• First session: Different types of constituent units and distribution of power
  • 1.1. Constitutional and legal status of constituent units in Russia, Belgium and Canada
    • MICHEL FREDERICK
      Doctor of Laws, Ph.D., Director of the Department of institutional and constitutional policy, Secretariat of intergovernmental relations of Canada, Ministry of Executive Council, Government of Quebec (Quebec, Canada). Presentation in French
    • HUGUES DUMONT
      Professor of Laws, Dean of the Law Department of Saint-Louis University (Brussels, Belgium) Presentation in French
    • Status of the subject of Russian Federation: general and special
      SVETLANA POPOVA, Candidate of Science (politics), deputy Director of the Centre for problems of integration (Moscow, Russia)
    • SAIFIKHAN NAFIEV
      Candidate of Science (jurisprudence), Chairman of the Constitutional Court of RT (Kazan, Russia)
    • Political parties in the legislative bodies of subject of federation: Russian and foreign experience
      MIDKHAT KURMANOV, Candidate of Science (jurisprudence), Minister of Justice of RT (Kazan, Russia)
  • 1.2. Devolution of powers in Russia, Belgium and Canada: challenges and perspectives
    • - Culture: education, protection of languages and education
      • HUGUES DUMONT
        Professor of Laws, Dean of the Law Department of Saint-Louis University (Brussels, Belgium) Presentation in French
      • KIM MINNULLIN
        Doctor of Science (philology), Head of the Department on the problems of languages of peoples of RT at the Cabinet of Ministers of RT (Kazan, Russia)
      • ROGER BILODEAU
        Doctor of Laws, advocate, ex-deputy Minister of the justice and of Procurator-General (province New-Brunswick), ex-Professor of the Law Department of University of Moncton (Ottawa, Canada)
    • - Economic development: economy, assistance to the export, natural resources and regional planning
      • NICOLAS LAGASSE
        Researcher at the interdisciplinary research center on the constitutional law and culture of the Saint-Louis University (Brussels, Belgium)
      • Federalism and regional policy in Russia on the boundary on centuries
        VYACHESLAV SELIVERSTOV, Candidate of Science (economics), deputy Director of the Institute of economy and organization of the industry of the Siberia branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia)
    • - Protection of human and minority rights
      • SEBASTIEN VAN DROOGHENBROECK
        Invited lecturer of the Saint-Louis University, researcher at the National Fond of scientific research of Belgium (F.N.R.S.) (Brussels, Belgium)
      • Federalism and peoples rights
        RASHID VAGISOV, Candidate of Science (jurisprudence), honored jurist of RF, Commissioner on the human rights in RT (Kazan, Russia)
  • 1.3. External activities of constituent units
    • MICHEL FREDERICK
      Doctor of Laws, Ph.D., Director of the Department of institutional and constitutional policy, Secretariat of intergovernmental relations of Canada, Ministry of Executive Council, Government of Quebec (Quebec, Canada)
    • CHARLES-ETIENNE LAGASSE
      Deputy of General Minister on the international relations of Wallonie region and French community of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium). Presentation in French. Ch.-E. Lagasse was presented the report of M. Philippe Suinen.
    • Subjects of Russian Federation in the context of international integration
      ILDAR NASYROV, Candidate of Science (physics and mathematics), director of the informational-analytical sector in the Department of Foreign Affairs of the President of RT (Kazan, Russia)

Michel Frederick	Roger Bilodeau	Vyacheslav Seliverstov

David Peloquin	Sergey Shakhray	Nicolas Lagasse

• Second session. Disputable issues and cooperation between different levels of government in Russia, Belgium and Canada
  • SEBASTIEN VAN DROOGHENBROECK
    Invited lecturer of the Saint-Louis University, researcher at the National Fond of scientific research of Belgium (F.N.R.S.) (Brussels, Belgium). Presentation in French
  • RAFFAELE IACOVINO
    Associated Researcher, Quebec University in Montreal, Doctoral Candidate of the Department of political sciences, McGill University (Quebec, Canada)
  • Improvement of the interaction between federal bodies and parliaments of the subjects of Russian Federation
    ALEXEY PAVLUSHKIN, Candidate of Science (jurisprudence), senior researcher of the Institute of legislation and comparative jurisprudence of the Government of RF (Moscow, Russia)
  • BORIS ZHELEZNOV
    Doctor of Science (jurisprudence), Professor of the Department of constitutional and international law of Kazan State University (Kazan, Russia)
• Third session. Taxation: possibilities and responsibilities, fiscal federalism, fiscal and financial solidarity between different levels of government in Russia, Belgium and Canada
  • DAVID PELOQUIN
    Acting chief of Department of federal-provincial relations and social policy, Department of Finance of Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
  • NICOLAS LAGASSE
    Researcher at the interdisciplinary research center on the constitutional law and culture of the Saint-Louis University (Brussels, Belgium)
  • VADIM KNOMENKO
    Doctor of Science (economics), Head of the Department of economic theory of Institute of socio-economic and law studies of Academy of Sciences of RT (Kazan, Russia)
• Forth session. Current state and perspectives of federalism in three federal countries
  • MICHEL FREDERICK
    Doctor of Laws, Ph.D., Director of the Department of institutional and constitutional policy, Secretariat of intergovernmental relations of Canada, Ministry of Executive Council, Government of Quebec (Quebec, Canada)
  • ROGER BILODEAU
    Doctor of Laws, advocate, ex-deputy Minister of the justice and of Procurator-General (province New-Brunswick), ex-Professor of the Law Department of University of Moncton (Ottawa, Canada)
  • HUGUES DUMONT
    Professor of Laws, Dean of the Law Department of Saint-Louis University (Brussels, Belgium) Presentation in French
  • Federalism: way of action or way of thinking?
    SERGEY SHAKHRAY, Doctir of Science (jurisprudence), Professor, honoured jurist of RF, Director of the state scientific-research institute of system analysis of the Account Chamber of RF (Moscow, Russia)
  • Centripetal tendencies of the state construction in the contemporary Russia (on the example of enlargement of subjects of Federation and temporary financial administration)
    MILENA GLIGICH-ZOLOTAREVA, Candidate of Science (jurisprudence), Councillor of the department on the problems of state building of the Analytical Office of Council of Federations, senior researcher at the Institute of state and law of Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia)
  • SHAKIR YAGUDIN
    Candidate of Science (jurisprudence), Head of the Department of Law of the State Council of RT (Kazan, Russia)
  • SVETLANA BASTANZHIEVA
    Director of the International Centre of projects and programs on the development of federative relations and regional policy (Moscow, Russia)
  • VLADIMIR LYSENKO
    Doctor of Science (politics), president of the Institute of contemporary politics (Moscow, Russia)