Day one: Thursday, March 25th 2010
08:15 Registration and coffee
09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks
Thomas Deutscher, Head of STEF Russia, UniCredit Group
09:15 Keynote address: Regional economic analysis post-crisis
Zeljko Bogetic, Lead Economist and Country Coordinator for Economic Policy for Russia, World Bank
09:45 The expanding and evolving ECA business in Russia and the CIS
Kim Chung Ho, Moscow Representative, KEIC
Henrik G. Welch, Senior Director, Guarantees and Project Finance, EKF
Rod Lever, Chief Representative, Russia & CIS, EDC
Topi Vesteri, Executive Vice President, Finnvera
Susanne With, Senior Advisor, EKN
Peter Fradkov, Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank
Dr. Hans Janus, Member of the Board of Management, Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs-AG
Eric de Jonge, Global Head of Structured Export Finance, ING Commercial Banking, moderator
10:45 Morning refreshments and networking break
11:30 Oil and gas price forecasts and the impact on oil exporting countries
Fareed Mohamedi, Partner & Head of Markets and Country Strategies Group, PFC Energy
12:00 Russian and CIS natural resource panel: Debating challenges and solutions
Tatyana Kartushina, Deputy Head of Debt Finance Department, Treasury of SUEK
Denis Krivonogov, Deputy CFO, Renova Management AG (Switzerland), Branch in RF
Andrey Pospelov, Corporate Finance Director, En+ Group Limited
Natalia Voynilovich, Head Export Finance Sector, Gazprombank, moderator
12:45 Lunch
14:15 Commodity finance banks panel: Restructuring review
John MacNamara, Managing Director, Global Head of SCTF, Deutsche Bank AG Amsterdam
Pepi S. Bedi, Assistant General Manager - Head of Restructuring EMEA, Structured Trade and Commodity Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited
Constantin Koutzaroff, Executive Director, Head of Russia, Central Asia & Eastern Europe, Natural Resources, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Alexander Thiel, Executive Director, Commodity Finance, Corporates & Structured Finance, WestLB Capital Markets
Myles Mantle, Partner, Denton Wilde Sapte, moderator
15:00 Vnesheconombank: Case study
Peter Fradkov, Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank
15:30 Afternoon refreshments and networking break
16:00 How to finance Russian banks: Developments in correspondent banking and the knock on affect for the flow of local trade finance
Sergey Mikhailov, Director, Investment and Trade Department, Absolut Bank
Olga Nizovskaya, Vice President, International Trade and Structured Finance, MDM Bank
Yuri Lekarev, Executive Director, Head of International Business Division, NOMOS-BANK
Sberbank Russia
Jens Heitmann, Head of Department, Financial Sector & Key Account Risks, Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs-AG
Sybille Kroiss, Senior Vice President, Structured Export & Trade Finance, Commerzbank AG, moderator
16:45 The Nord Stream Gas Pipeline: Case Study
Part 1: Strategic and commercial overview of the Nord Stream gas pipeline project
Peter Rath, Manager Finance and Treasury, Nord Stream AG
Part 2: Structuring the landmark Nord Stream financing
Graham Lofts, Head of International Loan Origination, Corporates & Markets/DCM Loans, Commerzbank AG
Part 3: Role of Germany's Untied Finance Programme (UFK)
Hansjoerg Gonser, Director Oil & Gas, Project and Commodity Finance, UniCredit Bank AG
17:30 Chairperson’s closing remarks followed by cocktail reception sponsored by:
Day two: Friday, March 26th 2010
08:30 Morning refreshments
09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks
Ralph Lerch, Senior Vice President, Head of Export Finance, Commerzbank AG
09:15 Export finance banks panel
Florence Werdisheim, Head of Export Finance, UniCredit Group
Serge Sauer, Head of Export and Trade Finance, Calyon Rusbank (Credit Agricole CIB)
Kevork Kahanian, Director, Export and Agency Finance, EMEA, Citi
Michiel de Vries , Head International Trade & Export Finance Germany, ING Commercial Banking
Ralph Lerch, Senior Vice President, Head of Export Finance, Commerzbank AG
Irina Nesvetova, Banking & Finance Partner, White & Case LLC, moderator
10:00 Understanding and overcoming legal challenges in Russia and the CIS in the current climate
Grigory Marinichev, Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel
10:30 Spotlight on the CIS: Evaluating the state of trade finance in CIS countries
Oleg Malskyy, Partner, Astapov Lawyers International Law Group
Konstantin Seryogin, Ukraine Chief Country Officer and Head of Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
Zaur Mahmudov, Head of Frankfurt Office, International Bank of Azerbaijan
Valentina Nagay, Director, International Relations and Trade Finance Division, Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia JSC
Stefan Untergutsch, Director Export Finance, Landesbank Berlin AG, moderator
11:15 Refreshments and networking break
11:45 The real impact of multilaterals and DFI efforts in Russia and the CIS
Rudolf Putz, Head Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
Nazira Satbekova, Head of Capital Markets, Eurasian Development Bank
Mark Rozanski, Regional Head Europe/CIS, IFC Global Trade Finance Program
Rouben Indjikian, Chief, Minerals, Metals and Energy, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD
12:25 Both eyes open: Emphasis on due diligence in trade deals
Peter Hopkins, Managing Director, DRUM
12:50 Telecoms feature: Sector outlook and the impact of ECA financing
Alexei Kaurov, Director of Corporate Finance, MTS OJSC
Sergey A. Smykov, Deputy Director of Project Finance Department, Huawei Technologies Co.
Topi Vesteri, Executive Vice President, Finnvera
Ulrika Sernbrandt, Senior Underwriter, EKN
Dina Merkulova, Head of ECA Business, NOMOS-BANK, moderator
13:30 Chairperson’s closing remarks
13:35 Networking lunch