The Center for Reconstruction & Development

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Sponsors

You are invited to attend The Iraq Reconstruction Contracts Briefing, to be held on Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at the National Press Club in Washington.

The Briefing provides the latest information on the massive reconstruction of Iraq, including: priorities for the $18.6 billion in contracts being managed by CPA's new Iraq Program Management Office; an update on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' existing oil-repair contracts and timetables for awarding new ones; an overview of reconstruction programs of major U.S. agencies; and effective strategies for developing contract proposals and for pursuing business in Iraq. Confirmed speakers include:

Deidre Lee - Keynote Speaker Deputy Director CPA's Iraq Program Management Office	David Chavern Deputy General Counsel Export-Import Bank of the United States

Michael Mele Iraq Program Manager U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Danny Benjamin Vice President Al-Fawares

George P. Sigalos, Esq. Director, Government Relations Halliburton KBR	Timothy B. Mills Partner Patton Boggs

W.L. McDonald Director Office of Middle East and South Asian Nations U.S. Department of the Treasury	John C. Garrett Partner Patton Boggs

The Briefing is organized by Equity International and sponsored by Al-Fawares, the World Trade Center/Amman, PolishExchange, Construction Executive, LLC, The Law Firm of Patton Boggs LLP. Additional sponsorships are available - contact Tatyana Pope ( tpope@equityintl.us ).

Since 1996, more than 4,000 corporate, government, and diplomatic leaders have participated in Equity International's reconstruction conferences. The firm organized the first international conference on rebuilding Iraq, held in Washington on May 5, 2003, and convened additional Iraq reconstruction conferences and briefings in July and August of 2003. Featured speakers included U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Lincoln Bloomfield; U.S. Treasury Under Secretary John Taylor; Congressman Curt Weldon, Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee; Congressman Christopher Shays, Chairman, House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations; key executives from Kellogg Brown & Root, BearingPoint, Creative Associates, and USProtect; and top officials from the Coalition Provisional Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. State Department, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Export-Import Bank, U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. Small Business Administration, and the United Nations. In addition, the forums featured leading executives and diplomats from around the world. Our Iraq forums and facilitation have been the subject of more than 100 major U.S. and international news media stories this year. Background is at www.rec-dev.com and www.globalsecurity.bz .

* Final Program Subject to Change