Success in the CIS and Eastern Europe
Photos  2004

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Roza Simkhovich  coordinator of the 2-day conference. 
 

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Presentations: The CIS Forum has grown in attendance. This year over 100 attended the 34 presentations. Some multitasked -- listening while working (below). Many used the hotel's wireless Internet from their laptops. Breakfast muffins, coffee and tea  were available (above right). UA volunteer students ran the computer and projector (middle above). Most all slide presentations were copied and can be downloaded from the program summary page.  
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CLICK to ENLARGELunch: Emitt McLoughlin (standing right) makes sure everyone gets introduced during lunch. He helped found the CIS Forum.

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CLICK to ENLARGELegal Roundtable: First-time presenter Anna Sokolova, a Russian-American attorney suggested and organized this first discussion panel for the Forum. All six panelists are members of the Russia/Eurasia Law Committee of the International Section of the American Bar Association. All four female panelists are Russian-born attorneys, and three attended the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. A lively discussion embraced the topic: "The Use of Criminal Prosecution for Political Purposes".

Panelists (L to R): Anna A. Sokolova (moderator, standing), Bruce Bean, Tim C. Bruinsma, Dina Moulioukova, Ekaterina Gill, and Maria V. Jones.
CLICK to ENLARGEDinner: Many continued networking at dinner, which ended at 10 pm. This was a 14-hour, intensive international business educational experience.

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Students: This year's forum attracted a large number of international business students from colleges in Arizona, California, and New York. They major in language, business, and agriculture.
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University of Arizona: (L to R, back row) Graham Dikes, Kyle Simon, Scott Patterson, Ilja Filipov (Macedonia); (front row) Erin Baize, Meghan McConaughey, Heather Kiesz.		 CLICK to ENLARGE
University of Arizona: (L to R) Andy Anderson (Salt Lake Community College), Vincenza Treglia (Italy), Joe Choi.
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T-Bird -- The International Graduate School of Business management: (L to R) Sarvar Tillabaev (Uzbekistan), Sanja Prohic (ASU & T-Bird) (Bosnia), Anna Vassar (Moscow, Russia), Nick Mucssig (Kansas), Eric Schempp (Colorado), Kol Harvey (New Hampshire), Alex Marchenko (Russia) President of the T-bird Russian Club.

 
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Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles: Alexander Artemyev, PhD, MBA (Russian Presidential Scholar), now an Investment Advisor with Amervest Company, Inc.  		CLICK to ENLARGE
Southwestern College: Katya Snigour, MS in IT, now works at Honeywell. From Khabarovsk, Russia
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University of Arizona: John Stewart (MBA candidate).