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Baikal Economic Forum (BEF) – 2008

Baikal region is the way of intagration and collaboration of Europe and Pacific Asia.

Documents to download:

Project of the program.doc

Project of the round tables.doc

Topics to be discussed:

- Decent social standards and quality of life as the basis for competitiveness of the regions of Siberia and the Far East.

- The new town-planning philosophy and the practice of territory development.

- The social and economic strategy: role of the human capital.

- Clean environment, a competitive advantage of the lands of Siberia and the Far East.

- The timber industry of Siberia: ways of development.

- Efficient nature management and the environment.

- Baikal as worldwide heritage: environment, economy, and tourism.

- Tourist and recreation areas: ideas and real opportunities .

- “The Eastern Vector” in the Energy Industry of Russia.

- The energy markets of Russia and the Asian-Pacific Region: integration in the global context.

- The energetic safety of Europe and the Asian-Pacific Region: Russia’s role and opportunities.

- Shared energetic projects: the future and ways of carrying them out.

- The role of international organizations in energetic cooperation.

Organisational fee for taking part at the forum

Name	Register fee, thousand roubles
FORUM’S PARTICIPANT	30*
ROUND TBLE PARTICIPANT (OR ATTENDANT)	5**

*-- approx 1200 USD
*-- approx 200 USD

Preliminary registration of the forum’s participants will be carried out until August, 15th 2008.
Till August 15th 2008 all people wanting to take part in the forum are on the waiting list. The decision to register a person applied for the participation is made by the forums organisational board.If the decision about one’s participation is positive, the forum organisational board bills the participation, it sends the bill to the payer via e-mail or faxes it. The bill is to be paid by August 25^th 2008. Only after the organisational fee has been fully paid will the participant registration be considered.If the decision about one’s participation is negative, that person can still register as a round table participant (under condition of registration fee payment till August 25^th 2008).

Baikal sets a record!...or not

A Russian submarine set the record for world's deepest lake dive in Baikal.

For more info:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080729/ts_afp/russiasciencetechnology

UPDATE:
Recent news reports that the dive did not, in fact set a new record and that the submarine did not dive as deep as was previously reported. Here's an updated news story:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/29/lake-baikal-dive.html