ALDE Seminar
"EU-Russia trade - will the WTO change business?"
Wednesday 5 December 2012, 15:00 to 17:30
European Parliament (room ASP3G3)
Draft Programme
14:30 Registration: European Parliament Brussels, ASP Building, Entrance Esplanade, Place Luxembourg
15:00 Welcome by Silvana Koch-Mehrin MEP/or Kristiina Ojuland MEP
Panel 1 Russia's obligations under the WTO
15:10 Vladimir Chizhov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU
15:20 De Gucht (confirmed)
European Commissioner for Trade
15:30 Pascal Lamy (tbc)
Director General of the WTO
15:40 Richard Connolly (confirmed)
Lecturer, Centre for Russian and East European Studies and author of the study "The Economic Significance of Russian Accession to the WTO"
15:50 Discussion
Panel 2 Russia´s WTO membership - benefits and challenges
16:10 Vyacheslav Krupenkov (tbc)
Managing Director GAZPROM Germania GmbH
16:20 Valery Grayfer (tbc)
Chairman of the Board of Directors Lukoil
16:30 Sergey Shuklin (confirmed)
President of the Russian - European Chamber of Commerce, Brussels
16:40 Tatiana Valovaya (tbc)
Euroasian Economic Commission
16:50 Discussion
17:20 Closing remarks by Silvana Koch-Mehrin MEP/ Kristiina Ojuland MEP
Moderator Joshua Chaffin, Financial Times Correspondent (tbc)
Interpretation English, Russian