The Conference focused on the current problems of Russian and world economies, antirecessionary strategies of Russian regions, their policies and budget limitations, modern methods and mechanisms of financing from external sources, legal aspects of municipal and sub-federal borrowings, infrastructural projects in Russian regions, legal support of socio-economic development of Russian regions, analysis of relevant experience of leading foreign financial institutions, as well as on other issues related to financing investment programmes in Russian regions.
The Conference, held on an annual basis, brings together for a rich and fruitful discussion representatives of the Russian federal legislative and executive authorities, the City of Moscow Government, Russian regional and local administrations, major Russian and international investment institutions and banks, leading international rating agencies.
Plenary Session |
Welcome Address: “The City of Moscow: Problems and Prospects of Development. Priority Areas of Investment Policy in a Megapolis” Marina Ogoblina, Head of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow |
"Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service: the Main Areas of Activity at the Present Stage" Yulia Bondareva, Head of Financial Markets Control, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) |
"Financial Policy of Russian Regions and Cities under the Influence of Financial & Economic Crisis" Pavel Kochanov, Municipal Finance, IFC, the World Bank Group |
"Sub-federal Markets: the Present Stage" Anatoly Gavrilenko, Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Subfederal Markets Development, Financial Markets and Credit Institutions Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation |
"Anti-crisis Measures in Murmansk Region" Evgeny Nikora, Chairman, Murmansk Regional Duma |
“Financing Regions with the Aid of Securities Market Instruments” Evgeny Ellinsky, Vice President, Member of the Managing Board, Moscow Inter-bank Currency Exchange (MICEX) |
“Anti-crisis Strategies of the Regional Banking System Aimed for Increasing Accessibility of Financial Resources” Vladimir Gamza, First Vice President, “Russia” Association |
Session “Tax and Budgetary Policy of the Russian Federation under Present-day Conditions and its Influence on Regional Economic Development during the Crisis” |
"Cluster Policy in Cities and Regions" Artyom Shadrin, Deputy Head of Strategic Management (Programmes) and Budgeting Department, Ministry for Economic Development of the Russian Federation |
Session “Anti-Crisis Strategies - Ways for Recovery” |
“Public Private Partnership: Tax Issues” Matvey Manuilov, Head of Tax and Law Department (Legal Services to Banks and Financial Institutions),, PricewaterhouseCooopers Russia B.V. |
"Russian Special Economic Zones: Instruments for the Origin of New Economy of the Russian Federation" Vladimir Mironenko, Deputy Head of Government Administration Department, Federal Agency for Management of Special Economic Zones (Ministry for Economic Development of the Russian Federation) |
"Public Private Partnership: Successful Investments within Regional Venture Funds Programme. Case Studies" Pavel Morozov, Troika Capital Partners |
"Public Infrastructure – a Ruinous Path or an Opportunity for the Private Sector" Nicholas Anderson, Senior Vice President, Head of SEK Advisory Services, Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) |
“Public Private Partnership in Solving the Task of Modernization of the Key Assets of Water Supply and Sewerage System of the City of Moscow" Tatiana Savchenko, Deputy Director General, SUE “Mosvodokanal” |
"Financing infrastructure investments for the benefit of Russian Regions and Cities" Peter Jeffreys, Senior PPP Expert, European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg |
“Certain Aspects Related to Receipt of Sovereign Guarantees and Placement of Budget Funds on Deposits" Ruslan Sherbatyuk, Deputy Minister of Finance, Krasnoyarsk region |
“Anti-crisis Management. Case Study: the City of Krasnodar" Alexander Dombrovskiy, First Deputy Head of Administration, Director of Finance Department, the City of Krasnodar |
“Russian Cities and Regions: Are there Defaults ahead?” Boris Kopeykin, Associate Director Public Finance, Standard & Poor’s |
Awards to the Best Issuers in 2008 |
Session “Financing for Regions: Efficient Strategies under Crisis Conditions.” |
"City of Moscow Debt Management during the Crisis" Sergey Pakhomov, Chairman, State Debt Committee of the City of Moscow |
“Ways for Financing Infrastructure Projects in the Russian Federation" Oxana Selska, Senior Banker, Corporate Sector/Infrastructure, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
“Ratings of Credit Solvency of Russian Regions during Financial Criisis” Vladimir Redkin, Director, International Public Finance, Fitch Ratings |
“Institutional anti-crisis mechanisms – Sverdlovsk region ” Vitaly Nedelskiy, First Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour, Sverdlovsk region |
“The impact of the global crisis on Russian sub-sovereigns - sector outlook" Alexander Proklov, Vice President – Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service Ltd. Russia |
“Governmental Support for the Companies of the Real Sector of Economy During Financial Crisis (Case Study: Nizhny Novgorod Region)” Natalia Lobanova, Deputy Minister of Finance of Nizhniy Novgorod Region |
“Debt Management under the present conditions. Regional Aspect” Sergey Barabanov, Chairman, State Debt Committee of the Finance Department of Tomsk Region |
Awards to the Best Authors of “Regional and City Finance” Project Published within “Securities Market” Magazine |
Closing Address |
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