Marc David Miller, Managing Director of Discovering Eurasia, attended the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Annual Meeting during May, 2007.
Highlights of the EBRD's meeting included presentations by trade authorities from most of the EBRD's region of operation (including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgysz Republic, Azerbaijan, and Moldova), a separate conference on investment in Tatarstan, and networking with 3,000 of the world's leading bankers and financial experts.
Government and multilateral leaders attending included EBRD President Jean Lemierre, The Tatar President, Mintimer Shaimiev, Russia's Minister of Economic Development and Trade, German Gref, Philip de Leon, US Department of Commerce, and Paavo Vaeyrynen, Finland's Minister of Finance.
Business leaders attending included Vagit Alekperov of Lukoil, Alexei Mordashev of Severstal Group, Oleg Deripaska of Basic Element. and Anatoli Chubais of UES.
Journalists from The Wall Street Journal, Merger Market, the Financial Times, and other institutions covered the event.
The Annual Meeting also allowed Tatarstan to show off its business-focused nature. Considering the size of the meeting, all of the logistics and other details went exceptionally well.
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