OREANDA-NEWS. April 05, 2010. Igor Artemyev, the Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia), and Andrey Kashevarov, Deputy Head of FAS Russia, held a working meeting with top executives of the International Advertising Association (Michael Lee, Executive Director, and Erich Buxbaum, Vice-President, Europe). The meeting at FAS Russia was organized as part of preparation to the 42nd IAA World Congress, which will take place on 12-14 May 2010 in Moscow). The parties discussed various questions in relation to the venue and, summing up the meeting, acknowledged each other's contribution and agreed upon further assistance and co-operation on all organizational issues of the forthcoming 42nd World Advertising Congress.

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The 42nd World Advertising Congress of IAA in Moscow will become one of the first significant international events in advertising in Russia and open a wide discussion on the pressing issues of marketing communications. It is expected that the Congress will bring together 1200 professionals in the fields of advertising, media, and companies-advertisers, including top executives and representatives of the largest Russian and foreign companies as well as the leading experts in this sphere. At the moment CEOs of such global market leaders as "Google", "Televisa", "Draft FCB", "Mediabrands", "Omnicom Group Inc.", "Hewlett-Packard", "JCDecaux SA", "Pablicis Groupe", "Procter&Gamble", "Microsoft" and others confirmed their willingness to speak at the Congress.