08.10

Arrival of delegates (departure from Moscow, 21.15, June 13, S7

flight from the Domodedovo Airport)

08.30

12.40

13.00 – 14.30

Transfer to the Hotel

Departure from the Hotel to the Roundtable

Roundtable “Indigenous people in the Arctic. Commissioners for the rights of indigenous and minority people of the North – the Russian experience in the protection of the rights of indigenous people”

14.40

15.00 – 17.30

Departure from the Hotel

Cultural Program, visit to Ivolginsky datsan

18.00

18.30 – 20.00

Transport to the restaurant “Grand Yurt”

Welcome Dinner Reception hosted by V.V. Nagovitsin, Head of the Republic of Buryatia and Head of the Government

Wednesday, June 15,2016

07.40

08.00 – 09.00

08.40

09.00 – 09.30

09.10-09.20

Departure from the Hotel to the Drafting Committee

Meeting of the Drafting Committee (Government House, hall 318)

Departure from the Hotel to the Standing Committee

Meeting of the Standing Committee (Government House, hall 318)

Departure from the Hotel to the meeting of the Standing Committee and CPAR Observers

09.30 – 10:00

09.30 – 12.00

09.30

10.00 – 10.30

Meeting of the Standing Committee and the CPAR Observers  (Government House, hall 318)

Exhibition and sales Handicrafts (Government House, hall)

Departure from the Hotel to the Conference

Registration

10.30 – 11:30

11.30 – 12.00

11.30 – 12.00

12.00 – 13.20

13.30

13.35

13.40 – 14.45

Official Opening of the Conference

(Government House, hall 318)

Co-Chairs: Mr Slipenchuk and Mr Sivertsen

- Welcoming remarks by the Head of the Republic of Buryatia and Head of the Government V.Nagovitsin

- Greeting of the Chairman of the Council of Federation V.Matvienko

- Greeting of the Chairman of the State Duma S.Naryshkin

- Report by the Ambassador-at-Large of the MFA of Russia V.Barbin

- Report by the Chair of SCPAR,  Mr. Eirik Sivertsen, Norway

- Report by the Chair of the delegation of the State Duma in CPAR M.Slipenchuk

Coffee Break

Press Conference ( V.Nagovitsin, M.Slipenchuk, V.Barbin, E.Siverstsen hall 301)

Session 1: People in a Developing Arctic

Co-Chairs: Ms. R.Kulmuni and Ms.S.Karlsson

Speaker 1: Mr.G.Ledkov, Russia, MP

Speaker 2: Mr. S.Simms, Canada, MP

Speaker 3: Mr. Tsyrenov, Russia, the deputy of the National Hural of the Republic Buryatia

Exchange of views

Family photo (front of the Government House)

Transport to the restaurant “Mergen” (Hotel “Mergen”)

Lunch at the restaurant “Mergen”

- Russian – Japanese bilateral meeting

14.45

15.00 – 16.30

Transport to the Government House

Session 2:  Arctic Cooperation in Light of the Conference on Climate Change (COP 21)  in Paris

Co-Chairs: Mr. S.Skaale and Mr.Larry Maguire

Speaker 1 Ms. Marina Rykunova, referent of the Department for state regulation of tariffs, infrastructural reforms and energy efficiency, Ministry of economic development of Russia

Speaker 2: Mr. V.Litvak, Russia, deputy Director of VTB Ecology

Speaker 3: Ms Sara Karlson, Sweden SCPAR rapporteur

Exchange of views

16.30

16.30 – 17.30

17.30

Transport to the Hotel

Meeting of the Drafting Committee (hall 318)

- Russian – Canadian bilateral meeting

Transport to the Hotel

19.00 – 20.30

Dinner Reception on behalf of the State Duma

(restaurant “Mergen” at the Hotel)

Thursday, June 16, 2016

08.45

Departure from the Hotel to the meeting of the Drafting Committee

09.00 – 10.00

09.30

Meeting of the Drafting Committee (hall 318)

Departure from the Hotel to the Conference (hall 318)

10.00 – 11.30

Session 3: New opportunities in the Arctic Region

 Co-Chairs: Mr.J.Dohrmann and Mrs. Lineik Saevarsdottir

 Speaker 1: Ms Katri Kulmuni, Finland, SCPAR rapporteur Speaker 2: Ms Yoko .Kamikawa, Japan, MP

Exchange of views

11.30 – 12.00

12.00

12.30

15.00 – 16.00

16.00 - 16.30

16.30 – 17.30

Closing Remarks

Adoption of the Conference Statement

Transport to the Hotel

Transfer to Lake Baikal

Lunch in Hotel Baikal Riviera

Transfer to “Baikal Harbor” economic area

Local folklore show program. Promenade along the shore of lake Baikal

17.30 – 20.00

Transfer to Ulan-Ude

Friday, June 17, 2016

07.00 - 07.30

Transport to the airport (S7 flight at 09.25)