V Astana Economic Forum

Moderators and Speakers (TBD)

ICT BENCHMARK INNOVATIONS

Organized by: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC “Zerde” National ICT Holding, United Agencies CA

Key topics:
• Consumer habits-changing ICT innovations
• Business habits-changing ICT innovations
• ICT future vision: plans, solutions, and prospects

CONSUMER HABITS-CHANGING ICT INNOVATIONS

Moderator ( TBD)

Speakers:
• Mark Mueller-Eberstein, Author of “Agility: Competing and Winning in the Tech Savvy Marketplace”;
• Ari Huczkowski, Professional Commercializer, International Brand Builder and Marketer, Otaniemi Marketing Ltd.;
• Roman Ivanov, Yandex; (TBD)
• ‘Kazakhtelecom’ representative; (TBD)
• ‘Kazteleradio’ representative. (TBD)

COFFEE BREAK

11:30-13:00 Plenary session
BUSINESS HABITS-CHANGING ICT INNOVATIONS

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Eugene Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab, Executive Director (TBD)
• Jari Tammisto, President and CEO of Mobile Mond (TBD)
• 'Beeline' representative;(TBD)
• 'Kcell' representative.(TBD)

LUNCH

14:00-15:00 Plenary session
ICT FUTURE VISION: PLANS, SOLUTIONS, AND PROSPECTS

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Ian Pearson, Futurologist and Former Leading IT Advisor to British Telecom (TBD)
• Edward Jung, Founder and General Technical Director of Intellectual Ventures(TBD)

COFFEE-BREAK

15:30-16:30 Plenary session
WRAP-UP SESSION AND SIGNING AN ICT DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUMS BY THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

Moderator: Askar Zhumagaliyev, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan

16:30-17:30
BRIEFING FOR JOURNALISTS

Moderator: Erlan Sydykov, Rector of the L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Doctor of Historical Science, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Sciences 

Organizer: Ural State Economic University

Moderator: Ivan Vozmilov, Head of the Youth director of Eurasian economic youth forum, Russia

• Nadezhda Shatkovskaya, PhD. fellow of the Ural State Economic University, Coordinator of the thematic direction "Eurasia- New Economic Perspectives", Russia

• Dzhumagul Karimova, PhD. fellow of Ugor State University, Russia

• Adeni Adebaio, President of International Students and PhD fellows Association in Kazan city

• Francois Ngan Tone, Representative of the Association of Foreign Students in Russia, Cameroon

• Andrey Spiridonov, Head of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Russia

• Yuri Litvinov, Head of the Department of Youth Entrepreneurship of the Department of Small and Medium Business Support and Development of Moscow, Russia

• Kirill Schesnyak, Director of Student Teams “Friendship Meridian” of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia

• Mariam Voskanyan, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of sub-department of economic theory and economic transition problems of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, The Republic of Armenia

• Dmitry Seleznev, Student at E.A.Buketov Karaganda State University, Laureate of "Stars of Eurasia", The Republic of Kazakhstan

Moderator: Miguel Francisco dela Cruz Salcedo, President of Latin-American sector of Association of International Students of Russia, Press Attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in the Russian Federation, The Republic of Peru

• Nurlan Uteshev, Executive Secretary of the Youth Wing "Zhas Otan" People’s Democratic Party "Nur Otan", The Republic of Kazakhstan

• Alena Arshinova, Co-chair of Coordinating Council of "Young Guard of United Russia"

• Pavel Kuznetzov, Coordinator of International Projects, Department of Extra-curricular Work, Tyumen State University, Russia

• Andrey Filippov, Head of the Youth Programs Department of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"

• Murad Gebekov, Deputy Director, Center for Applied Problems of Global Economy and High-Technologies of Moscow State University for International Relations

• Alexander Khasiev, Deputy of the Parliament of South Ossetia

• Pavel Zyryanov, Deputy of State Dumas of the Russian Federation

• Valeria Tyumentseva, Member of the Youth Council Executive Committee of the World Kurultai of Bashkir, Russia

• Karina Leontyeva, Student at M.K.Ammosova North-Eastern Federal University, Laureate of "Stars of Eurasia", Russia

• Evgeniya Ruzhnikov, Student at Ural State Economic University, Coordinator of the Direction of "Innovative Eurasia", Russia

• An Thi Tran Long, Representative of the Association of Foreign Students and graduates of Kazan, Laureate of "Stars of Eurasia", Vietnam

• Maxim Lukin, Graduate of St.Petersburg State Engineering and Economic University, Russia

• Ken O'Neill, Professor, Former President of the International Council of Small Business, The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion;

• Kiril Todorov, Vice-President of the European Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (for Bulgaria), Chairman of the Governing Council of the Bulgarian Association for Management Development and Entrepreneurship, Director, Institute of Entrepreneurship Development at the University of National and World Economy.

Moderator: Artem Kochegarov, Head of Department of Youth Politics and Social Development of Russian State Trade-Economic University

• Leonid Orlov, Violinist, Composer and Sound Producer, Winner of the International and Russian Competitions, Graduate of the M.P.Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory, Russia

• Maria Smorodskaya, Make-up Artist, Coordinator of Art direction EEFM, Russia

• Anna Kolga, Graduate Student of Ural State Economic University, Coordinator of Art Direction EEFM, Russia

• Pham Hoang Anh, Representative of the Association of Foreign Students and PhD Fellows of Kazan city, Vietnam

Organizer: L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

• Features of Islamic business in the Western market and developing countries.

• Right protection of results of intellectual activity in the World.

• Development and protection of intellectual property rights.

• Intellectual property in innovative economy: patents and know-how. 

• Intellectual property in an education sphere and creativity.

• Preservation and an effective utilization of monuments of history and culture for development of republican and international tourism, propagation rich historical and a cultural heritage of Kazakhstan at the international level

Moderator: Berik Tankimov, President of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University Economic Research Club "Maksat"

Debate on the theme: Artificial intelligence: pro and contra

(Format of debate on Charles Popper: pro and contra)

Organizer: Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade

• discussion of current achievements, opportunities and challenges of young scientists in the CIS countries

• discussion of possible scenarios and prospects for development, international and interregional cooperation in the sphere of science and education

• familiarization with the examples of best practices in this direction and exchange of experience in solutions to existing problems 

• consideration of opportunities for expansion the academic mobility and the development of cooperation between young scientists in the CIS countries

Moderator: Gulmira Abdirayimova, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists at the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Sociology, Professor

• Vera Mysina, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

• Irina Neganova, Chairman of the Young Scientists of Ural State Economic University

• Aryn Orsariyev, Chairman of the ALE "Youth Congress of Kazakhstan", Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Gabidulla Abdrakhimov, Chairman of the Council for Youth Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Erkanat Tayzhanov, Head of the PA "Youth Government of Kazakhstan," the Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Bakhyt Syzdykova, Member of the Council on Youth Affairs under the Governor's office in Astana

• Alex Shvydko, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Docent 

Round Table “A Meeting of the Times”

Participants: Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists, Astana Club of Nobel Prize Winners, Club de Madrid, Winners of the intermediary test ages of the Eurasian Economic Youth Forum, 

Participants: Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists, Astana Club of Nobel Prize Winners, Club de Madrid, Winners of the intermediary test ages of the Eurasian Economic Youth Forum, Representative of Mass-media and Businesses

Moderator:
Mikhail Fedorov, Chairman of the EEFM Organizing Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council of the "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association, President ANO "Great Eurasian University Complex", Rector of the Ural State Economic University, Russia

Organizers: Ural State Economic University, Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade 

Organizers: Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan “Atameken”

Key issues:
• Which kind of bases will form the functioning principles of Eurasian Business Congress?
• What are the pressing issues of economic and investment cooperation between participants of EABC?
• What kinds of problem face entrepreneurs of European and Asiab countries in doing business?
• Which kind of actions should be taken for the effective implementation of joint business projects?

Moderator:
Аblay Myrzakhmetov, Chairman of the Board National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan “Atameken”, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcome speech:
• Speech of Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBD)

Speakers:
• Rifat Hisarciklioglu, President of the Union Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB)
• Mihail Miatlikov, Chairman Belorussia Chamber of Commerce
• Sergey Katyrin, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
• Wan Jifei, Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
• Representative of Islamic Development Bank (TBD)
• Representative of German Congress of Chamber of Commerce (DIHK) (TBD)

Questions and answers

16:00-16:20
COFFEE BREAK

16:20-18:10
• Representative of International Chambers of Commerce (TBD)
• Dato Tunku Nuruddin, Chairman Kazakhstan- Malaysia Chamber of Commerce
• Representative of Italian Institute of International Trade (ICE Italy) (TBD)
• Chang Su Huh, Chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries
• Representative JSC Entrepreneurship development fund DAMU (TBD)

Participants:
• Igor Finogenov, Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank
• Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)

Questions and answers
Signing Ceremony

Concluding remarks by Moderator
Press Briefing

Organizers: Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, EECSA

08:45-09:00

Welcoming Remarks:
Grigory Marchenko, Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 1999, “for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas”
Professor of Columbia University
Marc Uzan, Executive Director Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

09:00-10:45 
SESSION I. DEBT AND DELEVERAGING: COMPLEX CHALLENGES FOR THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM

Moderator: TBD

Speakers:
• Richard Koo, Chief Economist, Nomura Research Institute
• H.E. Al Suwaidi Bin Nasser Sultan, Governor, Central Bank of UAE (TBD)
• Jin Liqun, Chairman of Board of Supervisors, Sovereign Wealth Fund, China
• Investment Corporation (TBD)
• Umirzak Shukeyev, CEO, JSC “Sovereign Welfare Fund “NWF Samruk-Kazyna”, Kazakhstan
• Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Zarir Cama, Deputy Chairman and CEO of HSBC (TBD)
• Robert Shiller, Professor of Economics, Yale University (TBD)
• Peter Orszag, Vice Chairman of Global Banking, Citigroup (TBD)
• Edward Greene, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, Former General Counsel Institutional Clients, Citigroup (TBD)
• Peter Tiels, Chief Executive Officer of Central and Eastern Europe, Deutsche Bank AG (TBD)

10:45-11:00 
COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:45 
SESSION II. OPTIMAL CURRENCY AREAS: THE EUROZONE CRISIS AND ITS MEANING FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International; Ex-Vice-President, AIG; Former Governor, Central Bank of Israel
• Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics, Harvard University (TBD)
• Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize of Economics, Professor of Economics, Columbia University
• Edmond Alphandéry, Chairman of CNP Assurances, Former Minister of the Economy, France (TBD)

12:45-14:00 
LUNCH

14:00-15:15 
SESSION III. THE AFTER MATH OF THE EUROZONE CRISIS: BUILDING THE MACROECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENTITY IN THE EU

Moderator: TBD

Speakers:
• Thomas Mirow, President of EBRD
• Wim Kok, President, Club de Madrid; Former Prime Minister, Netherlands
• Domingo Cavallo, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, Former Minister of Economy, Former Governor of Central Bank, Argentina
• Michael Fuchs, Member of the German Bundestag, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU
• Alex Cukierman, Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University

15:15-15:25 
COFFEE BREAK

15:25-16:30 
SESSION IV. EMERGING ECONOMIES: INNOCENT BYSTANDERS OR THE SAVIORS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM?

Moderator: TBD

Speakers:
• Herman Gref, President and Chairman of the Board of OJSC Sberbank, Russian Federation
• Cheng Siwei, Chairman of the International Finance Forum, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
• Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (TBD)
Mario Blejer, First Vice-Chairman, Banco Hipotecario, Argentina

16:30-16:40 
COFFEE BREAK

16:40-17:45 
SESSION V. POLICY PANEL: IS THE WORLD RIPE FOR THE REBALANCING OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECHTURE?

Moderator: TBD

Speakers:
• Li Ruogu, Chairman and President, China Export-Import Bank (TBD)
• Bolat Zhamishev, Minister of Finance, Kazakhstan
• Representative from India (TBD)
• Roberto Marino, Special Representative, G20 Mexico (TBD)
• Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime-Minister Responsible for the Economy, Turkey (TBD)

17:45-18:00   

Concluding Remarks

• Grigory Marchenko, Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
• Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 1999, “for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas”, Professor of Columbia University 

Organizer: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Moderator (TBD)
Speakers (TBD)

Organizers: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, The Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences, JSC “National Science and Technology Holding “Parasat”, The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Moderator: Nurtay Abykayev, President of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences

Welcome speech: 

Speakers:

16:30-16:50

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION I. GLOBAL ENERGY-ECOLOGICAL STRATEGY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR XXI CENTURY, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE «VERNADSKY READINGS»

Organizers: Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
“National Innovation Fund” JSC

Key issues:
• Summing up the results of the realization of SPFIID (State program of forced and
industrial innovative development of Kazakhstan) over a period of 2010-2012.
• Analyzing the advanced foreign experience of innovative development and
instruments of state innovative support

Events of the VIIth Innovative Congress:
• Meeting of the Presidential innovation club
• Youth innovative Session
• “Reviewing Kazakhstan innovation development: foreign partners’ view on Kazakhstan” Session
• “Innovation management system – Kazakhstan’s approach and the best foreign
practice” Session
• Innovative projects exhibition

15:00-18:00  Panel Session 
PANEL SESSION
REGIONAL INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS AND BRANCHES OF REAL SECTOR OF ECONOMY

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Deputy Chairman, JSC "NWF Samruk-Kazyna" (TBD)
• Representative JSC “KazMunaiGas” (TBD)
• Representative of Shell Kazakhstan (TBD)
• Representative of Corporation “ENRC” (TBD)
• Representative of JSC “Arcelor Mittal Kazakhstan”(TBD)
• Representative of JSC “National operating holding KazAgro” (TBD)
• Representative of JSC “The Kazakhstan company on management of Electric Networks” (TBD)
• Meiram Pshembaev, Chairman of the Board, “OUL” Union machine build of Kazakhstan (TBD)
• Sergei Mogilniy, Center of Development of Innovative Infrastructure of JSC «National Innovative Fund» (TBD)

INNOVATIVE CONGRESS
REGIONAL INNOVATIVE SYSTEM IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE CUSTOMS UNION, UES AND WTO

Moderator TBD

Speakers:
• Zhanar Aitzhanova, Minister of Economic Integration Affairs (TBD)
• Representative of “RUSNANO” ( TBD )
• Igor Voitov, Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Innovations of Belarus
• Maxat Muhanov, President of JSC “Institute of Economic Researches” (TBD)
• Albina Nikkonen, Chief Executive of the Russian Association of Venture Investment (TBD)
• Vladimir Nedilko, Director of Belarus Innovative Fund (TBD)
• Cavabena Baah-Duodu, Head of Working Group on Trade and a Transfer of Technologies of the WTO (TBD)

Organizers: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC “Zerde” National ICT Holding, United Agencies CA

13:00-13:15

OPENING

Moderators and Speakers (TBD)

13:15-15:00 Social session 
INTERNET IS SOCIAL

Key Issues:
• Future of social networking;
• Development of the digital space in Kazakhstan;
• Implications of “connected” society;
• New digital trends in Kazakhstan and abroad;
• Social internet for small businesses: how to start using the social power.

HOW WEB 3.0 WILL LOOK?

Speaker:
• Ben Hammersley, WIRED Magazine Editor at large, United Kingdom (TBD)

14:00-14:45 Keynote

Speaker:
• Mads Holmen, Planning Director at Go Viral (TBD)

15:00-18:00 Mobile session

INTERNET IS MOBILE

Key Issues:
• A review of Kazakhstan's mobile landscape;
• Extending business possibilities with mobile internet, apps etc. what's in it for Kazakhstan?
• New possibilities and trends in mobile.
• A start of location based services
• Mobile tagging, mobiles codes and other mobile innovations.

15:00-15:45 Keynote

WELCOME TO THE AGE OF USER EXPERIENCE

Speaker:
• Aral Balkan, Mobile Application Developer (TBD)

16:00-16:45 Keynote

CONNECTING VIRTUALITY AND REALITY: THE FUTURE OF MOBILE 2D CODES

Speaker:
• Sture Udd, Finland, Founder and CEO “Up Code” (TBD)

17:00-17:45 Panel discussion

MOBILE COMMUNICATION IN KAZAKHSTAN

Moderator TBD

Speakers:
• Huawei representative (TBD)
• Kcell representative (TBD)
• Beeline representative (TBD)

Organizer: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The Round table will provide participants with a complex view of: all modes of modern transport and logistics systems for transit; perspectives for further development of transport infrastructure in Kazakhstan; growth dynamics of volume of transit transport within the Eurasian continent as well as will promote strengthening of the image of our country as a transit one.
The main objective of the event is to take a professional view and analysis regarding geopolitical trends within the Eurasian continent, perspectives for development of the national transport systems, evaluation of investment opportunities for developing new trade routes, transport infrastructure and logistics. One of the key aspects of discussions will be issues on encouraging development of new markets by means of forming transport routes and principles of pricing, taxing, payment systems and data exchange as well as by means of strengthening interstate cooperation in the field of transport.
Participants of the Round table will consider and discuss issues on further development of the transport infrastructure in road, railway, civil aviation and water transport sectors as well as issues on increasing level of integration of transport and communication complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan into international transport networks.

Key Issues:
• Ensuring needs of economy and population in qualitative transport services
• Developing and improving transport operation indicators in road and railway sectors
• Developing new forms of implementing concession projects, including PPP mechanisms
• Mobilizing investments into transport infrastructure
• Developing transit and logistic potential of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Further developing infrastructure in the civil aviation and road transport sectors of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Moderator:
Аzat Bekturov, Vice Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Speakers (TBD):
• Yahya Maroofi, ECO Secretary General
• Eduard Biryukov, TRACECA IGC Secretary General
• Igor Runov, Head of IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia
• Askar Mamin, President of “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” National Company JSC
TBD
• Hiroshi Iwao, Head of JBIC Representative Office in Moscow
• Arif Shadiyev, President of “ENRC Logistics” Ltd
• Sergey Kulnazarov, Director General of “KazAeroNavigation” State-Run Enterprise
• Berik Uandykov, Director of “Aktau International Trade Seaport” State-Run Enterprise
• Marat Ormanov, Director General of “KazTenizTransFlot” JSC TBD
• Murat Bekmagambetov, President of “Research Institute for Transport and Communications” Ltd
• Zamir Saginov, Chairman of Road Committee under Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Organizer: “Damu” Entrepreneurship Development Fund” JSC

Key Issues:
• International experience on development of small and medium-sized enterprises
• Problems of preparation on new business leaders in Kazakhstan (problems of succession/inheritance between generation of entrepreneurs
• Coverage of the structures engaged in the development of small and medium-sized businesses in Kazakhstan for the public, as well as informing employers about measures taken in the country to improve the business climate
• Problems of formation of entrepreneurship, small and medium business, business climate in Kazakhstan

Moderator:
David Smallbone, President of Small Business Research Department of the Kingston University, Advisor for Entrepreneurship for China, Eastern Europe, Latin America

Speakers:
• Kairat Aitekenov, Chairman of Board, “DAMU” Entrepreneurship Development Fund” JSC
• John Nash, Nobel Prize winner in Economics, 1994 “for the analysis in game theory”. Professor of Princeton University, USA
• Edward Prescott, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics 2004, “for contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles”, Professor at Arizona State University, USA
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2007, “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”, Professor of Princeton University, USA
• Oliver Williamson, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics 2009, for “his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm”
• Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Ahn Taik-soo, Chairman and CEO of Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT), Korea

Organizers: Ministry of the Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan

In connection with the development of world tourism is increasing interest in finding ways of effective development of this industry in Kazakhstan, as part of the state and entrepreneurs. Currently, tourism has become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in Kazakhstan.
The development of the tourism industry and all of Kazakhstan's economy depends largely on the effectiveness of the state regulation, business support, including formation of a clear investment policy. Kazakhstan and foreign investors should be beneficial to invest in the domestic tourism industry.
At this panel session will discuss a number of challenges facing the tourism industry, socio-economic development of Kazakhstan and the world as a whole.
The session will involve public authorities, industry, potential investors, travel agencies, hotels worldwide, as well as airlines, which have a major role in this process.

Key Issues:
• Investment in tourism industry as a guarantee of its successful development
• Creating a favorable investment climate in Kazakhstan - the competitiveness of tourism product;

Moderator TBD

Participants:
• Zoltan Somogyi, Deputy Secretary-General, Executive Director for Member Relations and Services at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (TBD)
• Thomas Mirow, President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (TBD)
• Hamdi Topçu, CEO Turkish Airlines (TBD)
• Vera Kobalia, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development (TBD)
• Jürgen Fitschen, Head of «Deutsche Bank AG» Regional Management Worldwide. Member of Management Board (TBD)
• Gerd Lenga, Chairman of the Board, Knauf Group CIS (TBD)
• Jan Lundin, President of Swedish Travel and Tourist Industry Federation (TBD)
• Maksim Tolstojs , Deputy of Riga City Council, Head of Tourism Development Bureau in Riga, Latvia (TBD)
• Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (TBD)
• Antti Haahti, Professor of Tourism, University of Lapland, Finland (TBD)
• Laszlo Vasa, Doctor of Science, MBA, Professor, Vice Dean of Szent Istvan University, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (TBD)
• Nadezhda Makatrova, Director of the consulting company «Konkretika» (TBD)
• Martina Leicher, Karsten Palme “Compass” International Consulting Company, Germany (TBD)
• Rashida Shaikenova, Director of Kazakhstan Tourism Association, President of Kazakhstan Association of Hotels and Restaurants (TBD)
• Ardjen Langedijk, Director of company «Kazachstan Reizen» (TBD)
• Nyoman Madiun, Director of tourism, Bali Institute of Tourism (TBD)

VALUE CREATED BY THE ICT SECTOR

Organized by: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC “Zerde” National ICT Holding, United Agencies CA

Key topics:
• Technology innovations creating sustainability and economic growth;
• ICT standard regulations;
• E-government: modern vision of Kazakhstan;
• ICT investments: synthesis of financial tools and innovations.

Events planned at Connect Kazakhstan:
• Conference Connect Ideas (21-22nd of May);
• Connect Digital – an event for Internet-community (23-24th of May);
• Connect Expo – an exhibition of ICT technologies (21-24th of May).

Welcome speech: Askar Zhumagaliyev, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBD)

Topic theme: “Main priorities of Kazakhstan in the field of ICT”

INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES CREATING SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROW

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Nurlan Izmailov, Chairman of JSC “Zerde” National ICT Holding
• Samsung representative; (TBD)
• Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe (TBD)
• Microsoft representative; (TBD)
• Oracle representative; (TBD)
• LG Electronics representative; (TBD)
• SAP representative; (TBD)
• HP representative; (TBD)
• Ian Angell, Professor of Information Systems at London School of Economics, Adviser to European Security Forum (TBD)
• James Wilsdon, Director of the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society(TBD)

ICT STANDARD REGULATIONS

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Jochen Friedrich, Openforum Europe: Reforming the ICT standartisation policy(TBD)
• Representative of eBay (TBD)
• Representative of Kazakh Research Institute of Information Technology (TBD)

LUNCH

14:30-15:30 Plenary session
E-GOVERNMENT: A MODERN VISION OF KAZAKHSTAN

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Arvo Ott, Board Member, E-Governance Academy, Estonia (TBD)
• Randeep Sudan, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, The World Bank(TBD)
• Deepak Bhatia, ISG E-Government Practice Manager, The World Bank(TBD)
• Liverpool City Council's atstovas. (The council picked up the European Quality Award for its business excellence and 'e-government readiness);(TBD)
• United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), the Republic of Korea; (TBD)
• JSC “National Information Technologies”.(TBD)

15:30-16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00-17:30 Plenary session
ICT INVESTMENTS: SYNTHESIS OF FINANCIAL TOOLS AND INNOVATIONS

Moderator ( TBD)

Speakers:
• Bob Borchers, Executive Director of Opus Capital, Apple’s former Senior Director of worldwide product marketing (TBD)
• Ellen Olafsen, Operations Officer, Info Dev(TBD)
• Stephen Ibaka, Investor, IT professional, writer(TBD)
• Erik Welle-Watne, Founder of Investment Funds Russia and Eastern Europe, Innovation Norway(TBD)
• Anne Glover, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Amadeus Capital Partners(TBD)

Organizers: Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association, “Analytical Centre of Economic Policy in AIC” LLP.

Key Issues:
• Customs Union countries become the largest and unrivaled leaders in the export of wheat and agricultural products. What impact will this have on world food security?
• Will the new programs be undertaken in this sector?
• Prospects of a grain pool creation within the Customs Union.
• Implementation of phytosanitary and veterinary and sanitary control within the Customs Union in view of international rules and standards
• Investment attractiveness of the countries of Customs Union

Moderator:
Sergey Sidorsky, Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:
• Assylzhan Mamytbekov, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Yelena Skrynnik, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
• Mikhail Rusyi, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus
• Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance /Rosselkhoznadzor/ (Russia) (TBD)
• Arkadiy Zlochevskiy, President, Russian Corn Union (Russia) (TBD)
• Herbert Stroebel, Professor of agricultural economics, Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Vladimir Ulakhovich, Chairman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Belarus
• Jeremy Rifkin, advisor to the European Committee and European Parliament, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends
Questions and Answers
Summing-up
Adoption of resolutions 

Organizers: "NWF Samruk-Kazyna" JSC, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, “Economic Research Institute” JSC

One of the most effective ways of foreign investment attraction is the placing of enterprises in the global stock market with further financing in the form of additional stock issues. The access to capital-intensive stock market will provide liquidity of shares, and will allow receiving necessary funds for the development of companies, reduce the dependence on bank borrowings. In addition, the capital market is of great importance for institutional investors and for macroeconomic stability of the country’s economy. During the seminar it is planned to discuss the importance of the capital market for stock exchanges, companies, investors and states, mechanisms for market development of equity instruments in transition economies.

Key issues:
• Exchange of views on the effectiveness of IPOs in the post crisis period
• Review of latest IPOs in developed and developing markets
• Discussion of further development of IPO market
• Discussion of key challenges facing IPO candidates from developing countries
• Analysis of People IPO programmes in different countries and the main results
• Discussion of different approaches to regulate stock markets and to stimulate attractiveness for private companies as candidates to IPO
• Analysis of macroeconomic effects of IPO programmes on population

10:00-11:00
SESSION I: THE STATE AND THE CAPITAL MARKETS. THE BALANCE BETWEEN REGULATION AND STIMULATING IPO

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Marcia Favale Tarter, Senior Advisor to Prime-Minister, Kazakhstan
• Sir John Stuttard, Deputy Chairman, Advisory Board of PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP
• Grigory Marchenko, Chairman, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBD)

SESSION II: THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF IPO PROGRAMMES ON POPULATION

Moderator:
Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Deputy Chairman, JSC "National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna"

Speakers:
• Apte Shirish, The Co-Chairman of Bank across Asia and Pacific region Citigroup (TBD)
• Andrey Kostin, President, VTB, Russia (TBD)
• Alberto Verme, Chief Executive Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) (TBD)

Q&A
Wrap-up

10:00-13:00 Session 2 (Hall for 80 persons)
GLOBAL ENERGY-ECOLOGICAL FORUM
SESSION II. GREEN BRIDGE – NEW MECHANISMS OF PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Organizers: Ministry of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC “National Science and Technology Holding “Parasat”, The Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences, The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Moderator: TBD

Welcome Speech:
Nurlan Kapparov, Minister of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Speakers:
• Ruslan Bultrikov, Vice-minister of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Jamais Cascio, Writer and Ethical Futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios. He is in the rating of top 100 thinkers.
• Vladimir Tsalko, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental protection of the Belarus Republic
• Monica Lynn, Deputy Director, UNECE Environmental Protection Department
• Svetlana Mogilyuk, Chair person, Social Entity “NGO Ecoforum”, Kazakhstan
• Bulat Yessekin, The Head of «Green bridge» program’s group
• Lyudmila Shabanova, Head of “Green bridge” office, Correspondent of “Ecology” Academy, Kazakhstan
Discussion, Questions

Organizer: Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, "Economic Research Institute" JSC

On January 1, 2012 Common Economic Space of Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation starts to operate. Within the CES there will be the implementation of coordinated macroeconomic policy, competition policy, government procurement, provision of industrial subsidies, government support for agriculture, as well as creating conditions for equal access to the infrastructure of the countries which participate in CES in the sphere of energetics and rail transport, oil and gas transportation. At the same time, we observe certain stagnation and recoil in the most successful integration association – EU: barriers to labor movement are erected, national egoism of the EU countries is increased. Also there is a need to discuss responsibility of the separate countries for macroeconomic stability of the block in whole (for example: Greece, Ireland etc.) and measures directed to achieve this purpose.
The study of the European integration experience, emerging problems and solutions can be the basis for determining the direction of further CES integration.

Key Issues:
• Responsible economic policy of each country: EU experience
• Free labor movement: EU problems – experience for Kazakhstan and other countries
• The efficiency of decisions made, their influence on economic stability of each country;
• Opportunities and prospects of CU/SES development

Moderator:
Zhanar Aitzhanova, Minister of Economic Integration Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

15:05-16:05
SESSION I: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: PROBLEMS AND METHODS OF SOLUTION

Speakers:
• Speaker TBD
• Jean-Charles Berthonnet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France in the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBD)
• Valikhan Tuleshev, Acting Director of Institute of World Economics and Policy at the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Speaker TBD
• Speaker TBD
• Olga Butorina, Head of Department of European Integration, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (TBD)

16:05-17:05
SESSION II: INTEGRATION IN EURASIA

Speakers:
• Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (TBD)
• Nikolay Snopkov, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus (TBD)
• Alexander Auzan, Professor, Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonossov (TBD)
• Robert Z. Lawrence, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (TBD)
• Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev, Professor, Rector, The Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (TBD)
• Sergey Lebedev, CIS Executive Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee (TBD)

Questions and answers
Closing remark

17:05-18:20  
SESSION III: INTEGRATION: COOPERATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Speakers: (TBD)
• Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Agustín Colombo Sierra, Director of the Secretariat of MERCOSUR
• Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist of Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)

Questions and answers
Closing remark

Organizers: Ministry of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC “National Science and Technology Holding “Parasat”, The Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences, The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Moderator:
Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2007 «for efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change», Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), India (TBD)

Welcome Speech:
Nurlan Kapparov, Minister of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Speakers:
• Ruslan Bultrikov, Vice-minister of Environment Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Jamais Cascio, Writer and Ethical Futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios. He is in the rating of top 100 thinkers.
• Vladimir Tsalko, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental protection of the Belarus Republic
• Monica Lynn, Deputy Director, UNECE Environmental Protection Department
• Svetlana Mogilyuk, Chair person, Social Entity “NGO Ecoforum”, Kazakhstan
• Bulat Yessekin, The Head of «Green bridge» program’s group
• Lyudmila Shabanova, Head of “Green bridge” office, Correspondent of “Ecology” Academy, Kazakhstan

Organizers: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC “Zerde” National ICT Holding, United Agencies CA

THE STORY OF “THE PIRATE BAY” AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT?

Speaker:
• Peter Sunde, Founder "The Pirate Bay" (TBD)

11:00-11:55 Keynote

TRAPPED IN THE WEB: REAL IMPACT OF INTERNET ON OUR SOCIETY, CULTURE AND HEALTH

Speakers:
• Milo Yiannopulos, Columnist of a heading of technologies, Writes to The Daily Telegraph, Wired and TechCrunch about Technologies and Privacy Problems

12:00-12:45 Panel Discussion 
HOW TO GET KAZAKHSTAN ONTO INTERNET HIGHWAY?

Moderator (TBD)

Speakers:
• Peter Sunde, Founder "The Pirate Bay"
• Walter de Brouwer , President and CEO, One Laptop Per Child Organization (OLPC) Europe
• Local education, ITC specialists (TBD)

14:00-18:00 Session

INTERNET IS AMAZING

Key Issues:
• Creating a digital city for the 21st century
• Key issues in developing a successful Internet startup companies
• Creativity + the Internet =?
• Implementing digital tools for doing good for society
• Kazakhstan - the leader in digital technology in the region

Speaker:
• Walter de Brouwer , President and CEO, One Laptop Per Child Organization (OLPC) Europe

15:00-15:45 Keynote 
KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVITY, FUTURE AND… COSMOS!

Speaker:
• Vladas Lasas , CEO/Founder Skubios Siuntos UAB Kaunas & UPS/Lithuania Co-founder of Carbon War Room

16:00-16:45 Panel  Discussion
Panel Discussion
(TBD)

Speakers (TBD)

16:45-17:00 Closing  
Closing Remarks

Organizers: Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Samruk-Kazyna Pharmacia, “Nazarbayev University” JSC, World Health Organization, Society for Medicinal Plant Research (GA), Institute of Chemical Sciences named after A. Bekturov, Saint-Petersburg Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy, Russia (all are subject to approval)

Medicine is a dominant part of social policy. The successful development of public health is one of the components that helps to build a stable society.
Constant modernization and reform of public health is one of the main factors of country's social policy. In this regards an important role is played by the development of pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical activity.
The pharmaceutical industry, as a growing industry in Kazakhstan is represented by a total of 79 companies-manufacturers of pharmaceutical and medical products, including small manufacturers of medical products.
Research and development of a complex of scientific and practical disciplines, the problems of creation, security, research, storage, production, release and marketing of medicines, as well as the search for natural sources of medicinal substances will have a primary role in health development.

Key Issues:
• Launching drug production in Kazakhstan
• Development of the pharmaceutical industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan and production of complex medical equipment
• Lack of qualified personnel in pharmaceutical and medical industry and the need to improve their training
• Attraction of foreign professionals
• Provision with effective, safe and high quality drugs and their development in the interest of the patient
• Attraction of investments into the public health

Moderator: Roger Kornberg, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 2006, “for the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription”, Professor of Stanford University, Co-Chairman of Skolkovo Scientific and Technical Council, USA

Welcome speech:
• Salidat Kairbekova, Minister of Health of Republic Kazakhstan
• Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway (three terms), (1981-1996), Minister for Environmental Affairs of Norway, Former Director General of the World Health Organization, Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Member of the Club de Madrid (TBD)

Speakers:
• Kary Banks Mullis, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 1993 “for improvement of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique”, Distinguished Researcher at Children’s Hospital and Research Institute at Oakland, USA
• Sir Richard John Roberts, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine 1993 “for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing”, Professor of University of Sheffield, UK
• Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute, Chairman of the Gap minder Foundation
• Konstantin Severinov, Professor at Rutgers University, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
• Larissa Pak, Deputy Chairman, Development of pharmaceutical industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan and production of medical equipment, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Discussion
Summing up

Organizers: Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Republic of Kazakhstan, “Economic Research institute” JSC

Asia is the locomotive of the world economy. Developing powers like China, India, as well as several countries of Southeast Asia are the key to the global economic growth. Kazakhstan also ranks among the rapidly-developing countries, and may join the ranks of the “Asian tigers and dragons” in the near future.
The priorities shift to the Asian countries, such as major powers – China, Korea, as well as dynamically developing Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and others. The secrets of their success as a country can become the basis for effective policy of Kazakhstan in different spheres of economy, and cooperation with countries of the region has been already a priority for practically all world countries.

Key Issues:
• Drivers of growth of Asian countries before and after the crisis, application of theory of comparative advantages in the Asian region

Moderator:
Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the republic of Kazakhstan

14:35-15:20
SESSION I: ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS OF ASIAN POWERS

Speakers:
• Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General ASEAN (TBD)
• Chen Deming, Minister of Commerce of People's Republic of China (TBD)
• Oh-Seok Hyun, President, Korea Development Institute (TBD)

15:20-16:20
SESSION II: BREAKING-THROUGH OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES

Speakers:
• Speaker TBD
• Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General BOAO Asian Forum (TBD)
• Sharifah Zarah Syed Ahmad, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia (TBD)
• Lai Xiaomin, President of Investment Company China Huarong, Asset Management Corporation (TBD)

16:20-18:00
SESSION III: STRATEGY OF SUCCESS OF CENTRAL ASIAN PANTERS

Speakers:
• Eler Ganiyev, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Head of complex on foreign trade, attraction of foreign investment and production localization (TBD)
• Speaker TBD

Questions and Answers
Closing remark

Moderator:
Vladimir Sokolin, Chairman, CIS Interstate Statistical Committee

Speakers:
• James Heckman, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics 2000, “for his contributions to selection bias and self-selection analysis”, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, USA
• Mustafa Dinç, Senior Economist/Statistician, World Bank;
• Dieter Sareiter, Vice-president of Federal Statistical Office of Germany

15:00-17:30 Session
GLOBAL ENERGY-ECOLOGICAL FORUM
SESSION III. EXPO-2017 «ENERGY OF FUTURE», ASTANA, 2017

Organizer: Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Moderator:
Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan

Speakers:
• Bertran Piccard, Swiss Psychiatrist and Pilot, Inventor of a Solar-powered Aircraft. Solar Energy
• Sultan Akhmet Al-Jabir, Executive Director and CEO, Masdar is the city of future on the Solar Energy
• Adnan Amin, IRENA, Director general
• Juan Correas, General Consultant for the Project of EXPO-2017

ENERGY-ECOLOGICAL FORUM CLOSING

Moderator:
Nurtay Abykayev, President of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences

Participants:
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2007, “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”, Professor of Princeton University, USA
• Robert Herman, Vice-President concerning a labor safety, environment and the safety precautions, «Conoco Phillips»
• Klaus Thiessen, Photoyoltaics Consultant, Wista-Management GMBH

ENERGY-ECOLOGICAL FORUM CLOSING

Moderator:
Nurtay Abykayev, President of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences

Participants:
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2007, “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”, Professor of Princeton University, USA
• Robert Herman, Vice-President concerning a labor safety, environment and the safety precautions, «Conoco Phillips»
• Klaus Thiessen, Photoyoltaics Consultant, Wista-Management GMBH

Organizers: Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Association
In the modern world the promotion of economic policies aimed at the distant future has a significant priority for country’s development. That emphasis on innovation and new technologies can bring the states to the rank of the dominant economies in the world. New technologies change the structure of the world economy and social lproduction, developing and perfecting all sectors of the global economy.
That innovation and industrial development will be the main theme of the final briefing of intellectual program of VAEF, gathering four recognized expert groups influencing the development and future of any country:
1. Governments representatives, including the Heads of states
2. Investors, business and international organizations representatives
3. Scientific academicians, experts and Nobel Prize Laureates
4. Media representatives

During this event it will be possible to discuss the innovative future of a country, to hear the plans of governments and international organizations that combine science and business, as well as to hear the opinions of briefing participants and media.

Moderator TBD

Participants:
Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 1999, “for his pioneering work in monetary dynamics and optimum currency areas”, Professor of Columbia University, Canada
• Edward Prescott, Professor, University of Arizona, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, "for contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles", 2004, USA
• Oliver Williamson, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics 2009, for “his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm” , Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2010, “for contributions to the theory of search frictions and macroeconomics”. Holds the Chair in Economics at the London School of Economics, UK-Greece
• Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2005, “for his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis”, Professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• James Heckman, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics 2000, “for his contributions to selection bias and self-selection analysis”, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, USA
• John Nash, Nobel Prize winner in Economics, 1994 “for the analysis in game theory”. Professor of Princeton University, USA
• Roger Kornberg, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 2006, “for the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription”, Professor of Stanford University, Co-Chairman of Skolkovo Scientific and Technical Council, USA
• Finn Kydland, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2004 “for contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles”, Professor of the University of Santa Barbara, California, USA
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2007, “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”, Professor of Princeton University, USA
• Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Wim Kok, President of the Club de Madrid, Ex-Prime-Minister of the Netherlands (1994-2002)
• Jorge Quiroga, Vice President of the Club de Madrid, Ex-President of Bolivia (2001-2002)
• Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico (2000-2006). Co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, Member of the Club de Madrid
• Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France (1997-2002), Member of the Club de Madrid
• Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime-Minister of Pakistan (2004-2007), Former Finance Minister of Pakistan (1999-2007)
• Domingo Cavallo, Former Minister of Economy of Argentina, Ex-Chairman, Central Bank of Argentina, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
• Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International; Ex-Vice-President, AIG; Ex-Chairman, Central Bank of Israel
• German Gref, President, Chief Executive Officer «Sberbank Russia»
• Massimo Di Grigorio, Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Thomson Reuters
• Lex Fenwick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bloomberg Ventures, member of the Bloomberg L.P. Board and of Bloomberg’s Management Committee
• Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General BOAO Asian Forum
• Natalya Sindeyeva, General Director of the “Dozhd” TV Channel
• Sergey Braga, Chief Editor of the National Daily Magazine «Урядовый курер»
• Oleg Volnov, Deputy Director General of the Socio-Political Broadcast of the “Pervyi kanal” JSC

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