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RBCC BUSINESS SUMMIT 2007,
LONDON 6-7 June 2007

The RBCC Business Summit 2007 (6-7 June) saw an even better turnout by Russian and British participants than in previous years – in spite of its proximity in timing to the St Petersburg Economic Forum and the rumoured embargo on Russian participation in London events.

The programme started with a reception at the magnificent National Portrait Gallery beside Trafalgar Square. RBCC members and guests took the opportunity to mingle and make new contacts amid the great portrait collection. A separate floor of the gallery was set aside for the RBCC Summit VIP dinner, a private forum for the most senior guests and sponsors to debate in further detail topical issues concerning Russo-British trade and relations.
The next morning, a plenary session was followed by three simultaneous specialist seminars - the ever-popular ‘Annual FDI Review and Prospects’; as well as ‘Natural Resources in Russia: is the best yet to come?’ and ‘Special Economic Zones: turning point or talking point?’, which discussed the relatively new phenomenon of Russian SEZs.
This intensive morning gave the RBCC Summit its distinctively practical business-to-business focus, with participants able to discuss in depth the real successes and challenges of business between UK and Russia.
The Summit was rounded off by the RBCC Annual Lunch, addressed this year by Prof Tim Congdon with a thought-provoking overview of modern energy realities and their implications in a Russian-European context. RBCC also said farewell to outgoing RBCC Executive Director, Godfrey Cromwell.