Russia in Asia--Asia in Russia: Energy, Economics, and Regional Relations

Day 1: The Russian Far East in Asia (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:10 Introductory Speaker: Gene Lawson, U.S.-Russia Business Council

9:30 Panel 1: Conditions and Prospects in the Russian Far East

Chair: Blair A. Ruble, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Alexander Fedorovsky, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow; Robert Orttung, American University; Josh Newell, author, The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development

10:30 Break
11:00 Panel 1 Discussion

12:00 Lunch Break

2:00 Panel 2: RFE-Asia Energy Trade as an Engine of Integration: Not a Done Deal

Chair: Paul Rodzianko, Access Industries
Shawn McCormick, TNK-BP; Michael Bradshaw, University of Leicester; Marshall Goldman, Harvard University; Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute

3:00 Break
3:30 Discussion

4:30 Concluding speaker: Jeffrey L. Miller, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Day 2: Asia and its Russian Neighbor (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:10 Introductory Speaker: Robert Sutter, Georgetown University

9:30 Panel 3: Customers, Competitors, and Partners—Energy Relations in Northeast Asia and Russia

Chair: Robert Manning, U.S. Department of State
James Dorian, International Energy Economist, Washington, D.C.; Joseph Ferguson, National Bureau of Asian Research; John Fetter, FSI Energy

10:30 Break
11:00 Panel 3 Discussion

12:00 Lunch Break

2:00 Panel 4: Integration vs. Isolation—Northeast Asia's Approach to Russia

Chair: Robert Hathaway, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Elizabeth Wishnick, Columbia University; Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University; Daniel B. Poneman, Scowcroft Group

3:00 Break
3:30 Panel 4 Discussion

4:30 Conference concludes