THE EURASIA CENTER / EURASIAN BUSINESS COALITION The 5th Annual “DOING BUSINESS WITH THE BRICS” CONFERENCE Monday, May 15, 2017 Washington, DC 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Evening Reception 5:30-7:00 pm) In Cooperation with: The Ambassadors and Embassies of the BRICS Nations, Washington, DC Hosted by: Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells Conference Center (Morning Session) 555 13th St. NW, Washington, DC 20004 & THE EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Afternoon Session) 2650 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 (Invited Speakers – in Italics) Conference Agenda 8:00 – 9:00 am - Registration/Breakfast 9:00 – 9:15 am - Welcome/Introduction Dr. Christine Warnke, Senior Governmental Affairs Advisor, Hogan Lovells The Eurasia Center/Eurasian Business Coalition Officials 9:15 – 10:15 am - 1st Morning Panel New Developments in the BRICS – Multinational Investment Support for Businesses: New Development Bank (NDB/BRICS); Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Moderator: Charles Sills, Senior Advisor, The Eurasia Center/EBC Minister Fernando Pimentel, Head of the Economic Section, Embassy of Brazil Gilles Alfandari, Advisor, Multilateral Organizations, The World Bank Kate Bishop, Business Development, EXIM Bank 10:15 – 11:15 am - 2nd Morning Panel Expanding Market Share & Trade Development with the BRICS: Opportunities for Product & Service Sector Growth, Moderator: Richard Trifan, VP, Government Relations & Trade, EC/EBC Ambassador James Keith, Managing Director, Leads McLarty Associates Asia Practice Arunish Chawla, Minister, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Malose Letsoalo, Minister, Economic & Commercial Section, Embassy of South Africa 11:15 – 11:40 am - BRICS Networking Break 11:40 am – 12:45 pm - 3rd Morning Panel & Lunch New Infrastructure, Transportation Projects & Joint Ventures with the BRICS Moderator: Earl Rasmussen, Executive Vice President, Eurasia Center/EBC Aman Khanna, Consultant, World Bank Secretary Ricardo Daskal Hirschbruch, Head, & Investment Bureau, Embassy of Brazil Suzanne Etcheverry, Director, Funds Portfolio Management, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reston Limousine Bus Service available to Paid Conference Participants (transfer) 1:00 pm Conference Continues at The Embassy of the Russian Federation
THE EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Afternoon Session) 2650 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 2:00 pm - Welcoming Remarks Denis Gonchar, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Russian Federation 2:15 – 3:15 pm - 4th Panel Afternoon Initiatives for Technological Innovation with the The New Energy Grid Moderator: Ralph Winnie Jr., VP Global Development, Director China Program, EBC Christine Warnke, Senior Governmental Affairs Advisor, Hogan Lovells Andrey Bondarev, Head, Economic Section, Embassy of the Russian Federation Li Bin, Counselor, Head, Economic Affairs Section, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China 3:15 – 4:15 pm - 5th Panel Afternoon BRICS: Managing Political/Financial Risk, Legal Developments and Challenges Prospects for Improving East and West Relations, The Way Forward Moderator: Tom Thomson, Managing Director, T. Thomson & Associates Rajen Ranchhoojee, Special Legal Counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Thomas Sullivan, Attorney, Marks & Sokolov, LLC Timothy O’Toole, Attorney, Miller & Chevalier Chartered 4:15 – 4:30 pm - BRICS Networking Break 4:30 – 5:30 pm - 6th Panel Afternoon Global Growth Regions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa Social development with the BRICS: Education, Health, Workforce Training Moderator: Rokas Beresniovas, Senior Director, CAF America (Charities Aid Foundation of America) Vlad Sukhoparov, Director, Eurasian Markets, Research International Aleksandr Kondrashin, future official working for Trade with the Russian Far East, Moscow Sergei Andronikov, Dean, School of Business, American College of Commercial Technology Ksenia Dyadyunova, Eiffel Scholar, Aix-Marseille University Labor Law Center (CDS) 5:30 – 7:00 pm - Evening Reception and Golden BRICS Awards