The 4th Annual Conference - Investing in Russia & the CIS
Thursday 16 March 2000
The Plaza Hotel, New York
Organised by Sachs Associates and Bloomberg LP
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4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - INVESTING IN RUSSIA & THE CIS
Thursday 16 March 2000
The Plaza Hotel, New York
Organised by Sachs Associates and Bloomberg LP, this is the leading US-Based conference for institutional and corporate entities investing in Russia and CIS.
Events in 97 and 98 drew over 700 delegates attending from the international investment community. In view of recent changes and forthcoming elections, this conference will gauge the outlook for Russia's future political and economic success in the post-Yeltsin era and provide a timely opportunity to network with key market participants.
Sponsors Include: Alfa-Bank, Barings Vostok, Brunswick Warburg, CSFB, NIKoil, United Financial Group
Speakers include: Sergey Kirienko (former PM), Dimitri Simes, Ruth Harkin.
For further details contact Vicky Gibb, Sachs Associates
Tel (44-171) 379 1919
Fax (44-171) 379 9555
E-mail: sachsassoc@aol.com
or type SACHS <GO> on Bloomberg terminal.
SACHS ASSOCIATES & BLOOMBERG LP Draft Program
4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - INVESTING IN RUSSIA & THE CIS
The Plaza, New York, 16 March 2000
Plenary Session
Morning Session Chaired By:
Gene Lawson, President, US-Russia Business Council, Washington DC
09.00
Keynote introduction
Dimitri Simes, President Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom
09.20
Speaker Keynote: Sergey Kirienko *
09.40
An overview of Russian Debt Market & Fixed income Trading Opportunities
Kasper Bartholdy, Director, Chief Economist EMEA, CSFB
10.00
Outlook for domestic financial sector
Alex Knaster, CEO, Alfa-Bank
10.20
The Investment Climate-Problems & Solutions
David Hexter, Deputy VP EBRD
10.40
US Corporate investor keynote address: Ruth Harkin, Senior Vice President, United Technologies Corporation
11.00
Break
Session Chaired By: Thomas D. Sanford
11.15
The case for investing in Russian equities
Mr Peter Boone, Head of Research, Brunswick Warburg
11.25
Russian ADR Update
Thomas D. Sanford, Vice-President, Bank of New York, New York
11.45
TBA
NIKOIL
12.05
Recovery of the Oil & Gas Sector
Stephen O'Sullivan, Head of Research, UFG
12.25
TBA
12.45
TBA
1.05
Lunch
14.15
Telecom sector overview
Andrei Bogdanov, Senior Equities Analyst, Alfa-Bank
14.55 -16.30
Corporate Presentations:
Gazprom
Alexander Nikolaevich Semenyaka, Member of the Management Committee
Sibneft
Alexandre Korsik, Chief Operating Officer, Moscow
TNK
Joseph Bakaleinik, Senior Vice President, Moscow
Uralmash Zavody
Kakha Bendookidze, Director General, Moscow
16.30
Money Managers Panel
Mark Cooke, C.I.O., Brunswick Capital Management, London and Moscow
Bill Browder, Managing Director, Hermitage Asset Management, Moscow
Michael Calvey, Managing Partner Barings Vostock
17.30
Cocktail Reception