Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all the speakers, sponsors and delegates for their participation in the 12th annual international Russian Automotive Industry Forum that took place on 17th - 19th March 2009 at the Grand Marriott Hotel in Moscow.   

Despite the difficult economic climate both internationally and in Russia close to 300 attendees took part over the 3 days of the Forum.  For many participants attending the Russian Automotive Industry Forum was one of the best business decisions they made this year! This leading event offered all participants an excellent value proposition by giving them access to the latest important market information and numerous key industry contacts all under one roof at one time.

The 50-strong speaker faculty was headed up by some of the most renowned and influential figures from Russian automotive sector, including:

• Sergey Zanozin, Chairman, GAZ Group
• Vadim Shvetsov, General Director, SOLLERS
• Nigel Brackenbury, President, Managing Director, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
• Martin Jahn, Deputy General Director, VOLKSWAGEN Russia
• David Thomas, President, Volvo Car Russia & Chairman of Automotive Committee, AEB
• Lars Corneliusson, Managing Director, VOLVO VOSTOK
• Gerhard Hilgert, General Director, Sollers-Isuzu
• Yann Vincent, Executive Vice-President, AvtoVAZ
• Simon Beliaikin, Executive Director, Renault Russia, Avtoframos
• Aleksandr Sorokin, General Director, AVTOTOR TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
• Heidi McCormack, Executive Director New Ventures Russia & CIS, GENERAL MOTORS CIS
• Ashot Arutyunyan, Marketing Director, KAMAZ
• Hubert Hödl, Vice President, Corporate Marketing & Business Development, MAGNA International Europe
• Raul Meyer Murguia, Group Business Development Director, Ricardo
• Eric Pichot-Duclos, General Manager, Faurecia Russia

As always, the Forum featured a wide range of new and innovative features, including:

• A thought provoking global automotive industry review by Graeme P. Maxton, Automotive Author and Correspondent, The Economist

• An in-depth review of Russia’s Automotive Clusters with presentations from Regional Administrations of Kaluga Oblast, St.-Petersburg and the Republic of Tatarstan

• A SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION: The AvtoVAZ-RENAULT alliance: growing stronger together by Yann Vincent, Executive Vice-President, AvtoVAZ 

• An Analysts Panel with Live Polling enabling the participants to identify and debate what the future holds for the Russian automotive market

• OEM top-executives’ panel discussion “In-Conversation with… Graeme P. Maxton”

• Out of the box presentation by a LEADING CONSUMER TREND GURU Anne Lise Kjaer

• and of course our regular OEM / SUPPLIER Roundtables presenting delegates with the opportunity for informal face-to-face discussions with top-managers from leading OEMs and suppliers

Please click here to view a photo gallery of the event, together with a selection of the international press coverage from the event. Get a real sense of what the event was like!

The 13th annual international Russian Automotive Industry Forum is scheduled to take place in Moscow in March 2010 and we will be delighted to welcome you all once again to our event, in hopefully a more stable and positive economic climate!

For information on the 13th annual international Russian Automotive Industry Forum and how you may get involved, contact Anastasia Varnavskaya on +44 20 7017 7452 or at anastasia@adamsmithconferences.com

For media partnership and press accreditation, please contact Lyudmyla Durneva on +44 20 7017 7339 or at lyudmilad@adamsmithconferences.com