THE WESTMINSTER RUSSIA FORUM FIFTH ANNUAL MULTILATERAL RELATIONS FORUM – CONNECTING EAST & WEST
JOIN THE WRF AND OUR PARTNERS FOR THIS UNMISSABLE EVENT – WITH OVER 30 SPEAKERS THIS IS A MUST ATTEND FOR IMPROVING ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL TIES!
The event is free and open to attend – should you have any problems please register / re-register and you will be admitted to the conference TO RSVP PLEASE CLICK THE REGISTRATION LINK HERE
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About the Event: The fifth annual multilateral relations forum aims to bring together cultural-societal, legal, political and business leaders from across the UK, Europe and Russia to discuss areas of proactive interest in the furthering of ties between all three parties.
The event is the only one of its kind in Europe focussing on building proactive ties between Russia and its international partners.
At this time of global crises we believe that it is now more important than ever to promote equitable and positive East West ties – from sports and culture to trade and people to people ties, we have more in common than divides us and it is our sincere wish that through you, our valued partners we can help further much-needed dialogue between our peoples.
In short the aim of this forum is to foster a positive dialogue and result in concrete action points to be carried forward to 2021.
On behalf of the Board of the WRF and our valued partners, speakers and supporters I hope that you enjoy the event!
Nicholas Cobb – Chair – Westminster Russia Forum
Support the Work of the WRF: The WRF is a voluntary members organisation – should you wish to support our work and feel so inclined to make a donation to our efforts please do click the link below with our sincere thanks!
Conference Opening & Strategic Goals of the Forum – Programme Now Closed and Final Agenda
Format: We have opted for the ‘Russian’ style of short, punchy and verbal presentations to present as many views as possible – each speaker will speak for up to 5 minutes and presentations, where possible made available afterwards.
09.00-09.10 Chairman’s Opening Remarks & The Strategic Goals of the Forum with Nic Cobb, Chair of the Westminster Russia Forum
Keynote Presentations
09.10-09.20 Opening Keynote: Mr Evgeni Primakov, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo (Invited)
09.20–09.30 Keynote Opening: H.E. Andrei V. Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
09.30-09.40 European Keynote: Dr Alexander Rahr, Research Director, Deutsch Russisches Forum & Author (Germany)
09.40-09.50 Media Keynote: Mikhail Gusman, First Deputy Director General – ITAR TASS (Russia)
09.50-10.00 The View from Germany: Dr Alexander Neu – Member of the German Bundestag and Defense Committee, Eastern European Commissioner, Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Germany)
10.00-10.10 View from the State Duma: Anton Morozov, Deputy of State Duma International Relations Dept. (Russia)
10.10-10.20 International Police Association – Promoting Security Dialogue Between Nations: Yury Zhdanov, President of IPA Russian Section (Russia)
10.20-10.30 Academic Keynote: Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European History, University of Kent (UK)
Working Panel Groups
10.30-11.30 Assessing The Future of East West Relations – The Global View
- Mirjam Zwingli Director European Relations of the WRF (Panel Chair)
- Anton Morozov, Deputy of State Duma International Relations Dept. (Russia)
- Christo Visser, President, Australia Russia Dialogue (Australia)
- Prof Dr Veronika Wittmann, Global Studies JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ (Austria)
- Prof Dr Zoran R. Vitorovic, Advisory Board, East West Bridge Intl, Editor in Chief, Global Process Journal, (Serbia / Croatia)
- Valery Voronin, Head of International Dept., Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Russia)
- Hunter Cawood, President, Russia-America Public Affairs Committee (USA)
11.30-11.50 The Media Panel – Navigating East-West Media Narratives
- Mikhail Gusman, First Deputy Director General – ITAR TASS (Russia)
- Gabriel Gavin, Journalist & Commentator – Has written widely on the region for the Spectator, Independent and Kyiv Post (UK)
- Ernest Reid, Author & Specialist on East-West Media Narratives (UK)
- Mirjam Zwingli, Specialist in German-Russian Media Narratives (Switzerland)
11.50-12.30 The Culture, Education & Sports Panel – Promoting East-West Cultural Ties Through People-to-People Ties
- Anton Chesnokov, Head of the UK Rossotrudnichetsvo (Panel Chair)
- Martin Hoffman, Executive Director, Deutsch Russisches Forum (Germany)
- Andrew Fox, Director, The Solidarity with Russia Trust (UK)
- Richard Peers, Director and Founder, British Football School Moscow (UK)
- Olga Balakleets, President, Ensemble Productions (UK / Russia)
- Michael Wynne Parker, Chairman Introcom International / President, Commonwealth Sambo Association & Head of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, UK Branch (UK)
- Francis Russell, Co-Chair, Arctic Convoy Museum Project (UK)
- Sergei Vasiliev, Former Director of MGIMO Odintosovo (Russia)
12.30-13.30 Assessing the Medium to Long Term Outlook for East-West Trade
- Nicholas Cobb, Director, CEC Global Communications & Chair of the Westminster Russia Forum (Panel Chair)
- Philip Gudgeon, CEO, SCHNEIDER GROUP (UK)
- Dr Karin von Bismarck, Chair Business Club Germany-Russia Berlin (Germany)
- Hermann Pönisch, Vice President of the East West Business Club Bavaria (Germany)
- Philip Owen, Director, Volga Trader (UK)
- Alexander Yarovoy, Russian Trade Delegation (Russia)
- Jens Jorgen Nielsen, Business Consultant, Professor at a Business University in Copenhagen and Member of Russian-Danish Dialogue (Denmark)
- Anton Samoylenko, Deputy Chair of the Siberian Alliance Group & National Civic Committee Russia (Russia)
- Prof Dr Luigi Santacroce, ALDO MORO UNIVERSITY & President, East-West Bridge International (Italy)
- Kirill Savrassov, SVP & CEO, Phoenix CRetro Reinsurance Company (Bermuda)
13.30-14.10 The Legal Panel – Assessing Multilateral and Cross Border Legal Considerations
- Ben Wells – CANDEY (Moderator)
- Dr Andreas Knaul – Rödl & Partner (Germany)
- Sergei Eremin – Herbert Smith Freehills (Russia)
- Dmitry Zapol – IFS Consultants Ltd (Russia)
- James Collins – CANDEY (UK)
- Markus Stender – sdh attorneys at law (Austria)
- Yuri Botiuk – CANDEY (UK)
14.10.20 Closing Remarks & Conference Resolutions for Positive Cooperation – Mirjam Zwingli & Nicholas Cobb – Westminster Russia Forum
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EVENING ONLINE SOCIAL GATHERING, DRINKS AND ENTERTAINMENT
FREE TO ATTEND – 19.00-21.00 GMT
After a successful day of conferencing, the WRF is delighted to announce an innovative evening online reception! Its free to attend – grab a bottle and enjoy some light entertainment, drinks and networking from the comfort of your home! We know it is not the same but this event is very much a warm up for a great 2021 WRF Forum in person.
We have laid on some great light entertainment with the help of one of the UK’s top up and coming young magicians! Introducing Josh King: Josh is one of the UK’s top up and coming magicians! Having performed for both major corporates and Royalty alike, Josh will show us a few tricks of the trade. Here is a picture of Josh performing for Prince Charles last year.
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