"Status of Democratic Reforms in Russia" Luncheon meeting featuring Sergej
Kiriyenko, Former Prime Minister of Russia. Organized in cooperation with the Eurasia Group and the U.S.
Russia Business Council.
November 17, 1998
"Russian Agribusiness Roundtable" organized by the ARCCI and Young
Communications. Featured presentations by Georgy Sajinov, Chief of Foodstuffs and Food Processing
Industries Department of the Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture; Christian Foster, Agribusiness
Advisor to Russia & the NIS, USAID/USDA; Joan Morgan, International Trade Specialist, BISNIS, U.S.
Department of Commerce; Paul Bisek, Director, USAID Midwest Office; John Turnbull, Managing Director,
Case Corporation, Viktor Potapenko, General Director, Russian Food Production Company; Helen Teplitskaia,
President of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Global Management Initiatives
Faculty Advisor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Ambassador Allan Lever, President,
World Trade Center Chicago Association; Arthur George, Head of CIS Practice, Baker & McKenzie.
Sponsors: Lufthansa, United Airlines, Case Corporation, Aqua Chem, Inc., Cristall. Co-sponsors: U.S.
Agency for International Development, U.S. Export Assistance Center, Illinois Department of Agriculture,
World Trade Center Chicago. Reception: Russian Folk Music Festival & Vodka Tasting featuring over
eighty vodkas from ten leading Russian distilleries.
October 19, 1998
"Executive Briefing: Privatization in Russia" featuring Dr. Alfred Kokh,
Chairman of International Ivestment Fund Montes Auri and former Vice Premier of Russia and Chairman of
the Russian Federation State Property Committee. Presentation of the book " Selling of the Communist
Empire." Organized by the ARCCI. Sponsored by the law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.
May 15, 1998
Conference: "Emerging Markets," oranized by the University of Chicago with
support from the ARCCI, brought together business leaders from all over the world. Special panel
moderated by the University of Chicago Professor Richard Hellie, discussed the impact of Asian crisis
on Russia/CIS. Participants included: Martin Cannon, Vice President,Russia/FSU Practice, Emerging
Markets Unit, AT Kearney; William Cisneros, Managing Director, Croesus Capital Management, Helen
Teplitskaia, President, American-Russian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
January 9-12, 1998
Conference: "U.S.- Russian Investment Symposium: Financial and Direct
Investment Opportunities in Russia" Organized by the Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project-
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Supported by the ARCCI. Featured presentations
by Yakov Urenson, Vice Premier and Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation; Yuri Luzhkov, Mayor of
Moscow; Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Chairman, Menatep Group; Kakha Bendukidze, CEO, UralMash; Boris Berezovsky,
Chairman, LogoVAZ; Boris Brevnov, CEO, United Energy Systems; Mintemir Shaimiev, President of Tatarstan;
Dmitry Vasilyev, Chairman, Federal Securities Commission; Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director,
IMF; Charles Frank, First Vice President, EBRD; George Rohr, President, NCH Advisors; John Paul Smith,
Vice President, Morgan Stanley; George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management; Lawrence Summers, Deputy
Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department; and Marc Winer, Chairman, McDonald's Russia. ARCCI President Helen
Teplitskaia and John D. Nowell, President of the Defense Enterprise Fund, presented the Chamber's "Event
of the Year" Award to Graham T. Allison, Professor and Director, Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs John F. Kennedy School of Government.
