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Mar 24, 2010: 10th Annual Investment Conference

AmCham's Flagship Policy Event

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2010 Topics
The 2010 AmCham Investment Conference covered a range of investment topics: ● An overview of the Russian economy and investment climate ● Prospects for developing economic cooperation between the U.S. and Russia, and the agenda of the U.S.-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission, established by Presidents Medvedev and Obama in 2009 ● What modernization means for the Russian economy and the role of foreign business in driving innovation, diversification, and modernization ● Spurring scientific research and development ● Service innovation as a key driver for economic growth ● Private-equity as a resource for financing Russia’s small- and medium-sized enterprises ● Using global capital markets to finance modernization ● The efficient use of capital as part of the modernization agenda for business ● Legal challenges in promoting a healthy investment climate
Conference History
Each spring since 2000, the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia has held its Annual Investment Conference, which examines current trends and their likely impact on the business environment in Russia. The event brings together over 250 top business executives, leading government policymakers and media representatives for discussion on topical issues influencing the business climate.

AmCham's held its flagship policy event, the 10th Annual Investment Conference on March 24, 2010, at The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow.

The 2^nd session of the conference was co-moderated by journalist, author and economist Vladimir Soloviev. [click here to visit his official website]

Theme

A Post-Crisis Russia:
Modernization Is The Way Forward

Event Materials

The electronic presentations made during the conference are available for download - please see the links next to the speaker photographs below.

Press Coverage

● Vedomosti
● Moscow Times
● RIA Novosti
● RBC TV (wmv format, 52.6Mb)
● Russia Today
● bankir.ru

Speakers & Presentations

The conference featured a high-profile line-up of prominent Russian and international business and government leaders and economic experts, who presented their positions on investment issues. Speakers included (in the order of the agenda - English | Russian):


Andrew Somers President & CEO, AmCham	Alexander Shokhin President, Russian Union of Industrialists & Entrepreneurs, Former RF Deputy Prime Minister

Michelle O'Neill U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce, Deputy chair of the Business Development Working Group, the US-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission	Andrey Slepnev RF Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Deputy chair of the Business Development Working Group, the US-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission

Sergey Guriev Rector, New Economic School	Jeffrey Costello CEO, JPMorgan Russia

Alexander Mikoyan Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard Russia	Ole Bjorn Sjulstad Senior Vice President Telenor CEE, Head of Telenor Russia

Andrey Goltsblat Managing Partner, Goltsblat BLP	Igor Boldyrev Senior Partner, Ernst & Young download presentation

Jean-Luc Duramy Regional Director Central Eastern Europe, DuPont Science and Technologies LLC download presentation	Aram Akopyan Executive Director, Innovative Pharma download presentation

Darrell Cordry Country Manager, Chevron	Jon Hines Resident Partner, Dewey&LeBoeuf LLC
download presentation

Jack Barbanel Senior Managing Director, The Strategic Investment Group download presentation	Richard Sobel CEO, Alfa Capital Partners

American Chamber of Commerce in Russia

Moscow Headquarters:
7 Dolgorukovskaya St., 14th Floor, Sadovaya Plaza,
Moscow 127006, Russia
Tel. +7 (495) 961 2141
Fax +7 (495) 961 2142

St. Petersburg Regional Office:
“Na Novo-Isaakievskoy” Business Center, Ulitsa Yakubovicha 24, left wing, 3rd floor,
St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
Phone: +7 (812) 448 1646
Fax: +7 (812) 448 1645