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U.S.-Russian Energy Summit
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Carnegie Moscow Center
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Carnegie Moscow Center hosted a two-day executive seminar on U.S.-Russian energy issues. The event was attended by top executives from Russian and U.S. oil and gas companies, government officials and independent experts from both countries. The seminar focused on the strategic and geopolitical implications of Russian energy supply, security and pricing. Some of the key issues discussed were U.S.-Russian energy cooperation, the strategic role and future global significance of Russia’s oil industry, the strategic importance of Russian gas and the role of the Caspian region as part of Russia’s energy strategy.
Tuesday, June 17
9:30 AM
Opening Remarks
Chair: Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Robert Nurick, Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
U.S. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
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10:15 AM
Chair: Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Mikhail Fridman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alfa
Group
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"US-Russia Partnerships: Prospects and Opportunities" |
Peter Aven, President, Alfa Bank
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"Reforming the Economy: Is there a New Business Climate in Russia?" |
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12:00 PM
Chair: Andrew Kuchins, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chairman, Yukos Oil Company
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1:30 - 4:15 PM
Chair: Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Edward Morse, Executive Advisor, Hetco
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"The Oil Superpowers: Russia, the US and Saudi Arabia in the First Quarter of the 21st Century" |
Adam Sieminski, Deutsche Bank
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"Russia in the Global Oil Outlook" |
Adam Landes, Director of Oil and Gas Research, Renaissance Capital
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4:30 - 6:00 PM
Chair: Anders Aslund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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James Henderson, WoodMackensie
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"The Influence of Russian Gas on the European Gas Market" |
Anatoly Dmitrievsky, Director of the Oil and Gas Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an expert adviser to Gazprom
Kensuke Kanekiyo, Director of the Institute of Energy Economics, Tokyo
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"Opening Up New Energy Road to NorthEast Asia: A Government Initiative" |
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Wednesday, June 18
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Caspian Pipelines: What are the Prospects for Russian and Caspian Export Coordination?
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The Honorable Viktor Kaluzhny, Deputy Foreign Minister, Russian Federation
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"Caspian Sea in the Contex of the Russian Energy Strategy" |
Ambassador Seven Mann, U.S. Ambassador to the Caspian Region
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"Prospects for U.S. and Russian Cooperation in the Caspian" |
Isabel Gorst, McGraw Hill
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"The Politics of Pipelines" |
Andrey Bykov, Chairman, Academic enter for Strategic Partnership and Security of Energy Markets
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"Security of Energy Markets and Infrastructure" |
Armen Sarkissian, Eurasia Programme at the Jude Institute of Management, Cambridge University
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"The Politics of Pipelines" |
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Part II Technical Panel
Chair: Aleksei Malashenko, Carnegie Moscow Center
2:00 - 2:45 PM
Chair: Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Boris Fedorov, United Financial Group
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"The Rights of Minority Stockholders" |
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2:45 - 5:30 PM
U.S.-Russian Corporate Partnerships in Russian and Abroad: Where are the Opportunities, Priorities and Political Impacts?
Chair: Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Chair: Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Tatiana Magarshak, Tyumen Oil Company
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"The Global Russian Energy Future" |
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6:00 PM
Chair: Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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The Honorable James A. Baker III |
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