VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB

 

THIRD SESSION

 

PROGRAM

 

September 3 (Sunday) - Moscow

 

Arrival of foreign guests in Moscow. Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel.

 

September 4 (Monday) - Moscow

 

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.       Gazprom (for foreign guests): visit to the Central Control Room (CCR).

 

11:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.             Meeting with Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Gazprom Management Committee and General Director of Gazexport.

 

1:15 p.m.                           Transfer to President hotel

 

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.           Lunch

 

3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.           "Prospects for Global Nuclear Energy Development" panel discussion

Speakers: S. Kiriyenko, V. Asmolov, A. Bychkov, S. Shmatko,  T. de  Montbrial, M. Goldman

 

4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.            Coffee break

 

7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.             Dinner

 

8:00 p.m.                              Bus transfer to the airport

 

10:00 p.m.                            Moscow - Khanty-Mansiysk charter flight

 

2:15 a.m. (local time)              Arrival in Khanty-Mansiysk. Transfer to Yugorskaya Dolina hotel

 

September 5 (Tuesday) - Khanty-Mansiysk

 

From 8:00 a.m.                       Breakfast

 

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.              Tour around Khanty-Mansiysk (two groups on two buses)

 

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.              Lunch in Yugorskaya Dolina hotel

 

3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.              Meeting with Vladimir Karasev, Deputy Chairman of the Khanty-Mansiysk Government on Fuel and Energy

 

3:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.              "Energy Challenges of the 21st Century and Russia's Role" panel discussion.

Speakers: V. Inozemtsev, V. Tretyakov, T. Mitrova, A. Rahr, K. Gaddy

 

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.               Coffee break  

 

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.               Tour of Khanty-Mansiysk and visit to the Siberian core sample storage unit (two groups on two buses)

 

8:30 p.m.                                Arriving for dinner with Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Alexander Filipenko

 

8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.              Dinner with Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Alexander Filipenko

 

Return to Yugorskaya Dolina hotel

 

11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.              Optional - Siberian initiation ceremony in the hotel; buffet

 

 

September 6 (Wednesday) - Khanty-Mansiysk, Moscow

 

7:00 a.m. - 7:40 a.m.                 Breakfast

 

7:40 a.m.                                 Transfer to River Boat Dock

 

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.               Transfer by Meteor motorboat from Khanty-Mansiysk to the right bank of the Ob River, Rosneft-Yuganskneftegaz Priobskoye field

 

11:00 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.              Meeting Rosneft-Yuganskneftegaz management: General Director V. Bulba and Technical Director S. Zdolnik

 

11:05 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.              Transfer to multiple well platform #248 on the right bank of the Ob River, Priobskoye field

 

11:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.              Tour of the platform, Schlumberger gas regulation station

 

11:25 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.              Transfer to multiple well platform #251 on the right bank of the Ob River, Priobskoye field. Tour of the platform and drilling well

 

11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.              Transfer to oil processing and pumping plant #8. Tour of the plant

 

12:20 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.              Transfer to Merkur rotational village

 

12:45 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.                Tour of Merkur rotational village

 

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.                  Rosneft, Rosneft-Yuganskneftegaz and Priobskoye field presentations, conference hall of Merkur Entertainment and Sports Center.

 

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.                  Transfer to the pier of Priobskoye field, Ob River's right bank, voyage to the mouth of the Nazym, transfer to two vessels

 

4:50 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.                  Cruise on two vessels, lunch

 

5:50 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.                  Stopover at the confluence of Ob and Irtysh rivers

 

6:50 p.m. - 8:50 p.m.                 "Ukraine and Russia: NATO and Gas" panel discussion during the voyage on board Moscow 208

Speakers: A. Kokoshin, K. Kosachev, F. Lukyanov, A. Rahr, T. Colton

 

On board Moscow 36; meeting with Natalya Zapadnova, First Deputy Chairman of the Khanty-Mansiysk Government on Social Policy, and Vladimir Karasev, Deputy Chairman of the Khanty-Mansiysk Government on Fuel and Energy

 

9:00 p.m.                                   Transfer to the hotel

 

9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.                 Visiting bazaar (national souvenirs, furs)

 

10:30 p.m.                                 Transfer to the airport

 

11:00 p.m.                                 Charter flight to Moscow

 

12:00 a.m. (Moscow time)            Arrival to Moscow, transfer of foreign guests to hotel

 

12:40 a.m.                                  Arrival to hotel

 

September 7 (Thursday) - Moscow

 

8:20 a.m.                                    Bus transfer to President hotel

 

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.                  Meeting with top executives of Russian oil companies

 

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.                Coffee break

 

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.                 "Investment in Russian Energy Sector as an Energy Security Criterion" panel discussion

Speakers: L. Grigoryev, A. Dmitriyevsky, P. Terzyan, K. Kapchan

 

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.                   Transfer for lunch to Kitaigorodskaya Stena restaurant

 

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.                   Lunch with Andrei Reus, Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy, at Kitaigorodskaya Stena restaurant

 

4:15 p.m.                                   Transfer to RIA Novosti

 

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.                  Meeting with Igor Shuvalov, Russian Presidential Aide and G8 Sherpa, at RIA Novosti.

 

6:45 p.m.                                  Transfer to hotel

 

September 8 (Friday) - Moscow

 

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.                 Optional program for foreign guests - a trip to Sergiyev Posad and Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius (Sergiyeva Lavra) near Moscow

 

September 9 (Saturday) - Moscow

 

Meeting in Moscow

 

September 10 (Sunday) - Moscow

Departure of foreign guests