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Over the past several decades regional economic integration has become an integral part of the global economic processes going hand-in-hand with globalization; and regional economic integration is expected to accelerate over the coming years. As with many other regions, economic integration in the post-Soviet space continues in parallel to a globalization of regional activities. What are the opportunities for synergies between the European and Eurasian integration processes in light of the prospective formation of the Eurasian Economic Union by the beginning of 2015? Can the universal character of regionalization lead to the formation of an all-inclusive single economic space? Moderator Viktor Khristenko, Chairman of the Board, Eurasian Economic Commission Panellists Peter Balas, Deputy Director General for Trade, European Commission Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, Special Adviser to the President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD Kairat Kelimbetov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Pascal Lamy, Director General, WTO Philippe Le Houérou, Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank Alexei Likhachev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Igor Maksimtsev, Rector, St. Petersburg State University of Economics Valery Muntiyan, Government Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with the Russian Federation, States-Participants of CIS, EurAsEC and other Regional Groupings Igor Petrishenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation, Special Representative of the Republic of Belarus for matters of integration co-operation within the scope of the Union State, Customs Union and Common Economic Space, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Collective Treaty Security Organization and the Eurasian Economic Community Alexander Rahr, Senior Advisor, Wintershall Holding; Research Director, German-Russian Forum Vladimir Salamatov, General Director, World Trade Center Moscow; Chairman, Committee on Economic Integration of the SCO and CIS, RF CCI Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Spartak, Director, All-Russian Market Research Institute OJSC Tatiana Valovaya, Member of the Board, Minister on Principal Areas of Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission