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11^th-13^th March 2008, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Moscow

Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all participants – speakers, sponsors and delegates – for contributing to the great success of its 10^th annual Forum for the Russian Automotive Industry.

A record 450 top-level automotive executives gathered in Moscow for three days of extensive information-gathering, discussions and networking at the highest level. The overall message to participants was that now is the time to enter this, the fastest growing and potentially the biggest market in Europe.  International OEMs have made a commitment to Russia by setting up local production facilities.  Russian OEMs are entering a new phase in their development, each identifying their individual strategy for future success.  The combination of these two factors together with the overwhelming growth in consumer demand is driving volumes up.  All of this means components suppliers must enter the market NOW in order to support the growth of this sector.

Many of the key automotive players were featured in the line-up of 60+ speakers at the Forum including: Leading International and Russian OEMs such as Volkswagen; General Motors; Ford; Renault Avtoframos; BMW Group; GAZ Group; KAMAZ; Severstal-Avto; SkodaAuto; Bogdan Corporation; DaimlerChrysler, Volvo, AMO Zil and Geely Automotive. PLUS Leading International and Russian Components Suppliers including Bosch Saratow; Johnson Matthey; SOK Group; Stadco; Amtel-Vredestein; Detalstroikonstruktsia; Intercos-IV; ZMZ; Avtopribor; Dow Automotive; DuPont and many more….as well as key presentations from many other industry leaders, governmental representatives, aftermarket players, dealers and sector analysts.

Attendees also enjoyed the many new features on offer at this 2007 event, including:

LIVE SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: 14^th March, with Steve Young, CEO at LDV (GAZ Group), offering the chance to hear in-depth insight into new strategic directions by one of Russia’s largest OEMs via this unique international acquisition.

PURCHASING DIRECTORS OPEN FORUM: 13^th March, where 4 purchasing directors from the leading OEMs in Russia – Ford; Renault Avtorframos; Volkswagen and Severstal Avto, gave their valuable insights into what they require from suppliers for their future production plans.

OEM/SUPPLIER ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: the most popular feature of the conference giving participants the unique opportunity to have one-on-one discussions with the decision makers from the OEMs.

GALA DINNER including the RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AWARDS CEREMONY. Click here for more information on the Awards – who won and for what!

“With the 10th Annual International Adam Smith Conference on
the Russian Automotive Industry in Moscow you provided
excellent automotive OEM and supplier market trend information
and valuable automotive executive networking sessions.”

Martin Koppenborg, MercedesBenz Technology Consulting

The conference is now firmly established as the key annual meeting-place for automotive industry executives in Russia, and we look forward to seeing all of you again at future events in this series! For more details about future events for the Automotive sector, please contact Louise Obadia on +44 20 7490 3774 or email autos@adamsmithconferences.com

A final thanks goes to the corporate sponsors, who are all listed down the right hand side of this page, whose generous support made the Russian Automotive Industry forum possible.