5th Annual Conference - Investing in Russia & the CIS

 

The Plaza Hotel, New York, 15th March 2001

 

 

 

08.45   Chairman’s Introduction & Welcome

Gene Lawson, President

US-Russia Business Council

 

08.50   The Political & Economic Outlook

Dimitri Simes, President
The Nixon Center

 

09.10   World Bank Assistance: Issues & Dilemmas

            Marcelo Selowsky, Chief Economist

The World Bank

 

09.30   Russian Fixed Income Strategy

Kasper Bartholdy, Managing Director

CSFB

 

09.50   Banking Sector Overview

Alex Knaster, CEO
Alfa Bank

 

10.10     Role of Russian Financial Institutions in Developing Local Investment

Nikolai Tsvetkov, President

IBG “NIKoil”

 

10.30   Overview of the Industrial Sector

Kakha Bendookidze, General Director

United Heavy Machinery

 

Chairman:       Thomas D Sanford, Vice President
Bank of New York

11.10   Legal Challenges Facing Russian Corporates in International Capital Markets

Robert Langer, Partner
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP

 

11.30   Equity Market Strategy

James Fenkner, Chief Strategist

Troika-Dialog

 

11.50   Outlook for Oil & Gas Sector

Stephen O’Sullivan, Head of Research

UFG

 

12.10   TNK: Opportunities for Growth and
Financial Challenges for 2001

Iosif Bakaleinik, Senior Vice President

 

12.30   YUKOS:
Dr. Yuri Beilin
President of YUKOS-Exploration & Production, Member of the yukos Management Committee

 

 

Chairman: Gennady Kolesnikov, Deputy Chairman

Federal Securities Commission

14.00   Private Equity Investing

Michael Calvey, Managing Partner

Baring Vostok Capital Partners

 

14.20   Overview of the Russian Telecommunications Sector

James Nail, Director of Research

Aton Capital

 

                                   

Surgutneftegas

Vladimir Bogdanov, President

 

Golden Telecom

David J Wisher, CFO

 

NovosibirskElectrosvyaz

Vassili Pachkovski, Deputy General Director

 

            Aeroflot

Alexander Zurabov,
Deputy General Director & CEO

 

Severstal

Mikhail Noskov, CFO

 

ORMETO-YUMZ Heavy Engineering

Alexei Shevtsov, President & CEO

 

 

William Browder, Managing Director Hermitage Capital Management

 

Mattias Westman, Fund Manager

Prosperity Capital Management

 

Jason Downes, General Director

Ru-Net Holdings