Program
.::Day ONE::. Wednesday, February 4
| 08:00–08:45 | Registration |
| 8:45 | Opening bell |
| 8:50–9:00 | Blue Hall Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 09:00–10:30 | Blue Hall Super Panel: Towards a New Financial Architecture: Beyond Blowing Bubbles |
| 10:30–10:50 | Coffee Break – White Hall |
| 10:50–12:20 | Blue Hall Challenges Facing Russia: Executive Perspectives |
| 12:20–13:00 | Blue Hall Keynote Speech: Senior Russian Government Official |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch – White Hall |
| 14:30–16:00 | Blue Hall What Risk Russia? Overcoming Country and Market Risk Green Hall Russian Infrastructure: Discovering Opportunities Red Hall Investment Capital Case Study: The Auto Industry |
| Coffee Break – White Hall | |
| 16:30–18:00 | Blue Hall Super Panel: Foreign Policy: Towards a New Security Architecture |
.::Day TWO::. Thursday, February 5
| 9:00–10:15 | Green Hall Hypermarkets: Can the Domestic Players Compete? Blue Hall New Era for Private Equity: Shopping Spree or Massive Slowdown? Red Hall Liquidity, Leverage & Access to Capital |
| 10:15–10:30 | Coffee Break – White Hall |
| 10:30–11:45 | Green Hall What have the Emerging Markets Learned from the Current Crisis? Red Hall Banks: Consolidation and Change Blue Hall Eastern Siberia: The Last Russian Frontier for Oil Production Growth |
| 11:45–12:00 | Coffee Break – White Hall |
| 12:00–13:15 | Red Hall Media: Internet and Advertising Spend Blue Hall Ruble and Global Currencies: One Year Forward Green Hall Market Regulation & Practice: Restoring Confidence |
| 13:15–14:30 | Lunch – White Hall |
| 14:30–15:45 | Blue Hall Electricity: After the Breakup Green Hall Russian Entrepreneurs: The New Leaders Red Hall Made in Russia: Domestic Consumer Goods |
| 15:45–16:00 | Coffee Break – White Hall |
| 16:00–17:30 | Blue Hall Super panel: Global Commodities in a Slowing Global Economy Full schedule of 1:1 meetings with Russian company executives |
| 19:00–22:00 | Charity Marathon. Gala-concert “The Gift of Hope”. Performances by cellist Yo Yo Ma, musician and director Valery Gergiev, violinist Vadim Repin, ballerina Uliana Lopatkina, European musical star Anna Maria Kaufman, the Sistine Chapel Choir, actress Chulpan Khamatova, and musician Yuri Bashmet. Gostiniy Dvor. |
.::Day THREE::. Friday, February 6
| The Crowne Plaza Hotel, 11th Floor 12, Krasnopresnenskaya emb. |
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| 08:30 | Registration for 1:1 meetings |
| 09:00 | Full day of 1:1 meetings |
| 19:00–22:00 | Charity Marathon. Rock concert “Zone of Hope”.. Performances by legends of Russian rock – the Samoilov Brothers (Agata Kristi), UMA2RMAN, a famous Russian pop-rock group, as well as performances by other rock stars. Gostiniy Dvor. |
