The 3rd Caspian Corridor Conference| 12 March 2015, London

The 3rd Caspian Corridor Conference| 12 March 2015, London

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THE 3RD CASPIAN CORRIDOR CONFERENCE

EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD)

12 MARCH 2015

London

 

BUILDING A SECURE, DIVERSIFIED ENERGY AND ECONOMIC CORRIDOR FROM EUROPE TO ASIA

AGENDA

 

8.30-9.15               OPENING WELCOME

                                The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London Alan Yarrow

                                Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, EBRD

                                Sir John Boyd, Chairman, Asia House

                                Dr. Jahangir Hajiyev, Chairman, International Bank of Azerbaijan; Co-Chair, Britain  Azerbaijan Business Council (BABC)

                                Gary Campkin, Director, International Strategy, TheCityUK

 

9.15-9.20               SPECIAL GREETING TO THE CASPIAN CORRIDOR CONFERENCE

                               Lord John Browne, Executive Chairman, L1 Energy; former Chief Executive of BP

 

9.20-10.25            CASPIAN REGIONAL ENERGY KEYNOTES

                                The Energy Outlook Session will be delivered as separate keynote statements.

                                Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director for Energy, EBRD

                                Charles Hendry MP, Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan; Former UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

                                Natig Aliyev, Minister of Energy, Azerbaijan

                                Vladimir Shkolnik, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan*

 

10.25–10.45          BREAK

10.45–11.45          CASPIAN ENERGY VISION

                                Ian Sutherland, Regional Vice President, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, BP

                                H.E. Irfan Siddiq, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Azerbaijan

                                Mehmet Öğütçü, Chairman, Global Resources Partners; Founder & Executive Chair,  Bosphorus Energy Club

                                Kanatbek Safinov, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan*

                                Chair: Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director for Energy, EBRD

 

11.45-12.00           Caspian Corridor Deal Signing – CompactGTL and the Government of Kazakhstan

12.00-13.30          LUNCH

13.30-14.15          FRONTIER MARKETS AND FINANCIAL RULE OF LAW: KEYS TO SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, INVESTMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

                               Sir David Wootton, Co-Chair, Kazakh-British Trade & Industry Council (KBTIC); former 684th Lord Mayor of the City of London

                               Lord Timothy Clement-Jones, Managing Partner, London Office, DLA Piper

                               Francis Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Partner, White & Case

                               Chair: Lady Barbara Judge, Chairman, UK Pension Protection Fund; UK Business Ambassador, UKTI

 

14.15-15.00         CASPIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT & FINANCING

                               Hakan Ateş, CEO, Denizbank*

                               Fuad Akhundov, CEO, Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant JSC (Turkey)

                               Zubaid Ahmad, Vice Chairman, Institutional Clients Group, Citigroup Global Markets

Chair: Francis Malige, Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, EBRD

 

15.00-15.15           BREAK

15.15-16.00           IT, INNOVATION & INDUSTRY: DIVERSIFYING FOUNDATIONS FOR GROWTH

                               Elmir Valizadeh, Deputy Minister of Communications and High Technology of Azerbaijan

                               David Thomas, Partner, Global Head of Economics & Regulation, UK Head of Economics & Disputes, KPMG

                               Dr. Siddharth S. Saxena, Quantum Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University; Chair, Cambridge Central Asia Forum

                               Chair: Danil Kerimi, Head of ICT Government Community, World Economic Forum USA*

 

16.00-16.45          NEW TRADE, OLD NEIGHBOURS: PROSPECTS FOR IRAN, TURKEY, RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA AND OTHER NEIGHBOURS ALONG THE NEW SILK TRADE CORRIDOR

                               Oksana Antonenko, Senior Political Counsellor, EBRD

                               Vahid Alaghband, Founder and Chairman, Balli Group

                               H.E. Tahir Taghizadeh, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the UK

                               Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Iraq

                               Chair: Fadi Farra, Co-Founder and Partner, Whiteshield Partners

 

16.45–17.00          CLOSING REMARKS AND FAREWELL

                               The Rt Hon Baroness Elizabeth Symons, Former Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Minister of State for the FCO and UKTI, Co-Chair, BABC

 

17.00-18.00          Transportation to Guildhall from THE EBRD for Champagne Reception & Concert

 

19.00                     CASPIAN LIGHTS CONCERT AT GUILDHALL, ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                             *To Be Confirmed

 

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