In January-April 2008 twelve new members joined AmCham Uzbekistan (for details see article “Welcome aboard!”)

Business breakfast of BOD with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Pamela Spratlen

Uzbekistan and US carmaker General Motors Corp. have launched a joint venture as part of GM's plans for expansion in the region (for details see Business Sector News)

AmCham member, Riza Elibol (Hotel InterContinental Tashkent General Manager) left for Almaty and Omur Aksut became the new General Manager of the hotel.

The textile exhibition attracted the Tashkent Business Community attention in the middle of April 2008

Coscom has appointed Oguz Memiguven as its new General Director.

International Tourism Exhibition and Business Forum on Tourism Development took place in Tashkent on April 17-18, 2008

Silk and Spice, the 9th annual festival took place in Bukhara on May 2-4, 2008.

The 2008 OGU (Oil and Gas Uzbekistan) Conference gathered more than 600 senior representatives from the oil and gas industry, and around 30 presentations from the highest caliber speakers. The event was held on May 13- 15, 2008

International Investment Forum was held at the InterContinental  Hotel on May 28, 2008 

This year's AUCC (American Uzbek Chamber of Commerce) Annual Conference was held in Washington on May 21, 2008. The delegation from Uzbekistan was headed by the Honorable Elyor Ganiev, Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade.   All Conference events took place at the Embassy of Uzbekistan

AmCham member and Publisher Marat Akhmedjanov and his wife Alexandra Vlasova are the happy parents of a new baby boy born in London and named Daniel Akhmedjanov