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Badges can be collected at The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi from October 24, 2023. In order to receive the badge, delegates should provide any type of Identification Document.

 

October 25, 2023

08:00-23:00

 

 

19:00-21:30

Arrival and Registration

 

 

Welcome Reception hosted by Vice Prime Minister (By invitation only)
 

NOTE: Transportation will be provided from partner hotels at 17:20hrs. Guests not staying at the partner hotels, shall use the transportation services from the Biltmore Hotel

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

 

Venue - Bioli Wellness Resort( Bioli Street 1, Kojori, Tbilisi)

October 26, 2023 - Day 1
08:30 – 10:30

Registration 

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

09:30 - 10:30(Doors Closed)

  Entrance Time/Welcome Coffee

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
10:30 – 10:40

Family Photo of Heads of Delegations

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

11:00 – 11:50

 

 

 

 

Opening Ceremony

 

Moderator: GHIDA FAKHRY

International broadcast journalist

 

 

Welcome Speech  by H.E. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia

 

Opening Remarks:

H.E. Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

H.E. Ali Asadov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan

H.E. Dritan Abazović, Prime Minister of Montenegro

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
11:50 – 12:00

Keynote Statement:

Ms. Roberta Casali, Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

  
12:00 – 13:15

Panel Discussion:Trade4Future

Panel Moderator: ANDREW VERITY

Economics Correspondent for BBC News

 

Panel Members:

Mr. Genadi Arveladze, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Mr.Tomislav Momirović, Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Serbia

Mr. Elnur Aliyev, First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Minister in charge of Talent Attraction and Retention of United Arab Emirates

H.E. Ambassador Erin Elizabeth McKee, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Europe and Eurasia

H.E. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

H.E Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu, Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation 

 

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch

MOMA-The Museum of Modern Art

Address: 27 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
14:30 – 16:00

Parallel Panel Discussion:The Middle Corridor in the Spotlight

 

Panel Moderator: GHIDA FAKHRY 

International broadcast journalist

 

 

Panel Members:

H.E. Levan Davitashvili, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

H.E. Rashad NABİYEV, Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr. Ilkham Makhkamov, Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Mr. Enver Iskurt, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic Turkey

Mr. Satzhan Ablaliyev, Vice-Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Mr. Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Mr. Umberto De Pretto, Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

14:30 – 15:15

 

 

 

Session 1 - Role of Blockchain in Digital Financial Infrastructure

Panel Moderator: Aaron Heslehurst

Award Winning BBC World News TV Presenter

 

Panel Members:

Mr. Pat Patel, Executive Director, Elevandi

Mr. Frederik Gregaard, CEO of the Cardano Foundation

Mr. Audrius Lučiūnas, Co-founder and board member at Paysera

Mr. Vlad Martynov, Head of the Ethereum Competence Center

Mr. James Wallis, Vice President, Ripple

Biltmore Hotel - Ballroom

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

 

 

 
15:15 – 16:00

Session 2 - Future of Fintech in Rising Economies

Panel Moderator: Aaron Heslehurst

Award Winning BBC World News TV Presenter

 

Panel Members:

Mrs. Natia Turnava, Acting Governor, First Vice-Governor of NBG

Mr. Pedro Vieira, Partner at 500 Global

Dr. Andreas Glarner, Legal Partner, MME

Mr. Ben Zhou, Co-founder and CEO of Bybit

Mr. Salim Dhanani, CEO & Co-Founder of Pave

Biltmore Hotel - Ballroom

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
14:30 – 16:00

Parallel Panel Discussion: Tourism Beyond Borders: Navigating the Changes

Panel Moderator: MONIKA JONES

Deutsche Welle, TV News Anchor

 

 

Keynote Speech by: Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili

Secretary General, UNWTO
 

Panel Members:

Ms. Mariam Kvrivishvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Ms. Natalia Bayona, Executive Director, UNWTO

Mr. Philippe Merlo, Director of the European Green Sky Directorate, EUROCONTROL

Mr. Jeyhun Efendi, Senior Vice President Commercial Operations & Ecommerce, Fly Dubai
Mr. Haysam Fahmy, Vice President, Head of Marketing Services: Africa, Middle East & Eastern Europe Mastercard

Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel – Ballroom

Address: 1 First Republic Square
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee-Break 

Tbilisi Opera/The Biltmore Hotel/Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel

Address: 25/29 Shota Rustaveli Ave./1 First Republic Square
16:30 - 18:00

Side Event: Silk Value Chains: CAREC's Role in Enhancing International Value Chains Along the New Silk Road

Panel Moderator: Pr. Richard Pomfret

Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Adelaide

 

Panel Members:

Mrs.Roberta Casali, Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mr. Irakli Nadareishvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Mr. Alkis Drakinos, Director, Regional Head of Caucasus, EBRD

Mrs. Oxana Sorokina, CEO and founder of SEVENR LOGISTICS LLP

Mr. Prakash Kejriwal, Director, Indorama Group

Mr. Muzaffar Razakov, CEO & Co-Founder of Global Textile Group of companies

Ms.Zukhra Kemelbekova, Owner of apparel production “Zulya”

 

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Amphitheatre

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Panel Discussion: Energy Diversification - A Way Towards Energy Security

Panel Moderator: Laura Buckwell

Event Host, Moderator and Broadcast Journalist

 

 

Panel Members:

Mr. Romeo Mikautadze, First Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Mr. Elnur Soltanov, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr. Hakob Vardanyan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Republic of Armenia

Mr. Lionel Rapaille, Director, EIB Global

Mr. Patrick Avato, Regional Upstream Lead, Infrastructure, Europe at IFC - International Finance Corporation

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Address: 25 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Panel Discussion: Meaningful Connectivity Enabler for Global Growth

Panel Moderator: Nisha Pillai
International Moderator and journalist
 

 

Panel Members:

Ms. Ekaterine Guntsadze, Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia

Dr. Gevorg Mantashyan, First Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia

Mr. Nomura Eigo, Director-General for International Affairs, Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication of Japan

Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Mr. Marjan Osvald, Deputy Director General of the UPU International Bureau

Mr. Charles J. Cormier, Regional Director for Infrastructure for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank

Mr. Konstantinos Masselos, Chair of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel – Ballroom

Address: 1 First Republic Square
16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Panel Discussion: Response to the Maritime in Transition

Panel Moderator:LIZZY BURDEN

UK correspondent at Bloomberg TV

 

Panel Members:

Ms. Tamar Ioseliani, Chairperson at Supervisory Board, Anaklia Sea Port

Mr. Adrian George FOGHIS, Secretary of State, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania

Dr. Taleh Ziyadov, Director-General of Port of Baku, Azerbaijan

Mr. Neville Robert Bissett, Group Chief Executive Officer, QTerminals WLL

Mr. Nurzhan Marabayev, General Director of SEMURG INVEST LLP

Ms.Tzvetelina Borislavova, Chairwoman of Board of Directors and CEO of Clever Synergies Investment Fund

Mr. Abdikerimov Gaidar Serikalievich, General Secretary of the ALE "IA" TITR ", PhD

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Ballroom

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
20:00-22:30 Gala Dinner Hosted by Prime Minister (by invitation only)

Venue: Château Mukhrani

Address:  Mtskheta, Georgia

October 27, 2023 - Day 2
10:00 - 11:00 Welcome Coffee

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
11:00 - 11:15

Welcome Speech

H.E. Levan Davitashvili, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Ballroom 

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

11:15 - 12:45      

Panel Discussion: Boost Investments by Policy-Driven Decisions

Panel Moderator: Dr. Melinda Crane
Senior Political Analyst at Deutsche Welle TV

 

Panel Members:

Mr. Archil Gachechiladze, CEO, Bank of Georgia

Mr. Stefan Liniger, Co-founder, Conduct

Mr. Giorgi Tsikolia, Regional Director, Lineate

Mr. Richard Teng, Head of Regional Markets, Binance

Mr. Prakash Kejriwal, Director, Indorama Group

Mr. Jose Enrique Bofill, Regional Director MENA-Asia, FCC Aqualia

Mr. Alexander Benard, Co-Head of Cerberus Frontier and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Yann Guinard, Vice-President Central & Eastern Europe EDF International Division

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Ballroom 

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
12:45 – 14:00

Lunch

MOMA-The Museum of Modern Art

Address: 27 Shota Rustaveli Ave.

14:00 - 18:00

B2B Meetings

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Ballroom

Address: 29 Shota Rustaveli Ave.
 

 

 

Welcome

  • Irakli Garibashvili
    Prime Minister of Georgia

    It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you to the 4th Tbilisi Silk Road Forum “Connecting Today, Resilient Tomorrow” which will take place in Tbilisi on October 26 -27, 2023. This important event will gather up to 2000 delegates, high-ranking officials, as well as business representatives from over 60 countries.

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Organizer

Governmnet of Georgia Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Goergia

Partners

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

General Sponsor

BOG Bank of Georgia is a leading company in terms of loan portfolios, deposits, assets, and stock shares. It has a wide network of service centers and ATMs throughout the country and also has representative offices in London, Budapest, and Tel-Aviv. It is one of the largest employers in Georgia. Since its foundation, Bank of Georgia continues to emphasize several important directions: Education, the environment, and other important social issues. The Bank is a leader in payments business and financial mobile application, with the strong retail and corporate banking franchise in Georgia. Employee empowerment, customer satisfaction, and data-driven decisions, coupled with the strong banking franchise, are key enablers in enhancing and developing the Group’s strategic objectives. Visit the Page

Sponsors

GIG BAG Socar Pace Group is the largest Georgian-American transportation company with the port and logistics infrastructure, covering maritime agencies, brokerage, logistics, freight forwarding activities, container services, port, and terminal operator companies.  BICT

Supporters

Enterprise Georgia GEORGIAN NATIONAL TOURISM ADMINISTRATION Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency https://gcci.ge/en The "Economic Forum" was launched in October 2022 with the support of the Bank of Georgia. Today, NGO "Economic Forum" is already quite an authoritative discussion platform in the country. The main goal of the "Economic Forum" is to ensure a high-level dialogue between the state, private, analytical and academic sectors The project “Digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in Eastern Partnership countries” is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine for the period from 03.2023 to 02.2026. The project beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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