13th Annual International Conference on Eurasian Economic Integration
The event will bring together heads of ministries and other authorities, the Eurasian Economic Commission, national companies, representatives of international financial institutions, academia, businesses, and experts from the Bank’s member states and other countries.
Key topics:
- Eurasian integration agenda
- Trade finance: how export agencies support integration
- Eurasian infrastructure breakthrough: national projects driving development and integration
- Energy: balancing conventional and new sources of energy
- Establishing a single EAEU space for settlements in national currencies
The EDB’s conferences have become an effective instrument of communication and information exchange for financial institutions, authorities and businesses in the Bank’s member states.
Venue: World Trade Center, 12 Krasnopresnenskaya Nab., Moscow, Entrance 4
Date: 22 November 2018
Time: from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
09:00 – 10:00 |
Welcome coffee and registration |
10:00 – 10:10 |
Conference opening and welcome speech by Andrey Beliyaninov, Chairman of the Management Board at the EDB |
10:10 – 11:50 |
Plenary session. Eurasian integration agenda: challenges and perspectives Topics for discussion: 1. Strengthening the role of national currencies in export and import payments within the EAEU and Greater Eurasia. What are the current barriers and constraints? What needs to be done to overcome them? The role of development institutions. 2. The EAEU single capital market and its promotion. How are the concept and roadmap of the single capital market being developed? The main “pressure points” and solutions. 3. Integration processes and the role of development institutions. The Eurasian integration agenda for the coming years. What should efforts focus on? 4. Prospects for expanding the geography of Eurasian integration. What countries may be interested in joining the EAEU? What trade agreements are on the agenda? 5. A Eurasian rating agency: the expediency of, and prospects for, creating one. Moderator: Stanislav Natanzon, TV reporter and presenter, Russia 24 news channel Invited speakers:
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11:50 – 12:00 |
EDB partner awards ceremony |
12:00 – 12:30 |
Press briefing |
12:00 – 12:30 |
Coffee break |
12:30 – 14:00 |
Sections |
Section 1
Trade finance: how export agencies support integration
Development institutions traditionally pay less attention to supporting mutual trade than to infrastructure development. However, at the current level of the development of the single economic space, it is trade that remains the key driver of integration in the EDB countries. What instruments to support exports do national agencies have at hand? What mechanisms of interaction with development banks have proven to be effective? Risk assessment, success stories.
Moderator: Dmitry Ladikov-Roev, Managing Director for Assets and Liabilities, Eurasian Development Bank Speakers:
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Section 2
Eurasian infrastructure breakthrough: national projects driving development and integration
Russia has launched a large-scale infrastructure development plan and Kazakhstan is running Nurly Zhol, a comprehensive infrastructure programme. How can national development agendas catalyse integration in Eurasia? What is needed to take advantage of the transboundary multiplier effect these investments produce in Eurasia?
Moderator: Sergey Ignatov, Executive Director, Transport and Infrastructure, Eurasian Development Bank Speakers:
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Special session of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly: Interaction among society, business and government in the context of Eurasian economic integration 2nd Floor, Press Room
The special session of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly is a space for communication and sharing experience. It is a free floor for discussion to tell in plain language about the operations and activities of the organisations that take part in Eurasian integration processes.
Moderators:
Speakers:
Signing cooperation agreements |
14:00 – 15:30 |
Lunch |
15:30 – 17:00 |
Sections |
Section 3
Energy: balancing conventional and new sources of energy (the intellectual partner of the session is Vygon Consulting)
All the EDB countries run programmes to develop and support renewable energy. However, the share of new renewable energy sources (solar and wind plants) in their energy balances remains low, as they are still dominated by conventional hydrocarbon-fired generation. Renewable energy sources continue to face serious technology limitations. In addition, their volume and quality depend heavily on natural conditions. What is the optimal balance between upgrading obsolete gas and coal-fired generation facilities and developing renewable energy in the EDB countries?
Moderator: Alexey Zhikharev, Partner, VYGON Consulting Speakers:
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Section 4
Establishing a single EAEU space for settlements in national currencies
Establishing a single space for settlements in national currencies and enhancing their role in mutual payments is one of the most important issues on the agenda of Eurasian integration. The participants will discuss the progress and challenges in establishing such a space, the ways to overcome them, and future developments.
Moderator: Evgeny Nadorshin, Chief Economist, PF Capital Speakers:
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17:00 |
Buffet reception |
09:00 – 10:00 |
Welcome coffee and registration |
|
10:00 – 10:10 |
Conference opening and welcome speech by Andrey Beliyaninov, Chairman of the Management Board at the EDB |
|
10:10 – 11:50 |
Plenary session. Eurasian integration agenda: challenges and perspectives Topics for discussion: 1. Strengthening the role of national currencies in export and import payments within the EAEU and Greater Eurasia. What are the current barriers and constraints? What needs to be done to overcome them? The role of development institutions. 2. The EAEU single capital market and its promotion. How are the concept and roadmap of the single capital market being developed? The main “pressure points” and solutions. 3. Integration processes and the role of development institutions. The Eurasian integration agenda for the coming years. What should efforts focus on? 4. Prospects for expanding the geography of Eurasian integration. What countries may be interested in joining the EAEU? What trade agreements are on the agenda? 5. A Eurasian rating agency: the expediency of, and prospects for, creating one. Moderator: Stanislav Natanzon, TV reporter and presenter, Russia 24 news channel Invited speakers:
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11:50 – 12:00 |
EDB partner awards ceremony |
|
12:00 – 12:30 |
Press briefing |
|
12:00 – 12:30 |
Coffee break |
|
12:30 – 14:00 |
Sections |
|
|
Section 1
Trade finance: how export agencies support integration
Development institutions traditionally pay less attention to supporting mutual trade than to infrastructure development. However, at the current level of the development of the single economic space, it is trade that remains the key driver of integration in the EDB countries. What instruments to support exports do national agencies have at hand? What mechanisms of interaction with development banks have proven to be effective? Risk assessment, success stories.
Moderator: Dmitry Ladikov-Roev, Managing Director for Assets and Liabilities, Eurasian Development Bank Speakers:
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Section 2
Eurasian infrastructure breakthrough: national projects driving development and integration
Russia has launched a large-scale infrastructure development plan and Kazakhstan is running Nurly Zhol, a comprehensive infrastructure programme. How can national development agendas catalyse integration in Eurasia? What is needed to take advantage of the transboundary multiplier effect these investments produce in Eurasia?
Moderator: Sergey Ignatov, Executive Director, Transport and Infrastructure, Eurasian Development Bank Speakers:
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Special session of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly: Interaction among society, business and government in the context of Eurasian economic integration 2nd Floor, Press Room
The special session of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly is a space for communication and sharing experience. It is a free floor for discussion to tell in plain language about the operations and activities of the organisations that take part in Eurasian integration processes.
Moderators:
Speakers:
Signing cooperation agreements |
|
14:00 – 15:30 |
Lunch |
|
15:30 – 17:00 |
Sections |
|
|
Section 3
Energy: balancing conventional and new sources of energy
All the EDB countries run programmes to develop and support renewable energy. However, the share of new renewable energy sources (solar and wind plants) in their energy balances remains low, as they are still dominated by conventional hydrocarbon-fired generation. Renewable energy sources continue to face serious technology limitations. In addition, their volume and quality depend heavily on natural conditions. What is the optimal balance between upgrading obsolete gas and coal-fired generation facilities and developing renewable energy in the EDB countries?
Moderator: Alexey Zhikharev, Partner, VYGON Consulting Speakers:
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Section 4
Establishing a single EAEU space for settlements in national currencies
Establishing a single space for settlements in national currencies and enhancing their role in mutual payments is one of the most important issues on the agenda of Eurasian integration. The participants will discuss the progress and challenges in establishing such a space, the ways to overcome them, and future developments.
Moderator: Evgeny Nadorshin, Chief Economist, PF Capital Speakers:
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17:00 |
Buffet reception |