Х MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC FORUM: "BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT BARRIERS. BUSINESS EURASIA IN A NEW REALITY"

Moderator: Alexey Kazartsev, Deputy Chairman of the International Banking Committee of the FBA EAC, Head of the Representative Office of the FBA EAC in the Republic of Belarus; member of the working group on financial services of the BRICS Business Council, co-author of the project of the New BRICS International Payment System “BRICS PAY”

Organizers:

1. FBA EAC International Banking Committee
2. ARB Committee on International Activities
3. Subcommittee on Financial and Banking Activities of the RSPP Committee on International Cooperation

Questions for discussion:

1. Modernization of the post-Bretton Woods monetary and financial system or creation of an independent circuit.
2. The causes and consequences of the weakening of dollar dependence.
3. How acute is the problem of cross-border payments and settlements under the conditions of sanctions pressure and how is it solved?
4. The lessons of the CMEA (transferable ruble, IBEC) and the Western European experience (from ecu to euro).
5. BRICS as an engine of monetary and financial reforms in a multipolar world.
6. The BRICS Kazan Declaration: the launch of the Reference Currency, a new collective currency, or the continuation of the line on the use of national currencies in cross-border settlements?
7. Are there limits to the internationalization of the yuan?
8. How successfully are the plans for monetary and financial integration in the EAEU being implemented? What are the prospects for bringing these plans closer to the BRICS plans?
9. Formation of an innovative system of cross-border payments: centralization or decentralization?
10. BRICS Pay – BRICS Bridge – BRICS Clear: from the commercial project of cross-border payments for retail transactions (purchase and sale of goods and private transfers) to foreign trade settlements and interstate payments.

Moderator: Sergey Mayorov, Chairman of the Board of the Industrial Cluster of the Republic of Tatarstan

Organizers:

1. FBA EAC
2. Industrial cluster of the Republic of Tatarstan

Ensuring a decent standard of living for the population and creating a comfortable environment for personal and professional development is a priority for not only the government of Russia but also for countries around the world.

This is made possible through economic modernization, such as supporting an innovative economy, optimizing production processes, increasing employment opportunities, improving working conditions, and providing social guarantees.

These efforts require deepening economic integration, both domestically and regionally, to compete with other countries in both domestic and international markets.
One way to achieve this integration is through the use of tools such as special economic zones and clusters.

These have become a prominent trend in modern development and are widely used and well-established in the practices of many countries.

Moderator: Marina Nesterenko, Head of the FBA EAC Committee on International Cooperation and Tourism, Member of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Financial and Industrial Investment Policy, Director General of the Eurasian-African Club for Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation


Organizers:

1. FBA EAC
2. CCI OF THE Russian Federation 

Questions for discussion:

1. Promising areas and projects for a public–private partnership (PPP) in the tourism industry for investors, private investors: attractive projects for PPP. 
2. Russia's external investment potential. New opportunities for business scaling. 
3. Expansion of national and international business cooperation in the field of tourism and hospitality.
4. Friendly countries and the EAEU countries – cooperation in the inter-country tourism sector under the conditions of sanctions pressure.
5. Investexport: investment projects in the tourism and hospitality industry in friendly countries.

Moderator: Anna Bezdudnaya, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Chairman of the Expert Council of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Executive Director of Environmental and Economic Research of the Arctic 

Moderator: Manish Kumar, member of FBA EAC Board

Moderator: Vladimir Kotenev, member of FBA EAC Board, Managing Director of the Eurasian Strategic Consulting company.

The session will take place on November 14 at the site of the partner of the FBA EAC (the address for offline participation, as well as the link for online connection will be posted on the Forum website)

Moderator: Vladimir Salamatov, Director of IMTUR MGIMO

Venue: MGIMO, auditorium 442
Date of the event: November 21, 11:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Format: The expert discussion is a round table. Broadcast to the RSPP site.

Drastic changes in the international political landscape have led to a reshaping of trade and economic relationships between Russia and other EAEU member states. The expansion of the Eurasian integration process and trade with key players in Greater Eurasia, particularly China, is gaining importance. The growing volumes of trade within the EAEU and with China raise questions about balancing commodity flows, lowering trade barriers, and leveraging the potential of electronic commerce.
Trade restructuring requires a new logistics approach that focuses on the countries of the non-Western world, utilizing the transport and logistics capabilities of the Eurasian region. Transport projects offer a significant integration opportunity and contribute to the realization of the unique economic and geographical potential of the states in Northern Eurasia. The coordinated development of the transport and logistics capacities of the member states of the EAEU is of utmost importance.
Digital solutions can provide significant support for trade and economic restructuring. Their implementation becomes an integration factor since it leads to the revision of information exchange processes and the harmonization of approaches at the level of interstate interaction. Businesses have high hopes for digital financial assets as a way to solve the problem of international settlements. However, the challenges put at the forefront are the issue of training competent personnel who are able to work in a changing international environment.

Participants:
1. Kirill Barskiy, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the MGIMO Department of Diplomacy
2. Evgeny Vinokurov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Economist of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)
3. Mikhail Goncharov, Secretary General of the Coordinating Council for Trans-Eurasian Transport (CCTT)
4. Nikolay Kaveshnikov Candidate of Political Sciences. PhD, Head of the Department of Integration Processes at MGIMO
5. Natalia Kondratieva, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of the Center for Economic Integration of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences
6. Sergey Mikhnevich, Executive Secretary, Member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council, Managing Director for International Multilateral Cooperation and Integration of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
7. Veronika Panyukova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Trade and Trade Regulation at MGIMO
8. Andrey Slepnev, Member of the Board (Minister) Eurasian Economic Commission
9. Artyom Sokolov, President of the Association of Online Trading Companies (AKIT)
10. Andrey Spartak Doctor of Economic Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of International Trade and Foreign Trade of the Russian Federation
11. Mikhail Stolbov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Applied Economics IMTUR MGIMO
12. Igor Jurgens, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Director of the MGIMO Center for Sustainable Development

The program:

Block 0. Speech by the moderator and the representative of the RSPP (S. Mikhnevich )

Block 1. Trade and economic cooperation of the EAEU with the countries of Greater Eurasia

Main report: A. Slepnev

Block 2. Transport and logistics connection of Greater Eurasia

Main report: E. Vinokurov

Block 3. Digital solutions in global trade.

Main report: A. Sokolov

Block 4. Sustainable development as an opportunity for cooperation

Main report: I. Jurgens