The
USRBC Annual Meeting is one of the premier commercial events in
U.S.-Russia bilateral relations, and it attracts the participation of
top private and public sector leaders from both countries.
This year's
Annual Meeting in Houston will focus on the business community's role in
driving growth and investment in each country, the evolving global
energy landscape and what it means for Russia, and opportunities for
private sector input in Russia's industrial policy among other issues.
Confirmed Keynote and Featured Speakers Include (full list of speakers is available here):
Keynote Speakers
- James A. Baker III, Former Secretary of State and Treasury, Senior Partner, Baker Botts
- Sergei Y. Belyakov, Deputy Minister, RF Ministry of Economic Development
- Sergei I. Kislyak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States
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Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman & CEO, Alcoa, Inc.
- Sergey A. Kraevoy, Deputy Minister, RF Ministry of Health
- Michael McFaul, U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation
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Daniel B. Poneman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
- Dan Russell, President and CEO, U.S.-Russia Business Council
- Andrei Slepnev, Minister of Trade, Eurasian Economic Commission
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Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS
Featured Speakers
- Oleg Atkov, Vice President for Healthcare, Russian Railways
- Neil Duffin, President, ExxonMobil Development Company
- Matthew Edwards, Director, Office of Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Evgeny Gavrilenkov, Managing Director, Sberbank CIB
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Sean Glodek, Director, Russian Direct Investment Fund
- Drew Guff, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company, LP
- Elizabeth Hafner, Director for Russia and Eurasia, Office of the United States Trade Representative
- Anton Y. Inyutsin, Deputy Minister, RF Ministry of Energy
- Matthew Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Grigory V. Prokuronov, Deputy Head, RF Federal Road Agency
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Vladimir Salamatov, General Director, World Trade Center Moscow
- Dmitri Sharonov, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Bashkortostan
- Denis V. Tikhanov, Deputy Chairman, Government of Tula Region
The following sessions will be open for press: Agenda for PRESS
Where: Four Seasons Hotel. 75 Fourteenth Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
RSVP: Please register by Monday, October 28 at PRESS registration
Questions: Svetlana Minjack, sminjack@usrbc.org, tel: 202-277-7838
The USRBC (www.usrbc.org)
is a Washington-based association representing approximately 250
companies, among them some of the leading firms in the U.S., Russia and
Europe.
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