The Global Russia Business Meeting will bring together a host of eminent business leaders to discuss Russian firms' role in the global economy. Also, participants will reflect on strategies to overcome the current economic crisis. The Global Russia Business Meeting aims to be one of the foremost annual gatherings of Russian business leaders and their global counterparts. The event is open to Chief Executive Officers of the world's leading companies. The meeting is supported by corporate partners - selected companies that contribute their expertise and resources to Horasis.

Natalya Kaspersky, Chairman, Kaspersky Lab	Andrey Sharonov, Chairman, Troika Dialog Investment

The Global Russia Business Meeting will convene 250 top decision makers from business and government from Russia and the rest of the world. The meeting shall help define Russian firms' global growth agenda. Russia will play a pivotal role in reviving the global economy - the meeting is a unique opportunity for leaders from Russia and beyond to give input on the priorities for the global economy going forward.

The co-chairs are:

	Igor Agamirzyan, Chief Executive Officer, Russian Venture Company, Russia
	Claude Beglé, Former Chairman, Swisspost, Switzerland
	Vsevolod Chaplin, Archpriest, Russian Orthodox Church, Russia
	Jeffrey Chen, Chief Executive Officer, Neopac Lighting Group, Taiwan
	Carla Cico, Chief Executive Officer, Rivoli S.P.A., Italy
	Tatjana Fink, General Manager, Trimo, Slovenia
	Dennis Gillings, Chairman, Quintiles, USA
	Jim Goodnight, Chief Executive Officer, SAS, USA
	Alan Hassenfeld, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Hasbro, USA
	Natalya Kaspersky, Chairman, Kaspersky Lab, Russia
	Alexander Kiselev, Director General, Russian Post, Russia
	Anil Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Ransat Group, UK/India
	Wolfgang Lehmacher, Chief Executive Officer, GeoPost Intercontinental, France
	Dmitry Loschinin, Chief Executive Officer, Luxoft, Russia
	Petro Poroshenko, Chairman, Petro Poroshenko Charity Foundation, Ukraine
	Cvetka Selsek, Chief Executive Officer, SKB, Slovenia
	Janez Škrabec, Chief Executive Officer, Riko, Slovenia
	Murad Sofizade, Chief Executive Officer, IPnet, Russia
	Sergey Vasilyev, Vice Chairman, VEB Bank, Russia

Co-host:

The Government of Slovenia

Co-organizers:

Delovaya Rossia	Moscow International Business Association (MIBA)	Moscow Investment & Export Promotion Agency (MIEPA)	AM
YPO		Association of Orthodox Business Leaders	Association of European Businesses

Knowledge Partners:

Atkearney	Baker & M	E & Y	Manpower

Media Partner:

International Herald Tribune	Russia Beyond the Headlines

Horasis hosts annual meetings to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. Two further meetings are held on an annual basis - the Global China Business Meeting and the Global India Business Meeting. Horasis - a global visions community committed to enact visions for a sustainable future – provides a unique platform for companies from emerging markets to globalize their organizations. The programmes are structured to provide a maximum amount of knowledge exchange and interaction in a variety of formal and informal settings.

Horasis is a global visions community committed to enact visions for a sustainable future. (http://www.horasis.org)