OMV, which will take place Febr 29th – March 8th, 08 in Baden-Baden/Germany. Additionally to the enclosed program, I like to state the following: The conference will be held for 15 Russian und 15 German entrepreneurs/ top executives.The participants should come from companies, who have an international focus, ambitious targets, professional management and certain size i.e. > 40 Mio €/55 Mio $. They should have a leading position.The participants stay at theBest Western Queens HotelFalkenstrasse 276530 Baden-BadenPhon: +49(0)7221-219254Fax: +49(0)7221-219519 Internet: www.best-western-queens-hotel-baden-baden.deat the price € 99,00 for single occupancy€ 144,00 for double occupancy.All hotel cost will be charged to the participants.The fee for the conference of 3,000.00 € has to be paid before Febr. 1st, 08 to the OMV bank account No. 360636, BLZ 200 300 0000 HypoVereinsbank, under “Conference Baden-Baden 2008”.This amount covers conference cost, lectures, all lunches, drinks, 2 dinners.Proposed travel route:Flight to Frankfurt from Moscow i.e. LH 3181dep 13:15 – arr 14:40 in FrankfurtFrom train station at the Frankfurt airport with ICE 509dep. 15:54 – arr. Karlsruhe 16:59dep. Karlsruhe 17:09 with ICE 77 – arr. Baden-Baden 17:23Taxi to Best Western Queens Hotel.Fluent English is necessary in order to read the material, follow the lectures, take part in the discussions.The participants will receive in the 7th calendar week of 2008 material from the IESE office,University of Navarra for the preparation of the courses.All participants arrive in Baden-Baden not later than Febr. 29th 6:00 pm. Wifes/partners arewelcome, since all rooms reserved are double rooms.They can take part at the-Welcome Dinner 29th Febr.-Gala Buffet Dinnner 7th March-Visit of the Research Center Karlsruhe 5th MarchWe will organize -subject to sufficient persons – a day tour to Straßburg, Alsace. Wife/partnerscannot take part in the lectures.Baden-Baden is known for its Casino, elegant shopping, good restaurants and the wonderful environment. Those ladies/gentlemen, who decide to participate should send their application before Jan. 1st 08 to the address ofClaus ZoellnerChairmanAccumulatorenwerke HOPPECKECarl Zoellner & Sohn GmbHBontkirchener Strasse 159929 Brilon / Germany with their curriculum vita (CV), which should include name, address, age, education, position and some remarks about what they expect from the conference.The lectures will be held byProfessor Marc Sachon (IESE)Professor Pedro Videla (IESE)Professor Mike Rosenberg (IESE)Professor Sachon will lead through the whole conference.