HOW TO REGISTER

Download the registration form and return with payment. Registrations are due by Friday, February 18, 2011.

QUESTIONS? E-mail info@akronworldaffairs.org or call 330-867-6412.

SPEAKER PROFILE

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Alexey Timofeev

Alexey Timofeev is a career diplomat. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Faculty of International Journalism.

Mr.Timofeev joined the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1993. Prior to his appointment in 2010 as Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the United States of America he served as Acting Head of Section of International Information Problems of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Prior to that he served as Press-Secretary of the Russian Embassy in the U.S. and as Assistant to the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Foreign Ministry of Russia.

Prior to these assignments he served as Second Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Nicaragua, Third Secretary of the Section of Russian Media of the Information and Press Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Attaché of the Russian Embassy in Mozambique. He speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.

ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

ACWA invites diplomats from embassies of countries that are important partners with the U.S., both in trade and politics, and long-term in addressing important global challenges. ACWA originated this program in 2005. View archives of previous participants.

In addition to the formal evening event, diplomats participate in ACWA's award-winning Global Scholars program for high-school students. ACWA also arranges sessions with executives and economists engaged in global trade in Northeast Ohio. The content of all programs is developed specifically for ACWA program attendees.

For more information about participation in any of these programs, e-mail ACWA's Executive Director Jane Walker Snider, at
info@akronworldaffairs.org.

  
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Hilton Akron/Fairlawn

FORMAL EVENING PROGRAM

U.S. & Russia Today — Partnering on Global Challenges

Alexey Timofeev,
Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the U.S., Washington, D.C.

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Alexey Timofeev will present an overview of U.S. and Russian 21st-century cooperation, including the new historic nuclear arms agreement and the complex challenges facing both countries in the Arctic Region. He will also address mutual interests and actions being undertaken at the global level.

We invite you to attend this important event and extend your welcome and your questions and comments to Alexey Timofeev.

Hilton Akron/Fairlawn | map
3180 West Market Street - Fairlawn
330-867-5000
(Across from Summit Mall — Ghent Road Exit from I-77)

To Register for this Event

Choose Either:

Dinner and Program with Q&A Session

6:00 p.m. Registration
6:45 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Formal Program, followed by Questions & Answers and Discussion

Individual Registrations
Members - $35
Non-Members - $45

Formal Program Only

7:15 p.m. Registration
7:30 p.m. Formal Program, followed by Questions & Answers and Discussion

Individual Registrations
Members - $12
Non-Members - $15

To Register for Either

Registrations are due no later than Friday, February 18, 2011.

Download the registration form and return with a check payable to:

ACWA - P.O.Box 5300 - Akron, OH 44334

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