PROGRAM OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CASPIAN ENERGY FORUM – 2019

Boulevard Hotel Baku, Taghiyev Ballroom 19 September 2019

08:00 – 09:00 Registration of the forum participants (welcome coffee) 09:00 – 09:15 Official opening ceremony

Opening speech of the Chairman of the Government or Head of the Administration of the Republic President

09:15 – 11:00 I Session

OIL & GAS, INDUSTRY, INFRASTRUCTURE

Speakers:  Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov (confirmation expected)  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Special representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for border and Caspian Sea issues Khalaf Khalafov (confirmed)  Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Rauf Hajiyev (confirmed)  Minister of Shahin Mustafayev (confirmation expected)  Chairman of the State Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning of Azerbaijan Samir Nuriyev (confirmed)  Forum Partner – ABB – Rustam Gasimov – Managing Director  Forum Partner - Azpetrol Ltd - Arzu Aghayeva – Chief of Social Relations Department  Forum Partner – Worley Europe Ltd, Azerbaijan Branch – Paul Dean – Program Director  Forum Partner – Vien Group – Gabil Mustafayev – General Director  Forum Partner – Nabucco Architecture & Construction – Kamaleddin Mansimov - direktor  Forum Partner - Hellmann Worlwide Logistics – Kamran Habibov - Director

 Presentation of gratitude certificates to all speakers of the session  Presentation of the international Caspian Energy Award prize to companies which contributed to the development of economy of Azerbaijan

11:00 – 11:20 COFFEE BREAK

11:20 – 13:00 II Session

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, SME

Speakers:  Minister of Taxes of Azerbaijan (confirmation expected)  Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Azerbaijan Sahil Babayev (confirmation expected)  Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Safar Mehdiyev (confirmed)  Chairman of the Board of the Agency for Small and Medium Business Development of Azerbaijan Orkhan Mammadov (confirmed)  Acting President of AZPROMO Yusif Abdullayev (confirmed)  Forum partner – Azericard – Farid Guliyev – General Director  Forum partner – Debet Uniform – Asad Nasrullayev – General Director  Forum partner – Transbroker – Nariman Mammadov – General Director

 Presentation of gratitude certificates to all speakers of the session  Presentation of the international Caspian Energy Award prize to companies which made a particular contribution to the development of economy of Azerbaijan

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

14:15 – 16:00 III Session

ICT, AGROINDUSTRY, TOURISM

Speakers:  Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Inam Kerimov (confirmation expected)  Chairman of the Food Security Agency of Azerbaijan Goshgar Tahmazli (confirmation expected )  Deputy Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmir Velizadeh (confirmed)  Chairman of the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan Fuad Nagiyev (confirmation expected)  Forum partner – AzerTelecom LLC – Fuad Allahverdiyev – General Director  Forum partner – ICODS Hilmer GmbH – Elena Hilmer – Director  Forum partner – Azprint LLC – Saida Qasymova – Founder, Director

 Presentation of gratitude certificates to speakers of the session  Presentation of the international Caspian Energy Award prize to companies which made a particular contribution to the development of economy of Azerbaijan