Program

Issues: The development of the EAEU single economic area, increasing its stability and competitiveness is part of the priorities for the EAEU states. Achieving this objective requires the creation of enabling environment for legal business. It deals with the stability of the legal framework, the reduction of administrative barriers and control burden, a balanced tax and customs policy.
A special place is occupied by measures intended to reduce the illegal trafficking of industrial products. At the same time, the creation of a civilized market is impossible without the active role of the business community. What are the prospects and directions for further cooperation of the EAEU states and business in a civilized market?

Moderator:

Sergey Belyakov, Chairman of the Presidium, Retail Companies Association (ACORT)

Speakers:

Anton Siluanov, First Deputy Chairman, Government of the Russian Federation — Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Denis Manturov, Chairman, State Commission on countering illicit trafficking of industrial products, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Aleksandr Subbotin, Member of the Board (Minister), Board on industry and agriculture, Eurasian Economic Commission

Tatyana Moskalkova, High Commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation

Yevgeny Bushmin, Deputy Chairman, Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Tigran Khachatryan, Acting RA Minister of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia

Vladimir Mukvich, Deputy Minister of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus

Sergey Zhigarev, Chairman, Committee on economic policy, industry, innovation and entrepreneurship, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Dubin, Chairman of the Board, Center for development of advanced technologies

Mikhail Skorokhod, Chairman of the Board, Soyuzcement

Maxim Protasov, Head, Russian quality system (Roskaschestvo)

Aleksey Khersontsev, Head, Federal Service for Accreditation

Aslambek Aslakhanov, Professor, Ph.D., Major-General, President, International Association of Anti-Counterfeiting Organizations ‘Anti-Counterfeit’, State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class

Issues: According to the Higher School of Economics, the share of the gray market reached 9% or 2.5 trillion rubles in 2015. The markets of spirits, clothing and shoes are in the red zone. According to Rosstat, the turnover of illicit products in 2017 approaches 3 trillion rubles. Such a volume of counterfeit causes enormous damage to the country’s economy, legal business and public health. As a solution to problem, a unified national system of digital labelling and traceability for products is being created in Russia. Minpromtorg of Russia is the project coordinator. The system will increase market transparency and ensure the protection of citizens’ health and legal business.

Moderator:

Ilya Lomakin-Rumyantsev, Head, Center for the development of the consumer market of the Russian Federation, SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management, Member of the Public Council, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

Speakers:

Viktor Yevtukhov, State Secretary — Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Nikita Kuznetsov, Head of the department for development of domestic trade, digital labelling system and legalization of goods trafficking, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Aleksey Repik, President, All-Russian ‘Delovaya Rossiya’ public organization

Mikhail Dubin, Chairman of the Board, Center for development of advanced technologies

Aleksandr Mironenko, Head of EAEU affairs and trademark protection, Philip Morris International, Russia

Ivan Glushkov, Deputy General Director, STADA CIS

Igor Shekhterman, Executive Director, Х5 Retail Group

Issues: In the past few years, the EAEU states managed to take their relations with business to the new level of transparency and comfortability. This progresses in the process of implementing various digital projects and undoubtedly contributes to the «whitening» of the economy. The current trend in the world is track & trace projects (labelling and traceability of products). In the next 8-10 years the global market of such solutions is expected to grow actively and become the ground for the digital economy of the future. Nowadays, a concept of labelling system and a digital platform for the free movement of goods across the borders of the EAEU countries are being created. By the end of the year, Russia and Kazakhstan scheduled to start a joint pilot on the traceability for tobacco products. T & T is a global trend as a new traceability system improves business efficiency. How to develop an advanced traceability system in the EAEU so that the current decisions would take into account global trends? How to adapt the system for a wide range of users and expanse it to new product groups and countries? What do participants of discussion think about the architecture of a system and infrastructure of basic information resources? Participants of the panel session will give answers to these and other questions.

Moderator:

Ilya Lomakin-Rumyantsev, Head, Center for the development of the consumer market of the Russian Federation, SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management, Member of the Public Council, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Speakers:

Vladimir Mukvich, Deputy Minister for Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus

Alena Gerun, General Director, Center for development of advanced technologies, Republic of Kazakhstan

Olga Shiyan, Consultant, Kesarev Consulting

Issues: One of the basic principles of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is the free movement of goods, services, capital and labor. The basic provisions of the Treaty on EAEU are designed to ensure the free movement of goods without the use of customs administration and additional fiscal burden; removal of barriers in the trade of states aimed at effective use of the advantages of the international division of labor. This objective can be achieved only on the baseline of laws and regulations harmonization, the creation of a single area in the field of tax, technical, sanitary and veterinary regulation. In this regard, the harmonization of legislation in the field of excisable goods regulation is a logical and proper approach. It will reduce illegal market and will create equal competitive conditions for manufacturers of all EAEU states.

Topics for discussion:

1. What is the optimal scenario for the excise harmonization and how many years will it take to transform the economies of these countries into a new reality?
2. Minimum rates, indicative corridor, single rate for all EAEU countries — what approach is preferable?
3. Will the use of common approaches in excise policy on the territory of the EAEU allow growing free trade if residents of all countries have equal conditions for doing business?
4. Can harmonization become a tool to combat illegal «overflows» of excisable goods?

Moderators:

Sergey Shatalov, Head of projects, Center for strategic research, Ex-Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Vladlen Maksimov, President, Association of Small-format Trade, Co-Chairman of the Committee of OPORA of Russia on excisable goods

Speakers:

Yevgeny Bushmin, Deputy Chairman, Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Nikita Kuznetsov, Head of the department for development of domestic trade, digital labelling system and legalization of goods trafficking, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Aida Abarbekova, Deputy Head of financial policy department, Eurasian Economic Commission

Nurmatbek Mambetaliyev, Head of tax policy division, Financial policy department, Eurasian Economic Commission

Nadezhda Pochekunina, Advisor of tax policy division, Financial policy department, Eurasian Economic Commission

Aleksey Popovichev, Director, RusBrand

Oleg Barvin, Head of Regulatory Affairs, BAT, Saint Petersburg

Sergey Golovko, Vice-President for Corporate Affairs and Communications, JTI Russia

Vasily Gruzdev, Head of Government Affairs, JTI Russia

Irina Fedorova, Senior Director for Government Affairs, Eastern Europe Region, Baltika Breweries, CarlsbergGroup

Igor Kosarev, President, Union of Alcohol Manufacturers (SPAP)

Sergey Slipchenko, General Director, Philip Morris Sales and Marketing

Issues: Protection of intellectual property got some specific features connected to the rapid growth of e-commerce. Fraud, illegal use of trademarks in e-trading, online piracy. New trends of countering the illegal use of intellectual property in the practice of administrative and law enforcement bodies in the EAEU states. Practical cooperation of holders of intellectual property right and state authorities in the field of intellectual property protection.

Topics for discussion:

1. The features of the intellectual property protection in the conditions of rapid e-commerce development. Fraud, illegal use of trademarks in the e-trading, online piracy
2. New trends of countering the illegal use of intellectual property in the practice of administrative and law enforcement bodies in the EAEU states
3. Results of monitoring and analysis of the law enforcement practice of the EAEU states in the field of protection of intellectual property rights for 2017
4. Progress of measures for enforcement of a single customs register of intellectual property objects of the Eurasian Economic Union states (announcement)
5. Misuse of right by trademark owners. Novelties in administrative and judicial practice in the field of parallel import
6. Development of cooperation between state bodies and business is the key to effective law enforcement.

Moderators:

Aslambek Aslakhanov, Professor, Ph.D., Major-General, President of the International Association of Anti-Counterfeiting Organizations ‘Anti-Counterfeit’, State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class

Galiya Dzholdybayeva, Director, Department of entrepreneurship development, Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Zina Isabayeva, Deputy Director, Department of entrepreneurship development, Eurasian Economic Commission

Natalya Zolotykh, General Director, Transtechnology patent attorney company

Zhanat Nurmagambetov, Senior Lawyer, Bolotov & Partners law firm

Aleksey Trubnikov, Deputy Corporate Director for legal affairs, KAMAZ

Meldir Yerbulekova, Lawyer, Gowling WLG: International Inc. (Canada), Representative office in Moscow

Leonid Gershuni, Brand Quality and Protection Manager, SKF

Nadira Asylbekova, Head of Department for the intellectual property rights enforcement, State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovations under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent)

Roman Lukyanov, Member of the Licensing Committee, Association of Children’s Goods Industry Manufacturers

Andrew Bradshaw, President, Asian Coalition against Counterfeiting and Piracy (ACACAP)

Daniel Fedorkov, Brand Protection Manager, CIS-Turkey Region, Nivea Beiersdorf

Pavel Katkov, Senior Partner, Katkov & Partner law firm

Oleg Glavatsky, Head of Branch, Central forensic customs administration, Federal Customs Service of Russia in Kaliningrad

Tatyana Dikanova, Head of Department, Federal state establishment of higher education ‘University of prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federation’

Issues: Counterfeiting of medical products threaten public health and the integrity of health systems at the global level. Counterfeiting is a global phenomenon and its scale increases significantly every year. The development of technologies at all stages of the supply chain increases the criminals’ ability to produce, transport and deliver dangerous counterfeit medical products to customers, who do not realize this is a counterfeit product. This important issue requires the international response and is the subject of the Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (Medicrime Convention). It was signed in Moscow in 2011. Currently, it has been signed by 28 countries and ratified by 14 countries including the Russian Federation.

Moderators:

Dmitry Pavlyukov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare

Andrey Gayderov, Deputy Head, Department of international cooperation and public affairs, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

Alla Trapkova, Temporary Acting Head, Department of the state quality control of healthcare, Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare

Speakers:

Pavle Zelich, International Officer, Medicines and Medical Devices Agency

Lynda Scammell, Senior Advisor, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Dmitry Pavlyukov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare

Roman Kurynin, Deputy Head, Regional office of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare, Moscow and Moscow Region

Larisa Nikiforova, Head, VNIIIMT Evaluation department, Roszdravnadzor

Aleksandr Zhestkov, Executive Director, Council of Dietary Supplement Producers

Topics for discussion:

1. Research of the alcohol market
2. State policy aimed at countering counterfeiting
3. Prospects for the development of information systems and their impact on improving the transparency of the alcohol market
4. Counterfeit and falsification as a factor of unfair competitive pressure on the alcohol market
5. Monitoring the quality of alcoholic products in retail. Tools of countering counterfeit
6. Challenges of intellectual property protection in the alcohol market
7. Development of the protection system for denominations of origin in the Russian Federation
8. Anti-counterfeiting and liberalization of online alcohol sales. Opportunities and risks

Moderator:

Aleksandr Stavtsev, Vice-President, Russian Association of retail market experts, Head of information center WineRetail

Speakers:

Elena Afanasenko, Deputy Head of the Federal Service for alcohol market regulation

Nikita Kuznetsov, Head of the Department for development of domestic trade, digital labelling system and legalization of goods trafficking, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Anton Gushchansky, Head of automated information systems department, Federal Service for alcohol market regulation

Vladislav Spirin, Head of joint analysis department, Federal Service for alcohol market regulation

Vladimir Mishelovin, Head of control and financial department, Federal antimonopoly service

Lyubov Kiry, Deputy Head, Federal Service for intellectual property

Aleksandr Romanov, Chairman, Subcommittee of RSPP on the regulation of the alcohol market

Leonid Popovich, President, Union of winegrowers and winemakers of Russia

Artur Sarkisyan, President, Union of sommeliers and experts of Russia

Aleksey Ladonin, Managing Martner, Ladonin & Partners Law Office

Fatima Dzoblayeva, Executive Director, Eurasian Association of duty-free trade

Vasily Goncharov, Chairman, Union of brandy manufacturers

Dmitry Dobrov, Chairmain of Board, Russian Union of alcohol producers

Topics of discussion:

1. Practice for brand protection in Russia and abroad
2. Best practices in countering counterfeiting: cases of rights holders
3. Counterfeit on the Internet — protection of intellectual property on information platforms
4. Countering digital piracy — current problems and solutions
5. Criminal law in protection against counterfeit
6. Combatting infringements of intellectual rights in legal practice — current trends

Moderators:

Aleksey Popovichev, Executive Director, RusBrand

Konstantin Suvorov, Partner, Kosenkov & Suvorov law office

Speakers:

Igor Sergeev, Trademark Protection Specialist, Ford Sollers Holding

Mikhail Cheremisinov, Regional manager for security and protection of a trademark in Russia and the CIS, Levi Strauss, Moscow

Daniel Fedorkov, Brand Protection Manager, CIS-Turkey Region, Nivea Beiersdorf

Sergey Kuchushev, Head of regulatory risk department, Yandex

Sergey Lebedev, Head of GR, Alibaba.com (RU) (AliExpress and TmallRussia)

Ruslan Dolotov, Partner, Feoktistov & Partners law office