Conference: "Gateway to Russia/CIS" co-sponsored by the ARCCI.
Organized by the Council for Trade and Economic Cooperation Russia/CIS-USA and GBI Associates. Featured
Arkady A. Volsky, president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepeneurs and speakers from
Bank of New York, Baker & McKenzie, Deloitte & Touche, Halliburton, Lufthansa, OPIC, Sea- Land,
Kilpatrick & Cody, International Project Development Group, Global Information Services and
Technologies, Air Express International, Crown Pacific Kempinski Hotels, Europe Air Freight, and the
American-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Attended by a delegation of over 200 Russian
governement officials and entrepeneurs.
December 6, 1996
Visit of a delegation of government and businessmen from Moscow and the Moscow
region. Delegation members met with the representatives from Golub & Co., the American-Russian Trade
& Investment Center, Pepsi Cola General Bottlers, Inc., McDermott, Will & Emery, Amoco Corporation,
Caterpillar, Case Corporation, First Chicago NBD, and McHugh Construction Company.
November 21, 1996
Forum: "An Update on the Political and Economic Climate in Russia: Trade,
Investment and Finance Outlook for 1997." Featured speaker: Yuri V. Akhremenko, Trade Representative
of the Russian Federation to the USA, Minister Commercial. Additional speakers from the U.S. Department of
Commerce Export Assistance Center, McDermott, Will & Emery and the American-Russian Trade &
Investment Center. Co-sponsored by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, City of Chicago Department of
Planning and Development, Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs, Lufthansa, Rockford Area
Council of 100 and the World Trade Center Chicago. Reception in honor of the delegation of business
executives from St. Petersburg, Russia.
November 13-14, 1996
Conference: "Promoting Russia's Regions" organized by the U.S. Citizen's
Democracy Corps and co-sponsored by the ARCCI. Other co-sponsors included the City of St. Petersburg, the
U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, and the U.S. Export Assistance Center - St. Petersburg. Attended by over
100 regional representatives. St. Petersburg, Russia.
November 11-16, August 29 - September 10, 1996
ARCCI trade missions to Russia. Agenda included meetings with high-level government
officials, business executives and trade organizations in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Tula.
July 24, 1996
Conference: "Business with Russia/NIS '96: Strategies for Success."
Organized by the ARCCI. Sponsored by McDermott, Will & Emery, the Economic Development Commission of the
City of Chicago, ABN-AMRO, Arthur Andersen, Lufthansa, A.T. Kearney, Amoco, Pepsi-Cola, and ABN-AMRO Bank.
Featured speaker: Jan H. Kalicki, U.S. Ombudsman for Energy & Commercial Cooperation with the NIS.
Additional speakers from: ABN-AMRO Bank, American-Russian Trade and Inverstment Center, Amoco, A.T. Kearney,
Arthur Andersen, Baker & McKenzie, Bechtel Corporation, Benson & Company, Caterpillar, the Chicago
Board of Trade, Consulate General of the Republic of Ukraine, Dresser Industries, EXIM Bank, FMC, Halliburton
Company, McDermott, Will & Emery, OPIC, Sberbank, Sprint, Trace Fund, the Trade Representation of the Russian
Federation in the U.S., and the US-Russia Business Council.
July 19, 1996
Conference: "Business with Russia/NIS '96: Strategies for Success".
Sponsored by McDermott, Will & Emery and Lufthansa. Held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Featured Ernie S. Micek,
Chairman of the Board, President & CEO of Cargill, Inc., speakers from 3M, Land O'Lakes, ABN- AMRO Bank,
McDermott, Will & Emery, the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota,
Sberbank, American-Russian/NIS Trade and Investment Center, Globus International, Benson & Co. and the ARCCI.
June 27, 1996
Conference: "Business with Russia/NIS '96: Strategies for Success."
Sponsored by McDermott, Will & Emery. Featured Yuri V. Akhremenko, Trade Representative of the Russian
Federation in the United States, and Donald F. Hastings, Chairman of the Board and CEO, the Lincoln Electric
Company. Held in Cleveland, Ohio.
June 4, 1996
Breakfast Briefing: "Business Opportunities in the Newly Independent States"
in Rockford, IL, co- organized with the Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce, featuring Mr. Trevor Gunn, Deputy
Director of BISNIS, U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Representation and Mr. Sergei Kouzmine,
President, American-Russian/NIS Trade and Investment Center.
May 15, 1996
Conference: "How to Do Business with the United Nations" co-sponsored by the
ARCCI, the World Trade Center - Chicago Association, the United Nations Association of the United States of America,
Coopers and Lybrand, Citibank, Chicago Manufacturing Center, and the Economic Development Commission - City of
Chicago. Held in Chicago, IL. Featuring senior UN officials.
April 27, 1996
Visit of the delegation from the city of Vladimir, Russia. Co-organized with Serendipity,
Inc. and American Home, Inc. Luncheon with participation of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. Held in the
ARCCI offices, World Trade Center-Chicago.
March 18, 1996
Briefing "Business and Politics" featuring the delegation of journalists from
Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Uzbekistan. Co-organized with the International Press Center. Panelists included
representatives from the United States Information Agency, Golub Corporation, LiteTronics, TrustMark, Inc., and
the President of the Illinois Department of Commerce. Held in the ARCCI offices, World Trade Center-Chicago.
February 22, 1996
Conference: "Pharmaceutical and Medical Markets in the New Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union." Sponsored by McDermot, Will & Emery. Featured speakers from the US Department of
Commerce International Trade Administration, Embassy of the Russian Federation, Consulate of the Republic of Ukraine,
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, MDS Associates, Medical Center of the President of the Russian Federation, and the law
firm of McDermott, Will & Emery. Held in the Plaza Club, Prudential Center, Chicago.
