The Summit’s distinguished Speaker Panel features:

Grigory Dvas, Deputy Governor, Administration of Leningrad Region	Mikhail Klokov, Deputy Head, Administration of Irkutsk Region	Igor Vdovin, General Director, Agency for Investment and Development of Russia’s South	Maxim Akimov, First Deputy Governor, Administration of Kaluga Region	Khafiz Salikhov, Minister of Trade & Foreign Economic Relations, Republic of Tatarstan

Dr. Gerd Lenga, General Manager, Group KNAUF CIS	Michel Pascalis, Multinational Logistics Partnership	Alexandra Ushkova, General Director, L’ETOILE-Sephora	Jan Heere, General Manager, Russia CIS, ZARA – Inditex	Sergey Lysenkov, General Director, Azimut Hotel Chain

These speakers will be joined by many more high-level executives who will deliver their presentations at the Russian Regional Investment Summit in Moscow. Among them:

• Evgeny Frezorger, Vice Mayor, Director of the Economic Policy Department, Administration of Omsk City
• Bernard Meunier, General Director, Nestlé Russia LLC
• Dmitry Dokin, Chairman of the Board, Inmarko
• Michel Perhirin, Chairman of the Management Board, MDM Bank
• Norbert Pfannstiel, General Director, Robert Bosch Saratov
• Sergey Yuschenko, CEO, Lenta
• Georgy Trefilov, President, Marta Holding
• Igor Ivanov, Chairman of the Board, Kora
• Vasily Vysokov, Chairman of the Board, Bank Center-Invest
• Sergey Korotkov, Franchise Expansion Director, Vice President, Citi
• Alain Pilloux, Business Group Director, Russia & Specialised Industries, EBRD
• Anatoly Vasiliev, Vice President, Torgovy Kvartal
• Oleg Bolichev, Chairman of the Board, Vester Group of Companies

Other Summit highlights include:

• Q & A PANEL with senior members of regional and city administrations and regional investment agencies

• CHAMPAGNE ROUND TABLES – these round tables will follow the Q & A panel providing you with an opportunity to continue networking with senior regional government officials in a more relaxed atmosphere
  
• RATINGS & COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS of the regions – with the focus on evaluating regions, including assessing the investment climate, regulatory and tax landscape and the level of support given to investors by local government
  
• Industry-specific CASE STUDIES – presented by companies, who are active in the regions or who have recently undertaken a regional expansion programme. Case studies will feature companies drawn from various industries, including: banking & finance; real estate & construction; retail; automotive; transport & logistics; food & beverage, amongst others
  
• Spotlight on PRIVATE EQUITY – this special spotlight will focus on opportunities for private equity investments across the regions and will analyse, which industry sectors potentially offer the highest ROI
  
• HR SOLUTIONS for regional businesses. This practical session will give all prospective employers in the regions an idea of the challenges involved in recruiting local staff and will present several case studies of the most successful HR solutions currently being followed

For more information about the event or how to participate as a speaker please contact Mekhriban Jamakova on +44 20 7017 7442 or e-mail Mekhriban@adamsmithconferences.com