**The4th Annual Conference - Investing in Russia & the CIS**

   Thursday16 March 2000

   ThePlaza 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 theleading US-Based conference for institutional and corporate entities investingin Russia and CIS.

Events in 97 and 98 drew over 700 delegates attending fromthe international investment community. In view of recent changes andforthcoming elections, this conference will gauge the outlook for Russia'sfuture political and economic success in the post-Yeltsin era and provide atimely opportunity to network with key market participants. 

 

Sponsors Include: Alfa-Bank, Barings Vostok, BrunswickWarburg, CSFB, NIKoil, United Financial Group

 

Speakers include: Sergey Kirienko (former PM), DimitriSimes, Ruth Harkin. 

 

For further details contact Vicky Gibb, Sachs Associates

Tel (44-171) 379 1919

Fax (44-171) 379 9555

E-mail: [email protected]   

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 incomeTrading 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, NewYork

 

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 ManagementCommittee

 

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 andMoscow

Bill Browder, Managing Director, Hermitage Asset Management,Moscow

Michael Calvey, Managing Partner Barings Vostock

 

17.30

Cocktail Reception