9th General Meeting of the EU-Russia Industrialists' Round Table

“Business to seize new Opportunities – Politics to secure them”

LISBOA CONGRESS CENTRE, Lisbon, Portugal – October 25, 2007

The 9th General Meeting of the EU-Russia Industrialists' Round Table (IRT) will take place in Lisbon on October 25, 2007. By tradition this special one-day event is scheduled to take place on the eve of the EU-Russia Summit.

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Conference theme: This year's IRT conference focused on successful businesses seizing the opportunities in Russia and Europe, looking at pragmatic ways of strengthening EU-Russia business relations, especially through a more intensive and regular form of cooperation – stronger cooperation designed to consolidate the EU-Russia Common Economic Space. This should be helped by expected events such as the renewal of a long-term bilateral Agreement and Russia's WTO accession.

The EU-Russia Industrialists' Round Table (IRT) is a business-driven process founded and endorsed by the EU-Russia Summit in July 1997. Each year it brings together business leaders and key decision makers from Russia and Europe to discuss a broad range of issues related to core business and industrial areas.

IRT is co-chaired by Mr. Anatoly Chubais, CEO, RAO "United Energy Systems of Russia" and Mr. Nils S. Andersen, CEO, A.P. Moller Maersk.

The principal objective of IRT is to provide a permanent forum for the open-minded discussion of critical issues in bilateral relations and formulation of joint recommendations of business community to the EU and Russia's political leadership on expanding trade, investment and industrial co-operation.

This year the company Kellen Europe was appointed to organize this top-tier event.

General Contact information:
IRT 9th General Meeting Secretariat
c/o Kellen Europe
Avenue Marcel Thiry 204
B1200 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 774 9606
Fax: +32 2 774 9690
E-mail: IRT@kelleneurope.com