THE 4th ANNUAL
“DOING BUSINESS WITH THE BRICS” CONFERENCE
Monday, May 23, 2016, Washington, DC 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
In Cooperation with:
The Ambassadors and Embassies of the BRICS Nations, Washington, DC
Hosted by:
The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004
THE EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
2650 Wisconsin Ave NW,Washington, DC 20007
Conference Agenda
8:30 am – 9:00 am - Conference Registration at The Ronald Reagan Building & ITC
9:00-9:15am-Opening Address: Ambassador Mninwa Mahlangu from South Africa
9:15 – 10:15 am - 1st Morning Panel
New Developments in the BRICS Bank - New Development Bank (NBD); Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (Silk Roads Bank) Government Incentives for Business in the BRICS
Charles Sills, Moderator, Senior Advisor, The Eurasia Center, Eurasian Business Coalition
Gilles Alfandari, Adviser, Multilateral Organizations, The World Bank
Rita Ramalho, Manager, Doing Business Unit, International Finance Corporation(IFC)
Dr. Yan Wang, Deputy Director, International Financial Forum Institute
10:15-11:15 am - 2nd Morning Panel
Analysis of Trade Development & Trends within the BRICS: Opportunities to invest in the Emerging Markets/Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: The Global Growth Cycle
Richard Trifan, Moderator, VP, Marketing & Government Relations, Eurasia Center/EBC
Reenat Sandhu, Minister, Commerce, Embassy of India
Sandile Tyini, Minister, Economic & Commercial Section, Embassy of South Africa
Florizelle Liser, Assistant US Trade Rep for Africa, Office of the US Trade Representative
11:15-11:40 am - BRICS Networking Break
11:40 am - 12:45 pm - 3rd Morning Panel & Lunch
Impacts of Low Energy Prices on the BRICS, both Positive and Negative, China & Russia
New Initiatives for Scientific & Technological Innovation within the BRICS
Earl Rasmussen, Moderator, Executive Vice President, Eurasia Center/EBC
Mikhail Kalugin, Head, Economic Division, Embassy of the Russian Federation
Counselor Marcos Henrique Sperandio, Head, Science & Technology Office, Embassy of Brazil
Counselor Li Bin, Head, Economic Section, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
Jim Hurd, Director, GreenScience Exchange
Bus will be available at 14th St. NW for participants to Russian Embassy at 12:45 pm
Conference Continues at
THE EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
2650 Wisconsin Ave NW,Washington, DC 20007
2:00-2:15 pm -Welcoming Remarks
Denis Gonchar, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Russian Federation
2:15 – 3:15 pm - 4th Panel Afternoon
BRICS 2016 – New Dehli, Future BRICS Cooperation Initiatives and Tenders, The Summer Olympics in Brazil
Mihaela Papa, Sustainable Development & Global Governance, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
Secretary Ricardo Daskal Hirschbruch, Head, Trade & Investment Office, Embassy of Brazil
Richard Coyle, Principal, The Denrich Group
3:15 – 4:15 pm - 5th Panel Afternoon
BRICS: Managing Political/Financial Risk, Legal Developments and Challenges,
Prospects for Improving East and West Relations
Moderator, Ralph Winnie, Vice President, Global Development, Director China Program, EBC
Steven Johnston, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Thomas Sullivan, Attorney, Marks & Sokolov, LLC
Rick Shannon, President, Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers, Inc.
4:15 – 4:30 pm - BRICS Networking Break
4:30 – 5:30 pm - 6th Panel Afternoon
Spotlighting Areas of Growth in Regions of the BRICS Nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa; Social development in the BRICS: Education, Health, Workforce Migration
Sergei Andronikov, Dean, School of Business, American College of Commercial Technology
Counselor Li Bin, Head, Economic Section, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
Robert Galiullin, Trade Representativeof the Republic of Tatarstan
Juliette Passer, Global Partnership for Sustainable Transport
with The GOLDEN BRICS Awards at Evening Reception (5:30 pm - 7 pm)