Program
September 10, Thursday, day one of the Congress
10.00-19.00 - Registration. The Congress open hours.
11.00-12.00 - Light lunch, welcome drinks. Delegates are introduced to each other by organizers.
12.00-13.00 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Session, opening of the summit
2009 - RELOAD?
The state and the financial industry consider the place of retail in the
future of Russia and its economy
What decisions will allow retail business and the industry to serve national
interests of the country in new economy. What is the role of the new Trade
Law in this process? Where is the place of retail in the system of national
projects, interaction with projects in the power, High Tech and agricultural
industries? How to formulate the mission in the future of our country?
On 1st of September the list of speakers will be announced.
13.00-13.30 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
13.30-15.00 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Session 2.
BUSINESS AND RETAIL
SECTOR FUNDAMENTAL DEVELOPMENT STRATGIES
How do key market players see priority tasks, strategy and the market?
The era of rapid growth has ended; a new point of reference is 2009. Eventually, only now retail business starts being retail business. New world and national economy, new priorities in business development, new relations between the players, new rules of state regulation. Therefore, it is so important to see the future here and now. How to manage the capital of knowledge and experience in new conditions? How to ensure fundamental growth of your company? Key changes in strategies and operational management. Priorities for 2010.
Co-Chaired by:
Evgeny Trusov, Partner Ernst & Young
Ian McGarrigle, Director World Retail Congress
Alexey Filatov, Managing Director BBCG
Speakers & panelists:
Lev Khasis, Summit Co-Chairman, CEO X5 Retail Group, Chairman of the Board
of Retail Companies Association
Gordon Campbell, CEO Spar International
Vladimir Kataev, President, Trest SCM. NB: DIY retailer, top 3 Russia.
Akin Bayer, Managing Director Metro Cash & Carry Russia
Mikko Pasanen, Country Director for Russia, Rautakesko Ltd., K-Rauta store
chain
Andrey Berezhnoy, Founder and General Director Ralf Ringer
Oleg Ponomarev, CEO Semiya, Chairman for Union of Independent Retailers
of Russia
Nikolay Vlasenko, CEO Viktoria GC
Alexandr Lopatin, President F.D. Lab Group
Oleg Astafurov, CEO Rigla NB: Pharmacy retailer,
top 3 Russia
Alexandr Tynkovan, President M.Video
15.00-15.45 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
15.45-17.15 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Session 3.
RETAIL IN THE MIRROR OF SUPPLY
The analysis of failures, successful cases and retail business efficiency
reserves from the point of view of the global and national manufacturers
and market providers
Production leaders about new realities of the consumer market, a scale of values in relations with chains, timely decisions of satisfaction of demand and sales growth. What achievements of the latest stage became the most important for business and national market as a whole? Where is it worth reinvesting proceeds today to create fundamentally effective supply chain? What decisions will help to boost operational efficiency?
Co-Chaired by:
Maksimilian Musselius, Executive Director ECR-Rus
Leonid Abaushkin, General Director Trade and purchasing union «T3S» NB:
unites over 40 retailers of Russia.
Speakers & panelists:
Matthew Price, President, Procter & Gamble Russia
Sanjiv Kakkar, Chairman of Uniliever Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Dmitriy Tereshkov, Chairman Sibirskaya Khlebnaya Corporacia NB: Agro
holding, top 3 Russia
Wai Ping Leung, Executive Director Li & Fung Limited
17.15-18.00 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
18.00-19.15 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Session 4.
COMPLEX ANALYSIS OF THE MARKET INDICATORS. WHAT TO BE PREPARED FOR?
Leading retail analysts give their estimation of situation development
and forecast for the short term
Exchange rates. Oil prices. Consumer demand. Trading and warehousing property. Format prospects for each segment of the market. Key achievements and mistakes of the national chains for the period under review. How objective are the forecasts of hyper-consolidation of the market in the short term? And many more questions from the floor!
Speakers:
Alexey Krivoshapko, Director Prosperity Capital Management
Maria Kolbina, Vice-president VTB Capital NB:
State bank of Russia.
Evgeniy Semenov, Partner, Director, Capital Markets, Russia and
CIS, MRICS Knight Frank
20.00-22.00 - Linerboard «Europeysky», Moscow River, Gala Dinner and Retail Industry Awards
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RETAIL GRAN-PRIX 2009 Retail Companies Association (RCA) Awards Ceremony |
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NATIONAL RETAIL AWARDS RUSSIA 2009 Awards of the Union of Independent Retailers of Russia |
The Gala-dinner is an award ceremony of two major associations of the industry. It will take place on September 10th at 19.30 on board of the specially equipped yacht. For the first time ever the Greatest federal and international retailers, together with leaders of the regions will present the awards, symbols of acknowledgement of merit and name heroes of new time!
September 11, Friday, day two of the Congress
09.00-09.30 - Morning coffee
09.30-10.15 - Great Conference Room. Focus Session, plenary meeting.
VITALY PODOLSKY:
A WAY OUT OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH,
CORPORATE LEVEL SOLUTIONS
The strongest professional and strategist lowered debt load of the Euroset
twice during the last six months - from 800 to 400 million dollars. Before
coming to the company he was in charge of the direct investment fund of
Renaissance group of companies. Previously he was also in charge of finances
of X5 Retail Group. He is annually mentioned in the ratings of the best
top managers of Russia, as the most professional executive in the field.
Currently leads a group of companies Mosmart - new retail holding company
based on the assets of the Sberbank.
10.15-11.00 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
11.00-11.45 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Sessions: Focus Session
ILYA YAKUBSON:
OPTIMIZATION OF INVENTORY AND COSTS
A dialogue with the President of DIXY group of companies is in the focus
of the summit. Bold decisions which are always based on the pragmatic and
detailed analysis. The leader, extraordinary personality and unique career.
He will offer the summit and will discuss with delegates the solutions
of internal financing and search for efficiency reserves. Optimization
of inventory is one of the principal activities today, and thus DIXY plans
to “release” additional $30-40 million of circulating assets.
11.45-12.00 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
12.00-13.15 - Great Conference Room. Business Stream on food retailing
FOOD RETAIL: OWNERSHIP REDISTRIBUTION
Modern retail formats have already proved its efficiency in a time of crisis. The up-to-date information suggests stable growth of sales in discount shops, growth of business of the leading companies. At the same time there are quite a number of unsuccessful bids, bankruptcies and restructurings. It is obvious, that change of ownership and, as a consequence, consolidation of assets in the hands of more effective owners becomes the main phenomenon in the market. It is an objective reality and, today, leaving emotions behind, it is necessary for all market participants to understand: how will the property redistribution proceed and what will it result in? How will the banks manage the received non-core retail assets? What companies will be the top 20 food retail chains tomorrow? What are the prospects and how will the state social initiatives on the development of specialty stores (fish and seafood) and social networks affect the market?
Co-Chaired by:
Natalya Nikitenko, Senior Manager M&A Ernst&Young
Speakers:
Oleg Bolychev, Chairman Vester Holding NB:
Food retailer, top 10 Russia.
Christian Harten, CEO Billa Russia (Rewe Group)
Sergey Kolesnik, CEO retail chain Sistema RegionMart
Antonio Baptista, General Director real,-hypermarket
12.00-13.15 - Hall "Zerkalniy". Business Stream on do-it-yourself retailing
DIY & HOUSEHOLD RETAIL: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS PHASE
During the last 2 years DIY and household market was preparing
for active consolidation. The crisis has acted as the process catalyst.
Already the first half of 2009 brought fast growth of M&A numbers.
What are the first results and further dynamics of the number of transactions?
What consequences are evidenced in the market?
At the same time new housing and commercial real estate property commissioning
is a fraction of what it used to be. What are the forecasts for the next
year? Positioning, pricing and assortment policies of the chains which
are most effective with regard to consumption history of DIY and household
goods.
Panelists:
Dmitry Timanov, CEO Stroydepo
Eugeny Movchan, Commercial director O.B.I. Russia
Igor Mariash, CEO Home Centers
Rinat Mukhametvaleev, Executive Director Trest SCM
Alexey Iovlev, Executive Director Metrika
Nataly Morozova, Marketing Director, Member of the Board Castorama Rus
13.15-14.15 - Lunch,
Zerkalniy and Small halls
14.15-15.00 - Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
14.15-15.15 - Small Conference Room. Business Stream on fashion retailing
FASHION RETAIL: NEW DATA
A probabilistic approach to decision-making is the inexcusable luxury in new economic conditions. The session will present the up-to-date information: the analysis of demand and brand loyalty according to the results of a half-year period. Forecasts of further market dynamics in different sectors and consumption groups. Changes in shelf inventory capacity, situation with financing new buying cycles. NEW DATA will allow seeing successful solutions for qualitative efficiency growth of portfolio of stores and brands, discussing optimum price policy and frequency of change of collections in new market realities and weighing decisions on business restructuring.
Moderator:
Anna Lebsak-Kleymans, CEO Fashion Consulting Group
Speakers & panelists:
Jose Gomez Fernandez, Senior Vice-president on Business development Mango
Julian Millett, Official representative of Debenhams in
Russia
Ksenya Ryasova, President Finn Flare
Vadim Zolotarevsky, CEO Arber Group NB:
The biggest fashion retail chain in Ukraine
15.00-15.30 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
15.30-16.15 - Great Conference Room. Focus Session*, plenary meeting.
LEV KHASIS
THE MAIN SOLUTIONS DURING THE TIME OF GREAT CHANGES
16.15-16.45 - Coffee-break. Meetings at Expo of official suppliers & providers of RBR'09.
16.45-17.45 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Session 5
DIRECT INVESTMENT FUNDS: NEW MARKET POWER?
Numerous transactions with the participation of investment funds in the retail market let us state creation of new proprietary classes and new rules of retail business functioning. During the last year positions of the funds in the retail market were strengthened considerably. Not only more and more chains, both federal and regional, but also the choice of strategy of their development start to belong to the funds. How do the key participants see the market? What strategies do they choose for their own development and development of those assets in which they invest? How do their actions influence the retail market as a whole?
Speakers :
Sergey Lomakin, CEO Sun Investment Partners NB:
Retail holding, shoe retailer #1 in Russia.
Oleg Tzarkov, Managing director Svarog Capital
Ivan Balezin, Managing director IBRG Capital
17.45-18.00 - Coffee-break
15.30-16.15 - Great Conference Room. Plenary Sessions: Focus Session*
* - Focus sessions are booked for 2 key industry leaders. To be announced soon.