Program

3 October

Opening of the exhibition

Kuibyshev Square

-Dmitry Azarov (Governor of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Mohamed Jinnah (Founder and Chairman of World Halal Day, Singapore)

-Marat Kabaev (President of the International Association of Islamic Businesses, Russia, Moscow)

-Viktor Kudryashov (First Vice-Governor - Chairman of the Samara Region Government, Russia, Samara)

-Aleksey Ilmetov (Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

Registration, Welcome coffee

Lotte Foyer

Exhibition

Kuibyshev Square

World Halal Day Exhibition

Food and Beverage Festival "Taste Fair - Chaikhona 2019"

Grand opening of Volga Investment Summit & World Halal Day

Hall Crystal

Welcome speech:

-Dmitry Azarov (Governor of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Mohamed Jinnah (Founder and Chairman of World Halal Day, Singapore)

-Marat Kabaev (President of the International Association of Islamic Businesses, Russia, Moscow)

-Oleg Ganeev (Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Sberbank of Russia, Moscow, Russia)

Panel discussion "Global economy on growth trajectory: challenges and solutions"

Hall Crystal

Moderator:

-Gaukhar Nurgalieva (Head of Eurasian Studies Laboratory, SKOLKOVO IEMS, Russia, Moscow)

Participants:

-Dmitry Azarov (Governor of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Mohamed Jinna (Founder and Chairman of World Halal Day, Singapore)

-Marat Kabaev (President of the International Association of Islamic Businesses, Russia, Moscow)

-Oleg Ganeev (Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Sberbank of Russia, Moscow, Russia)

-Mohamed Hamdan (Director, Department of Trade Development, Ministry of Economy, Dubai)

-Ihsan Ovut (Secretary General, The Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC), Turkey, Istanbul)

Panel discussion "Samara Region Development Strategy: Contribution to the Global Economy"

Hall Crystal

Moderator:

-Elena Berezina (Deputy Editor, Economy Department, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russia, Moscow)

Participants:

-Dmitry Azarov (Governor of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Marat Kabaev (President of the International Association of Islamic Businesses, Russia, Moscow)

-Mohamed Jinna (Founder and Chairman of World Halal Day, Singapore)

-Evgeny Chernyshov (President of the National Medical Tourism Council, Moscow, Russia)

-Gaukhar Nurgalieva (Head of Eurasian Studies Laboratory, SKOLKOVO IEMS, Russia, Moscow)

-Samir Taghiyev (Senior Regional Manager for CIS Region at ICD, Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata)

-Walid Fargal (Director of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), UAE, Dubai)

Lunch

Lotte Foyer

Panel discussion "Global Halal Economy"

Hall Crystal

Moderator:

-Mohamed Jinna (Founder and Chairman, World Halal Day, Singapore)

Participants:

-Ihsan Ovut (Secretary General, The Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC), Turkey, Istanbul)

-Faroukh Habib (Adviser, LEA Software Consultants, Pakistan, Karachi)

-Dube Ncube Nomusa (Member of the Executive Council responsible for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa)

-Marat Kabaev (President of the International Association of Islamic Businesses, Russia, Moscow)

-Madina Kalimullina (Managing Partner, Alif Consult, Executive Secretary, Russian Association of Islamic Finance Experts, Moscow, Russia)

Investments in the UAE

Hall Diamond

-Mohammad Hamdan (Director, Department of Trade Development, Ministry of Economy, Dubai)

Islamic finance as an alternative financing solution for the Russian business community

Hall Crystal

-Samir Taghiyev (Senior Regional Manager for CIS Region at ICD, Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata)

Opportunities for investors in the Samara Region: benefits, subsidies, co-financing

Hall Diamond

-Aleksey Ilmetov (Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

Coffee break

Lotte Foyer

Investing in the future: shaping a global investment strategy

Hall Topaz+Charlotte

-Walid Fargal (Director of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), UAE, Dubai)

Pitch session of Samara Region investment projects

Hall Diamond

-Alena Mezina (Deputy General Director for Development of JSC SEZ Togliatti, Russia, Togliatti)

-Sergey Evseev (General Director of JSC PromParki, Russia, Samara)

-Mikhail Smurygin (Director of Investment Department, Samara Region Development Corporation, Russia, Samara)

-Arsen Khusnullin (Deputy Director for Economics, Ruspektin LLC, Russia, Samara)

-Anton Chigishchev (Deputy Managing Executive Director - Director for Logistics, AeroVolga, Russia, Samara)

-Nikolay Atanov (Representative of the co-investor of the project "Ski Complex on Mount Brave", Russia, Zhigulevsk)

Adaptation of Russian goods in foreign markets, especially in Muslim countries and China

Hall Topaz+Charlotte

-Anna Voitsekhovich (Head of Intellectual Property and Competition Practice, Grebneva & Partners Law Firm, Russia, Novosibirsk)

Closed plenary session with top officials of the Samara Region Government

Hall Diamond

Moderator:

-Elena Berezina (Deputy Editor, Economy Department, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russia, Moscow)

Participants:

-Dmitry Azarov (Governor of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Viktor Kudryashov (First Vice-Governor - Chairman of the Samara Region Government, Russia, Samara)

-Alexander Fetisov (Deputy Chairman of the Samara Region Government, Russia, Samara)

-Aleksey Sofronov (Head of the Department of Price Control and Tariff Regulation, Russia, Samara)

-Nikolai Abashin (Minister of Agriculture and Food, Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Elena Zyabkina (Deputy Minister of Finance of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Irina Kalyagina (Minister of Culture of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Mikhail Ratmanov (Minister of Health of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

Break

Solemn Reception of the Governor of Samara Region Dmitry Igorevich Azarov

Hall Crystal

Key handover ceremony to the host country of the World Halal Day 2020

Islamic Fashion Show

Artists' performance

4 October

Welcome coffee

Lotte Foyer

Exhibition

Kuibyshev Square

World Halal Day Exhibition

Food and Beverage Festival "Taste Fair - Chaikhona 2019"

Retail school from METRO AG

Presentation zone at the Exhibition

Welcome speech:

-Viktor Kudryashov (First Vice-Governor - Chairman of the Samara Region Government, Russia, Samara)

-Aleksey Grigoriev (Head of the Representative Office of METRO AG, Vice-President for Foreign Corporate Policy)

-Sergey Lobanov (Deputy Director of the Department for Development of Internal Trade, Light Industry and Consumer Market, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, Moscow)

METRO Cash & Carry business model. Principles of working with suppliers

-Natalia Proshina (Representative of the Procurement Department, METRO Cash & Carry, Russia, Samara)

Fasol Franchise Brand Project, Trader Support and Assortment Development

-Yulia Zhdanova (Representative of the Bean Project, Moscow, Russia)

Plenary session "Prospects of Medical Tourism Development in Russia"

Hall Diamond

Moderator:

-Andy Frecka (Co-founder, Trust Medical Travel, USA)

Participant:

-Mikhail Ratmanov (Minister of Health of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Aleksandr Kolsanov (Rector, Samara State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, PhD, professor, Russia, Samara)

-Evgeny Chernyshev (President of the National Council of Medical Tourism, Moscow, Russia)

Investments in startups from Russia. Business-case of the Venture Fund of Samara Region. Pitches of portfolio startups of the Venture Fund of Samara Region

Hall Topaz+Charlotte

-Sergey Bogdanov (Venture Fund of Samara Region, Managing Partner, Russia, Samara)

Round table "Foreign Economic Activity in the Age of Globalization. New rules of the game"

Hall Crystal 4

-Dmitry Samigullin (Managing Partner, RBL, Russia, Samara)

-Mikhail Alexandrov (Partner, A2, Russia, Moscow)

-Elena Moiseeva (Certified expert in the field of letters of credit and Bank Payment Obligation, Head of the Currency Control Center in PJSC Promsvyazbank, Russia, Samara)

-Kirill Lapin (Managing Partner, Seitenberg Capital, Austria, Vienna)

-Anna Voitsekhovich (Head of Intellectual Property and Competition Practice, Grebneva & Partners Law Firm, Russia, Novosibirsk)

Key aspects of modern halal business in Russia

Hall Crystal 1+2

-Madina Kalimullina (Managing Partner, Alif Consult, Executive Secretary, Russian Association of Islamic Finance Experts, Moscow, Russia)

Expert session "Export potential of health care in Samara region"

Hall Diamond

Moderator:

-Evgeny Chernyshev (President of the National Council of Medical Tourism, Moscow, Russia)

Participants:

-Mikhail Ratmanov (Minister of Health of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Aleksandr Kolsanov (Rector, Samara State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, PhD, professor, Russia, Samara)

-Andy Frecka (Co-founder of Trust Medical Travel, USA)

-Ksenia Zvonkovskaya (Director, Tourist Information Center, Samara, Russia)

-Olga Tyumina (Director of IC Dynasty, Russia, Samara)

-Marat Tugushev (Vice-President of JSC Medical Company IIK, Chief Doctor, Russia, Samara)

-Andrey Orlov (Chief Doctor of the State Budgeted Health Institution "Samara Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary",Russia, Samara)

Panel discussion on "Current Trends and Perspectives in Retail Development": track "Trade regulation measures needed and redundant. Problem of identification and labelling of "harmful" products; federal and regional initiatives in this sphere"

Hall Topaz+Charlotte

Moderator:

-Vladlen Maksimov (President of the Small Format Trade Association, Vice-President of OPORA, Russia, Moscow)

Participants:

-Sergey Lobanov (Deputy Head of the Department for Development of Internal Trade, Digital Labeling of Goods and Legalization of Products of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Russia, Moscow)

-Evgeny Adashev (Executive Director, AKORT, Russia, Moscow)

-Aleksey Sorokin (Deputy Director, Volga Branch, X5 Retail Group, Russia, Samara)

-Alexey Grigoriev (Chairman of the AKORT Committee, Vice-President of METRO AG, Moscow, Russia)

-Ruslan Ardovsky (Lenta Division Director, Russia, Samara)

Science and technology in the halal industry

Hall Crystal 1+2

-Professor, Dr. Faridah Hassan (Director, iHalal Management and Science (iHALALMAS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur)

Medical tourism Halal

Hall Diamond

-Dr. Ayaz Akber (Founder, Oxymed Hospital & Research Center, India, Chennai)

Expert Session "Intellectual Property as a Driver of International Trade Development"

Hall Crystal 4

Moderator:

-Aleksey Shvetsov (Advisor of the Intellectual Property Federation, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia)

Participants:

-Anton Borodin (Partner, patent attorney, non-state litigation expert, Russia, Moscow)

-Bass Mikhail (Senior Associate, IPChain Association, Russia, Moscow)

-Oleg Ashurkov (Deputy General Director for International Relations of the Corporation Loyers Group, Moscow, Russia)

-Aleksey Katkov (Managing Partner, Katkov & Partners, Deputy Head of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Moscow, Russia)

-Vyacheslav Bataev (Deputy Head of the Samara Customs Service of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Russia, Samara)

Halal accreditation - standardization, certification, quality management

Hall Crystal 1+2

-Aidar Gazizov (Head of the International Center for Standardization and Certification "Halal", Russia, Moscow)

Special trading sessions with representatives of purchasing networks (X5 Retail Group, Magnit retail chain, Mindal and White Pelican)

Meeting room №1 at the B2B zone

Lunch

Lotte Foyer

Session of the International Association of Islamic Businesses

Hall Diamond

-Marat Kabaev (President of the International Association of Islamic Businesses, Russia, Moscow)

-Mohamed Jinna (Founder and Chairman of World Halal Day, Singapore)

Panel discussion "Current Trends and Prospects of Retail Development": track "Main Directions of Interrelations between Different Trade Formats. Key points of interaction with regional authorities"

Hall Topaz+Charlotte

Moderator:

-Evgeny Adashev (Executive Director, AKORT, Russia, Moscow)

Participants:

-Victor Kudryashov (First Vice-Governor - Chairman of the Samara Region Government, Russia, Samara)

-Sergey Lobanov (Deputy Head of the Department for Development of Internal Trade, System of Digital Labeling of Goods and Legalization of Products of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Russia, Moscow)

-Vladlen Maksimov (President of the Small Format Trade Association, Vice-President of OPORA, Russia, Moscow)

-Aleksey Sorokin (Deputy Director, Volga Branch, X5 Retail Group, Russia, Samara)

-Sergey Andreyev (Head of Tander District, Krasnodar, Russia)

-Alexey Grigoriev (Chairman of the AKORT Committee, Vice-President of METRO AG, Moscow, Russia)

-Sergey Osipov (Representative of Lenta, Russia, Samara)

Session "International cooperation and export"

Hall Crystal 4

Moderator:

-Yuri Shurygin (Executive Director of the Association of Small and Medium Exporters, Russia, Moscow)

-Denis Kazannikov (Export Support Project Manager, Russian Export Centre, Moscow, Russia)

-Elena Plotnova (Head of the Segregated Division of JSC Russian Export Center in Samara, Russia)

-Alexander Golosarsky (Deputy Head of the Regional Center for Entrepreneurship Development of Samara Region, Head of the Center for Export Support of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Vyacheslav Batayev (Deputy Head of the Samara Customs Service of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Russia, Samara)

Commercialization of the regional product brand

Hall Crystal 1+2

-Aleksey Shvetsov (Advisor to the Intellectual Property Federation, Chairman of the TTP Sub-Committee on Intellectual Property, Moscow, Russia)

Discussion "Effective Export Instruments"

Hall Crystal 4

Welcome speech:

-Alexey Ilmetov (Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

Participants:

-Elena Bondarenko (Director of the Department of Programmes for Small and Medium-Sized Business Managers at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Russia, Moscow)

-Anna Dognal (Senior Manager of Educational Programmes at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Russia, Moscow)

-Vladimir Obydennov (Chairman of the Russian-Iranian Business Council, Moscow, Russia)

-Maxim Bagaev (Head of the Russian-Singaporean Business Council of Samara Region, Russia, Samara)

-Nikolay Evdokimov (CEO of LLC Henry, export coach, Russia, Samara)

Islamic fashion - current trend

Hall Crystal 1+2

-Jannat Mingazova (Founder of Modest Covered, official representative of Russia Modest Fashion Week in Tatarstan, Russia, Kazan)

-Gulnara Mikheeva (Director, Marina Rinaldi Kazan, Russia, Kazan)

-Galiya Salyukova (Islamic Fashion Designer, Russia, Samara)

Coffee break. Visiting the Exhibition and Food and Beverage Festival "Taste Fair - Chaikhona 2019"

Lotte Foyer and Kuibyshev Square

5 October

Exhibition

Kuibyshev Square

World Halal Day Exhibition

Food and Beverage Festival "Taste Fair - Chaikhona 2019"

-National Muslim cuisine Exhibition and Sale

-Culinary show

-Master classes and speeches from Muslim national public associations and art groups of Samara region

-Tea ceremony

Sightseeing tour program for guests of Volga Investment Summit & World Halal Day (optional)

10:00 - 13:00 Bus sightseeing tour with a visit to the Museum of Fire and Rescue History. The tour includes a visit to the Samara Historical Mosque.

12:00 - 15:00 Bus sightseeing tour with a visit to Stalin's bunker. The tour includes a visit to the Samara Historical Mosque.

14:00 - 16:00 Walking tour with a visit to the Volga Military District Museum

16:00 - 19:00 Visit to Samara Cathedral Mosque (excursion and evening namaz)

Excursion for Volga Investment Summit & World Halal Day guests

Visit to the Sakharov Park Complex of Machinery History, Togliatti

Visit to Togliatti Special Economic Zone, resident enterprises