К. Симонов принял участие в международной конференции в Берлине 14-15 июня

Thursday, 14 June

Arrival of the Russian and international Participants 

18.30 Meeting at the hotel lobby, walk to the boat station

18.45-22.15 Boat trip and dinner, departure from the Corneliusbriicke, Berlin

Friday, 15in June 

Breakfast at the Hotel

9:00 Meeting at the hotel lobby, walk to the DGAP (10 minutes)

9:30-10:30 Keynote remarks:

■      Vladimir Chizhov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU

■      Sergey Glaziev, EurAsEC Deputy Secretary General, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

10:30-11:15    Panel I:    European Union and Eurasian Union:

Assessing integration principles and goals

о Mechanism of integration and principles of association, о System of interests-regulation inside the union, о Collective security and common foreign policy of the European and Eurasian Union.

о Can Russia apply EU experiences to the creation of the Eurasian Union?

Chair:

Alexander Rahr, Program Director, Berthold Beitz Center, German Council on Foreign Relations Speakers:

•        Almut Moeller, Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, German Council on Foreign Relation

•        Olqa Butorina, Moscow State University of International Relations of the MFA of Russia (MGIMO University). "Coals and contradictions of the integration: conclusions for the Eurasian Union"

•        Caroline Ferrari, Deputy Head of Mission, French Embassy Berlin

•        Dmvtro Vvdrin, Adviser to the President of Ukraine

The EU-Russia energy alliance.

Russia's WTO-accession and the WTO membership perspectives of other members of the Common Economic Area. Small, medium and large business agenda for integration. Eurasian Union as a common investment area.

Chair: Pavel Andreev, Executive Director, Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Speakers:

•        Konstantin Simonov, Director General of the National Energy Security Fund (NESF)

•        Karl-Georq Wellmann, MP, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

•        Timofei Bordachev, Director, Center for International Studies, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, National Research University - Higher School of Economics

•        Timo Hammaren, Russia Team Coordinator, Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Western Balkan, EFTA, EEA and Turkey Unit, Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission

15:30-16:00    Coffee Break

16:00-17:30    Panel III: Future of Europe: Cohabitation or Symbiosis between the EU and Eurasian Union?

о Ukrainian geopolitical choice: a European or Eurasian vector? о The Eurasian Union - transit area between Europe and the Asian-Pacific-Region?

о Responsibility of Russia and Europe for security and stability in the Eurasian region.

о Will there be a conflict of values between Eurasian and European Union?

Chair:

Thomas Gomart, Director of the Russia/ Newly Independent States Centre, IFRI Speakers:

•        Michael Pulch, Head of Russia Division, European External Action Service

•        Valikhan Tuleshov, Deputy Director, Institute for the World Economy and Politics, Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

•        Florence Ferrari, Deputy-Head for Eastern Europe, Continental Europe Directorate, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

•        Alexei Vlasov, Deputy Dean, Faculty of History, Moscow State University

17.30 End of the Conference, Informal dinner at the DGAP