Agenda

9:00—10:00 Registration

Attracting investments

• Opening address
  Elena Odyagaylo, Chairman of editorial board, IR magazine Russia & CIS

• The means of the investment processes in the development of small- and medium- sized companies. How to protect from raiders
  Uriy Sizov, Head of Central Federal District Regional Department, The Federal Financial Markets Service

• Steps toward capital markets. How to start and to choose your company needs
  Oleg Lukhton, Director for investment banking, Uralsib investment corporation

  
  

• Relevant ways of attracting investments. Description of potential investors
  Alexander Zhizhin, Director for investment banking department, Otkrytie financial corporation

  
  

• MICEX Stock Exchange services for small and mid cap companies
  Gennadi Margolit, Head of the Department for Stock Operations, MICEX Stock Exchange

12:00—12:30 Coffee-break

What investors are interested in

• Practical aspects of a private placement. How to choose an investment consultant

• Strategy and tactics of pre-IPO funds
  Leila Alieva, Renaissance Investment Management

  
  

• The role of private equity funds in capital raising
  Natalia Ivanova, Partner, Executive Director, Da Vinci Capital

  
  

• Listing is a quality mark for the company going for an IPO
  Oksana Derisheva, Head of Listings Department, RTS Stock Exchange

  
  

• How to increase company’s readiness for capital markets
  Alexander Sinyavskiy, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

14:00—15:00 Lunch

Increasing value

• Due diligence: restructuring, reorganization and consolidation

• IFRS: transition issues for Russian companies
  Natalia Chernysheva, Director for international audit, Baker Tilly Russaudit

• Quality management system is the way to increase value
  Speaker TBC, Finance Group

• How to withdraw from day-to-day management without losing control: examples of Russian companies
  Mikhail Kuznetsov, CEO, Corporate development centre, Independent directors associations

  
  

• Corporate governance evaluation tools for medium-sized companies
  Vladimir Verbitsky, Deputy head of Russian institute of directors

16:30-17:00 Coffee-break

Developing an attractive investment brand

• Developing an attractive investment brand
  Dmitry Manakov, Director, PR/IR agency Citigate / Infomost Communication

• How to find professional management
  Alexander Ikonnikov, Managing Partner, Board Solutions

• Foundations of Investor Relations: when IR department should be created
  Mikhail Matovnikov, CEO, Interfax Business Service

18:00 Official Cocktail Reception

* The Organizational Committee reserves the right to change the program and substitute speakers