International Business Council Breakfast <br> featuring H.E. Sergey I. Kislyak <br> Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States

Ambassador Kislyak will discuss the current political and economic relationship between Russia and the U.S., opportunities to enrich this relationship through trade and cultural exchange, and security and defense issues.

About Ambassador Kislyak:

Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak became Ambassador of Russia to the United States on September 16, 2008. Kislyak graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1973 and from the USSR Academy of Foreign Trade in 1977.

He served as Second Secretary at the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (1981-85); First Secretary and Counselor at the Russian Embassy in Washington (1985-89); Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations (1989-91); Deputy Director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1991-93) and then Director (1993-95); and Director of the Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament (1995-98).

Kislyak served as Ambassador to Belgium and simultaneously as Russia’s permanent representative to NATO in Brussels (1998-2003), and later as Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2003-2008).

He speaks Russian, English and French.

Schedule: 

7:30-8:15 a.m. - Registration, networking and light continental breakfast
8:15-9:15 a.m. - Program
9:15-9:30 a.m. - Networking

Cost:

$20 Chamber Members 
$25 Future Chamber Members

Registration:

Online: click "Register Now" in the right column. (under sponsor logos and event location)

• Registration is non-transferable and non-refundable.
• No confirmation will be sent prior to the event.
• We are unable to accept reservations by phone or e-mail.