AGENDA
CASPIAN WEEK FORUM 2025 AND
GREATER CASPIAN SUMMIT: BRIDGING GLOBAL NORTH AND GLOBAL SOUTH
Program Overview
June 26–27, 2025 – ADA University Campus, Baku, Azerbaijan
CASPIAN WEEK FORUM 2025
Venue: Large Auditorium (up to 300 participants)
Venue: Large Auditorium (up to 300 participants)
Format:
• Caspian Week Forum and Greater Caspian Summit will run simultaneously in separate auditoriums
• Shared Opening Session on June 26 at 09:00–10:00
• Caspian Week Forum features 6 sessions per day
• Each session is 1 hour
• 30-minute breaks between sessions
• Common lunch break from 13:00–14:00
Time:
• 09:00–18:00 daily
• Six 1-hour sessions per day, with 30-minute breaks and a 1-hour lunch break
• Caspian Week Forum and Greater Caspian Summit will run simultaneously in separate auditoriums
• Shared Opening Session on June 26 at 09:00–10:00
• Caspian Week Forum features 6 sessions per day
• Each session is 1 hour
• 30-minute breaks between sessions
• Common lunch break from 13:00–14:00
Time:
• 09:00–18:00 daily
• Six 1-hour sessions per day, with 30-minute breaks and a 1-hour lunch break
CASPIAN WEEK 2025 TIMETABLE
9:00
9:00
Grand Opening Session
Strategic Vision for the Greater Caspian Region and Beyond
This joint ceremonial session inaugurates both the Caspian Week Forum 2025 and the Greater Caspian Summit: Bridging Global North and Global South. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly shifting global landscape, it brings together global leaders, ministers, business executives, international organizations, academics, and visionary thinkers to present a shared strategic vision.
With keynote remarks by H.E. Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, this opening will articulate the dual mission of addressing the region’s most acute current challenges and charting a path toward long-term resilience, prosperity, and cooperation. Themes will span from reforming global governance systems and nurturing civilizational equity, to supporting regional stability, digital infrastructure, clean energy transitions, and climate adaptation.
With keynote remarks by H.E. Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, this opening will articulate the dual mission of addressing the region’s most acute current challenges and charting a path toward long-term resilience, prosperity, and cooperation. Themes will span from reforming global governance systems and nurturing civilizational equity, to supporting regional stability, digital infrastructure, clean energy transitions, and climate adaptation.
With keynote remarks by H.E. Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, this opening will articulate the dual mission of addressing the region’s most acute current challenges and charting a path toward long-term resilience, prosperity, and cooperation. Themes will span from reforming global governance systems and nurturing civilizational equity, to supporting regional stability, digital infrastructure, clean energy transitions, and climate adaptation.
With keynote remarks by H.E. Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, this opening will articulate the dual mission of addressing the region’s most acute current challenges and charting a path toward long-term resilience, prosperity, and cooperation. Themes will span from reforming global governance systems and nurturing civilizational equity, to supporting regional stability, digital infrastructure, clean energy transitions, and climate adaptation.
10:00
10:00
Break
10:30
10:30
Session 2
Urban Transformation and Climate Adaptation: Cities of Tomorrow
As urban centers face unprecedented challenges, this panel explores smart cities, climate resilience, sustainable housing, and how to finance and govern future urban systems. The session will include a special focus on adaptation measures related to the Caspian Sea shallowing, and the long-term implications for urban and coastal planning.
11:30
11:30
Break
12:00
12:00
Session 3
Digital Infrastructure and Regional Connectivity Corridors
This session explores transformative digital infrastructure initiatives that are reshaping connectivity across the Greater Caspian Region and beyond. Discussions will cover the impact of fiber optics, high-capacity communications systems, and regional data corridors in enabling economic integration, digital trade, and smart services.
13:00
13:00
Lunch Break
14:00
14:00
Session 4
Clean, Affordable, and Inclusive Energy for All
This forward-looking session explores solutions for scaling clean and affordable energy in both rural and urban settings. From powering homes and industry to AI and digital economies, we examine renewable innovation, decentralized grids, energy access policy, and investment strategies to meet demand across diverse use cases.
15:00
15:00
Break
15:30
15:30
Session 5
Education, AI, and Workforce Transformation
With the AI era reshaping industries and societies, this session focuses on rethinking education systems, skills development, and ethical deployment of emerging technologies to ensure inclusivity and resilience.
16:30
16:30
Break
17:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:00
Session 6
Karabakh as a Growth Hub: Social and Economic Rebuilding
A case study in post-conflict development, this session reviews investment strategies, regional integration models, and inclusive infrastructure rebuilding to position Karabakh as a beacon of renewal.
9:00
9:00
Session 7
Food, Water, and Health Security in a Changing Climate
This cross-sectoral session connects food systems, water access, and public health under climate stress. The discussion will also address water scarcity and the Caspian shallowing, its implications for agriculture, and sustainable water governance in vulnerable zones.
10:00
10:00
Break
10:30
10:30
Session 8
Trade and Logistics Corridors: Unlocking Greater Caspian Connectivity
As urban centers face unprecedented challenges, this panel explores smart cities, climate resilience, sustainable housing, and how to finance and govern future urban systems. The session will include a special focus on adaptation measures related to the Caspian Sea shallowing, and the long-term implications for urban and coastal planning.
11:30
11:30
Break
12:00
12:00
Session 9
Investing in Sustainable Futures: Private Equity, VC, and Islamic Finance
This session focuses on unlocking capital through innovative finance—including venture capital, Islamic finance, and venture-building—to support regional startups and long-term infrastructure.
13:00
13:00
Lunch Break
14:00
14:00
Session 10
International Cooperation in Regional Development
This session will explore practical approaches to international cooperation in driving regional development. Policymakers, business leaders, and development experts will share best practices and successful case studies of subnational and cross-border collaboration. Topics include enabling frameworks such as MoUs and PPPs, the role of regional institutions, and overcoming barriers to cooperation.
We will also address the future of the global institutional architecture: how international organizations must evolve in response to shifting power balances, systemic disruptions, and the growing demand for action-oriented governance. Participants will assess how international and regional frameworks can remain relevant, agile, and effective in an increasingly multipolar and turbulent world.
We will also address the future of the global institutional architecture: how international organizations must evolve in response to shifting power balances, systemic disruptions, and the growing demand for action-oriented governance. Participants will assess how international and regional frameworks can remain relevant, agile, and effective in an increasingly multipolar and turbulent world.
15:00
15:00
Break
15:30
15:30
Session 11
Regional Geopolitics and Security: Alignments and Stability
This session addresses evolving security challenges and the need for multilateral trust-building. It will also explore broader strategic shifts, such as realignments in trade routes and the role of regional diplomacy in enhancing political and economic stability.
16:30
16:30
Break
17:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:00
Session 12
COP29 Outcomes and Road to COP30: Regional and Global Climate Ambitions
Reflecting on COP29 hosted in Baku, this panel discusses climate implementation strategies and how the region can influence global priorities heading into COP30 in Brazil. Mitigation and adaptation strategies tied to the Caspian Sea’s ecological challenges, including the shallowing crisis, will be a central element.
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