The presentation was given by Birgit Hansl, lead economist and coordinator of the World Bank for Economic Policy in Russia, Alvaro Gonzalez, lead economist in the Department of Development for the Private and Financial Sector, and Sergei Ulatov, a senior economist in the Department of Economics and Politics.

The Foundation’s executive director John Ernst (USA) participated in the conference along with Mr. Kenneth S. Kaufman. In his presentation, Mr. Kaufman emphasized the fact that there is a strong intellectual component at the core of all successful alumni associations.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the St. Petersburg Government, heads of Russian companies, professors, and university alumni. They discussed the overall possibilities for long-term cooperation between EUSP and members of the Russian business community.

The new academic year at EUSP started with a public lecture by Oleg Vyugin

Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, held an informal discussion with students, graduates and faculty of EUSP

Pierre Rosanvallon is a professor at the Collège de France and one of the leading authorities on European political theory, as well as a specialist in history and the theory of democracy. His research interests include the history of political thought, forms of civilian political participation, realistic analysis of contemporary politics, and the structural difficulties and crises of democratic government. He is also a social critic and public intellectual insistent on the necessity of new institutional forms of democracy and new practices of political participation under the world’s current conditions.

The European University at St. Petersburg Alumni (Europe) also known as EUSPA (Europe) has officially been founded in London in the course of the London EUSP Alumni Weekend.

Dr. Matthew David (the University of Liverpool, UK) delivered a talk within the frameworks of the Inderdisciplinary seminar of the Department of Political science and Sociology

During the conference the Alexander Dallin Prize was awarded. The Alexander Dallin Prize, given for outstanding contribution to research development in the areas of history and society of Russia and the Soviet Union, was awarded to Professor Theodor Shanin. Conference programme (in Russian)

Alexander Vinokurov, founder of the Investment Bank "KIT Finance" evaluated possible consequences of the world financial crisis to the Russian banking sector

The Rector of the European University at Saint-Petersburg, Nikolai Vakhtin met with the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Alla Manilova and the Chairman of the St.Petersburg  Committee on Science and Higher Education, Andrei Maximov

n the Golden Hall, Andrei Fursenko, Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, held an informal discussion with students and faculty of EUSP.

Тhe Vice-Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, member of the EUSP Board of Trustees Alexei Kudrin and the director of the State Hermitage Museum, chairman of the EUSP Board of Trustees Mikhail Piotrovsky, chaired the meeting of the trustees and friends of the Fund of European University at Saint-Petersburg which was held in the hall of State Council of the Hermitage.

The ceremony was opened by Konstantin von Eggert, MBE, Moscow Bureau Editor of the BBC Russian Service (2002-2009), Vice-President of ExxonMobil Russia Inc., who gave an inspirational lecture on his career path.

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation John Beyrle and Consul General of the U. S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg Sheila Gwaltney visited EUSP.

The Director General of The Vladimir Potanin Charity Foundation, Larissa Zelkova gave a talk

The Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, member of the EUSP Board of Trustees Alexei Kudrin and the Director of the State Hermitage Museum, Chairman of the EUSP Board of Trustees Mikhail Piotrovsky chaired the 4th special meeting of trustees and friends of the EUSP Endowment Fund.

This conference is conceived as a central academic event of EUSP. It is designed not only to bring together representatives of different EUSP departments, but also to represent our scholarly achievements to our colleagues in other universities and research centers.

In the White and Golden Hall of EUSP  there was the presentation  of  the Institute for the Rule of Law which was opened in EUSP in the fall of 2009. esearch advisor of the Institute - Vadim Volkov.