**INTERNATIONALDEFENSE CONVERSION  FORUM IN RUSSIA**

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1 FEBRUARY2000

 

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Summary. The following report provides information on theApril 17-21 international defense conference organized by the Moscow Chamber ofCommerce and Industry.  The eventis expected to attract Russian and foreign business communities, Moscow  Government representatives, as well assmall defense enterprises of Moscow, investment funds and financialorganization participants. End summary.

 

**General Information. **On April 17-21, the First International Forum “HighTechnologies in the Defense Complex” will take place in Moscow.  The Forum is co-organized by the MoscowGovernment, Committee on Restructuring Defense Enterprises of Moscow and theMoscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).  Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov is chairing the OrganizingCommittee of the Forum and will be opening the Forum.

 

TheForum is intended primarily for small- and medium-sized enterprises in themilitary-industrial complex which are seeking to restructure and utilize theirhigh technology to produce competitive products.  The Forum is expected to attract investment and venturefunds, financial credit and trade organization participants.

 

**Forum’s Program &Structure.**  The Forum will start with Plenarymeetings and will include the International Conference titled “High Technologies– for the Benefit of Individual and Society,” roundtable discussions and theExposition “High Technologies – Year 2000.”  A contest will be held to identify products and projectsmost attractive to national and foreign investors.   

 

ThePlenary meetings will discuss:

-       Military-IndustrialConversion and Reformation Issues

-       InnovativeProcess Infrastructure and Science-Intensive Investment Mechanism.

 

TheInternational Conference will be held in the Mayor’s Office, and will discusscurrent issues of high-tech complex development and the investment climate inthe science-intensive areas. Roundtable discussions will be held on: aviation, outer space,machine-building, nuclear energy and other energy resources, lasertechnologies, electronics and communication, chemical industry, healthcare andbiotechnology, environmental issues, and financial and investment issues.

 

The conference organizers will forward schedulesto prospective attendees.  If youwould like to receive a specific schedule of a roundtable discussion in thearea of your interest, please fax your request to the attention of Boris P.Sakhranov, Chief Expert, MCCI Administration for Foreign Economic Activity, faxnumber 7 (095) 132-0733.

 

## The Exposition “High Technologies – 2000” will be held in Pavilion III ofthe Krasnaya Presnya Expocenter, April 17-21, 2000 and will feature the latestdevelopments and high-tech products of major defense-industrialenterprises.  “FinInvest,” aseparate exposition section, will be devoted to financial-industrial groups,banks, insurance companies and investment firms.

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**Logistical Support.  Registration Fee.**   MCCI is ready to provide logistical assistance toprospective U.S. participants in the Forum, including visa support, hotelaccommodation, airport transfers and transfers to the events.  A $350 registration fee covers thefollowing: individual accreditation, information package (Forum’s Program,  Exposition Catalog, InternationalConference and Investment Projects & Technologies Contest materials), entrypass to all events, interpretation services (consecutive and/or simultaneous),invitation to the official reception.

 

**Contact Information.** For further details and to register for the Forum, interested partiesshould contact Suren O. Vardanian, Head, External Relations Division, MCCI, fax/tel. 7 (095) 132-0733, tel. 7 (095)132-0029; e-mail: [email protected] and/or [email protected]. Mailing address:  22,Akademika Pilyugina Street, Moscow 117393,  Russia.

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This information is being provided by the U.S. & ForeignCommercial Service Moscow, which offers to U.S. exporters a number of servicesaimed at generating export sales, including identifying distributors andarranging meetings with prospective buyers during business visits toRussia.  For more information onFCS Moscow services U.S. companies may visit the BISNIS site at: www.mac.doc.gov./BISNIS or contact:

 

Marina Parshukova, Commercial Specialist

FCS Moscow

Tel: 7-095-737-5034

Fax: 7-095-737-5033

E-mail: [email protected]