Throughout the day
Arrival. Registration
12.00 – 16.00
A tour of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University and the Mining Museum
17.00 – 20.00
Sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg
09.00 – 10.00
Registration

Multifunctional Complex “Gornyi” (MFC "Gornyi"), St.Petersrbug, Nalichnaya str., 28/16

09.00 – 09.45
Inaugural meeting of the Secretariat of the Russian-African Raw Materials Dialogue

Hall No.1, MFC “Gornyi”

10.00 – 10.30
Official opening of the Russian-African Raw Materials Dialogue. Greetings from the guests of honor

Congress Hall, MFC “Gornyi”

10.30 – 12.30
Inaugural Session

Congress Hall, MFC “Gornyi”

12.30 – 14.00
Lunch

Restaurant, MFC “Gornyi”

14.00 – 16.00
Panel session 1 "Russian-African Relations in the Raw Materials Sector: Current Status and Prospects"

Congress Hall, MFC “Gornyi”

Moderator: Irina O. Abramova – Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

18.00 – 21.00
Gala reception for official delegations

Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, St. Petersburg, Senatskaya sq, 3

By invitation only, entry is strictly by passport

10.00 – 12.00
Panel session 2 "Engineers of the Future. Trends and Opportunities for Russia and Africa"

Congress Hall, MFC "Gornyi"

Moderator: Marat L. Rudakov – First Vice-Rector of the Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

12.00 – 13.00
Discussion of the Final Declaration

Congress Hall, MFC "Gornyi"

13.00 – 14.30
Lunch

Restaurant, MFC "Gornyi"

14:30 – 17:30
Round table 1 "Africa-Russia. Joint Projects and Prospects: Geological, Economic and Social Factors"

Congress Hall, MFC "Gornyi"

Moderator: Andrey A. Maslov – Director of the HSE Centre for African Studies

14:30 – 17:30
Round table 2 "Science, Technology and Education for Building Up the Economic Potential of Russia and Africa"

Overview of the Round Table

Hall 1, MFC "Gornyi"

Moderator: Gleb K. Sugakov – Research Fellow, Centre for Global and Strategic Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

14:30 – 17:30
Round table 3 "Engineering Educations is the Key to Subsoil"

Overview of the Round Table

Hall 2, MFC "Gornyi"

Moderator: Sergey V. Novikov – Vice-Rector for Academic Partnerships of the Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

15:00 – 17:30
Round table 4 "Training the Next Generation of Engineers:the View of Students from Russia and Africa"

Overview of the Round Table

Acting Hall, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Moderators:

  • Valentine Mugun Chepkoech – Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the All-Africa Students Union for Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement (Kenya)
  • Maria V. Soldatchenko – Head of the "Education" Project, International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO, Scientific Secretary of the "Subsoil" Consortium of Universities
15:00 – 17:30
Round table 5 "Shaping the Future of the Mining Industry: Relevant Competencies and a New Standard"

Overview of the Round table

Conference Hall, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

Moderators: 

  • Francis Davis – Director General of the TCC International Centre for innovation, manufacturing, technology transfer and entrepreneurship, KNUST, Kumasi, Category II Centre under auspices of  UNESCO;
  • Vyacheslav O. Zyrin – Executive Director of the National Association of Mining Engineers
10.00 – 15.00
Excursion to the Training Ground «Sablino»

Scheduled departure

The Sablino Educational and Scientific Testing Ground is a unique scientific and educational complex covering 14 hectares, including an industrial site for hydrocarbon exploration, development, and production, an administrative and production building with computer rooms and simulators for well operation and development.

Throughout the day
Departure

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Contacts

Organisers

International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University
Coordinator for Organisational Affairs
Kamyshian Albert Mihaylovich
+7 812 328 89 46
+7 905 289 86 98
africa@spmi.ru

Venue

Saint Petersburg Mining University, Training Centre No. 1
Russia, 199106, Saint Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island, 21st line, 2
«Gorny Institute»
Multifunctional Complex ‘Gorny’
Russia, 199106, Saint Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island, Nalichnaya str., 28/16
«Primorskaya»