committee, Blue Hall, co-chaired by:

Ivan Obolentsev, President, Agroindustrial Union of Russia and Nathan Hunt, President, RA Chisholm

5) ICT CRBC Committee, Zhel Hall, co-chaired by:

Anatoly Karachinsky, President, Information Business Systems (IBS)and Paul Betsis, Canadian Head of Cisco Russia

6) Forestry CRBC Committee Zhel Hall, co-chaired by:

Miron Tatsun, President, Russian Union of Forestry Industrialists and Exporters and TBC

17:00- 18:30    Third Canada Russia Business Council (CRBC) Meeting, Reports to the CRBC Co-Chairs (One designated person per committee), Round Hall

19:00 – 21:00 Networking Reception Event - Embassy of Canada, Starokonyushenny per. 23

Kindly co-hosted by Ralph J. Lysyhyn, Ambassador of Canada to Russia and Jim Dinning, Chairman of the Board, Export Development Canada:

TUESDAY, June 23, 2009

9:00 – 10:00 Registration - Government House of Receptions, Vozdvizhenka Street 16.

10:30 –12:00 IEC Plenary Session

1) Opening Remarks by the IEC Co-chairs:

Honorable Viktor Zubkov, First Deputy Prime Minister, Russian Federation (10 minutes)

Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Canada (10 minutes)

2) Reports by the CRBC Co-chairs to the IEC Co-chairs:

Alexander Shokhin, President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (10 minutes)

Piers Cumberlege, Chairman, National Board, Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (10 minutes)

3) Reports from IEC Working Groups Co-Chairs (5 minutes per working group - total of 30 minutes)

4) Presentations by Key Speakers

Russian speaker 1 (10 minutes) TBC

Russian speaker 2 (10 minutes) TBC

Tye Burt, President and CEO, Kinross Gold Corporation (10 minutes)

Franck Stronach, CEO, Magna (10 minutes)

5) Signing of the Joint Statement (10 minutes)

12:00-12:30 Meeting between First Deputy Minister Victor Zubkov, Minister Stockwell Day and Business CEOs

12:30 - 14:00  Networking Lunch for senior officials and business people hosted by the First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov 

14:00 End