| 7:45 - 8:45 a.m. |
Board of Directors' breakfast, with participation by senior representatives of the Government of Uzbekistan |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Ceremony of opening of the conference, presided over by the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, His Excellency Otkir Sultanov |
| 9:25 a.m. |
Prime Minister departs; brief recess |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Conference resumes; opening remarks by AUCC President Kurlander (co-chair) and by a representative of the AMCHAM Uzbekistan |
| 9:45: a.m. |
Opening conference address by Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, H. E. Elyor Ganiev [co-chair] |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Address on Government of Uzbekistan economic policy by First Deputy Minister of Macroeconomics and Statistics Bakhramov |
| 10:45 - 11 a.m. |
Coffee break |
| 11 a.m. |
Remarks on privatization by GKI Deputy Minister Mahmoud Askarov and by Mr. Jayant Kalotra, President, International Business & Technical Consultants Inc. |
| Noon |
Remarks by Deputy Minister of Finance Kuchkarov |
| 12:45 |
"Caterpillar Introduces a Service and Support Organization in Uzbekistan", Jean Loetscher, Regional Director-Central Asia (Caterpillar S.A.R.L.) and Hans Winz, General Manager, CIS Operations (Zeppelin Baumaschinen GmbH) |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Conference luncheon hosted by AUCC; Keynote speech by U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan John Herbst: "U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations: New Horizons in Cooperation" |
| 2:15 p.m. |
"Investing in Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises in Uzbekistan", by Donald R. Nicholson II, Managing Director, Sogdiana Capital Advisors Ltd. |
| 3 p.m. |
"International Capital Formation: Transaction Structures and Legal Frameworks" discussion led by Curtis B. Masters, Partner, Baker McKenzie |
| 3:30 p.m. |
"Dispute Resolution", by Carolyn B. Lamm, Partner, White & Case |
| 4 p.m. |
"Panel for Uzbek Entrepreneurs", co-chaired by Mr. Harry Eustace, CEO, FMN International and by the Deputy Chairman of the Republic of Uzbekistan Chamber of Commodity Producers and Entrepreneurs |
| 4:45 p.m. |
"A Formula for Success in the Uzbekistan Market" by Bakhram Salakhitdinov, Director, Newmont-Uzbekistan |
| 5 p.m. |
Meeting of American and Uzbek members of the AUCC |
| 6 p.m. |
Closing banquet, hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan |
