FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 23, 2004
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -
Sachs Associates, in association with Bloomberg LP, and with the support of the
Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council, is pleased to announce the
9th Annual Conference – Investing in Russia
& CIS,
which
will take place 10 March 2005
The
Plaza Hotel, New York
The Conference
will include: • Investing in Russia: The Political Context • Investing in Russia
Telecoms & IT Sector • Financial Sector Outlook & Regulations • Restructuring UES • Mergers & Acquisitions • Debt & Equity
Capital Markets • Ukraine • Oil & Gas • Corporate
Presentations
Keynote Presentations From:
Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group
William Browder, Managing Director, Hermitage Capital
Management
Sergey Dubinin, Member of Management Board, RAO UES of
Russia
Andrey Kruglov, Member of the Board, Head of Finance &
Economics, Gazprom
Eugene K. Lawson, President, The US-Russia Business Council
Vladimir Lechtman, Partner, Jones Day
Andrew Somers, President, American Chamber of Commerce in
Russia
Hubert Pandza, Business Group Director, Russia and Central
Asia, EBRD
Leonid Reiman*, Russian Minister of IT
and Communications
Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center
Oleg Vyugin, President, Federal Financial Markets Service
In
its 9th year this event is the prime US based investor forum for
Russia and CIS, and is a forum in which many of the major issuers, corporate
and financial leaders network and build their portfolio of contacts for the
coming year. Places at this event are strictly limited. For registration please
contact Sachs Associates, Investor Conference in Association with Bloomberg LP,
by Tel: +44 207 405 5544, Fax: +44 207 405 4411 or email Registrations@sachsforum.com,
For
further information, please contact Val Kogan, President of the Mid-Atlantic
– Russia Business Council at phone: (215) 708-2628, or email val@ma-rbc.org or visit the MARBC website at www.ma-rbc.org