The working programme
of the 12th Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona has been posted on the
event’s official website. The Forum will be held 24–25 October. The main theme
of the Forum is ‘Economy of trust and diplomacy of business from the Atlantic
to the Pacific’.
The Forum’s
opening ceremony will feature speeches by Italian Minister for European Affairs
Vincenzo Amendola, Uzbek Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor
Umurzakov, Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation President and former Italian
Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Verona Mayor Federico Sboarina, and Intesa Bank
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Conoscere Eurasia Association President
Antonio Fallico.
The first
day of the Forum, 24 October, will feature sessions devoted to global
challenges in the energy sector, European energy security issues, the role of
business in global geopolitics, and the creation of a cooperation-based economy
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. On the final day of the Forum, discussions
will focus on the financial sector in the context of new geopolitical
challenges, the development of transport and infrastructure as prerequisites
for the modernization of the digital economy and the development of territories
as well as Industry 4.0 and the formation of the economy of the future in
Greater Eurasia.
The Forum
will be attended by Italian Minister of Economic Development Stefano
Patuanelli, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, Eni President Emma Marcegaglia, NOVATEK
Chairman of the Management Board and member of the Board of Directors Leonid
Mikhelson, Skolkovo Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors Viktor
Vekselberg, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Director
General of Gazprom Export Yelena Burmistrova, President of the Association for
Savings Banks and Foundations (ACRI) and President of Compagnia di San Paolo
Francesco Profumo, Pirelli & C President and CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera,
TMK Chairman of the Board of Directors and Sinara Group President Dmitry
Pumpyansky, other business leaders, senior representatives of the European
Commission and the Eurasian Economic Commission, heads of business
associations, governors, politicians, experts, and diplomats from Italy and
Russia as well as Austria, Vietnam, Germany, Israel, Mongolia, Portugal, the
United States, Turkey, France, and other countries.
The 12th
Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona is being organized by the Roscongress
Foundation, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the Italian
non-profit organization Conoscere Eurasia Association,
The event’s
official website: http://forumverona.com
