Armenia Economic Forum 2018

Plenary Session
EU and EAEU: potential for economic cooperation
Moderator:
Vache Gabrielyan: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms
Speakers:

• Ara Nranyan: Member of the Board — Minister (EAEU)
• EU Commisioner  
• EAEU: Suleymanov T.M, EAEU, Kazakhstan
• EAEU: Sidorskiy S.S, EAEU, Belarus, former PM
• EAEU: Representative Kyrgyzstan

Discussion panel, Georgia:
Strongly oriented to the cooperation and investments
Moderator:
George Kvirikashvili: Vice-PM, Minister of economy and sustainable development

Speakers:

• Mikheil Ckuasheli: CEO TBC Bank, Georgia
• Levan Kistauri: Former Head of Customs, Georgia; Managing Partner - Business Management Bureau LLC
• Speaker 3
• Speaker 4

Plenary Session
Economic perspectives in Caucasus and Central Asia: challenge for investors
Moderator: Hrant Bagratyan, Former Prime-Minister (Armenia)

Speakers:

• David Dole: Country Director, ADB
• Edvard Sandoyan: PhD Economics, Former Minister of Finance, Armenia
• Representative: Uzbekistan
• Representative: Turkmenstan

Discussion panel, Armenia:
A country on the crossroad?
Moderator:
Laura Bailey: Country Manager - Armenia, WB
Speakers:

• Ruben Vardanyan: CEO of former Troyka Dialogue, Russia
• Anna Kempa: Country Manager - Armenia, GIZ
• Local Business Representative:
• Karen Chshmaritian: Minister of Economy, Armenia
• Gunter Pilarsky: Cronimet

Discussion panel, Kazakhstan:
A rising economic power in East.
Moderator:
Representative WB, EBRD, EIB, Kazakhstan
Speakers:

• Minister Kazakhstan:
• Local Business Representative: Kazakhstan
• Speaker 3
• Speaker 4

Plenary Session, official opening ceremony
The global world and the regions
Moderator:
Mark Donfried, Director General Institute of Cultural Diplomacy
Speakers:

• Serj Sargsyan, President of RA
• Dmitri Medvedev, PM of RF
• Manuel Valls, PM of France
• Karim Masimov, PM of Kazakhstan
• Andrey Kobyakov, PM of Belarus
• Irakli Garibashvili, PM of Georgia
• Temir Sariyev, PM of Kyrgyzstan
• Hovik Abrahamyan, PM of Armenia

Plenary Session, EAEU and World:
Scenarios of developments
Moderator: Armen Darbinian, Rector of the University, Former PM, Armenia

Speakers:

• Representative: WB, IMF, EAEU
• Belarus: Goshin V: EAEU, Belarus
• Russia: Valovaya T.D., Minister EUEU
• Armenia: Galoyan D.R, PhD economics
• Kazakhstan: Representative

Discussion panel, Kyrgyzstan:
A country on the crossroad?
Moderator:
Representative of EBRD, WB, ADB, GIZ in Kyrgyzstan
Speakers:

• Minister: Kyrgyzstan
• Local Businessman: Kyrgyzstan
• Representative of EBRD, ADB, WB, GIZ in Kyrgyzstan
• Local Businessman: Kyrgyzstan

Discussion panel, Eastern Europe and Ukraine:
How to build a strong economy?
Moderator: Ella Libanova: Academishian-secretar, director of the National Institute of Demography, 2000-2005 adviser to the President of Ukraine

Speakers:

• Aivaras Abromavicius: Minister of Economy, Ukraine
• Mikolaj Tauber: Poland
• Taras Kremin: Ukraine
• Viktor Pinzenik: Ukraine
• Rep of EBRD, WB

Plenary session, partner (to be defined):
The great Silk Road: restructured on the new basis  
Moderator:
Nodar Javakhishvili: Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, former Head of National Bank
Speakers:

• China: representative
• Iran: representative
• UNWTO representative
• Karen Chshmaritian: Minister of Economy, Armenia

Plenary Session, partner (to be defined):
Energy, Environment and Security
Moderator:  Pierre Terzyan (Albert Gor in case of agreement will
be honorable guest-speaker of the panel)

Speakers:

• Russia: Representative
• Iran: Representative
• Armenia: Representative
• USA: Representative

Plenary Session, Russia:
From energy empire to high-tech leadership
Moderator: Vladimir Mau, rector ANX

Speakers:

• Public Sector:  Representative
• Public Sector Representative
• Private Sector Representative
• Private Sector Representative