Conference "Russian Metallurgy: Strategy and Growth Barriers"

March 29, 2006., Moscow at Marriott Grand Hotel, 26 Tverskaya St.

Draft Program

Speakers:

Vadim Makhov - Deputy General of Severstal OJSC
Artyom Volynets - Vice President of SUAL Holding OJSC
William О'Rurk - President of Аlcoa Rus LLC
Andrei Belousov - Director General of the Centre for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the RF
Alexey Pinchuk - Head of the Metallurgical Sub-Department of the Industrial Department of the Ministry of Industry and Power Industry of the RF
Vladimir Lavrischev - Deputy Director of the Industrial Department of the Ministry of Industry and Power Industry of the RF
Arkady Dvorkovich - Head of the Expert Administration of the RF President

11.30-12.00 Coffee break

12.00-13.30 Resources, Quality, Technical Progress

• Raw material endowment, availability of external sources of raw materials, company policy in raw material procurement: field development within the country, purchasing on the market, long-term supply contracts, filed purchasing and development abroad.
• Strategy of Russian companies regarding product quality and assortment, high process stage products.
• Possibility of the available machinery assets and technologies to ensure manufacturing of state-of-the-art products. Innovative potential and strategy of Russian metallurgy.

Speakers:

Seraphim Afonin - President of the Union of Metal Product Exporters
Seraphim Kolpakov - Presidents of the Metal-Makers Union
Igor Prokopov - President of Aliuminy NK
Andrey Fedorov - Advisor of the Director General of Rusal OJSC
Evgeny Ivanov - President of Polius CJSC

13.30-14.30 Dinner

14.30-16.30 Competitive Advantage Factors and Growth Barriers

• Taxes, duties, tariffs for natural monopolies, transport run and transportation costs
• Sufficiency of own investment resources, possibilities to attract outward investments, attraction of Russian companies as an investment.
• Quality of economic resources: available resources and raw materials, qualified workforce, effective management.

Speakers:

Yury Adno - Administrator of the Department of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vadim Geraskin - Deputy General Director for natural monopolies of Rusal OJSC
Andrey Bader - Director for Corporate Affairs in Russia of Alcoa Company
Andrey Klepach - Director of Macroeconomic Forecasting Department of Ministry of Economic Development of the RF

Project manager Koroleva Daria
tel.: (495) 225-34-44 (ext. 631),
fax: (495) 225-36-43,
E-mail: koroleva@raexpert.ru

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