Agenda

Day 1, Wednesday, September 23, 2009

19:00 00:00

Welcoming reception at the Hyatt Regency Bishkek Hotel

Organizers’ welcoming remarks:
  • Anvar Abdraev, Union of Kyrgyz Banks
  • Istvan Lenguel, Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe
  • Gordian Gaeta, The Asian Banker
  • Mikhail Nadel, AsiaUniversalBank

Day 2, Thursday, September 24, 2009

09:30 10:00

Welcome words on behalf of
the President of the Kyrgyz Republic

(presented by a representative of the Administration to the President)
10:00 11:30
 Plenary session I

THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMPACT ON CENTRAL ASIA (CA)

Discussion of the region from both macro- and microeconomic perspectives

Moderator: Gordian Gaeta, Senior International Resource Director, The Asian Banker

  • Central Asian economy at a glance: facts versus myth
  • Has CA been affected?
  • Can the region weather the storm?
  • How can the adverse impact be minimized?
  • An overview of the impact on CA countries --- outlook with emphasis on the banking sector and investment flows.
Speakers:
  • Senator Donald Riegle, Chairman, APCO Worldwide, USA
  • Istvan Lenguel, General Secretary, Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe
  • Marat Baitokov, First vice-president, Kazakhstan Banks Association, Republic of Kazakhstan
11:30 12:00
 Coffee break
12:00 13:30
 Plenary session II

THE KYRGYZ ECONOMY: RECENT PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Moderator: Michael Mered PhD, AUB

  • Overall macroeconomic picture
  • Developments in the Banking sector
  • Fiscal Policy and the Government budget
  • Investment prospects
Speakers:
  • Akylbek Japarov, Minister of Economic Development and Trade (KR)
  • Alexey Eliseev,  CEO, the National Fund of Development (KR)
  • Marat Alapayev,  Chairperson of the National Bank (KR)
  • Eugene Gurevitch, CEO, MGN Group
 
13:30 15:00
 Lunch
15:00 16:30
 Plenary session III

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FROM THE DONORS' PERSPECTIVE

Moderator: Clare Nuttall, Senior Reporter, BNE
  • Current projects being implemented in the region
  • Sectoral priorities
  • Donor strategies in response to the global financial crisis
  • Outlook for the future
Speakers:
  • Alessandra Mariani, SIMEST
  • Avv. Eugenio Novario, FOCAB
  • Roger Robinson, Country Manager of World Bank in KR
  • James McHugh, Resident Representative of IMF in KR
16:30 17:00
 Coffee break
17:00 17:30
 Key Guest Speaker Presentation

Introductory remarks by Michael Mered PhD, AUB

Donald Riegle, Chairman, APCO Worldwide, USA (former United States senator, serves as chairman of APCO Worldwide's government relations team and helps develop and direct client strategy for governments, companies, associations and various nongovernmental organizations)
13:30 14:15
 Press Conference

Participants - Sponsors and Organizers:
M. Nadel, A. Abdraev, I. Lenguel, G. Gaeta

Day 3, Friday, September 25, 2009

 

PANEL DISCUSSIONS: FINANCIAL AND BANKING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT
09:30 10:30

Key presentation

«Tracing of Notorious World Financial Bubbles & Scandals» Charles Grice, Managing Director, CRI  
10:30 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 12:00

I. RISK MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE

Moderator: Istvan Lenguel, General Secretary, BACEE

Discussion participants:

  • Lisa Murphy, Kroll
  • Omer Erginsoy, Kroll
  • Maksatbek Sadyrov, Chairman, Financial Intelligence Unit (KR)
  • Evgeniy Sherbinin, Prime Source
12:00 13:30
 LUNCH
13:30 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSIONS: RETAIL BANKING TECHNOLOGIES
13:30 15:00

II. PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Moderator: Roman Han, National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

The crisis impact on labor migration: Have the CA’ economies been affected?

  • World Bank view: Roger Robinson, Country Manager, World Bank
  • Kubanychbek Bokontaev, Deputy Chairperson, NBKR

Payment Technologies: Vision of tomorrow

  • Dynamic developments in the CA region and globally
  • New development strategies
  • New technologies and innovative approaches

Discussion participants:

    • Tilek Sayakbaev, Financial Intelligence Unit (KR)
    • Natalia Kornushina, Deputy head of Development Division, Golden Crown
    • Roman Ermoshin, MoneyGram
    • Vitaliy Belikov, Tieto
    • Veniamin Dardyk, General director, Fininfor
    • Pavel Drobinov, BS2
    • Viktor Nazarov, Director, IBS Project

III. MICROFINANCING

Moderator: Ulan Sarbanov, Advisor to the Board, AUB

Current situation in the CA microfinancing market, contribution to community and SME’s development

Key presentation: Catherine Brown, Chairperson of the Board of directors, Mercy Corps Kyrgyzstan

Discussion participants:
  • Nadezhda Kim, Vice-President of NAUMIR, Business Development Director, Russian Microfinancing Center
  • Bobur Tolbaev, CEO, MolBylak
  • Kybanych Abdraimov, CEO, Kompanion
  • Yuriy Shulgan, General Director, FINCA
15:00 15:30
 Coffee Break
15:30 18:00

IV. MOBILE BANKING

Moderator: Mark Sandler, AUB

Key presentation: Maksim Isaev, SYBASE

  • Mobile Money and experiences of developed countries
  • Future of emerging payments technologies
  • Mobile Money technologies
  • Innovations and opportunities in Mobile Money: A mobile operator’s viewpoint
  • Mobile Bank and Mobile Commerce
  • Best practices
Discussion participants: 
  • Yves Eonnet, CEO, TagAttitude
  • Aileen Fraser, MoreMagic Solutions
  • Sergey Nikolsky, Payment Systems, NBKR
  • Andrey Labych, General Director, CJSC Intervale
  • Zafar Alimbaev, General Director, "Marketing Communications"

V. TRADE FINANCE

Moderator: Clare Nuttall, Senior Reporter, BNE
  • Introduction to Trade Finance (TF)
  • Documentary Letters of Credit
  • Guaranties
  • Development of TF instruments in the region

Key presentation: Dr. Irina Bauer, Member of the Board and Hagan Alizade, Deputy CEO, AUB

Discussion participants:
  • KR trading companies and goods/equipment suppliers, banks representatives
18:00 18:30
 Coffee break
19:00
00:00
 Official closure of the conference

Gala Dinner

The closing dinner will feature a keynote address from Anvar Abdraev, President, Union of Kyrgyz Banks.

Matching the latest market developments, organizers have the right to amend topics to discuss and/or change speakers without prior notice.