Russian Business Week 2010 - London School of Economics

20 March 2010 | Joint Seminar

Topic

"Modernisation of the economy in a post crisis environment"

Organizing Committee

LSE Russian Business Society (RBS)

The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute

Media Partner

Venue

London School of Economics
Address: New Academic Building
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LJ
Sheikh Zayed Theatre
Wolfson Theatre

Speakers: Draft Program

10.00 - 11.30 Key Addresses (Sheikh Zayed Theatre)

Sir Howard Davies, LSE Director
Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman, State Duma Transport Commission

12.00 - 13.30 Oil, Gas and Commodities (Sheikh Zayed Theatre)

ArtemVolynets, Deputy CEO, Rusal
Shell/BP representative*, Senior Management
Paul Corcoran*, Financial Director, Nord Stream
Bankers*

14.30 - 15.30 Transport and Technology (Sheikh Zayed Theatre)

Sergey Shishkarev, Deputy for United Russia, Head of the State Duma Transport Commission
Vladimir Dolgov*, CEO, Google Russia
Open Place (tbc)

14.30 - 15.30 Rule of Law and the Modernisation of Russia (Wolfson Theatre)

Tamara Morschakova, Former Judge of the Russian Constitutional Court
Peter Sahlas, Russian Civil Law Reform Project Coordinator, McGill University
Elena Novikova, Scientific Leader, Legal and Economic studies centre
Andrey Fedotov, Attorney, Odintsovo City Bar Association
Vadim Klyuvgant, Former mayor of the city of Magnitogorsk
Leonid Grigoriev, Director , Energy and Finance Foundation Institute

16.00 - 17.30 Modernisation of the Financial system, examples to follow and crisis prevention (Wolfson Theatre)

Vladimir Sokolov, Head of Global Markets, UK and Global Head of Treasury, VTB Capital
Ruben Vardanian, Chairman, Troika Dialog Group
Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, EBRD
Petr Aven *, President, Alfa Bank
Elena Titova. CEO, Morgan Stanley Russia
Yulia Urozhaeva, Chief Economist, VEB Bank

17.30- 18.00 Closing Address (Sheikh Zayed Theatre)

To be confirmed

Goals of the Russian Business Society

The LSE Russian Business Society (RBS) was founded in January 2004. Its original aim is to promote awareness of current Russian business and economic issues and opportunities among the LSE Student Union. We bring the best lecturers, businessmen and politicians to the LSE to share their insights, experiences and perspectives with you.

In February 2008 the society organized a highly successful LSE Russian Business Week (RBW). The committee put together events that covered a wide spectrum of issues concerning Russian economy today. The highlight of the week was the presentation by the CEO of Gazprom Marketing and Trading Vitaly Vasiliev, which included an insight into the company's business and the Russian gas sector, while Chief Economist of VTB Bank Europe, Chris Green gave a more academic lecture about the future economic and financial developments in Russia.

As the scope of the society has been evolving, the target audience has grown to reach students, Russian-speakers and those interested in russian business from outside the LSE. The LSE Russian Business Week was attended by students from many London Universities, as well as hosting guests from Pushkin House, business representatives and the press. The range of our events has also broadened and now encompasses talks on cultural and political topics.

Last year we invited Seva Novgorodtsev to give a speech at the LSE about his 30 year experience working for BBC and as Head of BBC Russia. While RBW included talks of political nature, for example presentation by Elzar Appakov, Head of the Dombay ski resort and head of the Karachaevo - Cherkess Republic Administration.

Although originally the society was not designed to provide entertainment events, we think they are a great way to bring together people who share common interests and ideas in an informal environment, be it a personal after-talk dinner with one of the speakers or an end-of-term party. The society is constantly growing both in numbers and in ideas. This year we are launching the new interactive RBS website with weekly russian business news updates, events, recruitment, photos, student forum and much more. We hope to continue the hard work and bring you yet another year of exciting events and networking opportunities!