Valdai Club at the EEF-2019. Speakers
Vladivostok

This year, the Valdai Club will take part in the Eastern Economic Forum for a fourth time. On September 4, at 10:00 the Club will hold a session titled “The Asian Mirror: The Pivot to the East Through the Eyes of our Asian Partners” and on the same day, at 14:30, it is due to present a book titled “Toward the Great Ocean: A Chronicle of Russia’s Turn to the East”.


  1. Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies

  2. Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

  3. To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam

  4. Thomas Graham, Managing Director of the Kissinger Associates

  5. Pavel Kadochnikov, Vice Rector for Research, Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation 

  6. Sergei Karaganov, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics; Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy

  7. Lee Jae-Young, President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

  8. Apurva Sanghi, Lead Economist, World Bank in Russia

  9. Michael Tay, Founder and Director of the Foundation for the Arts and Social Enterprise, Ambassador of Singapore to Russia (2002-2008); Founder of the Russia-Singapore Business Forum

  10. Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District

  11. Fan Weiguo, Chief of Eurasian Bureau of Xinhua News Agency