Jun 24, 2011: AmCham Russia Weekly Bulletin: June 24, 2011

AmCham in Washington
 
This week, AmCham's President and CEO, Andrew Somers, led a business delegation to Washington, D.C. to discuss PNTR and WTO issues with leading policymakers. The delegation - comprising the heads of Russian and CIS operations of the U.S. companies Kraft Foods, Terex, and Hewlett-Packard – met with Congressional leadership. On Tuesday, June 28, Mr. Somers will host an Early-Bird Networking event at AmCham’s office, during which he will discuss his meetings in Washington and AmCham’s advocacy drive in the U.S., as well as other AmCham-member business issues. To register, please click here.
 

Environment, Health & Safety Committee
 
The Environment, Health & Safety Committee of AmCham’s Regional Office in St. Petersburg met yesterday for a presentation by Denis Petrov (Deputy Head, the Environmental Control Department, Rosprirodnadzor for the North-West Federal District) who spoke about new requirements for waste management processes and how they will affect waste-producing enterprises.

ICT Committee Meets
 
The AmCham ICT Committee met today for a round table discussion on compliance, tax and regulatory issues relevant to cloud computing, with speakers from Deloitte, Pepeliaev Group, Microsoft, and other companies.

AmCham Golf Tournament in Moscow
 
Today, AmCham hosted the 14th Annual AmCham Golf Tournament at the Tseleevo Golf and Polo Club.

AmCham Soccer Match in St. Petersburg
 
On Tuesday, the AmCham office in St. Petersburg held a soccer match between the AmCham Dream Team of member companies’ top executives and the St. Petersburg Government team, headed by Vice Governor Mikhail Oseyevsky.