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Friday, October 7

10.00 h Welcome Dr. Friederike BOSSE, Secretary General JDZB; Jörg WOLFF, Resident Representative KAS; Ken SATO, President IIPS

10.25 h First Key-note speech: Russia as Strategic Partner for Europe and Asia by Ulrich BRANDENBURG, Ambassador of the Federal Republique of Germany, Moscow

10.50 h Second Key-note speech: Looking North – Perspectives of Japanese-Russian Relations by Takehiro TOGO, former Ambassador of Japan to Russia, Tokyo

11.15 h Panel 1: Relations between Germany, Japan, Russia - Strengths and Weaknesses

Chair: Prof. Dr. Friedbert Pflueger, Director of European Center for Energy and Ressource Security (EUCERS), Kings College London, Senior Adivsor Roland Berger, former State Secretary, Berlin

Introduction: Enemies becoming Friends!? German-Russian Consultations as an Instrument for a Reliable Partnership by Dr. Andreas SCHOCKENHOFF MP, Deputy Chairman of CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group for Foreign Affairs, Affairs of the European Union and Defense Policy, Coordinator of German-Russian Inter-societal Cooperation, Berlin

Comments and Paneldiscussion: Takehiro TOGO, former Ambassador of Japan to Russia, Tokyo; Prof. Dr. Mikhail NOSOV, Deputy Director for Research, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Dr. Andreas SCHOCKENHOFF

14.15 h Panel 2: Energy and Natural Resources

Chair: Takao KITABATA, Vice President IIPS, former Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Introduction: Natural Resources – A Controversial Issue or Opportunity for Foreign Policy? The Example Russia and Its Relations to Japan and Europe by Prof. Dr. Mark ENTIN, Director of the European Studies Institute at the Moscow State University of International Relation (MGIMO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow

Comments and Paneldiscussion: Motoyuki OKA, Chairman of Japan-Russia Business Cooperation Committee, Japan Business Federation Keidanren, Tokyo; Dr. Joachim PFEIFFER MP, Economic Policy Spokesman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Member of the Committee of Economics and Technology, Berlin; Prof. Dr. Mark ENTIN

16.00 h Panel 3: Stability in East Asia – Joint Task for Japan, Russia and Europe?

Chair: Prof. Shinichi KITAOKA, Shinichi (Tokyo University)

Introduction: Japan-Germany-Russia Relations: Influence of the Power Balance Change in Europe on East Asia by Naoki KAZAMA, Member of the Diet, House of Councillors

Comments and Paneldiscussion: Naoki KAZAMA; Prof. Dr. Friedbert PFLÜGER; Prof. Dr. Georgy TOLORAYA, Head of Regional Projects Department, Regional Director for Asia and Africa, "Russkiy Mir" Foundation, Moscow

17.45 h Summing Up and Closing Remarks by Dr. Stefan FRIEDRICH, Director Asia and the Pacific, KAS, Berlin

18.00 h End ot the Symposium