

Welcome to the
2nd CASPIAN EUROPE FORUM 2021
HYBRID CONFERENCE, BERLIN
DATE
5 & 6 October 2021
05 October 2021 8:30 am - 5:00 pm (CET)
06 October 2021 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (CET)
PARTICIPATION
Online & in Berlin
ONLINE: Livestram on clabb (unlimited)
PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE: Berlin, Hotel Titanic Gendarmenmarkt (limited tickets)
LANGUAGE
English
INFORMATION
The Caspian Region around the Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland sea, is the bridge between Europe and Asia.
With its vast oil and gas reserves, the region is not only a significant source of energy, but also, as the interface of various international transport corridors like the Belt And Road Initiative, The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), an increasingly important transit hub. With the Covid-19 pandemic and the Suez crisis the attractiveness of this region as a transit hub between Europe and Asia has increased. In order to fully exploit this potential, the region around Caucasus and Central Asia needs more international cooperation.
The Caspian Europe Forum provides the ideal platform to promote and enhance economic relations and cooperation between Europe and the Caspian region.
After the huge success of the First Edition in 2020, the 2nd Caspian Europe Forum is even bigger. This year a full two-day program is planned with the focus on logistics and infrastructure, energy and sustainability, digital economy, vocational training, agriculture, health economy, digital economy and foreign direct investment. The conference will also discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and its potential impacts on the Caspian Region.
Like last year, the conference will be hybrid. With a presence event in Berlin and online on the platform clabb.
New this year will be also a virtual fair parallel to the conference, where companies can book booths and as exhibitors present their organization and services in digital interactive formats and make contacts and matchmakings via chat.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
- ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
- CAREC
- German Agribusiness Alliance
- German Health Alliance
- International Finance Corporation
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER
CONFERENCE PARTNERS
- Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce
- BVL - Chapter Russia
- Delegation of the German Economy for Central Asia
- Deutsche Wirtschatfsvereinigung (DWV)
- Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade
- German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce
- German-Turkmen Forum e.V.
- International Bankers Forum
- State Development Corporation of Thuringia
- The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
MEDIA PARTNER

Valeh Alasgarov
Chairman, Alat Free Economic Zone Authority (AFEZA), Baku
Amir Alizadeh
Moderation/ Head of International Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Ulm
Farnaz Almasi
Head of Market Access & Governmental Affairs, Bayer Parsian, Teheran
Thomas Baum
Executive - Head of Division Underwriting & Risk Management, Euler Hermes, Hamburg
Tobias Baumann
Managing Director, German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce (AHK Azerbaijan), Baku
Dr. Bernt Bieber
Head of Direct Export Sales, Siemens Healthineers, President COCIR
Andrej Bievetski
Managing Director, SAP Labs CIS, Moscow
Catarina Bjorlin Hansen
Regional Director Caucasus, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Tbilisi
Dr. Per Brodersen
Moderation / Director, German Agribusiness Alliance, Berlin
Nicholas Cendrowicz
Deputy Head of Unit in DG NEAR C1, European Commission, Brussels
Laura Cross
Director of Market Intelligence, International Fertilizer Association (IFA), Paris
Michael Dietrich
Geschäftsführer leXsolar GmbH, Dresden
Cheryl Edleson Hanway
Regional Head of Industry Infrastructure, Europe and Central Asia, IFC Washington
Oybek Elmuratov
Deputy Director, Investment Prom. Agency under the Ministry of Investm. & Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Johannes F. Linn
Moderation / Consultant, Asian Development Bank
Clemens Finger
Vice President, Country Director CIS, KfW-DEG, Moscow
Welcome Address

Opening Keynote

COOPERATION IN CENTRAL ASIA ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
Ilkhom Makhkamov
Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent
AZERBAIJAN IN GLOBAL ENERGY LANDSCAPE - LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
Elnur Soltanov
Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku
AZERBAIJAN IN GLOBAL ENERGY LANDSCAPE - LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
Elnur Soltanov
Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku

Networking

Development and Legal Challenges of the Convention on the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea particularly on Submarine Oil and Gas Pipelines Projects in the Sea

Discussion

Keynote

Discussion

Networking

Discussion

Discussion

Last Panel of Day 1

Invitation Dinner

Welcome Address

Recent Economic Developments and Short Term Prospects
Medium Term Growth Prospects
Financial Sector Prospects and Challenges

Discussion

Networking

Keynote

Discussion

Opening Remarks

Discussion

Lunch and networking

Discussion

Discussion

Maleki Corporate Group