Ethical Corporation's 2005 Eurasian Conference on the Global Compact
Learn how to harness Corporate Social Responsibility to
accelerate your company's growth and profitability

7 - 8 June 2005, Hotel "Astoria", St Petersburg, Russia

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Programme Day 1 – June 7 2005

CSR as Policy: Myths and Realities

9.00 - 9.40 Registration and coffee
9.40 - 10.00 Chairman’s welcome and introductory remarks
Russian Association of Managers, Executive Director, Sergei Litovchenko
10.00 - 10.50 Panel Session
The United Nations Global Compact Today
The aims and progress of the Global Compact
Characterising corporate responsibility: Giving back, or giving up power?


The Global Compact, Head of the Global Compact Learning Program, Jeffrey Senne UNDP, Assistant Resident Representative, Edem Bakhshish
10.50 - 11.20 Morning coffee and networking break

11.20 - 12.00 Panel Session & Discussion
Do companies that do good perform better? And should we care?


Sakhalin Energy, General Manager External Affairs, Matthew Bateson
BP, Communications and Corporate Responsibility in Russia, Anton Mifsud-Bonnici
PricewaterhouseCoopers Moscow, Senior Manager, Mark Thompson

12.00 - 13.00 Panel Session & Discussion
Corporate Social Responsibility & National/Regional competitiveness

Do companies that do good perform better? And should we care?


Ernst & Young, CIS Director Business Risk Services, Partner, Tonny Dekker
U.S. Agency for International Development / Russia, Director, Terry Myers
SUAL Holding Company, Vice President, Vasily Kiselev
State University - Higher School of Economics, Canada - Russia Center for Corporate Governance Programme, Programme Director, Alexander Settles
RUIE, Head of Social Policy Department, Fedor Prokopov

13:00 - 14:30 Networking Lunch

14.30 - 16.00 PARALLEL 1 Case Study & Discussion
Poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals. The role of multi-lateral institutions in encouraging CSR. The role and aims of Eurasian governments for CSR. Mandatory responsibility initiatives in the EU

UNDP, Assistant Resident Representative, Edem Bakhshish


Intel, Education Manager EMEA, Martina Roth
World Bank Institute Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance Programme, Project Coordinator, Mehmet Can Atacik
IDA, Director of St. Petersburg Chapter of Independent Directors Association, Anna Ossipova
KPMG, Partner, Risk Advisory Services, Garry Black
Moderator: The Centre for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Chairman, Matthew Murray

14.30 - 16.00 PARALLEL 2 Case Study & Discussion
Making regional partnerships work: SUAL Group's experience with USAID and UNDP


SUAL Holding Company, Vice President, Vasily Kiselev
SUAL Holding Company, Head of the Division for Cooperation with Government Authorities, Olga Fedoseeva
U.S. Agency for International Development / Russia, Director, Terry Myers
U.S. Agency for International Development / Russia, Senior Advisor, Denis Korepanov
Moderator: The Global Compact, Head of the Global Compact Learning Program, Jeffrey Senne

16:00 - 16:30 Extended Networking and Exhibition Break
16.30 - 17.00 concluding session: key findings and outcomes from moderators
17.00 - Cocktails & Networking sponsored by the Institute of Corporate Development (including short presentation made by Director of the Institute, Oleg Alekseev)

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Programme Day 2 – June 8 2005

CSR Best Practice and Successful Implementation

9.00- 9.15 Chairman's welcome and introductory remarks
Multinational Enterprises Programme International Labour Office (ILO), Director, Hans Hofmeijer

9.15 - 10.30 Panel Session & Discussions
Corporate governance, investment and shareholders


Standard and Poor's, Director of corporate governance rating division, Yulia Kochetygova
KPMG, Risk Advisory Services, Galina Efremova
The Russia Partnership for Responsible Business Practices, The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), Executive Director, Brook Horowitz
OECD, Corporate Affairs Division, Corporate Governance, Fianna Jesover
Russian Institute of Directors, Director, Igor Belikov
Moderator: White & Associates, Partner, Stanislav Grafski

10.30 - 11.00 Presentation & Discussions
Stakeholder engagement and management


British American Tobacco, Corporate Affairs Director, Vladimir Aksonov

11.00 - 11.30 Morning coffee and networking break

11.30 - 13.00 Panel Session & Discussions
Transparency, measuring, monitoring and reporting


DITE - UNCTAD, Investment and Enterprise Competitiveness Branch, Head, Tatiana Krylova
BP, Communications and Corporate Responsibility in Russia, Anton Mifsud-Bonnici
The Institute for Urban Economics (IUE), Director, Marina Liborakina
International Industrial Bank, Chairman of Board of Directors, Bert Vos
Moderator: The Agency for Social Information, Director, Elena Topoleva

13.00 - 14.30 Networking lunch

14.30 - 16.00 PARALLEL 1 Case Study & Discussion
Managing environmental issues


ARM Group, President, Victor Tarusin
WWF-Russia, Director of Conservation Policy, Evgeny Shvarts
Business for Social Responsibility Advisory Services (USA), Vice President, Eric Olson

14.30 - 16.00 PARALLEL 2 Case Study & Discussion
International frameworks: Their role and use in Eurasian companies Principe number 10 - Tackling bribery and corruption: issues within a typical large Eurasian company


Multinational Enterprises Programme International Labour Office (ILO), Director, Hans Hofmeijer
Deloitte & Touche CIS, CIA CCSA, Enterprise Risk Services, Senior Manager, Boris Veselov
SAP AG, Manager Corporate Citizenship, Gabriele Hartmann
The Global Compact, Head of the Global Compact Learning Program, Jeffrey Senne
Moderator: Russian Association of Managers, Executive Director, Sergei Litovchenko

14.30 - 16.00 PARALLEL 3 Case Study & Discussion:
Partnerships with NGOs and governments


The Center for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Director, Alla Vinnik
CAF Russia, Senior Fellow with the Synergos Institute, a member of the WINGS Advisory Committee, Vadim Samorodov
The Russia Partnership for Responsible Business Practices, the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), Elena Korf
NGO "CSR - Russian Centre", Executive Director, Alexey Kostin
Moderator: United Nations Information Centre in Moscow, Director, Alexander Gorelik

16.00 - 16.30 Extended Networking and Exhibition Break
16.30 - 17.30 concluding session: key findings and outcomes from moderators

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