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Congress Moderator: Elen Meder, General Director, EuroAkadem - Academy for European Management GmbH, Official Organizer

Session One: OEMs’ Activities in National Projects and Automotive Components Supply Industry Development

The GOALS of the Congress
Elen Meder, General Director, EuroAkadem - Academy for European Management GmbH, Official Organizer

State promotion policy to attract investments into National Automotive Industry. State promotion policy and RF Governmental Legislation related to the Presidential Decree on “Additional actions to attract investments for the development of the Domestic Automotive Industry”.
Aleksei Serezhenkin, Chief of Automotive Industry Section, Economics Ministry of Russian Federation

The challenges of developing a successful automotive components industry in Russia and the CIS
Peter Tissington, Director, Supply Russia & CIS, ZAO Ford Vsevolzhsk

AvtoVAZ activities in development of suppliers.
Alexandre Vasiltchuk, Dep. Director, AVTOVAZ Inc.

AvtoGAZ activities in development of suppliers
Alexey Kiselyov, Technical Director, Open Joint Stock Co. “GAZ” KIA-BALTICA’s activities and localisation programmeValery Sokolov, Managing Director, JSC “Avtotor” Localisation strategy of automotive components industry in Uzbekistan and supplying possibilities in Russia and the CIS
Alidjan Mamayusupov, Head of Foreign Economic Relations & Establishment of New Productions Department, "UZAVTOSANOAT

ELAZ activities in automotive projects development.
Vladimir Malykh, Deputy General Director, Head of Moscow Representation, Yelabuga Automobile Works (ELAZ).

Fiat`s working experience on the Russian Automotive Components Market relating to the Project in N. Novgorod and the important terms needed for it`s development
Nikolay Tchertoukhine, Purchasing Manager, Nitzhegorod Motors/ Fiat Auto

Developing a successful long-term strategy in the local automotive component industry.
Ruslan Korzh, Principal, A.T. Kearney.

Session Two: Business Climate in Russia and the CIS- Overview.

EBRD as a source of finance.
Paul Burton, Principal Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Recent developments in the tax treatment of foreign investments in Russia and related tax issues.
Linda Siegele, Senior Tax Manager, PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Specific customs’ issues relating to automotive supply in Russia.
Alexander Dragunov, Tax Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Session Three: National Automotive Components Supply Base Status.

Henkel Surface Technologies' activities in supporting OEMs’ localisation in Russia.Willi Stahl, Director of Business Development Eastern Europe, Henkel Surface Technologies.
Еlena Kropotova, Representative of Henkel in Togliatti
Visteon on "Emerging Markets"
Steven Sharpe,  Director Business Strategy, VISTEON Automotive Systems.

Delphi’s business activities in supporting OEMs’ localisation in Russia.Anatoly Golubin, Purchasing Manager, Delphi Automotive Systems. Investment incentives in Russia: Theory and Practice.
Rudy Amirkhanian, Chief Executive Officer, Russian Automotive Components.
Alexander Ostrov, Country Director - Russia, Delphi Automotive Systems.

Mannesmann VDO Avtomobylnye Komponenty: “ 3½ Years’ Experience.”
Piotr Prince Galitzine, Chief Representative, Mannesmann AG.

Borsky Stekolny Zavod – invitation for partnership.
Evgeny Suvorov, Director of Automotive Business Unit, Joint-Stock Company Bor Glassworks.

Experience and forecast of automotive catalysts supplying OEMs in Russia and CIS.
Nikolay Danchenko, Plant Manager, Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant.

Experience of Venture Industries as a supplier in Russia.
Eugene Pruss, Vice President International Development, Venture Industries, Inc.

Session Four: Round table
Recommendations to accelerate localisation processes towards investors expectations
Proposals raised by each participant for the Open Letter

Open Letter to The President of the Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir Putin