Norwegian-Russian Business Forum VI (NRBF VI) – 18 October 2018

Program

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10:00Welcome speeches:
Vadim Chubarov, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI of Russia)
Liv Monica Stubholt, President of the Norwegian–Russian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC)
10:10High-level presentations:
Egor Bronnikov, acting Director General of the Department for Europe, North America and International Organizations, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Vice Co-Chair of the Russian Part of the Intergovernmental Russian-Norwegian Commission on Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation
Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen, State Secretary for the Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway.
10:35Plenary session I: Russian Economy: Reforms and Developments
Moderator: Georgy Petrov, Advisor to the President, CCI of Russia

Panellists:
Natalia Orlova, Chief Economist, Alfa Bank (tbc)
Andrey Spartak, Director, All-Russian Science and Research Market Institute; Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexey Vedev, Finance Research Director, Head of Department, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy. Former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
12:15Plenary session II: Norwegian-Russian business cooperation
Moderator: Liv Monica Stubholt, President of the NRCC

Panellists:
Arnt Knudsen, Senior Vice President, Kværner
Halfdan Millang, CEO, Rosneft Nordic Oil
Georgy Petrov, Special advisor of the President, CCI of Russia
Håkon Skretting , Regional Director of Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP) and head of the Stavanger office, Director Arctic, Canada, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russia and USA. Presentation is also available in Russian.
Rune Arnøy, CEO/Port Director, Port of Narvik
Rolf Fiskerstrand, President, Fiskerstrand Shipyard, representing Møre Maritime Russia Cluster
14:30Parallel sessions
Moderators:
Sergey Nikitin, Oil & Gas Expert and Geir Seljeseth, Regional Director, Norwegian Oil & Gas


Panellists:
Axel M. Thorsdal, Country Manager Russia, General Director Kværner LLC
Halfdan Millang, CEO, Rosneft Nordic Oil
Thor Christian Andvik, Project Director Arctic and Cold Climate Solutions, NORWEP. Presentation is also available in Russian.
Roman Almakaev, Head of Division, Sovcomflot
Mikhail Belkin, State Policy Director, Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, State Corporation Rosatom
Evgeny Makarov, Deputy General Director, Chief Engineer, Marine Arctic Geological Expedition (MAGE). Presentation is also available in Russian.
Nils Andreas Masvie, Vice President, DNV GL
Frode Mellemvik, Director, High North Center / Nord University
Genady Shmal, President, Union of Oil & Gas Producers of Russia
Leonid Surguchev, CEO, LUKOIL Overseas North Shelf
Felix H. Tschudi, Chairman of the BoD, Center for High North Logistics, and owner of Tschudi Shipping Company


Moderators:
Nikolay Shablikov, Deputy Director, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Department for Shipbuilding and Kjetil Nilsen, Senior Vice President, Rolls-Royce Marine


Panellists:
Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen, State Secretary for the Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway.
Kornelius Baade, Vice President Sales, Mørenot Fisheries
John Terje Drege, CEO, Ekornes Contract
Irina-Emily Hansen, Research Fellow, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Aleksandr Navolotsky, Head of Supplier Development and R&D Department, United Shipbuilding Corporation
Børge Skeide, Vice President, Rolls-Royce Marine
Bjørn Bjørkavåg, Sales Manager, Optimar
Dmitry Stoyanov, Deputy Director General for Civil Maritime Engineering, KURS Central Scientific Research Institute
Inge Bertil Straume, Sales Manager Fishing Vessels, Skipsteknisk

Moderators:
Natalia Ivankova, Head of Division for Aquaculture, Federal Agency for Fishery of the Russian Federation and Alexei Bambulyak, Head of Department, Russia & Eastern Europe, Akvaplan-niva


Panellists:
Natalia Ivankova, Head of Division for Aquaculture, Federal Agency for Fishery of the Russian Federation
Petr Aldakov, Chief Investments Specialist, Kaluga Region Government Representative Office in Moscow
Danil Eltekov, representing AquaOptima
Anton A. Giæver, CEO, Akvaplan-niva, representing Norwegian Aquaculture Science and Development
Lars Konrad Johnsen, Equity Research Analyst/Aquaculture, Fearnley Securities
Yuriy Kitashin, First Deputy General Director, Russian Aquaculture
Ivan Zagorsky, Chief Technology Specialist, Aquaculture, Skretting Group
Lars Sundquist, CEO, Northern Production
Kornelius Baade, Vice President Sales, Mørenot Fisheries
Hans-Olav Rekdal, Senior Project Manager, NRCC Aqua Events 2018-2020

*The program is subject to changes.