Advancing a Constructive Agenda for US-Russia Relations – Washington, D.C. Event

11.00 – 11.15: Welcoming Remarks by Oleg Zhiganov, Director of the Russian Cultural Center

11.15AM – 1.00PM: Presentation of Russian – American Science Association (RASA)

Sergei Chasovskikh – Georgetown University
Igor Efimov – George Washington University
Edward Lozansky – American University in Moscow, Moderator
Artem Oganov – Stony Brook University & Skolkovo
Nikolai Vasilyev – Harvard Medical School

1.00 – 2.00PM: Lunch Break

2.00 – 3.30 PM: US – Russia Educational Programs

Steven Barnes – George Mason University
Sharyl Cross – St. Edwards University
Joseph Duffey – Former President, American University
Igor Okunev – Russian State University of International Relations (MGIMO)
David Patton – American Councils for International Education
Andrey Rezaev – St. Petersburg State University
Michael Stopford – University of Nebraska
Nathaniel Trumbull – University of Connecticut

3.30 – 5.00 PM: US – Russia Science and Technology Cooperation

Rita Guenther – National Academy of Sciences
Maija Kukla – National Science Foundation
Michail Myagkov – Skolkovo
Natalia Romashkina – National Research Nuclear University
Kendrick White – University of Nizhni Novgorod & Marchmont Capital Partners

5.00 – 7.00: Reception

Thursday, March 26, 2.30 – 6.30 PM: Military conflict in Ukraine. Major Crisis in US – Russia relations. Searching for the way out.
Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216, Constitution Avenue, between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE

2.30 – 3.00 PM: Welcoming remarks from His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to US and Hon. Dana Rohrarbacher (R-CA) – Member of Congress

3.00 – 4.15 PM:
Stephen F. Cohen – New York and Princeton Universities
Gilbert Doctorow – American Committee for East – West Accord
Edward Lozansky – American University in Moscow, Moderator
Ted Postol – MIT

4.15 – 4.30 PM: Break

4.30 – 6.00 PM:
The Ukrainian Crisis: Alternative Media, Alternative Narratives.

Katrina vanden Heuvel – Editor and Publisher of The Nation, Moderator
Lauren Goodrich – Stratfor, TBC
Ray McGovern – RayMcgovern.com
Robert Parry – Consortium News
Martin Sieff – Baltimore Post-Examiner
Patrick L. Smith – Salon.com

6.00 – 6.30 PM: Presentation of Alternative Sites by Charles Bausman, founder of Russia-Insider.com
russialist.org; globalresearch.ca; russiaotherpointsofview.com;
vineyardsaker.blogspot.ru; US-Russia.org; eurasiareview.com;fortruss.blogspot.com;newcoldwar.org;
orientalreview.org;russiatimes.org;

7.00 – 9.30 PM Reception at the Russian Embassy;
2650 Wisconsin Avenue, NW