Last week, the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce boasted on its website that it was upgrading its annual American-Uzbek Business Forum in light of positive developments in bilateral relations:
Due to the positive developments during the recent Annual Bilateral Consultations between the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Government has decided to substantially increase its level of participation at the AUCC Annual Business Forum. The Uzbek delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan will be led and represented by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Elyor Ganiev, who will attend the events organized by the AUCC and its members. The AUCC provided an upbeat perspective on its own role and the need to keep moving: The AUCC members hope that the U.S. - Uzbekistan Annual Business Forum will strengthen our countries’ understanding of the urgency and importance to engage more at the commercial, political and other levels. As they often say it in the East: Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid of only standing still. The AUCC members are confident that our nations dialogue on furthering bilateral cooperation will continue and the AUCC stands ready to be used as an impetus and a vehicle for letting it grow. What followed then on the same page -- last week -- was a detailed agenda for the September 28 meeting and a list of all the speakers and their topics. Evidently after learning of a planned picket by labor and human rights groups outside the venue, the AUCC removed the agenda from their website. But you can still see partial evidence of it in the Google cache page preview: Partial View of Agenda Removed from AUCC Website ...and we saved a copy: PROGRAM 2011 U.S.-UZBEKISTAN ANNUAL BUSINESS FORUM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 HOTEL W, WASHINGTON DC, USA 9.15 AM Registration and Breakfast 9.30 AM American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce: Welcome Remarks Carolyn B. Lamm, Chairman American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce 9.40 AM Republic of Uzbekistan: Welcome Remarks Elyor Ganiev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Minister of Foreign Affairs 10.00 AM United States of America: Welcome Remarks Susan M. Elliott, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia U.S. Department of State 10.15 AM Report from the 2011 United States – Central Asia Trade and Investment Council Meeting Jonathan Ward, Director for South and Central Asia The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 10.30 AM U.S. Government Resources for Doing Business Danica Starks, Senior Caucasus and Central Asia Policy Advisor Office of Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, International Trade Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 10.45 AM Coffee Break 11.00 AM – 12.00 PM INVESTING IN UZBEKISTAN: INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES AND SUCCESS STORY Moderated by Shukhrat Vafaev, Managing Director Fund for Reconstruction and Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan 11.00 AM Prospects for Developing Uzbekistan – American Investment Cooperation and Navoi Free Industrial Economic Zone: Opportunities to Produce High-Tech Products for Exports Davron Dadakhanov, Head of the Department Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade 11.15 AM Uzbek Oil and Gas Sector: Prospects for Bilateral Cooperation Djurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate Uzbekneftegas National Holding Company (Uzbek Oil and Gas) 11.30 PM Presentation by the Main Sponsor of the Event NUKEM and NMMC: Reliable Supply of Uranium to Western Markets for 19 years Tim McGraw, Executive Vice-President NUKEM, Inc. 11.45 PM Uzbek Chemical Industry: Prospects for Bilateral Cooperation Khamidilla Shermatov, Chairman UzChimProm State Company (Uzbek Chemical Industry) 12.00 PM Lunch 1.00 PM – 2.15 PM AUCC MEMBERS: U.S BUSINESSES AT THE FOREFRONT OF PROMOTING BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENTS Moderated by Tim McGraw, AUCC President 1.00 PM CNH in Uzbekistan Stuart Campbell, Business Director Case New Holland 1.15 PM GE’s Perspective on Doing Business in Uzbekistan George A. Pickart , Director of Global Government Relations for GE Energy General Electric Company 1.30 PM Caterpillar and Zeppelin; Reliable Partners for Growing Uzbekistan’s Economy Tom Moran, Consultant Zeppelin International AG 1.45 PM Uzbekistan and Honeywell: 20+ Years of Partnership Art Simonetti, Vice President Honeywell 2.00 PM GM Uzbekistan: A Partnership For Success Arturo Elias, VP International Government Relations & Public Policy General Motors 2.15 Coffee Break 2.30 PM – 3.45 PM UZBEK, U.S. & INTERNATIONAL BANKING, FINANCIAL AND POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS: ECONOMY, BANKING, ENERGY AND SECURITY Moderated by Dr. S. Frederick Starr. Co-moderated by Tim McGraw, AUCC President 2.30 PM The Three Poles of Uzbek-American Relations and Where They Are Pointing Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center Johns Hopkins University 2.45 PM Uzbekistan at 20: A Time for New Approaches Dr. Martha Olcott Senior Associate Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 3.00 PM Economic Outlook for the Central Asia Region, Including Uzbekistan David Owen, Deputy Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund 3.15 PM Banking and Financial Sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan: How the Fund Can Help U.S. Investors Shukhrat Vafaev, Managing Director Fund for Reconstruction and Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan 3.30 PM Development Opportunities and Challenges for Middle Income Economies Takuya Kamata Country Manager, Uzbekistan The World Bank 3.45 PM Conclusion & Discussion 4.00 PM End of the Annual Business Forum 6.30PM Gala Reception hosted by the Uzbek Embassy 1746 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20036 *** Susan Elliott, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central And South Asia, was schedule to speak, (although was not listed on the public schedule today at State).
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