Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all the speakers, sponsors and delegates for their participation in the 15^th annual CIS Metals Summit, which recently took place in Moscow

 This year the event incorporated the 5^th annual Precious Metals Summit – a unique opportunity for all participants to obtain a comprehensive knowledge of the CIS market and meet metals and mining executives in one trip.

This year’s Summit provided an insight into the strategies of the most successful companies as well as government policy and key forecasts for the development of the CIS markets

The CIS Metals Summit also highlighted the main challenges for the industry, presented the opinions of the biggest players and the views of the best CIS and international analysts, addressing key issues for both the mining and metals sectors, such as pricing, investment and access to energy sources

The 50+ strong speaker faculty was headed up by some of the most influential and knowledgeable figures in the Russian, Ukranian and Kazakh markets, including:

Evgeny Ivanov, General Director, Polyus Gold

Alexey Pertin, Chief Executive Officer, Smart-Holding

Lou Naumovsky, Vice President, Commercial & General Director, Russia, Kinross Gold

Patrice L’Huillier, Vice President of Operations, ENRC Kazakhstan

Tim McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, Ovoca Gold  

Andrey Laptev, Strategy Director, Severstal

Sergey Rezontov, Head of Corporate Finance, Mechel

Igor Timofeev, Strategy Director, Division Severstal Russian Steel

Ihor Wasylkiw, VP & CIO, Alhambra Resources

Alain Davezac, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Essar Steel

Frank Rittner, Director of Strategy and Business Development, Interpipe

Andrew Sazanov, President, Kumtor Gold, Centerra Gold

Olga Guskova, Deputy General Director, Inprom

David Faktor, Group Managing Director, Stemcor Holdings

Alexey Pinchuk, Deputy Director, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Valery Rudakov, Chairman, Committee for support of mining, production and trade industries of precious metals and stones, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Sergey Frolov, Head of Marketing Department, Industrial Metallurgical Holding

Andrey Tarasov, Deputy General Director, Petropavlovsk

Hadi Hami, Managing Director, Attieh Steel Iran

Andrey Emchenko, Deputy Director, Donetsksteel  

 Franz Schlosser, General Director, Jerooyaltyn

Brent Horochuk, Chief Operations Officer, Highland Gold Mining

                                                                              … and many, many others

For information on preparations for the 16th annual CIS Metals Summit in February 2011, do contact Victoria Zavyalova:

victoriaz@adamsmithconferences.com