The Center for Homeland & Global Security

Equity International is pleased to invite you on a homeland security trade mission to Russia, scheduled for February 1 - 4, 2005.

The U.S.-Russia Homeland Security Trade Mission led by Congressman Curt Weldon, Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and Founder of the Congressional Homeland Security Caucus, combines two important homeland security events, The Security and Safety Technologies Forum in Moscow, Russia and The 2005 Homeland & Global Security Summit in Washington DC.

The Security and Safety Technologies Forum is the biggest exhibition in the field of security and safety in Russia, former Soviet republics, and Central/Easter Europe. This year's Forum features "U.S.-Russia: Experience in Fighting Terrorism" Conference, organized by Equity International, and the first U.S. Country Pavilion, co-organized by Equity and the Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council. More than 500 exhibitors representing 30 countries and over 25,000 attendees are expected to participate.

In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Russia, the U.S.-Russia Homeland Security Trade Mission provides an extraordinary opportunity to provide homeland security solutions in a critical part of the world. Funding is available - Russia has announced it will spend an additional $10 billion for homeland security, in addition to its defense budget. Equity International's initiative to organize the "U.S.-Russia: Experience in Fighting Terrorism" Conference and a US delegation to Moscow is greatly supported by the State Duma Committee on Security in Russia.

Participants in the Trade Mission will be provided with exhibit space in the U.S. Pavilion, will have full access to all of the Trade Show's conferences and workshops, and will be invited to a VIP Reception and Dinner at the Kremlin on February 1, 2005. The exclusive Kremlin event is expected to be attended by 500 VIPs, including more than 200 Russian security and defense leaders.

Equity International is the leading U.S. facilitator of business involvement and solutions in homeland security. Equity International organizes yearly Homeland & Global Security Summits, the most influential homeland security trade shows in the United States. Since 2002, Equity International has also organized almost monthly homeland security briefings at the National Press Club, providing the latest information from Congressional and Administration leaders on homeland security funding and programs. Equity International organized its first homeland security event in 1998, when the firm hosted a national conference on the threat of Osama bin Laden to U.S. corporate facilities and personnel. One of the firm's latest events - The Capitol Hill Homeland Security Technology Showcase - attracted many government and industry leaders.

Thousands of top government and industry leaders have participated in Equity's homeland security forums. News media coverage has included CNN, C-SPAN, CNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, BBC, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Financial Times, and many other major news media.