8.00 – 9.00

Registration of participants, coffee break.

9.00 – 9.10

Opening of the conference and the third plenary session of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council.

Opening address by Sidorsky S. S., Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

Opening address by co-organizers.

9.10 – 13.00

Plenary session of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council and Belarusian Investment Forum.

Held at the Minor hall of the Palace of the Republic.

Chairman - Sidorsky S. S., Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

9.10 – 9.30

“Measures taken by the Government of the Republic of Belarus on creating a favourable investment climate in the republic. On the results of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council activity in 2004 and planned actions for 2005”. (key-note address)

By A.V. Kobyakov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

9.30 – 12.45

Presentations by participants.

12.45 – 13.00

Closing of the plenary session of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council. Closing remarks by Sidorsky S. S., Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

Closing remarks by Tom Cradock-Watson, Partner-coordinator in Belarus and Ukraine (Ernst&Young company).

13.00 – 13.45

Lunch break.

Negotiations of Sidorsky S. S., Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus with representatives of foreign investors and international organizations (if required).

13.45 – 14.30

Presentation of investment projects in the foyer of the Palace of the Republic.

14.30 – 15.00

Transportation of participants of the conference to sections meetings locations.

15.00 – 17.30

15.00 –  17.30

(16.00 – 16.15

coffee break)

15.00 – 17.30

(16.00 – 16.15

coffee break)

15.00 – 17.30

(16.00 – 16.15

 coffee break)

Sections meetings (panel discussions), including visiting of belarusian enterprises.

“Investments in industry and energy industry”.

Chairman - I.I. Demidovich, 1^st Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus.

Co-chairman  - A.V. Sivak, Deputy Minister of Energy Industry of the Republic of Belarus.

Held at the hall of “Belenergo” concern.

Presentations.

Discussion.

Presentation of investment projects.

“Regions of the Republic of Belarus: new  abilities for investment. FEZ – a higher priority form of attracting foreign investments in economy”.

Chairman - A.N. Pozdnyak, Deputy Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

Co-chairmen - L.V. Anfimov, 1^st Deputy Chairman of Minsk City Executive Committee,  N.N. Tsedrik, Head of FEZ “Minsk” administration.

Held at the hall of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

Presentations.

Discussion.

Presentation of investment projects.

“Petrochemical complex and the ways of it’s development”.

Chairman - B.P. Sivij, Chairman of the Belarusian State Concern on Oil and Chemicals.

Held at the Minor hall of the Palace of the Republic.

Presentations.

Discussion.

Presentation of investment projects.

18.00 – 20.00

Reception on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Belarus and “Earnst&Young Minsk” company as a Foreign Investment Advisory Council coordinator on behalf of foreign investors. 

(on invitation).

Held at the Banquet hall of the Palace of the Republic.

8.30 – 9.00

Transportation of participants of the conference to sections meetings locations.

9.00 – 11.30

9.00 – 11.30

(10.00 – 10.15

coffee break)

9.00 – 11.30

(10.00 – 10.15

coffee break)

9.00 – 11.30

(10.00 – 10.15

coffee break)

Sections meetings (panel discussions), including visiting of belarusian enterprises.

“Banking and insurance activities”.

Chairman - P.V.  Kallaur, 1^st Deputy Chairman of the National Bank board of the Republic of Belarus.

Co-chairman - I.I. Zayash, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Belarus.

Held at the assembly hall of the National Bank.

Presentations.

Discussion.

Presentation of investment projects.

“Investments in agroindustrial complex, food and light industry”.

Chairman - N.N. Kotkovets, 1^st Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Foodstuffs.

Co-chairman - E.M. Naryshkin, Chairman of the “Bellegprom” concern,

A.A. Roubets, 1^st Deputy Chairman of the “Belgospischeprom” concern.

Held at the Minor hall of the Palace of the Republic.

Presentations.

Discussion.

Presentation of investment projects.

“Small and medium-sized business as a sphere for investment”.

Chairman - G.P. Badey, Chairman of the Belarusian Union of entrepreneurs and employers in the name of professor M.S. Kunyavskij.

Co-chairman  - A.Y. Likhachevskij, Director of the Department on  entrepreneurship at the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus.

Held at the hall of the Ministry of Economy.

Presentations.

Discussion.

Presentation of investment projects.

11.30 – 12.00

Transportation to the Palace of the Republic .

12.00 – 12.15

Coffee break.

12.15 – 13.00

Presentation of investment projects.

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch break.

14.00 – 15.30

Plenary session of the Belarusian Investment Forum.

Chairman -  A.V. Kobyakov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

Held at the Minor hall of the Palace of the Republic.

Presentations.

15.30 – 16.15

Summarizing the results of the conference. Closing of the conference.

Chairman  - A.V. Kobyakov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

Held at the Palace of the Republic.

16.15 – 17.15

Press conference.

Held at the Palace of the Republic.

17.15 – 18.15

Cocktail party.