Speakers 2019
Giorgi Gakharia
Prime Minister of Georgia
Nouriel Roubini
Professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business
Giorgi Gakharia
Prime Minister of Georgia
Nouriel Roubini
Professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business
Elyor M. GANIEV
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Li Hui
Government Special Envoy in Eurasia Region of the People's Republic of China
Maya Tskitishvili
Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
Nouriel Roubini
Professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business
SHIXIN CHEN
Vice-President (Operations 1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Tigran Avinyan
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
Arancha González
Executive Director, International Trade Center
Aaron Heslehurst
Award Winning BBC World News TV Presenter
Genadi Arveladze
Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Ivan Scalfarotto
Under-Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
Sahar Nasr
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Yonov Frederick Agah
Deputy Director General, WTO
Constantin Cotzias
Director, Bloomberg Europe / Chair, Bloomberg London
Aida Sitdikova
Director Energy, Eurasia, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
David Tvalabeishvili
Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Mr. Wang Lei
Vice President of China Tianchen Engineering Corporation (TCC)
Werner E. Liepach
Director General Central and West Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Yashar Latifov
Vice President, The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)
Marko Marn
Senior Partner Solution Professional Data&AI, Microsoft CEE Multi Country
Rob McCargow
Director of Artificial Intelligence, PwC
Armen Abroyan
Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia
Irakli Beridze
Head, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics United Nations, UNICRI
László György
Secretary of State for Economic Strategy and Regulation, Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary
Nikoloz Alavidze
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Nino Enukidze
Rector, Professor, Business and Technology University
Bagrat Badalyan
Deputy Minister for Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia
Elena Perminova
Deputy Minister of Economy and the Republic of Belarus
Elmir Tofig oglu Velizade
Deputy Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Flavia Palanza
Director, European Investment Bank, Lending Operations in EU Neighbouring Countries
Irakli Karseladze
First Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructures of Georgia, Chairman of Roads Department of Georgia
Lawrence Meredith
Director, European Commission DG NEAR Neighbourhood East
Libor Lochman
Executive Director, CER
Richard Pomfret
Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Adelaide
Richard Willis
Press officer, Communication Department, EIB
Juliette Foster
Founder and Managing Director, Magnus Communications; Former Sky News/BBC business presenter
Mehmet Cahit Turhan
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey
Natia Turnava
Acting Governor, First Vice-Governor of NBG
Ramin Namig oglu Guluzade oglu
Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Rossen Jeliazkov
Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria
Umberto de Pretto
Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU)
Vladyslav Kryklii
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Yama Yari
Minister of Transport of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Akaki Saghirashvili
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Iskandar Abdullaev
Deputy Director, CAREC Institute
S. Sohail H. Naqvi Naqvi
Rector, University of Central Asia
SHIXIN CHEN
Vice-President (Operations 1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Siddhart Saxena
Chair of Central Asia Forum, Cambridge University
Sukhrob Mirzozoda
First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan
Taleh Ziyadov
Director-General of Port of Baku, Azerbaijan
Tamar Sulukhia
Director, ISET Policy Institute, International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University
David Peradze
General Director, JSC Georgian Railway (GR)
Pasha Karim
Regional Manager, Kerry/Globallink Logistics
Bernard Aritua
Senior Infrastructure Specialist, The World Bank
Hendrik Wehlen
General Manager Sales and Operations, InterRail Europe GmbH
Javid Gurbanov
Chairman, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY)
Jiyi Zhang
Chairman of China Railway Container Transport Corp.,Ltd.
Ming Li
Director of Smart City Department of China Center for Urban Development, National Development and Reform Commission
Victor Aragones
Senior Transport Economist, The World Bank
Giorgi Gakharia
Prime Minister of Georgia
Joe Lynam
BBC's Senior Business Correspondent
William Markstein
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trammo
Alexander Benard
Co-Head of Cerberus Frontier and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Fatih Guven
General Manager of ENKA Power
Irakli Burdiladze
CEO of JSC m2 Real Estate
Natia Turnava
Acting Governor, First Vice-Governor of NBG
Alexander Maier
CEO, AE Solar Alternative Energy GmbH
Archil Gachechiladze
CEO, Bank of Georgia
David Saganelidze
CEO of JSC Partnership Fund
Joe Lynam
BBC's Senior Business Correspondent
William Tompson
Head of the Eurasia Division in the OECD Global Relations Secretariat
Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai
CEO, Milaha Group (Qatar Navigation)
Robin Jowitt
Partner at EY, Leader of capital transformation in Europe, Middle East, India, Africa / CESA