American Business Association of Russian Professionals

Dear AmBARians:

 

Please review the following event announcements and job postings by AmBAR affiliates and friends.   We also encourage you to visit http://www.ambarclub.org/forum/jobs often for the most recent postings.

 

AmBAR Executive Team

 

 

On June 20th, Google is hosting an event for engineering professionals at the Googleplex in Mountain View to discuss Google offices in Eastern and Central Europe, the technology industry in the region and how it's changing.

Google is looking to extend a special invitation to Ambar members. If you are interested in joining Google for a night of food, drinks & networking, please email Lydia Mazzie ( lydia@google.com) to receive a special invitation.  Please include with your email:
Name
Title
Affiliation
Any additional information about you (optional)

Google is looking forward to having you at this event!

Proposed Agenda:
6:00pm-7:00pm Registration, Food, Drinks, Networking
7:00pm-7:30pm Presentation about Google Russia and Google Poland
7:30pm-8:00pm Panel discussion and Q&A
8:00pm-9:00pm Dessert, Drinks, Networking, and a Raffle drawing.

 

 

Max Levchin, a co-founder of PayPal and a founder of Slide, who has recently become AmBAR Advisory Committee member, is looking to meet AmBAR IT professionals to fill a number of IT positions at Slide.   Please find exciting jobs for various categories of IT professionals at http://www.slide.com/static/jobs

 

Mention AmBAR in your application.

 

 

A recently created US sales office of an overseas software company is looking to fill a Director of Sales position.   This is a unique opportunity to build a sales organization from a ground up to a full range operation. That would include combining various roles in a dynamic environment of a rapidly growing business. The details of the position and contact information can be found at http://www.ambarclub.org/forum/jobs

 

The International Council of Institutional Investors (ICII) is honored to announce the 2nd annual Investment Forum - EMPEC 2007, which will take place at the Congress Center of TPP in Moscow on June 4-5, 2007.

 

The uniqueness of the forum is the opportunity to meet with the world's most influential institutional investors such as CalPERS and New York State Common Retirement Fund in an informal networking setting. The leading Western and Russia-based private equity funds such as TPG, Baring Vostok, Delta, State Street Global Advisors, Alfa Capital, and Renaissance will share with Russian companies and entrepreneurs the optimal approaches in obtaining financing from them. The EMPEC 2007 key themes will include private equity, venture capital, real estate investments, and IPO in Russia and CIS. Lead partners of EMPEC 2007 are the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Russian Venture Capital Association (RVCA), and Pacific Corporate Group (PCG), a leading private equity institutional advisory firm. PCG is a consultant and primary investor with funds exceeding $35 billion in Private Equity investments around the world.

 

The list of EMPEC 2007 confirmed speakers includes:

 

By way of background, in May 2006, the ICII pursued a joint initiative with several of today's emerging market political and economic thought leaders. The inaugural two-day EMPEC was held at the World Trade Center Moscow and featured several of the top decision-makers in private equity. These participates included world-class institutional investors, such as New York State Common Retirement Fund, preeminent international private equity capital groups, including Texas Pacific Group and Baring Vostok, and global financial institutions, such as the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.  Additionally, key partners of the conference included the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and PCG. At EMPEC 2006, the Deputy Minister of the RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Andrey Sharonov for the first time announced the terms of the RVC, the largest Venture Capital Fund of Funds in the Central and Eastern Europe. EMPEC 2006 attracted more than 220 delegates and was covered by 5 TV stations and dozens of prominent media organizations.

 

The regular registration fee schedule for EMPEC 2007 is as follows:

Friends of AmBAR will receive a discount of $100 by using the registration code "ambar". To register, please visit www.empec.org/2007/registration or contact Olga Ustenko at +7.495.660.3635 or by email registration@empec.org.