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Day 1, Monday April 29 Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Horizon Room
Economy, Trade, Investment, Land Privatization & High Tech Panels
9.00 9.15 Opening Remarks. Edward Lozansky, American University in Moscow
9.15 10.30 Russian Economy. The Road to Growth
Aslund Anders Carnegie Endowment
Borovoi, Konstantin YSO Oil, Ltd.
Bushmin Evgeny Chairman of the Budget Committee, Federation Council
Gunn Trevor US Department of Commerce, BISNIS
Hill Kent USAID, Head of Russia, Eurasia Department
Nabiulina Elvira First Deputy Minster of Economics of RF
Somers Andrew American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow
10.30 12.00 Trade. Legal Issues.
Barkov Mikhail Head, Russian Trade Mission
Ellard Angela House Ways and Means Committee
Gale Jim OPIC, Regional Manager for Russia, NIS
Patterson Carol Baker & McKenzie
Posner Ted Senate Finance Committee
Reif Tim House Ways and Means Committee
Stein Dan USTDA
Stokes Bruce National Journal
Tumminia Paul Exim Bank, Director of Russia/NIS
12.00 1.00 Lunch Break
1.00 3.00 Investment. Land Privatization.
Brank Laura Chadbourne & Park
Blanco Rostislav Rosinter
Conner John Third Millenium Russia Fund
Crabtree Eric IFC
Carey Sarah Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Eurasia Foundation
Dort Dean John Deere
Generalov Sergey Duma Deputy, Chairman of Investment Policy Committee
Koelle Peter HypoVereinsBank
Lindsley Winston ITIC
Moro Anthony Bank of New York
Peyton Robert Agribusiness Management Co.
Seney Rick MCT
3.00 5.00 Information Technologies
Andreev Sergei ABBEY Software
Kapustin Vadim Russian Digital Alliance
Palchikov Stepan Parascript
Satinsky Dan US Russian Chamber of Commerce of Boston
Smoljanski, Alexander Intergrum World Wide
Sviridenko, Andrew SPIRIT Software, Inc
6.30 PM Andrei Sakharov sculpture dedication at the Russia House, 1800 Connecticut Avenue, NW followed by reception at the Russian Trade Mission at 2001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Day 2, Tuesday, April 30 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-50
Military, NATO, Science, Culture, Education, Religion, Public Health
Tuesday, April 30
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-50
9.00-10.30 Education, Science, Cultural, and Religious aspects of US Russian Alliance
Hallman Tim, Brookhaven National Lab
Kravchenko Sergei, MGIMO (Moscow State University for Intl. Relations
Lozansky Edward, American University in Moscow
Malkovsky Mikhail, Moscow State University
Milashenko Valery, Data Systems and Solutions
Neureiter Norman, US State Department, Science Advisor to Colin Powell
Panebratsev Yuri, Dubna Nucear Reseatch Institute
Riveles Stan, US State Department, Office of the Science & Technology
Schweitzer Glenn, National Research Council
Sissakian Alexei, Dubna Nuclear Research Institute
Thyreen Timothy, Waynesburg College
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 - Public Health and Demographic Issues
Adeyi Soji World Bank
Burger Edward American Medical Alliance
Grammich Clifford Rand Corporation
Tillinghast Stan American Medical Association
12.30-2.00 Lunch. Curt Weldon keynote speaker
2.00 - 3.30 - Russia - NATO. Joint Missile Defense. Coalition in the War on Terror
Aron Leon, American Enterprise Institute
Bolton John, US State Department, Undersecretary for Arms Control
Bushmin Evgeny, Budget Committee, Federation Council
Cohen Ariel, Heritage Foundation
De Borchgrave Arnaud, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Hakamada Irina, Vice Speaker, Duma
Holgate Laura, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Lind Bill, Free Congress Foundation
Margelov Michael, Chairman, Com. on Foreign Affairs, Federation Council
Murashev Arkady, Union of Right Forces, Inst. for Freedom and Democracy
Oelstrom Ted Lt. General USAF (Rtd), Harvard Security Project
Parchalina Tatyana, Inst. of Scientific Info of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Weyrich Paul, Free Congress Foundation
3.30 - 5.00 - Freedom of the Media
Abelcev Sergei, Committee on Information Policy, State Duma
Aron Leon, American Enterprise Institute
Aslund Anders, Carnegie Endowment
Baranikas Ilya, Moscow News
Cohen Ariel, Heritage Foundation
De Borchgrave Arnold, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Gryzunov Sergey, Moscow News
Lesnevskaya Irena, President, REN TV
Murashev Arkady, Union of Right Forces, Inst. for Freedom and Democracy
O'Connor Eileen, Former CNN Bureau Chief in Moscow
Schmemman Serge, New York Times
Sieff Martin, Senior Foreign Correspondent, United Press International
Unanov Boris, Chief Foreign Editor, Obschaya Gazeta
Zlobin Nikolay, Center for Defense Information, Washington Profile
Members of Congress (*) indicates confirmed
*Dan Burton, Tom Delay, Eliot Engel, *Benjamin Gilman, Denis Hastert,
*Dana Rohrabacher, *Curt Weldon, Joseph Biden, Carl Levin, *Richard Lugar, James Inhofe, Larry Craig,