International Dimension of Russia’s Energy Policy

MGIMO-BP cooperation project

Cooperation project

MGIMO – IFRI – “Rosneft”

“International Dimension of Russia’s Energy Policy”

International Conference

June, 22, 2009

Rector’s Hall, MGIMO

9.45 – 10.15 Registration, coffee

10.15 – 12.45

Opening session – Anatoly V. Torkunov, Rector of MGIMO-University, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

·  Presentation of MGIMO-BP cooperation project

·  Presentation of IFRI Program “European Governance and Geopolitics of Energy”

Session *****ssia's external energy policy under revision. Energy chapter of Russia - EU relations.

Nikolay P. TOKAREV – President, “Transneft”

Jeremy HUCK – President, BP Russia

Nikolay G. BRUNICH – Director-General, “Zarubezhneft”

Dominique FACHE – Regional Director for Russia and CIS, Enel

Adam Daniel ROTFELD – Special Envoy of Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Poland’s Foreign Minister

Sergey V. KARAGANOV – Vice-President, “Rosneft”

William RAMSAY – Ambassador, Director of IFRI Energy Program; former Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency

Hugo ERICSSEN – President, “Navona”

Discussants: Artem V. Malgin (MGIMO), Nikolay Y. Kaveshnikov (MGIMO/Institute of Europe), Sergey S. Seliverstov (MGIMO)

12.45 – 14.00 – lunch

14.00 – 15.45

Session 2. The impact of financial crisis upon world energy markets. Scenarios and options for oil pricing.

Olga V. BUTORINA – Chair, Department of European Integration, MGIMO University

Mars M. KHASSANOV – Vice-President, “Rosneft”

Tatiana A. MITROVA – Associate Professor, Gubkin Oil and Gas University

Igor R. TOMBERG – Professor, MGIMO-University

Discussants: Anton G. Oleynov (MGIMO), Konstantin N. Milovidov (Gubkin Oil and Gas University), Galina A. Tishchenko (Rosneft)

15.45 – 16.00 - coffee

16.00 – 17.15

Session 3. New and alternative energy corridors in Eurasia

Vladimir E. ULAKHOVICH – Director, Center for International Studies, Belarus State University

Susanne NIES – Senior Research Fellow, Head if IFRI Brussels Office

Yuri V. BOROVSKY – Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO University

Nina N. Poussenkova – Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS / Carnegie Moscow

Stanislav I. Chernyavskiy – Director, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, MGIMO

Maite Jaureguy-Naudin – Senior Research Fellow, IFRI

Discussants: Marc L. Entin (MGIMO), Irina V. Bolgova (MGIMO), Viktor P. Gavrilov (Gubkin Oil and Gas University)

17.15 - buffet