PROGRAMME 43 WTCA General Assembly

(Moscow — St. Petersburg)

Distinguished delegates of the 43rd WTCA General Assembly! World Trade Centers Association invites you to participate in the 43rd WTCA General Assembly, which will be held in Moscow from September 23 to 25 and St. Petersburg from September 25 to 26, 2012. Please note that in order to be able to book a hotel at special rates established for participants, you will need to arrive in Moscow not earlier than September 22, 2012. According to the WTCA program, the Moscow part of the General Assembly agenda will be held from September 23 to 25, 2012. In the evening of September 25 at 19:25, all delegates will depart Moscow via “Sapsan” train for St. Petersburg, where they will arrive at 23:15 the same date. Hotel booking for Moscow and St. Petersburg is available on the General Assembly registration page. When selecting dates in the module you may choose: September 21 — 25 — accommodation in Moscow (Crowne Plaza Hotel Moscow), September 25 — 27 — accommodation in St. Petersburg (Astoria Hotel St. Petersburg and the Angleterre Hotel St. Petersburg). According to the WTCA program, the St. Petersburg part of the agenda will be held the whole day of September 26. Please take time to review the program carefully and plan a return flight from St. Petersburg. If you desire to fly back from Moscow, you will need to make travel arrangements and cover the costs for the transfer from St. Petersburg to Moscow and accommodation in Moscow independently. The program is available on 43rd General Assembly webpage or download PDF file. Look for further updates on the Assembly website! Sincerely, WTCA Headquarters
Time	Agenda	Venue	Note
21 September, Friday
All day	Arrival WTCA Board Members/Accompanying Persons	Crowne Plaza Club
08.00 – 23.00	Registration WTCA Board Members/Accompanying Persons	Crowne Plaza	Club Lobby
22 September, Saturday
08.30-17.00 19.30-22.00	Board Activities and Meeting Board Dinner	Crowne Plaza Club	Oxford Hall Club Restaurant - 1st Floor
08.00 – 09.00	Registration WTCA Board Members/Accompanying Persons	Crowne Plaza Club	Lobby
08.00 – 23.00	Arrival Delegates & Registration for Delegates Opens	Crowne Plaza	Lobby
09.00-21.00	Free Day for Delegates and Accompanying Persons/Moscow Excursions – Tickets for Sale at Travel Desk	Crowne Plaza	Lobby
23 September, Sunday
08.00 – 23.00	Arrival Delegates/Official registration 43rd  General Assembly	Crowne Plaza	Lobby
09.00 – 16.00	Board Meetings Board Working Lunch	Crowne Plaza Club	Oxford Hall
10.00 – 13.00	Moscow Excursions for Delegates (See Separate Excursion)	Crowne Plaza	Lobby
13.00 – 17.00	Free Time for Delegates
17.15 – 17.45	Transfer to Bolshoi Theatre	Crowne Plaza Atrium Crowne Plaza Club Atrium	Buses available at both locations
18.00 – 21.00	Bolshoi Theatre Performance	The Bolshoi Theatre	Attire: Business/Cocktail
21.00 – 21.30	Transfer to Hotel	Crowne Plaza	Lobby
21.30 – 22.30	Welcome Reception with Remarks by: Ghazi Abu Nahl, Board Chairman, WTCA V.Y Salamatov, Director General, WTC Moscow Eric R. Dahl, CEO, WTCA	Crowne Plaza Atrium (Food and Beverages Served)	Attire: Business/Cocktail
24 September, Monday (coffee stations operating all day, Congress Center 2nd floor)
09.00 – 9.30	Opening Ceremony WTCA 43rd General Assembly	Congress Centr	Congress Hall - 2nd floor Attire: Business
9.30 – 9.45	Opening Remarks by: Ghazi Abu Nahl, Board Chairman, WTCA V.Y Salamatov, Director General, WTC Moscow Eric R. Dahl, CEO, WTCA	Congress Center	Congress Hall - 2nd floor Attire: Business
10:15 – 12:30	WTCA NETWORK MARKETPLACE “Building Sustainable Revenue Generation”                 10.15-10.30  Introduction    10.30-11.20  Session I    11.25-12.15  Session II 12.15-12.30  Survey & Feedback	Congress Center	Valdai Hall 1st floor
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch Regional Exhibition	Congress Center	Seliger Hall 1st Floor Foyer 1st + 2nd Fl.
14.00 – 16.00	Forum «Russia in the WTO: The Launch» Moderator: S.N. Katyrin, President, CCI RF	Congress Center	Congress Hall
20.00 – 22.00	43rd General Assembly Gala Dinner Announcement of Board Election Results Recognition of 2012 Certified WTCs Special Recognition: Genevieve Fournier Cultural Program	Congress Center	Congress Hall Foyer 2nd Floor Attire: Evening
25 September, Tuesday (coffee stations operating all day, Congress Center 2nd floor)
08.00 – 10:00	Board Meeting: New Board Member Orientation	Crown Plaza Club	Oxford Hall
08.30 – 09.00	Regoinal Exhibition	Crowne Plaza	Congress Center Foyer – 1st + 2nd Fl.
9.00 – 15.00	B2B meetings	Congress Center	Meeting rooms
09.30 – 12.00	WTCA INTERACTIVE MEMBER FEEDBACK SESSIONWTCA	Congress Center	Congress Hall
12.00 – 13.30	Lunch - Invitation to the WTCA 44th GA 2013 - Ceremony «Passing the GA Baton» from WTC Moscow to WTC Mumbai	Congress Center	Seliger Hall 1st floor
13.30 – 14.15	Signing of international and interregional agreements	Congress Center	Congress Hall
14.15 – 15.30	WTCA Plenary Session (Progress Report/Financials)	Congress Center	Congress Hall
17.45 – 19.00	Transfer from WTC Moscow to the Leningradsky Train Station	Crowne Plaza Lobby Crowne Plaza Club Lobby	Buses available at both locations Buses depart at 17.45
19.45	Depart Moscow for St. Petersburg by high-speed train “Sapsan”	Leningradsky Train Station	Dinner on train
23.30	Arrival in St. Petersburg (Moskovsky Train Station) Accommodation at St. Petersburg Hotels	Astoria/Angleterre
ST. PETERSBURG 26 September, Wednesday
7.00 – 8.30	Breakfast	Astoria/Angleterre
08.15 – 08.30	Registration and Transfer from the Hotels	Astoria/Angleterre
08.30	Buses Depart from Hotels to Lenexpo	Astoria/Angleterre
10.00 – 11.30	Participation in the “Petersburg International Innovation Forum 2012” Plenary Session	Lenexpo	Exhibition Hall
09.30 – 10.00	Visit to the International Innovation Forum Exhibition	Lenexpo	Exhibition Hall
11.30-12.00	Transfer to Lunch Venue	From Lenexpo	Buses depart at 11:30
11.00 – 13.00	BOARD MEETING	Smolny
12.00 – 13.30	Lunch Announcement of TAITRA Office Opening in St. Petersburg	PetroCongress
13.30 – 14.00	Transfer to the Hermitage Museum	PetroCongress	Buses depart at 13:30
14.00 – 16.00	Visit to the Hermitage Museum	Hermitage	Buses depart at 16:00
16.00 – 17.00	St. Petersburg sightseeing tour Return To Hotels
18.30-19.00	Depart Hotel for Dinner Venue	Astoria / Angleterre  Lobbies	Buses depart at 18:30
19.00 – 21.00	Dinner hosted by the WTC Moscow and WTC St. Petersburg	TBC
22.00	Depart for Hotels	Astoria / Angleterre  Lobbies	Buses depart at 22:00

Departure from St. Petersburg will take place on both the evening of September 26 and the morning of September 27.
General Assembly participants are also offered individual trips to Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and other cities upon availability.
Trade missiondelegates are invited to participate in the program, except the WTCA Network Marketplace (Sept 24) and WTCA Interactive Member Session (Sept 25).