XXth International Banking Congress, May 25-28, 2011, Saint-Petersburg
"Banks: Modernization, Innovation, Investments"
PROGRAMME

Day 1, Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
8.00 - 20.00 Arrival, registration and accommodation of Congress participants at Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel (14, Korablestroiteley str., St.Petersburg)
09.00 - 10.00 Breakfast (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
11.00 - 15.00 “Saint-Petersburg Palaces and their owners”, a trip with a visit to Gavriil Derzhavin’s Palace
15.00 - 16.30 Lunch (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
16.00 - 16.30 Press Conference (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
16.30 – 19.30 A trip to “Cathedral Ring” with a visit to Nicholas Cathedral.
19.30 – 20.30 A choir concert in Smolny Cathedral.
21.30 Dinner (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel).
Day 2, Thursday, May 26th, 2011
07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
9.00 - 13.30 Plenary session (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
PLENARY SESSION
"Banks: Modernization, Innovation, Investments"

(Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, "Blue" meeting room)
    09.00 - 09.30 welcome addresses to the XX International Banking Congress by:
                        The president of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Council of Federation, the State Duma
                        Official opening the XX International Banking Congress by:
                        Mikhail Oseevsky - Vice-Governor, Head of the Governor's Administration, Saint-Petersburg
                        Sergey Ignatiev - Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Moscow

    Speeches by:

    9.30 - 10.15 Russian banking system: state of the art and prospects - Gennady Melikian, First Vice-Chairman, Bank of Russia, Moscow
    10.15 - 10.30 Russian banking system: increasing opportunities for crediting of the economy or new risks - Alexander Murychev, Executive Vice-President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Chairman of the Council, Russian Regional Banks Association (Association "Russia"), Moscow
    10.30 - 10.45 Risk monitoring in post-crisis period - Andrey Kostin, President-Chairman of the Board, VTB Bank, Moscow
    10.45 - 11.05 Priority tasks for further bankization of Russia - Garegin Tosunian - President, Association of Russian Banks, Moscow
    11.05 - 11.15 Topical issues of the banking legislation - Liana Pepelyaeva, Deputy of the State Duma, Vice-Chairman of the Financial Market Committee, Moscow
    11.15 - 11.35 Banking system development: goals, means, role of the state - Anatoly Aksakov, Deputy of the State Duma, Member of the Financial Market Committee, President of Russian Regional Banks Association (Association "Russia"), Moscow
    11.35 - 11.45 Deposit insurance and financial recovery in the post-crisis period: Russian experience - Valery Miroshnikov, First Deputy General Director, State Corporation "Deposit Insurance Agency", Moscow
    12.00 - 12.20 International financial centres: prerequisites for their formation, position and role of banks - Natalya Nikolaeva -Vice-President, Citibank, Moscow
    12.20 - 12.35 International financial centres: prerequisites for their formation, IFRS role in the financial sector - Elizaveta Filippova - Partner, General Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit, Moscow
    12.35 - 12.50 Crisis impact on the Russian banking system - Stuart Lawson - Director, Ernst and Young, Moscow
    12.50 - 13.05 New realities - new opportunities - Alexander Gentsis - Member of Board of Directors, Diasoft company, Moscow
    13.05 - 13.15 Cooperation with financial institutions in USA as a factor of a higher competitiveness of Russian commercial banks - Nikolay Alexeev - Deputy Chairman of the Board, Petersburg Social Commercial Bank, Saint-Petersburg
    13.15 - 13.30 The Russian banking system of the future - Andrew Spindler - President, Financial Services Volunteer Corps., New-York
11.45 – 12.00 Coffee - break (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
14.30 – 16.00 Discussion meeting 1 “Banking sector and modernization of the economy” (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, "Blue" meeting room)
Moderator:
German Gref - President-Chairman of the Board, Sberbank, Moscow
Experts:
Anatoly Aksakov - Deputy of the State Duma, Member of the Financial Market Committee, President of Russian Regional Banks Association (Association "Russia"), Moscow
Vladimir Chistyukhin - Director, Financial Stability Department, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Alexander Dementiev - Vice-Chairman of the Board, Bank "Uralsib", Moscow
Andrey Kashevarov - Deputy Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service, Moscow
Ivan Oskolkov - Director of the Corporate governance department, Ministry for Economic Development of Russian Federation, Moscow
Pavel Medvedev - Deputy of State Duma, Member of Committee for Financial Market, Member of the National Banking Council, Moscow
Vladimir Safronov - Head of Chief Inspectorate of Credit Institutions, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Alexey Simanovsky - Director, Banking Regulation and Supervision Department, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Garegin Tosunian - President, Association of Russian Banks, Moscow
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee-break
16.30 – 18.00 Discussion meeting 2 “Innovation and investments in the banking business” (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, "Blue" meeting room)
Moderator:
Mikhail Zadornov - President-Chairman of the Board, VTB24, Moscow
Experts:
Vadim Belyaev - Member of Board of Directors, General Director, Financial Corporation "OTKRITIE", Moscow
Andrey Kashevarov - Deputy Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service, Moscow
Yury Novikov - Vice-Chairman of the Board, "Bank "Vozrozhdenie", Moscow
Mikhail Oseevsky - Vice-Governor, Head of the Governor's Administration, Saint-Petersburg
Alexey Savatyugin - Deputy Minister, RF Ministry of Finance, Moscow
Mikhail Sukhov - Director of the Department for Licensing and Financial Recovery of Credit Institutions, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Ekaterina Trofimova - Director, Division "Financial institutions ratings", Standard & Poor's, Moscow
18.00 Departure for a party at Peterhof from the Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel
18.30 – 23.00 “Peterhof – grand and romantic” (visiting the Farmer’s Palace and Gothic Chapel in Alexandria, stand up reception in the Down Park, fireworks near the Grand Cascade)
24.00 - 02.00 Panorama of the city at night and the bridges drawn apart
Day 3, Friday, May 27th, 2011
08.00 - 09.30 Breakfast (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
10.00 – 11.30 Discussion meeting 3 “International reform of the banking regulation: goals and methods for their achievement” (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, "Blue" meeting room)
Moderator:
Oleg Vyugin - Chairman of the Board of Directors, NAUFOR; Chairman of the Board of Directors, MDM Bank, Moscow
Experts:
Joerg Bongartz - Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Bank, Moscow
Paul Hilbers - Division Director, Supervisory policy, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Anders Hole - Special Adviser, Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, Oslo
Pavel Medvedev - Deputy of State Duma, Member of Committee for Financial Market, Member of the National Banking Council, Moscow
Valery Miroshnikov - First Deputy General Director, "Deposit Insurance Agency" State Corporation, Moscow
Natalya Nikolaeva - Vice-President, Citibank, Moscow
Vladimir Safronov - Head of Chief Inspectorate of Credit Institutions, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Alexey Simanovsky - Director, Banking Regulation and Supervision Department, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Mikhail Sukhov - Director of the Department for Licensing and Financial Recovery of Credit Institutions, Bank of Russia, Moscow
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee-break
12.00 – 13.30 Discussion meeting 4 “National payment systems development” (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, "Blue" meeting room)
Moderator:
Joerg Bongartz - Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Bank
Experts:
Suren Ayriyan - President, Uniastrum Bank, Moscow
Timur Batyrev - Director, Payment System Regulation, Management & Monitoring Department, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Victor Dostov - Director, Division for new retail payment technologies, Bank "Tavrichesky": Chairman of the Council, Electronic Money Association, Saint-Petersburg
Alexander Filaretov - Manager, Saint-Petersburg Currency Exchange, Saint-Petersburg
Ruslan Ibragimov - Vice-President for Corporate Legal Affairs, MTS, Moscow
Maria Mikhailova - Vice-Chairman of the Board, Center of Financial Technologies, Novosibirsk
Natalya Nikolaeva - Vice-President, Citibank, Moscow
Andrey Paykin - Director, Department for Settlements, National Settlements Depositary Centre, Moscow
Vladimir Senin - Senior Vice-President, Alfa-Bank, Moscow
Andrey Shamraev - Deputy Director, Settlements Regulation Department, Bank of Russia, Moscow
Dmitry Vishnyakov - Director of Department, VISA Company, Moscow
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
15.00 – 17.00 Free discussion (questions, answers, contributions and comments of the IBC participants, summing-up of the IBC-2011) (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, "Green 9" meeting room)
17.00 – 17.45 Press Conference (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
17.15 – 18.15 Chess Tournament (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
19.00 Bankers Ball (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
Day 4, Saturday, May 28th, 2011
8.00 - 10.00 Breakfast (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
Departure of the Congress participants
Organizers reserve the right to amend the programme.

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