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Thursday, 10th April 2008

08:15	Registrations and refreshments

09:00	Welcoming Remarks from Chairman, Brian Caplen, Editor, The Banker

Session 1 Kazakhstan: Economic Perspectives & Investment Climate
09:05	Opening Address from the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK H.E. Kairat Abusseitov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

09:15	Keynote Speech: Kazakhstan’s Macro-Outlook: Risks and Prospects Weathering the storm: A soft landing for Kazakhstan? The macro-outlook: Implications and risks Addressing inflationary pressures Investment climate 2008-09 Sergei Shatalov, Country Manager for Kazakhstan, World Bank Kazakhstan

09:40	Capital Market Trends Debt and equity capital markets: trends and opportunities The global backdrop – outlook for emerging markets Addressing liquidity and funding: sovereign bond issuance Prospects for secondary market and local currency issuance Regulating the Kazakh Financial Services Sector: Achievements and Challenges Ahead Trends & key growth sectors Recent reforms in Kazakhstan securities legislation - improving capital market infrastructure? Transparency, tax and regulatory environment – where is Kazakhstan heading? Foreign investment opportunities and risks Alina Aldambergen, Deputy Chairman, Agency of Kazakhstan on Regulation & Supervision of Financial Market & Financial Organisations

10:20	Q&A with the Keynote Panel

10:35	Coffee Break

Session 2 Capital Market Trends
10:55	Equity Capital Markets: Looking Ahead Outlook and risk assessment IPOs: overview and lessons learned Raising capital abroad – dual listings and international fund raising Looking Ahead 2008 – investment opportunities Moderator: Brian Caplen, Editor, The Banker Panelists: Eldar Abdrazakov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Centras Securities Jon Edwards, Head of CEE an CIS, London Stock Exchange Paulina McGroarty, Managing Director, NASDAQ Oliver Hemsley, CEO, Numis Securities Aaron Goldstein, Head of Russian Business Development International Listings, NYSE Euronext

11:40	Debt Capital Markets: Addressing the Liquidity Crunch Overcoming global liquidity crunch Opportunities and limits of international borrowing Evolving strategies for meeting banks funding needs Sustaining growth through innovation: New issuance structures Roman Solodchenko, Chairman of the Management Board, BTA Bank JSC George Iosifyan, Managing Director, Member of the Board, BTA Bank JSC

12:00	Panel Session: Meeting Kazakh Banks’ Funding Needs – Innovative Strategies from Debt to Equity Addressing Kazakh banking sector funding needs – New and evolving Instruments Local currency issuance – prospects for developing a secondary market? Equity Capital Markets – IPOs, Hybrid capital and private equity Securitising the future? Bond market trends Focus on latest deals & transactions: syndicated loans and securitisation Managing risk Moderator: Brian Caplen, Editor, The Banker Panelists: Simon F.T. Cox, Partner, Norton Rose LLP István Lengyel, Secretary General, BACEE (Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe) George Iosifyan, Managing Director, Member of the Board, BTA Bank JSC Jurgen Rigterink, Chairman of the Management Board, ABN AMRO Bank Anvar Khaltayev, Managing Director, Alliance Bank Ltd

12:45	Lunch break

Session III Capital Markets and the Corporate Sector
14:00	Understanding Construction in Kazakhstan: Banker's Perspective Magzhan Auezov, Managing Director, JSC Kazkommertsbank

14:20	Panel Framer:Making Capital Markets Work for the Corporate Sector Country and EBRD highlights The impact of credit crisis on corporate sector Alternative sources of funding / investors Conclusions André Küüsvek, Director, European Bank for Restructuring and Development (EBRD), Kazakhstan

14:40	Making Capital Markets Work for the Corporate Sector Outlook for Key Growth Sectors – Retail & Industry Privatisation Moves & Prospects Making IPOs and equity investment work for the Corporate Sector Investing in SME’s – financing a new and growing sector Growth of Corporate Bond Issuance - Matching Supply with Demand Addressing the Corporate Governance Challenge Magzhan Auezov, Managing Director, JSC Kazkommertsbank Francis Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Partner, White & Case André Küüsvek, Director, European Bank for Restructuring and Development (EBRD), Kazakhstan Mikhail Lomtadze, Chairman of the Management Board, Bank Caspian Denis Deripasko, Regional Manager, International Finance Department, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Europe)

15:20	Coffee Break

Session IV Risk Evaluation and Management
15:40	Liquidity and Funding: the Rating Agency Perspective Kazakhstan’s sovereign credit profile: Macro prospects overview Risks to the sovereign credit profile from liquidity and funding issues in the financial sector The impact of current liquidity crisis Looking ahead: Rating agency outlook and assessment Andrew Colquhoun, Director, Emerging Europe Sovereigns, Fitch Ratings

16:00	Structured Debt - Securitising the Future? Structured debt – the Kazakh and international perspective Assessment of borrower landscape New opportunities for foreign investors Addressing risk management and legal/structural challenges to securitisation in Kazakhstan Where now for securitisation? Outlook for 2008 Amanda Hausler, Associate Director, Asset Securitisation, Standard Chartered Bank Gary Watmore, Executive Director, Global Head of Developing Markets Asset Securitisation, ABN AMRO Bank Tim Vieth, CEEMEA Asset Securitisation, ABN AMRO Bank NV

16:45	Concluding Remarks from the Chairman Followed by Drinks Reception - sponsored by White & Case

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