• Peter Aven, President of Alfa-Bank, one of Russia's largest private financial institutions, confirms as speaker on opening plenary session. A well respected economist, Mr. Aven was Minister of Foreign Economic Relations for the Russian Federation before he joined Alfa-Bank in 1994.
• Lawyers from leading independent law firms from around the world will hold a special morning session on Tuesday 22 April. Entitled ‘The Battle for Assets: How to Approach the Markets’, it will focus on the key challenges and problems faced by Russian investors abroad, and the various strategies and tactics to adopt in a competitive international market. Participating firms will be Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners (Russia), Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (USA), Slaughter and May (UK), Hengeler Mueller (Germany), Bredin Prat (France), Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy), Uria (Spain), De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Netherlands), Mannheimer Swartling (Sweden) and Schönherr (Austria).
• Jeremy Deedes, Chairman of Pelham PR, confirms as speaker. Mr. Deedes has had a distinguished journalistic and media management career culminating in being Chief Executive of the Telegraph Group, where he negotiated the sale to the Barclay Brothers. He was previously Managing Director of the Evening Standard, Deputy Editor of the Daily Express and Editor of the Evening Standard diary.
• Evgeny Luneyev, Chief Financial Officer of PIK Group, confirms as speaker for CFO Roundtable, organised in cooperation with Finance Magazine. A thoughtful and informative speaker, Mr Luneyev spoke at Eventica's Global Investment & Finance Forum in December 2007 in Moscow. This April delegates will have another opportunity to hear about his company's successful experience with the markets, and his more general insights about Russian and global financial trends.
• MultiBroker confirms as sponsor for session on influence of the liquidity crunch on consumer spending in Russia. The main thrust of MultiBroker's business is as a classic credit brokerage house, operating to full international standards. The company also recognises its responsibility to help in teaching the population as a whole about financial matters, through various educational programmes, by running professional seminars and by developing literature for various age categories.
• The Rt. Hon. John Hutton MP, British Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, confirms as a speaker. Mr. Hutton is a Cabinet Minister and the most senior figure in the UK government responsible for business, trade and investment.
• A number of key new speakers have confirmed, including Aleksei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief of Ekho Moskvy Radio; Vyacheslav Nikonov, Executive Director of the ‘Russky Mir’ Fund and Nina Zapruyagaeva, Chief Financial Officer of OGK-2. Ms. Zapruyagaeva will be speaking on a session being organised in cooperation with Mikhailov and Partners, moderated by Yuliana Slasheva, on the challenges that face Russian companies who are deciding to go public and attract foreign investors, and how they deal with perceptions in the international financial community of Russian companies.
• Dmitry Pankin, the Deputy Minister of Finance for the Russian Federation, confirms his participation. Mr. Pankin’s responsibilities include policy on Russian sovereign debt, management of government assets including the increasingly important ‘Stabilisation Fund’ - which has now been split into two funds and is being more actively invested abroad - and other international activities of the Ministry.
• Aleksei Ulyukaev, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia and Vladimir Milovidov, Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service, both confirm as speakers for a session to be organised by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) and Itogi Magazine: “A Look at the Russian Economy in the Context of the Global Recession: Risks and Opportunities”. This session will be co-chaired by Alexander Shokhin, President of RUIE, and Kirill Dybsky, Editor-in-Chief of Itogi Magazine. Other speakers will include Edward Parker, Head of the Sovereign Ratings Group at Fitch Ratings.
• New session to be held on ‘Investment and the Image Gap’, in partnership with the organisers of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. As part of Eventica’s ongoing cooperation with the organisers of the annual June Forum in St Petersburg, this session will explore how Russia’s image in the world media impacts on levels of foreign investment.
• Alexander Shokhin, President of The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), confirms as a plenary speaker. With over 1000 members, the RSPP is Russia’s most influential business lobbying organisation.
• Hector Sants, Chief Executive Officer of the FSA, confirms as a plenary speaker. The The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is a highly influential body, regulating the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. Its decisions have a major impact on both the banking industry and consumers as a whole, as well as foreign financial institutions listing their shares or setting up business in Great Britain.
• Lehman Brothers, KPMG, Credit Suisse Bank, Unicredit Bank, BNP Paribas, Barclays Capital, Pfizer International, Multibroker, Ernst & Young, PIO Global Asset Management, Schroders Investment Management, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Bank Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. (Osterreich), Deutsche Borse, Eurasian Development Bank and many other companies are amongst the first to confirm. They will be represented by senior representatives (directors or board level).
• MICEX confirms as a major sponsor of the Forum, and Alexander Potemkin, President of MICEX, as a speaker. The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (or MICEX) is one of the largest universal stock exchanges in Eastern Europe, hosting the shares and corporate bonds of over 550 companies, with a total capitalisation of over $900 billion.
• Vedomosti confirms as a Media Partner. One of Russia’s most well respected business dailies, Vedomosti is a joint venture, formed between Dow Jones, the Financial Times and Independent Media in 1999. It has been a Media Partner for a number of years.
• Hans Joerg-Rudloff, Chairman of Barclays Capital, confirms as plenary speaker. In addition to his position at Barclays, Mr. Rudloff sits on the boards of a number of other companies, including Russian oil giant Rosneft.
• Alexei Kudrin, Leonid Reiman, Anatoly Chubais, Arkady Dvorkovich and other high profile speakers head a strong lineup of speakers at Eventica’s Global Investment and Finance Forum. This event, which was held in the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow on 10-11 December 2007, was planned partly as a curtain raiser on the next Russian Economic Forum. For more details, click here.
• Dates confirmed for 11th Annual Russian Economic Forum: 20-22 April 2008. Venue for the conference sessions will once again be The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, on Monday and Tuesday 21 and 22 April, though, as always, the Forum will be accompanied by a number of other fringe events and social occasions.
• Special Focus on Investment Opportunities. For international corporates and investors, the 2008 Forum will offer a complete overview of the Russian investment scene. The programme will offer an in-depth look at the Russian business landscape: region by region, sector by sector, with a focus on small and mid-sized companies as well as the larger financial-industrial groups.
• Eventica announces ‘Russia Roadshow’ to be held during 2008 Russian Economic Forum. This new project is designed to showcase all of ‘Russia plc’ to the Western financial community. As home to portfolio managers and analysts focussing on Russia, and the site of an historic series of Russian IPOs, London is the natural gateway to global finance markets.
• KPMG confirms once again as Lead Partner for Forum. Roger Munnings, head of the company’s operations in Russia, will appear as a plenary speaker on 21 April. A global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services, KPMG operates in 148 countries, and Russia is one of its fastest growing markets.
• Audi confirms as a Forum Partner. The automaker, a long time supporter of the event, is now one of the best established international premium brands in Russia. The country is one of its key foreign markets and represents an integral part of its growth strategy for the future.

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