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Groth Gustav Georgia Georgia Globalink Logistics LLC Polish HR Business Development Manager Owner, Director Programme 3 26 May 8:20 - 8:50 REGISTRATION 9:00 - 12:00 EXHIBITION “Startup Friendly” (Startup Week participants) 9:00 - 10:00 PLENARY SESSION Europe: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Moderator: • Giorgi Abashishvili - Head, The Administration of the President, Georgia Speakers: • Giorgi Margvelashvili - President of Georgia • George Kvirikashvili - Prime Minister of Georgia • Andrzej Duda - President of the Republic of Poland • Andrej Kiska - President of the Slovak Republic 10:00 - 10:15 COFFEE BREAK 10:15 - 11:25 DISCUSSION PANEL Association with the EU, Chances and Challenges. What Next? Georgia, but also Ukraine and Moldova are realizing a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with European Union, which is part of the Association Agreement between these countries and EU. With the agreement’s conditions the duty and administrative restrictions gradually decrease and the trading volume increases quickly. It has an impact on economic model form. Some of the economic sectors have to restructure, the others gain a possibility to develop faster. What is the profit for the European Union countries, and what for a new associated partners from eastern Europe? Is it possible to reach the symestry of mutual benefits? Moderator: • Maurizio Caprara - Senior Foreign Affairs Commentator, Corriere della Sera, Italy Speakers: • Tamar Khulordava - Chairperson of the Committee on European Integration, Parliament, Georgia • Archil Karaulashvili - Director General for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia • Kazimierz Kleina - Senator, Senate, Poland • Andrius Kubilius - Former Prime Minister, Member, Seimas, Lithuania • Borys Tarasyuk - Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Supreme Council, Ukraine • Boris Zala - Member of the European Parliament, Slovakia Commentator: • Andrzej Dycha - Management Board Advisor, Alior Bank, Poland 11:25 - 11:35 COFFEE BREAK www.economic-forum.pl 4 Programme 26 May 11:35 - 12:45 DISCUSSION PANEL Energy Security Challenges in EU and EaP Countries Energy security is derived from both economic and military security. This is the reason why each country should try to fulfil its energy needs and diversify the supply and partner directions so as not to fall into dependence on one direction of supply only. The South Caucasus region together with Turkey forms an independent energy corridor connecting the Caspian Sea and Central Asia with the EU. How important is the corridor for the EU? The speakers of this panel will try to answer the question. Moderator: • Maia Melikidze - Commissioner, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Commission, Georgia Speakers: • Juris Stalmeistars - Director of the Economic Relations, Trade and Development Cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia • Giorgi Chikovani - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia • Izabela Kloc - Member, Chairperson of the European Union Affairs Committee, Parliament, Poland • Janez Kopac - Director, Energy Community Secretariat, Austria • Joseph Melitauri - Energy Expert, World Bank, Georgia • Iryna Vereshchuk - Chairman, International Centre for Black Sea-Baltic Studies and Consensus Practices, Ukraine 12:45 - 12:55 COFFEE BREAK 13:00 - 16:00 EXHIBITION Produced in Georgia („Ask for Georgian” campaign) 12:55 - 14:05 DISCUSSION PANEL Georgia and the South Caucasus as a Prospective Transit Area Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey form a regional cooperation block under which were formed independent of Russia and thus important for the EU transit routes for hydrocarbons (TBE, TBC) and railways (Baku-Tbilisi-Kars). To what extent is it a perspective and safe transport route? Moderator: • Irakli Danelia - Managing Partner, Silk Road Consulting, Georgia Speakers: • Vladimir Amiryan - Head on International Affairs, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia, Georgia • Kakha Baindurashvili - Regional Director, World SME Forum, Georgia • Ketevan Bochorishvili - General Director, Anaklia City JSC, Georgia • Guram Guramishvili - Director of Freight Transportation, JSC Georgian Railway, Georgia • Jaba Khmaladze - General Director, Georgian Gas Transportation Company, Georgia • Bogdan Rzonca - Member, Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee, Parliament, Poland 14:05 - 14:50 LUNCH www.economic-forum.pl Programme 5 26 May 14:50 - 16:00 DISCUSSION PANEL Challenges to the Regional Security and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Goals Recent events in Armenia show that the South Caucasus region holds some potential of destabilisation. Fortunately, this time there was no use of force. In Georgia, a stabilized political situation allow searching for further challenges. Significant achievements of Tbilisi was signing an association agreement with the EU and strengthening trade positions on the markets of EU countries. What are the Euro-Atlantic goals facing Georgia for the next decade? How can Georgia and the countries of the region increase their level of protection? Moderator: • Gheorghe Magheru - Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Member of the Scientific Council of New Strategy Center, Romania Speakers: • Piotr Apel - Member, Vice-Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee, Parliament, Poland • Mieczyslaw Bieniek - General, The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University College, Poland • Shalva Dzebisashvili - Associate Professor, University of Georgia • Shota Gvineria - Deputy Secretary, National Security Council of Georgia • Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan - Chairman, Center for Strategic Research, Armenia • Khvycha Meparishvili - Deputy, Supreme Council, Ukraine 16:00 - 16:10 COFFEE BREAK 16:10 - 17:20 DISCUSSION PANEL Poland and Georgia in International Relations 100 Years After Regain- ing its Independence Poland and Georgia share a similar history, both countries spent many years under tsarist or Soviet occupation. Both nations appreciate independence. Both have had a major impact on the region they are located. For over ten years Georgia has made a milestone in the international arena, with its own strength emerged from the Soviet orbit. Poland, on the other hand, has become the leader of democratic transformations in the Eastern Bloc. In such a short time, we managed to do so much? Could we have done more? Partner: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Moderator: • Jan Malicki - Director, Centre for East European Studies, Warsaw University, Poland Speakers: • Jan Dziedziczak - Member, Parliament, Poland • Dawid Kolbaia - Head of Caucasian Studies, Warsaw University, Georgia • Ghia Nodia - Professor, Ilia State University, Georgia • Waldemar Skrzypczak - Advisor, Follow Expert, Institute for Eastern Studies, Poland • George Volski - Deputy Chairman, Parliament, Georgia 17:20 - 17:30 COFFEE BREAK 17:30 - 18:40 DISCUSSION PANEL Doing Business in Georgia: Advantages and Disadvantages Georgia is a crossroads between the western world and Asia and the Middle East, which makes a good place for business. Economic reforms introduced over the last years have significantly facilitated the establishment and running a business, both for local entrepreneurs and foreign investors. Nevertheless, business is currently facing a number of obstacles in Georgia. Speakers will talk about the pros and cons of running a business. Moderator: • Itsik Moshe - President, Israel-Georgia Chamber of Business, Israel Speakers: • Gustav Groth - Owner, Director, Polish HR Georgia • Mikheil Khidureli - Director, Enterprise Georgia • Irakli Lekvinadze - Business Ombudsman, Georgia • Stanislaw Razniewski - President, Polish Georgian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Poland • Oliver Regner - Managing Director, German Business Association Georgia, Germany www.economic-forum.pl List of Participants List of Participants 7 Abaiadze Mikheil Agumava Shalva Georgia Georgia Morison Georgia LLC Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director, Partner Deputy Head Abaiadze Sophio Ahamed Jassim Georgia Iraq Morison Georgia LLC Embassy of the State of Qatar Audit Manager Head of the Media Department Abashidze Zaza Aitsuradze Zviadi Georgia Georgia Forbes Georgia IBCCS Georgia Columnist Financial Advisor Abashishvili Giorgi Akdag Levent Georgia Georgia The Administration of the President Georgian Communication Head Director Abramiuk Volodymyr Aksjonow Marcin Ukraine Poland International Center of Municipal Diplomacy TV Trwam Director Journalist Abulashvili Rusudan Alapishvili Levan Georgia Georgia GIZ CSRDG Adviser Good Governance Program Manager Adeishvili Levan Aleksidze Irma Georgia Georgia Georgian Technical University Business Media Contact LLC Energetic Journalist Adzinbaia Zviad Aleksishvili Aleх Georgia Georgia Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Policy and Management Consulting Group - PMCG, LLC MA, International Security President and CEO Agirbaia Giorgi Alibegashvili Kakha Georgia Georgia ProActive Group Georgia Polish HR Georgia CEO and Founder Partner, Director Agladze Zurab Amiryan Vladimir Georgia Georgia Georgian Employers Association Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia Vice-President Head on International Affairs www.economic-forum.pl 8 List of Participants Ananidze Gocha Asanidze Guka Georgia Georgia Ge-Go Europe-Georgia Institute Director Board Member Andronikashvili Giorgi Avetisyan Aramayis Georgia Armenia Free University of Tbilisi Friedrich Naumann Foundation Student Adviser Anguridze Otar Aydogan Umit Hakki Georgia Georgia Tbilisi Iv. Javakhishvili State University (TSU) Maqro Construction Chairman of the Board of the Center for Analysis and Chief Development
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