The lecture was attended by about 500 participants. 2,500 more attendants from Russia, Hong Kong, USA, UK, and China viewed the real-time webcast of the lecture. Prior to the lecture Oleg Deripaska had received over 400 questions.The lecture at HKUST was attended by the Hon. Ronald Arculli, Managing Partner of Ronald Arculli & Associates, Independent Non-executive Chairman of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Prof., the Hon. K C Chan, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Mr. Sergey N. Gritsay, Head of General Consulate of the Russian Federation in the Hong Kong SAR, PRC.  

In his lecture, Oleg Deripaska spoke about entrepreneurship and revolutionary ideas, which always enable to be one step ahead of competition and create solutions that fundamentally change future perspectives.  

‘We have no chance to avoid nuclear energy, it’s the only ‘green’ energy source that is able to satisfy the global ever-growing demand for substantial, cheap and affordable energy source’, Mr. Deripaska stressed. ‘We should stop dreaming about preserving the nature and start doing something to actually protect it today. But unless we do not deliver technical, practical solution for all the growing markets, for the people who want to enjoy a better quality of life, comparable to the one in developed economies, all the talks about global sustainable development will simply remain talks’, he told the audience. 

Elaborating on his recipe for success, Mr. Deripaska said: ‘During my university years and even now I’m always trying to compete with myself. When I think have less knowledge on the subject or don’t know something in detail, I go until I can really understand it well. It is a must, especially if you lead the people because it is most dangerous to guide people in a wrong direction. You should also need to be patient, you need to learn that everyone is different and you need to understand people very well’. 

The lecture of Mr. Deripaska is the first part of the five year cooperation programme between RUSAL and HKUST. The UC RUSAL President’s Forum will host lectures of internationally acclaimed political leaders, businessmen, professors and scientists. Student exchanges between HKUST and leading Russian universities also form an integral part of cooperation programme. Another important project within the cooperation framework is joint research on the application of innovative technologies to the aluminium sector and a search for innovative solutions to expand the use of aluminium in construction. 

The text of the lecture and the post-lecture Q&A session will be published at http://www.rusal.ru on 22 of September.

About UC RUSAL

UC RUSAL (www.rusal.com) is the world’s largest producer of aluminium, in 2009 accounting for approximately 10% and 10% of global production of aluminium and alumina, respectively. UC RUSAL employs about 76,000 people in 19 countries, across 5 continents. UC RUSAL markets and sells its products primarily in the European, Japanese, Korean, South East Asian and North American markets. UC RUSAL’s ordinary shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock code: 486) and global depositary shares representing UC RUSAL’s ordinary shares are listed on the professional compartment of Euronext Paris (RUSAL for Reg S GDSs and RUAL for Rule 144A GDSs).

About HKUST

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk), situated in Hong Kong, China, is a top-ranked university in Asia. Established in 1991, HKUST has five schools – Science, Engineering, Business and Management, Humanities and Social Science, as well as the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School in Nansha, Mainland China. The University has nine research institutes, among them the Institute for Advanced Study of HKUST, set up to foster cross-discipline collaboration among the top scientists and scholars in the world. Currently, there are about 6,000 undergraduate students and 3,500 postgraduate students. As a research university, HKUST focuses on five areas of frontier research, namely nano science and technology; biological sciences and biotechnology; electronics, wireless and information technology; environment and sustainable development as well as management education and research.

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