The American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce (AUCC), together with the Ministry of Foreign Economic relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, will host the U.S.-Uzbekistan Investment Summit 2009 on October 8, 2009, in New York City.  The event will be held at the Harvard Club of New York from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Among the corporate sponsors are NUKEM Inc., Zeromax GmbH, ExecutiveAction LLC, and White & Case LLP.

An Uzbek delegation headed by Elyor Ganiev, Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade, will be in attendance. According to Minister Ganiev, "Uzbekistan is one of the leading industrial nations in Central Asia and its economy has huge investment potential.  Despite the global economic recession," continues Ganiev, "the Uzbek economy remains strong across a variety of sectors including agricultural production and machinery, auto manufacturing, biotechnology, construction materials, information and communications technology, mining, oil and natural gas production, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, and textiles."

"The Investment Summit presents a unique forum for potential investors to explore specific opportunities in Uzbekistan," says Tim McGraw, Executive Vice President of NUKEM Inc., one of the featured speakers at the event. "The Uzbek government is highly motivated in its desire to attract direct foreign investment."

The conference will feature a variety of speakers from government as well as business and industry. In addition, Rudy Maxa, host of the popular PBS program "Rudy Maxa's World," will debut his upcoming show on Uzbekistan, which will be televised in the spring of 2010. Mr. Maxa spent two weeks on location in Uzbekistan filming the country and its wonderful Silk Road destinations.

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