THURSDAY 15 MARCH 2001
08.45

PLENARY SESSION
Chairman's Introduction & Welcome

Eugene K. Lawson, President
US-Russia Business Council

08.50 The Political and Economic Outlook
Dimitri K. Simes, President
The Nixon Center
09.10 World Bank Assistance: Issues & Dilemmas
Marcelo Selowsky, Chief Economist
The World Bank
09.30 Keynote Speaker
Sergei Kiriyenko, Representative of the President of RF in the Volga Region
09.50 Russian Fixed Income Strategy
Kasper Bartholdy, Managing Director
CSFB
10.20 Banking Sector Overview
Alex Knaster, CEO
Alfa Bank
10.40 Role of Russian Financial Institutions in Developing Local Investment
Nikolai Tsvetkov, President
IBG NIKoil
10.50 Overview of the Industrial Sector
Kakha Bendookidze, Director General
United Heavy Machinery
11.00 BREAK
Chairman:
Thomas D Sanford, Vice President
Bank of New York
11.20

Legal Challenges Facing Russian Corporates in International Capital Markets
Robert E. Langer, Partner
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP

11.40 Equity Market Strategy
James Fenkner, Chief Strategist
Troika-Dialog
12.00 Outlook for the Oil & Gas Sector
Stephen O’Sullivan, Head of Research
United Financial Group
12.20 TNK: Opportunities for Growth and
Financial Challenges for 2001
Iosif Bakaleinik, Senior Vice President
TNK
12.40

YUKOS
Dr. Yuri Beilin, President YUKOS-Exploration & Production,
Member of the YUKOS Managment Committee
YUKOS

13.00 Lunch
 

Chairman:
Gennady Kolesnikov,
Deputy Chairman
Federal Commission on Securities Market

14.15 Private Equity Investing
Michael Calvey, Managing Partner
Baring Vostok Capital Partners
14.35 Overview of the Russian Telecommunications Sector
James Nail, Director of Research
Aton Capital
14.55

COMPANY PRESENTATIONS
SURGUTNEFTEGAS
Vladimir Bogdanov, President
Surgutneftegas Oil Company

GOLDEN TELECOM
Introduced by: Ari Krel
Senior Telecom Analyst, UFG

David J Wisher, CFO

NOVOSIBIRSKELECTROSVYAZ
Regional Telecoms Consolidation
Introduced by: Andrei Bogdanov
Senior Telecom Analyst, Alfa-Bank

Vassili Pachkovski, Deputy General Director


AEROFLOT
Introduced by: Timothy Seymour
President, Troika-Dialog USA

Alexander Zurabov
Deputy General Director & CEO


SEVERSTAL
Introduced by: Timothy Seymour
President, Troika-Dialog USA

Mr Mikhail Noskov
CFO


ORMETO-YUMZ HEAVY ENGINEERING
Alexei Shevtsov
President & CEO

17.15

INVESTOR PANEL
William Browder, Managing Director
Hermitage Capital Management

Mattias Westman, Fund Manager
Prosperity Capital Management

Jason Downes, General Director
ru-Net Holdings

18.00

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

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