Second annual practical conference Annual Report: Leaders' Experience and New Standards"

Culture level of preparing annual reports by Russian companies rises from year to year. As of today annual report is not only a document of internal use which includes essential data on company's activity summarizing the results of the year. Increasing number of Russian joint-stock companies consider annual report to be an effective instrument of attracting additional investments and formation of good reputation of the company among potential investors.

Winners and laureates of the annual reports contest of 2004, representatives of investment groups and top specialists in the sphere of corporate governance, PR and IR will share their practical experience on preparing annual reports at the conference. The largest consulting companies will present new trends at the market of preparing corporate accounting.

According to members of the first annual practical conference Annual Report: Leaders' Experience and New Standards, which took place on March 9, 2005, the event quickened interest of representatives of the largest Russian companies such as: Vnesheconombank, Sberbank of Russia, OAO Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, OAO Rostelecom, OAO TVEL, OAO KaMAZ, OAO Severstal, OAO Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK), OAO Sedmoy Continent, OOO Firm "Omega-97" (PATERSON supermarket chain), OAO Belon, etc.

Before the beginning of the conference an exhibition of annual reports - laureates of the contest held by Expert magazine for the last several years was organized for all its members. The annual reports presented at the exhibition attracted attention of many members of the conference, and winners' annual reports were especially popular.

Preliminary Programme

1. Planning of annual budget

- Budget planning
- Conceptual study
- Legal requirements of regulatory bodies (SEC, LSE, FSFR)

2. Preparation of annual report

- Cooperation of departments and internal services during preparation
- Text of annual report: design, control over realization of the set goals
- Cooperation of customer and contractor in implementation of design idea
- Design role in general attraction of annual report

3. Support of annual report

- Promotion of annual report: PR and IR
- Multimedia versions of annual report: CD and DVD creation
- Role of annual report in revealing information on the company while initial entrance to share markets

4. Nominations of annual reports contest

- Social report
- GRI standards
- Environmental reporting

Conference member package:

  • Participation in the conference during a day (dinner, coffee breaks)
  • CD containing annual reports of the members and winners of contest 2002-2004 years.
  • Analytical materials on the conference topics
  • Materials of the first and second practical conferences

Conditions for participation in the conference:
Registration fee for participation in the conference is 18,000 rubles
Discount system is provided for registration of several members of a company.