NEAR Secretariat joined the Far Eastern International Economic Forum from October 5 to 6 in Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Federation. The Secretariat had meetings with major participants and publicized NEAR activities.

Period : October 5 - 6, 2006

Place : Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Federation

Title : Far Eastern International Economic Forum

Theme : Far East, Modernization of Russia through the Development of Siberia

Hosts : Russian Federation National Duma, Interregional Association of Economic Interaction 'Far East and Transbaikalia,'  Executive Committee of interregional Association 'Siberian Accord,' Government of Khabarovsk

Sponsors : Government of Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Science

Interviewees : Secretary-General Kontrat Evtusenko of Interregional Association of Economic Interaction 'Far East and Transbaikalia'

Professor Robert A. Mundell of Columbia University, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1999

President and CEO Robert Lees of Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC)

President Nodari Shimoniya of Russian Academy of Science 'World Economy and International Relations Research Institute'

Director General Yoshida Susumu of Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA), Japan