Caspian Week 2024 - BAKU

Agenda

Hosted by Caspian Week and ADA University and supported by a growing number of top-level partners, this exclusive forum brings together global leaders, experts, and innovators to create a lasting impact through building peace and collaboration, deploying practical solutions, and engaging youth.

This is an unparalleled opportunity to engage in thought-provoking discussions, share success stories, and explore innovative technologies and financing mechanisms for environmental solutions.

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CASPIAN WEEK 2024 TIMETABLE

DAY 1

08:30 - 09:30

Registration, Light Breakfast and Networking

09:30 - 10:00

GRAND OPENING

10:00 - 10:45

Caspian Sea Shallowing: Causes and Consequences. Leveraging on global experience for mitigation and adaptation.

Historical sea level data and forecasts. Likely causes.
Potential consequences for climate, society and economy, logistics, biodiversity and agriculture.
Learning lessons: Aral Sea, Colorado River.
Mitigation opportunities.
Adaptation opportunities.
Financing requirements and potential sources.
International framework.

10:45 - 11:00

Break and Networking

11:00 - 12:00

Access to clean water for household use and farming: Global trends and applicable solutions.

Current state and outlook for the Greater Caspian region: Threats and Opportunities.
Conserving and sharing water resources: international cooperation framework.
Case studies include the Qosh Tepa canal in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan tensions over transborder water management, the hydropower station on the Nile in Ethiopia, and Mexico-US discussions over the Colorado River.
Solutions for eliminating pollution and losses, efficient water usage.
Smart and efficient water management tools: IoT, smart metering, better infrastructure.
Business models and sources of finance.

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 13:45

Protecting the Caspian Sea’s maritime environment and biodiversity.

Recent trends, primary threats to the Caspian Sea environment: Pollutions scientific data on the recent changes and outlook.
Oil spill prevention and response: national plans and joint response formats: Regional Response Capability and Emergency Response Plan.
Rehabilitation of oily lakes.
Protection of Caspian seals and other wildlife.
Framework and institutions for international cooperation.
Tehran Convention - Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea.
Role of NGOs and civil society in protecting biodiversity.

13:45 - 14:00

Break and Networking

14:00 - 14:45

Food security and safety. Deployment of conservation agriculture in the Greater Caspian Region. Contribution of the Region to the Global Food Security.

Recent trends and outlook in soil condition, pollution and fertility. Key threats for food safety.
Most promising agricultural technologies in the Greater Caspian Region.
Key barriers to smart agriculture: markets, finance, technology transfer, culture, etc. Farming economics and business models. Access to global and regional markets.
Possible investment synergies through regional cooperation.
The development of the logistics corridors from the GCR as a critical element of Global Food Security (Trans-Caspian Corridors, including Middle Corridor; Trans-Afghanistan corridor and others).

14:45 - 15:00

Break and Networking

15:00 - 15:45

Expert Roundtable: Aligning stakeholders’ interests and just transition: Sustainable mining, hydrocarbons exploration and production.

Social, economic and environmental aspects of mining and hydrocarbon exploration and production for resource-reach regions.
Possible approaches to resolving acute environmental disputes, including the accumulation of sulfur produced from the desulfurization of oil and gas, recultivation of mining lands, etc.
The role of new technologies and new logistics routes.

15:45 - 16:00

Break and Networking

16:00 - 17:00

Building Peaceful Future as an enabler of rebuilding Karabakh, deploying green energy solutions, generating sustainable jobs and building smart villages.

Affected regions: infrastructure, displaced persons: Current state and outlook.
Solutions for rapidly deploying sustainable housing and social infrastructure in the affected territories.
Employment, business opportunities, medicine, education and social support for the population.
Prospective technologies.
Green Energy Zones (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey).

17:00 - 17:30

Apero and Networking

17:45 - 19:30

Concert (TBC)

DAY 2

08:30 - 09:30

Registration, Light Breakfast and Networking

09:30 - 10:30

Green global logistics: international and national routes and corridors.

Key logistical challenges in the Greater Caspian Region.
Existing and prospective corridors, e.g. Trans-Caspian Corridors (Middle Corridor and others) and North-South corridor, Central Asia-Afghanistan-Pakistan Corridor.
Enablers for sustainable logistics: digital and optimization tools, efficient and less polluting transportation.
Green shipping in the Caspian Sea (LNG, CNG, Ammonia, Methanol, Solar). Shipbuilding projects.
Electronic transport documents (e-FBL, e-RWB and others). Role of FIATA, UNCITRAL.
Regional cooperation: institutes and legal framework.

10:30 - 11:00

Break and Networking

11:00 - 12:00

Access to clean energy for all.

The situation with access to clean energy for industrial enterprises, farms and residents: Energy mix, losses, reliability of infrastructure. Supply-demand and pricing forecasts. Key challenges, in particular for the territories affected by war, natural and human-made disasters.
On-grid and off-grid solutions realized: Cooling, heat and power cogeneration, photovoltaic, wind, biofuel and biogas, hydrogen, fuel cells, etc.
Transborder energy markets and transmission lines (Trans-Caspian (Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan), Trans-Black Sea (Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania).
Cross-border investments.

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:00

Smart Cities & Smart Villages.

Conditions of urban and rural infrastructure and housing. Climate change impact. Key challenges.
Smart Cities innovations: planning, materials, solutions and technologies for HVAC, transportation, etc.
Presenting project opportunities in Azerbaijan.
Urgent needs and bright opportunities in Karabakh.
Sources of finance.

14:00 - 14:15

Break and Networking

14:15 - 15:15

Carbon & Methane Emissions Reduction: opportunities, targets and sources of finance.

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and updated targets for 2030 and 2050.
Key technologies and policies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Approaches to resource mobilization for GHG emissions reduction.
Industrial Methane leakage problem in Central Asia.
Reduction and elimination of Methane leakages. Methane capture technologies.

15:15 - 15:30

Break and Networking

15:30 - 16:30

New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance and Facilitating cross-border Regional Investments.

Industrial Methane leakage problem in Central Asia.
Reduction and elimination of Methane leakages. Methane capture technologies.
Estimating funds required for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and rehabilitation of affected territories.
Government policies.
IFI support.
The role of business associations.

16:30 - 16:45

Break and Networking

16:45 - 17:30

From Fossil Fuel Wealth to Building Human Capital: Policy Strategy for the Energy Transition

As the world rapidly adapts to renewable and energy sources, fossil fuel-dependent countries are facing a challenge: How to develop a new, vibrant, and sustainable economy?

17:30 - 18:00

Signing Ceremony: Baku Declaration for Peace and Prosperity

18:00 - 19:00

Official Closing, Apero and Networking

19:30 - 22:00

Gala Dinner (TBC)

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