The 3rd Caspian Corridor Conference| 12 March 2015, London
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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CC15 Caspian Corridor Agenda EBRD
