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Caspian Week 2024 - BAKU

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Caspian Week Gala Dinner and official closing ceremony

Presentation of World Ethnogames 2020

Future path for globalization and digitalization

Modern technologies, blockchain, cryptocurrency are widely used concepts during money remittance and international transactions in business nowadays, but not clear enough about its standardization. The processes of globalization and digitalization with their pros and cons inevitably touch important topics such as regulatory framework, standards, and security.

Scenarios of economic development of GCR

Startup presentation Vagan Martirosyan

Signing ceremony

AI how to convert a threat into an opportunity for mankind

Artificial intelligence being an instrument for progress has become integral part in our everyday life. But fast developing of technologies, robots raise a lot of question about morals, ethics, underlining the importance to feel the border not to cross and stay human first.

After regulators stone wall fall what if a corporation has its own money

The surge of interest in cryptocurrency started several years ago and is still high nowadays. Lots of people would love to use new currencies in everyday life and in business, it can bring foreign trade to another level. But such transactions must guarantee security to its users that is a question to discuss.

Breakfast with experts on digital technologies

Digital technologies have led to a great progress in the sphere of data analysis, data storage and at the same time information intercept and hackers’ attacks. More about new programs, how they analyze data and where are used in our everyday life we can learn from the experts on digital technologies.

The Digital Economist Roundtable

Night event at Hilton Hotel with music performance

Caspian Arbitration Centre Presentation

Switzerland - China MoU: practical implementation and expected outcomes

A great number of international projects and initiatives has been developed recently. BRI and MoU projects the speakers touch during the meeting bring benefits not only a couple of countries they include, but foster the development of the third party markets.

New Technologies for trade, logistics for the Greater Caspian Region

Nowadays new technologies impact and develop all spheres of human life including business and trade relationships. But besides the simplification of logistics and cross-border procedures that the parties have to follow, new technologies can cause some problems.

Duspute Resolution and Cooperation in the Greater Caspian Region

Presently the Greater Caspian Region develops its active participation in international trade at a frantic pace. In this case the question of international dispute resolution and its legitimacy is very urgent. The main fears of investors, possible challenges the counterparties can face and other problems in the sphere of dispute resolution are covered during the panel.

Illicit Trade: how to mobilize business and fight effectively

The usage of modern technologies in fighting with counterfeit and illicit trade can be seen as a double edge sword. Though specialists come to a conclusion that blockchain and other tools together with proper legislation are effective and necessary to protect brands.

Economics of Intelligence: New Digital Landscape for Industries and Markets

With the growth of innovations, we inevitably observe the increased demand and necessity in protection of intellectual property. A variety of security tools that could defend property rights have been already created, but still, we raise lots of questions that remain open.

Republic of Uzbekistan: Social and Economic Reforms Industries, Trade and Investments

Signing ceremony

Regulations and innovations. What is the role of governments and Businesses

Investments and international trade directly depend on good regulation, making the parties and investors more confident. At the same time strict regulation cannot leave much space for innovation. The speakers share their ideas about the right combination of regulations that could allow the business to develop faster.

Anti-money laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing system in modern fintech industry

The implementation of technologies usually comes with some difficulties in its practical usage such as discrepancy about international law for regulations, security etc. The panelists discuss week points in automatization and what specialists need to work on to provide global safety in digital world.

Breakfast with Expert The New Global Revolution In Food

Breakfast with Expert The New Global Revolution In Food

Georgian Dinner. Participation of the official delegation of Georgia

4th Industrial Revolution and the Greater Caspian Region

4 th Industrial revolution is the topic being discussed many times and remains urgent nowadays. Although new technologies and automatization are believed to be a progress, there are some dangerous aspect and week points in transition to data industry.

Circular economy: need & opportunities

Development of oil and gas, of transportation industries and others leads to excessive plants’ emissions and toxic waste dumps that enormously harm the environment. Transition to circular economy which is the mean of achievement of sustainable development goals can change the situation radically.

SDG in the health and wellness industry

In the world of accessibility where you can buy almost everything except health, people more often start thinking how to prevent undesirable diseases. Lots of programs, concepts and ideas of sustainability that modern companies prefer to use nowadays are aimed at both nature and human care.

Presentation of Ethnomir Baltic Polo Club

Energy transition in the Greater Caspian Region: development and emissions

Recent researches show that the increase of energy consumption leads to enormous amount of carbon dioxide effect emitted and as a result to global climate change. The specialists talk about the future of energy, its production, possible forms and methods of its conversion to save nature.

SDGs in the Greater Caspian Region: how to engage stakeholders?

The Role of Global Universities in Promoting Sustainable Future

Access to global markets: new transit opportunities for Greater Caspian Region

Interconnection, fast transportation, and safe data transition between countries in the Greater Caspian Region are the projects of primary importance for international trade development. Speakers raise paramount questions such as the main technological projects, possible challenges the region could face and name investments’ sources to accelerate the processes.

Investments in sustainability: available tools and models

Sustainability is a concept that can be described differently depending on the sphere it is applied, but obviously has become necessary and integral approach that many companies and infrastructures should stick to.

Eco-tourism - Swiss experience for GCR

Eco tourism is a new concept that combines several components for an exciting and healthy trip. The speakers from different countries describe these elements with regard to their own country and share the ideas how it could be implemented to the Greater Caspian Region.

Education & Leadership for Sustainable World

Different approaches, methods and problems are presented and supported with examples during discussion of education and leadership topics. New technologies that are actively used now are considered to be a double-edge sword in many ways.

Importance of the cultural education for the international relations

Demonstrating musical skills, young talented guys prove the fact that music units people disregarding nationality, age, gender, and other parameters.

Experts roundtable: TAPI gas pipeline - Practical Case Study

Caspian transport corridors in light of global change

The importance of the Great Caspian Region is indisputable for international trade and development of foreign relations. You can learn more about core transportation projects, plans for future and lacking elements for sustainable growth of the region.

Experts Roundtable - Perspectives of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline

BRI and the new World Order II: Globalization vs Trade Conflict, High-Tech vs. No-Tech

Experts in the Greater Caspian Region share their ideas about recent changes in WTO, insecure dispute resolution process, BRI and expectations from it, and the possibilities of big and small companies to participate in global trade.

BRI and the new World Order I: Sustainability vs. Exploitation, Equality vs Nationalism

Small talks about timocracy, nationalism and interconnection with the technological progress and development in the USA and China are among themes raised for discussions. Sustainability that many companies try to stick to is another significant step for global changes.

Caspian Networking

Russia House Briefing

Caspian Week official opening ceremony, Sinara Art Gallery, Opening Dinner

Women's Leadership and SDGs

The panel is dedicated to women who managed to come through all stereotypes and hesitations about their inability to be treated equally as men and fully realized. The panelists talk about the main components of success in modern world and what is necessary to have our dreams come true.

Experts Roundtable - Peace-making process in Afghanistan. Potential role of International Organisations and Switzerland

Afghanistan transit opportunities. Railways, roads, rivers, containers

The topic discussed by panelists covers significant elements for country’s economic and industrial growth. Interconnectivity and cooperation with its neighbors in common projects and organizations will certainly help to attract investors.

Afghanistan economic outlook: industry, transportation, trading, investment

Being an important part of the Greater Caspian region, Afghanistan faces lots of problems that can impede fast development of the country and the whole region. Specialists’ vivid discussions about these difficulties and possible solutions shed the light on the current situation in the region.

Start Ups Presentations: The changes over the commodity trade with new technology and consequences

Over the past 30 years, the commodity trade industry went through some fundamental changes in the way its business is operated.

Tax, Legal and Compliance

Beginning of 2019 the global economy seems to turn more fragile than it was a year before. Populist policies carried out in a number of countries, a trade war between the USA and China on its way, and growing uncertainty in the political — all of this vastly affects the international business environment.

Innovative Trade & Finance

The panel members came from different backgrounds, which meant there was a vivid discussion. The panel members agreed that digital instruments are key in order to provide clients with the best possible service. Banks, companies and other institutions have to innovate constantly, to not just follow trends, but to create trends.

Biotech and Healthcare. Digital Innovations

The panel on the important topic of Digital Technology in Healthcare made it very clear that Technology can make a significant difference in the lives of people all over the world; for instance lessons from less developed countries can be extrapolated to places like Geneva.

The panel on the current topic of Cyber Security dealt with the rise in security breaches and massive hacker attacks, despite the investments in mitigating these issues. The panel members agreed that banks, organizations and individuals are not aware enough of cyber security. It is often discussed, but the real threat is underestimated.

Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain

The first panel discussion of the day dealt with AI and Blockchain. The topic is quite broad, however, the panel members all are experts in a specific field related to AI or Blockchain and they have been able to lend their expertise to the proceeding of the panel.

Breakfast with the expert: Web Intelligence and Big Data Analysis

Professor Masalovch has made it clear that we do not understand the ramifications of Big Data and the security threats that come with it. Hackers might be a step ahead of us and leverage our lack of knowledge by manipulating the data for a specific goal.

Environmemt Urban and Rural

In the nearest future, the humankind is expected a plenty of environmental and ecological problems. The incising the population is interlinked with the lack of resources and the most precious one – water, soil degradation and generating waste.

Investments, Infrastructure and Climate change

Climate change discussions about the Caspian Sea Basin have been taking place for a long time, as the sea level fluctuations have long been of concern.

Presentation of the Greater Caspian Foundation

Greater Caspian Foundation is a non-profit organisation with a mission to support the Greater Caspian region* by supporting the development of the human capital of the region, overcoming the digital divide between people from the developed countries and the population of the Greater Caspian states, improving the environmental situation of the Caspian Sea.

Manufacturing, Innovation, Robotics session

We already have different types of robots: Robots, so-bots, cobots. What is next? Will robot have legal standing? Or might they even pay taxes? What does all of this mean to humanity?

Culture, Design and Fashion in the Greater Caspian Region

One of the aims of the Caspian Week is to promote the Greater Caspian Region. When we talk about culture, there are many sides to it, and many ways to promote it, particularly in an area that is as diverse as the Caspian Region.

Globalisation, International trade and barriers

At this session we talked about current events around the world particularly surrounding trade tensions that we experience in different areas around the globe. Every day we read about trade wars and tariff wars. In this discussion we aim to analyse and clarify what is really going on.

Presentation of the ‘Caspian Ambassador’ club

The Caspian Ambassador (CA) is social club of former and current senior diplomats and public officials worldwide, willing to work for the deepening of the co-operation between the Caspian countries, their neighbors and the world at large.

Mobility: new initiatives. Ship, road & rail. Belt & Road.

The world today is undergoing major geopolitical shifts with the rise of new economic realities. These changes lead to new opportunities in the development of transportation and cooperation: new connectivity between China, the Far East and Europe.

Women's Leadership (key to success, obstacles, peculiarities)

Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. The promotion of women leadership at decision making roles and women empowerment is not only a matter of social inclusion and diversity, it is also a matter of economic value.

Caspian Week Impressions

Despite the five meters of snow that fell on the first two days of the summit in Davos, the Level 5 avalanche danger, the train lines and roads covered in snow combined with poor road and air visibility, we are happy to say that most of our guests have made it to Caspian Week and not only that; they warmed the place with heated discussions, their keen interest and new ideas!

Networking lounge

After engaging with the Caspian Week conference sessions, our guests could enjoy the networking meetings.

Art for Caspian Charity Auction

On Friday, we officially closed the Caspian Week 2018 with a tasting of Domaines Burnier wines and a charity auction.

Opera in the Alps

Thursday evening became one of the most awaited events in Davos by connoisseurs of opera and classical music. Famous opera arias in Russian, Italian and German were performed by Russian tenor Sergey Dubroff accompanied by the pianist Oleksandr Yankevich.

The Caspian Week sessions on Wednesday were followed by the already famous Caspian Night, where guests were treated to the famous Caspian delicacy - black caviar, pleasantly accompanied by ice-cold vodka. The world-renowned violinist Valentin Akçag performed for the attending guests.

The first in the list of exciting evening events was Georgian Night, attended by Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Caspian Week guests were treated to a famous Georgian a cappella choir while enjoying Georgian wine and gourmet food.

Caspian Action Plan Workshop

The Caspian digital day was structured in three main blocks on the logic of assessing the opportunities and challenges from top down with the aim of coming up with an action plan at the end of the day for seizing and building concrete digital business plans.

Strategies and Tactics, Leveraging digital technology

This day, we tried focus our attention on how to carefully craft functioning arrangements between all stakeholders and engage with global- and well as local leading companies to find the best solutions for all.

Framing the Caspian Opportunities for Digital World

The Caspian Week 2018 organized under the motto ‘Finis Origine pendet’ a full day dedicated to the Caspian Region. The focus was to elaborate the many commercial opportunities that new digital technologies could bring to the trade and logistics value chain.

Can digital technology accelerate the energy transformation?

Information and communication technologies lead to rapid transformation of urban infrastructure. Intelligent infrastructure enables adaptive city planning and response in real time to the contextual work and living spaces.

Smart! You + the future of your city!

The world population will grow by around 2 billion people over the next decades and by 2030, 60% of the global population will live in urban areas. This represent an overall 30% increase in migration from rural to urban centers over the next decades.

“Bitcoin is dead! Long live the Cybercurrencies!”

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, the second legendary debate took place, whether the emerging Cybercurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, are a mere market anomaly or real rising alternatives to the fiat currency system.

Can developing nations rise more inclusively when economic reality meets future technologies?

Today, large financial corporations are particular exposed to potential risk concentration. New technologies might enable to not only decipher risk aggregation earlier but also to mitigate such in anticipation.

Will 3 billion people become financially included thanks to fintech?

On Wednesday we discussed about Digital Technology shaping Global Finance. These panels deciphered the fast emerging opportunities, challenges and intricacies of the fintech landscape, the nexus to economic reality and monetary governance.

Artificial intelligence, augmented reality = better healthcare for all! Really?

The majority of medical mistakes are based on data errors and incompatibility of such. Digital technology disruption is revolutionary in all aspects from the patient’s bedside to the development of new treatment options.

Digital technology will revolutionize education! Or not?

"Finis origine pendet". Latin, it stands for the 'end depends upon the beginning' and was crafted by its founder, a strict Calvinist Samuel Phillips Jr. stating "Youth is the important period, on the improvement or neglect of which depend the most important consequences to individuals and the community."

Woman: Digital Leader!

The overall goal is to close the gender gap, which potentially could contribute an additional $10 trillion to the global economy. Women contribute to substantial value creation in the economy. Fortune 500 companies with more women on the board show a higher return on equity and start-ups with women in charge yield a 35% higher return.

Caspian Week Networking Lounge

Here, all attendees of the Caspian Week can meet up to make useful contacts for successful business in the Caspian region and beyond.

Will Trump make the economy great again?

The expectations on the future of the American economy under a Trump administration could not be more opposing.

Who will dominate the future in finance?

The penultimate discussion of Caspian Week 2017 addressed the challenges facing the finance world today, and the opportunities it can grasp tomorrow.

On the evening of Day Two at Caspian Week 2017, visitors of the World Economic Forum gathered for Caspian Night.

Data to the people: A solution to health care?

The second debate on Day Two of the Caspian Week Conference 2017 addressed an exciting new possibility in healthcare technology – the use of the masses of data now gathered on each individual person.

Is Finance the future for infrastructure?

Experts in their respective industries were gathered together to discuss the future of infrastructure investment and innovations in energy.

Caspian region: The $1 trillion opportunity!

To illuminate this opportunity, three guest panellists were invited: Giulio Haas, Stuard Detmer and Ketevan Bochorishvili

Women: The Leaders of the future!

At the Caspian Week Conference 2017 in Davos, Switzerland, a panel of experts came together to discuss the empowerment of women n business.