The working sessions (2-4 November, 2011) are open for invited participants. Please register under

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1 Preliminary Program This program is subject to change and the organizers reserve the right to alter session topic, timing and speakers. Invitations have been dispatched to all participants Vienna Process 4 th Meeting 2-4 November, 2011 EU-Russia: Partnership for Modernization or Conservation? under the auspices of ICEUR-Vienna in cooperation with: Builders Association of Russia Railway Constructors Union Self-regulation organization Federation of Austrian Industries The working sessions (2-4 November, 2011) are open for invited participants. Please register under office@iceur-vienna.at The joint EU-Russian modernization program (PfM) which has been signed on 1 June, 2010 has grinded to a halt. The fall session of the Vienna Process will discuss the reasons for this loss of momentum and explore the possibilities to push the reset button. The regional focus of this meeting will be the North Caucasus. Utilizing the successful format developed during preceding sessions, the conclusions and recommendations will be fleshed out in the business forum which provides opportunities for targeted direct contacts and company presentations. 2 November Venue: Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria (Marmorsaal) 16:15-17:00 Arrival of participants :30 Welcome addresses Representative of ICEUR Vienna Karl-Heinz Strauss, CEO, Porr AG Vladimir Chizhov, Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union Sergey Nechaev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Austria (tbc) Hannes Eigner, Head of the Eastern European Department in the Austrian Foreign Ministry

2 Opening session: The Partnership for Modernization practical results and shortfalls Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science, Russia s WTO bid and modernization Statements and comments by Alexander N. Shokhin, President, RSPP - Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (tbc) Michael Pulch, Head of Russia Division, European External Action Service Representative of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (tbc) Representative of the Austrian Federation of Industries (tbc) Mark Entin, Director of the European Studies Institute at the MGIMO-University of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yekaterina Volkova, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics (tbc) 18:30 19:00 Discussion Reception 3 November Venue: Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria (Marmorsaal) Panel 1 Russia s WTO policy, Innovations, EU Norms & Standards Moderator Franz Wessig, Co-ordinator for EU-Enlargement, Foreign Economic Relations with East and Southeast Europe, Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (tbc) Russia and WTO Alexei Kudrin, Former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (tbc) Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science, Russia s WTO bid and modernization Bernhard Felderer, President, Committee on State Debts, Republic of Austria Representative of the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (tbc) Michael Webb, EU Delegation to the Russian federation (tbc) Konstantin Kosachev, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs (tbc) Representative of Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Vasily Astrov, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

3 Technological Innovations and Management Anatoly Chubais, Chairman, Rosnano (tbc) Viktor Vekselberg, Chairman, RENOVA, General Manager, Skolkovo Technology Park (tbc) Alexander Murychev, First Executive Vice-President, RSPP - Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and as Chairman of the Council of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia- Participation of European companies in PfM projects (tbc) Vladimir A. Dmitriev, Chairman, Vnesheconombank State Corporation The Bank for Development and foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) (tbc) Mikhail Prokhorov, President ONEXIM Group (tbc) EU Norms and Standards: legislative basis and implementation in Russia Nikolai Koshman, President, Co-Chairman, Builders Association of Russia, EU-Russia Industrialists Round Table Building Industrial Task Force-Large-scale projects in the PfM framework Mikhail Kaykov, President of the Association of the Builders of Russia-European norms and standards in construction, Representative of TÜV Austria Consult Coffee break Panel 2 Innovation in Russian regions Representative of Ministry of Tourism, Dagestan Republic Rizvan K. Gazimagomedov, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic Dagestan Sergey Mostinsky, Director of the Department of International Cooperation, ROSNANO, Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Business lunch open end Business forum: focus on Southern Russia This section of the Vienna Process serves the dual objective to provide first-hand information about innovation and modernization in selected Russian regions from the grass root perspective of companies and to facilitate face-to-face contacts between CEOs and business representatives from Austria, Germany and Russia. Moderator Rizvan K. Gazimagomedov, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic Dagestan Statements and comments by Company presentations Business-to business meetings: Russian and Austrian construction firms (to be specified) Karibov, Anatoliy, Agency for tourism of the Republic of Dagestan Rosnano

4 Coffee break Evening program (to be specified) 4 November Venue: Federation of Austrian Industries (Ludwig Urban Saal) :30 Welcome address Hannes Swoboda, MEP - Committee on Foreign Affair, Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU- Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia Erhard Busek, President, ICEUR-Vienna Nikolai Koshman, President, Co-Chairman, Builders Association of Russia, EU-Russia Industrialists Round Table Building Industrial Task Force-Large-scale projects in the PfM framework 09:30-11:30 Panel 3: Investment projects Feasibility of investment projects in Russia Kseniya Goncharova, Section leader of Department of technical regulation and standard base of Builders association of Russia Presentation of Russian companies and projects Construction of factories producing building materials Construction of infrastructure facilities Low-rise construction and housing Construction of factories and large processing systems Other projects 11:30-12:00 Coffee break 12:00-12:40 Panel 4: Investment projects Peter Havlik, Deputy Director of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Corporate interest in the Russian market, main obstacles, recommendations, the main criteria for selecting projects Dietmar Handbichler, Head Business Unit Private & Institutional Bankung, Managing Director, Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Austria)

5 Representative, Austrian investment company (tbc) Goldinger, Michael, FIPRA Network Austria Representative, Austrian bank (tbc) Representative, Russian bank (tbc) Company Presentation project assessment procedure, assessment for practice forprojects in Russia Representative, independent Austrian company of projects estimation (tbc) Presentation of the project to create an independent Russian center for projects assessment within the framework of the Partnership for Modernization Dmitry Philippov, Executive director, Railway Constructors Union 12:40-13:00 Coffee break 13:00-15:00 Panel 5: Insurance of investment projects and conformity assessment of products Insurance of investment projects in the UE: basic insurance products. Examples of completed projects. Interest in the Russian market and the main reason for refusal of participation in the insurance of construction projects in the Russian market Wolfgang Petschko, Property and Corporate Client Insurance Business, Vienna Insurance Group Representative, Russian insurance company 13:20-13:30 Coffee break The Problem of investment projects insurance in the Russian construction branch Vladislav Panov, Head of Department of insurance of SRO NP SMB The market of product conformity assessment in Russia Dmitry Philippov, Executive director, Railway Constructors Union Practical implementation of Regulation 305/2011 in terms of conformity assessment Peter Baum, Head of the constructional engineering Department, TÜV Austria Consult (tbc) 14:00-14:15 Wrap up discussion, adoption of expert platform 14:15-15:00 Discussion, Business-to-Business meetings (Ludwig Urban Saal and Meeting room I + II) Departure of Participants