WORLD RUSSIAN FORUM 2006
American University In Moscow and Media Group Kontinent USA
in cooperation
with
The
Eurasia Center
The Eurasian Business Coalition
BISNIS, U.S.
Department of Commerce
Russian Americans Chamber of Commerce
Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
RosBusinessConsulting
Citibank
Russian Academy of Sciences
Congress of Russian Americans
MidAtlantic - Russia Business Council
Free Congress Foundation
Global Conference Associates, LTD
Russian-American Consulting Group
Russia House
International Academy of Professionals
are pleased to present
May 16-18, 2006 Washington, DC
Tuesday, May 16: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902
9.00 9.15 AM: Opening Remarks by His Excellency Yuri Ushakov, Russian Ambassador to Washington
9.15 11.00 AM: Building strong economic base for US Russian cooperation
Leonid
Bokhanovsky, First Vice-President, StroyTransGaz
Laura Brank, Partner, Chadbourne
& Parke
Citibank
Activities in Russia, speaker to be announced
Vadim Gluzman, President and CEO,
Lukoil Americas Corporation
Svetlana Orlova, Vice-Speaker, Federation
Council
Thomas Pickering, Senior Vice-President,
Boeing Corporation
Valery
Prozorovsky, Deputy Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, Duma
Alexander Shokhin, President, Russian
Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Alexander Vasilenko, Head of the Informational Department of Lukoil
11.00 AM 12.20 PM: U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Technology Commercialization
Cathy Campbell, President and CEO,
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)
Thomas DAgostino, Chief Operating
Officer, U.S. Industry Coalition (USIC)
Ellen House, BISNIS, U.S. Department of Commerce
Jeffrey Milanette, President, Innovative Partners Inc.
Leon Polott, President, 5iTech,
LLC
12.20 2.00 PM: Lunch Break. Keynote Address by Congressman Curt Weldon
2.00 - 5.00 PM: Current situation in Russia and the future of U.S. Russian relations
Sergey Brilev, anchor and deputy
director, RTR news (TV channel 'Rossiya')
Pavel Gusev, Chairman, Committee on Media Relations, Public Chamber
Alexander Konovalov, President, Institute of Strategic Analyses
Konstantin
Kosachev, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Duma
Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow,
New America Foundation
Sergei Markov, Deputy Chairman, Committee on Public Diplomacy
Andranik Migranyan, Chairman, Institute
of CIS,
Vyacheslav Nikonov, Chairman, Committe on Foreign Relations, Public
Chamber
Gleb Pavlovsky, President, Foundation
for Effective Policy
Sergei Rogov, Director, Institute of USA and Canada, RAS
Alexander Shumilin, Institute of
USA and Canada, RAS; Editor, www.america-russia.net
Vitaly Tretyakov, Editor-in-Chief, Moscow News
Andrei Tsygankov, International Studies Association, San Francisco State
University
6.30 PM: Reception at the Russian Embassy
Wednesday, May 17: U.S, Capitol Building, Room HC-5
9.00 11.45 AM: The Bering Strait Peace King Bridge / Tunnel Project,
Dr. Thomas Walsh, Secretary General of UPF International
Mr. Tim Elder, editor of the World Peace Herald
Mr. Robert Corbisier, Special Assistant to Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski
Dr. Sergei Markov, an important advisor to the Russian government, is Director of the Institute for Political Studies in Moscow and Professor at Moscow State University
Dr. Joon Ho Seuk, Chairman of UPF-Eurasia
Dr. Vyacheslav Nikonov is Dean of History and Political Science at International University in Moscow
3.30 4.30 PM: Award Ceremony for Outstanding Contribution to US Russian cooperation Given to Ambassador Thomas Pickering
6.30 7.30 PM: Tree Planting Ceremony at the Alley of Russian Poets and Composers
Thursday, May 18: Russian Cultural Center
2.00 AM 5.00.00 PM: U.S. Russian Science, Education and Cultural Cooperation
Aleksandr Grigoryev, Washington
ProFile information agency Editor in Chief
Greg Guroff, President, Foundation for International Arts and Education
Yuri Kaplun, Director, Moscow House of Compatriots
Ludmila Kuzina, Moscow House of Compatriots
Edward
Lozansky, President American University in Moscow
Alexei Lunkov, President, Russian Cultural Center
Yuri Ossipyan, Russian Academy of Sciences
Anatoly Sorokin, Deputy Chairman, Department of International Relations,
Moscow City
5.00
7.00 PM: Closing Ceremony and Reception