The Second International Economic Forum

"Kuban-2003"

 

KRASNODAR KRAI, RUSSIA - The Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council in support of the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Krasnodar Krai Administration announces the Kuban-2003 Forum to take place in Sochi (Dagomys), Russia from October 9 to 12, 2003.  The Forum is supported by the Council of Federation of the RF Federal Assembly, the State Duma of the RF Federal Assembly, Government of the Russian Federation, Southern Federal Okrug, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.  The 2003 Forum will focus on Business and Investment Opportunities in the Russian Federation.

 

Forum participants will include deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, heads and key officials of Ministries and departments, representatives of major international financial institutions and international organizations, high-ranking officials of the Embassies and Trade representations of foreign states in Russia, heads of the Russian regions and municipalities, Russian and international companies interested in business and investment cooperation with Krasnodar Krai and other Russian regions.

 

Among the major objectives of the Forum will be to:

 

• Discuss issues of investment development of regions and international cooperation, conditions for economic growth at the regional and municipal levels;

 

• Share experience in reforms of the branches of industry, agro-industrial complex, resort complex, development of land markets and perspectives for investors;

 

• Investigate the role and perspectives of use of information and telecommunication technologies in regional investment processes;

 

• Act as an effective tool for positioning of Russia at the world investment markets and promotion of interests of the regions at the Federal level.

 

FORUM EVENTS:

The Forum will be held in the form of plenary sessions, roundtables, exhibitions and presentations of investment projects, territories, business meetings and negotiations.  The final proposals that will be developed during the Forum discussions will be summarized and submitted to the Government of the Russian Federation, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, relevant Ministries and Departments for further consideration and implementation.

 

Exhibitions include: Small Business, Investment Gallery (transportation, resort, fuel & energy, agriculture & food processing, housing and utilities sectors).

 

Plenary Session: "The Strategy of Transport Development Up to 2020"

 

Round-tables include:

• "Creation of Conditions for Sustainable Development of Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Krasnodar Krai and in the Russian Federation";

 

• "Town-Planning Support of Investment Projects. Experience and Perspectives";

 

• "Perspectives of Development of the Resort and Entertainment Industry in Krasnodar Krai";

 

• "Role of Intellectual Property in the Economy of the Enterprise";

 

• "Mortgage Lending as Mechanism of Attraction of Investments in the Residential Construction";

 

• "Techniques to Boost Financial Results of Enterprises and Corporations";

 

• "Transport Complex - the Search for New Effective Technologies for the Solution of Tasks: Russian and Foreign Experience";

 

• "Russian and Foreign Experience of Formation of New Models of Economic and Investment Development of the Territories";

 

• "Image of the Russian Regions - the Most Important Resource for Attraction of Investments";

 

• "The Stable Development of the South of Russia: Historical Experience, Theological Tradition, and the Present";

 

• "Investment Potential of the Enterprises of the Agroindustrial Complex of Krasnodar Krai";

 

The Second International Economic Forum "Kuban-2003" will be held from October 9-12, 2003 at the "Dagomys" Spa (Sochi), the largest and most popular resort on the Black Sea Coast of Russia.  The complex is well-known as a host to international festivals, contests, sporting events, congresses, seminars, symposia, congresses, exhibitions, trade fairs and presentations, and has been used by President Vladimir Putin for top-level meetings.

 

As a partnering organization for the Kuban Forum, the Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council is bringing an American delegation and organizing the Russian-American section of the Forum to provide business opportunities between Russian and American companies.

 

Information on Forum activities and the registration form are available at the Forum website: http://www.forum-kuban.ru.  For more information about the American delegation, please contact Val Kogan, MARBC President at phone: (215) 708-2628, e-mail: val@ma-rbc.org, or visit the MARBC website at http://www.ma-rbc.org.