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First Annual China – Latin America – India Forum

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Bolivia	Brazil	China	Colombia	India
	Mexico		Peru

BG Consulting, ERG and ApproaChina will host the First Annual China – Latin America – India Forum in March 2005 at The Ritz Carlton - Washington DC.

Seminar Highlights

The seminar will present business opportunities and provide attendees with potential prospects for companies in the IT/Telecom, Energy/LNG & Petro-Chemical industries created the international "synergy block" between Asia and Latin America/Caribbean (LAC).

The following are some of the topics that will be addressed:

Energy

• El Alto and La Paz Gas Distribution Project (US$350 million)
• Sale of the Empresa de Energía de Cundinamarca S.A. (ESP-EEC), the Electrificadora del Meta S.A. (ESP-EMSA), the Empresa de Energía de Boyacá S.A. (ESP-EBSA), the Electrificadora de Santander S.A. (ESP-ESSA) and the Electric Providers of the North of Santander S.A. ESP-CENS (US$909.304 million)
• Globalization of India's Oil & Gas Industry: Investment Opportunities in Oil & Gas Sector
• IPPs: CC Mexicali II 222.87 MW (220 million), CC Tamazunchale II 972 MW (US$1 billion), CC Agua Prieta II 411 MW, CC Norte 411 MW. Fenix Petrochemical Complex (US$ 2 billion), LNG Facility Manzanillo-Lazaro Cardenas (US$500 million)
• Regional Gas Pipelines of Ayacucho, Cuzco, Ica and Junin

IT/ Telecommunications

• Fourth Band of Mobile Phone Service, Internet Access Program to Peruvian Districts
• Mexico's IT and telecom opportunities for investors and service providers
• 3G Licensing in China. Outsourcing
• Phase 2 of Compartel´s Program to Provide Broadband Connectivity for Public Institutions in Colombia (US$17.5 billion). Enlargement of telecommunications networks for broadband services (US$5.8 billion)
• Bolivia's Telecom market opportunities and investment climate.
• Infrastructure Development in Brazil, including the new politics of PPPs

Target Audience/Companies

The event is targeted to leading Investors and Lenders, Sourcing Managers, Business Development Managers, Sales Managers and CEO's of prominent enterprises in the mentioned industries in the US, LAC, India and China, as well as other industries interested in profiting from the South/South trend should also attend

Expected Number of Attendees: 200
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Why You Must Attend

• Learn about specific business prospects in IT/Telecom and Energy within the regions
• Learn the "ins and outs" of doing business in China, India and LAC
• Learn how to avoid the main problems while doing business in China, India and LAC
• Learn how to finance operations in these industries
• Platform to interact and meet with potential partners from various regions
• Matchmaking opportunities will be numerous

Seminar Agenda

Seminar agenda is available in MS Word (as of March 8, 2005).

Seminar Speakers

• N.R. Rao, ex-Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India
• Stoyan Tenev, Lead Economist for the East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, International Financial Corporation, World Bank
• Roberto Abdenur, His Excellency Brazilian Ambassador to the US
• Per Kurowski, former World Bank Executive Director for Spain, Venezuela, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica
• Luis Alberto Moreno, His Excellency Colombian Ambassador to the US, Embassy of Colombia
• Eduardo Ferrero Costa, His Excellency Peruvian Ambassador to the US, Embassy of Peru
• Philip Hughes, Honorable Former U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries
• Jaime Aparicio Otero, His Excellency Bolivian Ambassador to the US, Embassy of Bolivia
• Robert Devlin, Deputy Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department, IADB
• Roberto Vellutini, Head of Project Finance Group III, Private Sector Department, IADB
• Luc Dejonckheere, Telecom Specialist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• John Childs, Chairman of Sonnenschein's China Practice Group
• Paolo Guidi, CEO, Max Global Ventures and former Chairman and CEO of Teleglobe and former CEO of Sprint International
• Felipe Rezk, Director of Marketing and Verticals, Cisco Systems, Inc
• Scott Thompson, Director International Sales, COMSAT International
• Luis Fiallo, Managing Director for Marketing, China Telecom
• Ulises Pin, Specialist in the Telecom Industry in Mexico, Partner of Swidler Berlin LLP*
• Paul Groom, Managing Partner of Telefinance, Inc, Brazil
• Antón Edmunds, Deputy Director of the Caribbean Latin American Action (CLAA)
• David Ferguson, Independent Consultant, Former VP and GM for Professional Services, AT&T Corporation
• Marcelo Lago, Global Crossing Latin America
• David M. Sweet, Exec. Director, International LNG Alliance (ILNGA)
• Gonzalo Pacanins, former Chief Financial Officer, AES Corporation

Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities for the seminar.

For questions please contact us at events@bg-consulting.com or call (703) 535 7577 *101