Thursday 26 October 2000

Plenary Session

09.00
Development of Russia's IT Sector

Leonid Reyman, Minister of Telecommunications, Russian Federation

09.20
E-Business: Global Overview and Potential Impact on Russia

Constance Lindgreen, VP, NetGen Business EMEA, IBM Corporation

09.40
Status of the Sector in the Russian Investment Environment

Richard Olphert, Head of Investment Banking, Renaissance Capital

10.00
Internet as a Cultural Paradigm

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, CEO, YUKOS

10.20
Convergence in the Russian Marketplace

Darrell Lauterbach, VP Business Development, Golden Telecom

10.40 Break

11.00
Developing Internet Content for Russian Speaking Market

Derk Sauer, President, E-Start

11.20
E-Services in Russia: What Does It Take to Win?

Salavat Rezbaev, Managing Director, Vesta Eurasia

11.40
Market & Technology for Mobile Commerce in Russia

Alexey Buyanov, Vice President, MTS

12.00
Software Outsourcing – Opportunities in Global Marketplace

Dimitry Loschinin, Managing Director, Luxoft, IBS Group

12.20
New Media & Hi-Tech Exporting

Yuri Ammosov, Vice President, Port.ru

12.40
eBusiness in Russia

Marco Burkhardt, Managing Director, C.I.S., SAP AG

13.00 Lunch

14.15 – 15.00
Investing in the IT Sector as part of a Russian Portfolio

Michael Calvey, Managing Partner, Baring Vostok Capital Partners
David Herne, Fund Manager, Brunswick Capital Management
Mattias Westman, Fund Manager, Prosperity Capital Management

15.00
B2B: Connecting the Russian Economy

Boris Jordan, President & CEO, The Sputnik Group

15.20
IT - Business and Transforming the Enterprise: The Russian Special Case

Mikhail Rogachev, President, Sibintek

15.40
Appropriate Investment Targets & Associated Risks

Ilya Ponomarev, Managing Partner, ARRAVA Internet Management

16.00
Investment Opportunities in Russian Internet

Sergey Vasiliev, COB, Russian Funds Investment Group

16.10
Investor & Tech Company Presentations:

Including:
Actis Systems: Pavel Tcherkashin, President
AIM Internet Advisors: Maxut Shadaev, Chief Business Development Officer
AIMSystems: Pete Kvitek, Chief Technical Officer
AviCom: Alexander Mikoyan, Head of Moscow Office, Deputy CEO
Holding eHouse:
Roustem Akhiarov, President
IBS SI:
Sergey Merculov, VP
IMA: Alexander Titov, Managing Director
Interactive TV Company: Maxim Donchenko, Chief Project Development Officer
IT: Tagir Yapparov, President
Rossia.com: Mark Winer, Chairman
RRC: Konstantine Sidorov, President
Russian Funds Investment Group: Sergey Vasiliev, COB
Runet.com: Ekaterina Shapochka, Marketing Director
TerraLink: Ron Lewin, Managing Director

18.30
COCKTAIL Reception hosted by: