The First International Caucasus Banking & Finance Conference - 2006 exhibition will be involve approximately 100 participants from 15 world countries, including Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, UK, Austria, India, and Uzbekistan.
Rena Abutalibova, an Iteca Caspian manager on conferences and exhibitions, told Trend that 27 companies will join the exhibition, 24 of which are Azerbaijani firms. Around 250 delegates are expected to participate in the conference, she underlined.
Organized with official support by the National Bank of Azerbaijan, the Association of Azerbaijani Banks and the Ministry of Finances the conference and exhibition will be held at the Grand Hotel Europe of Baku from 13 to 14 June.
The program of the conference is as follows:
13 June:
09.00am Official Opening and Welcome Addresses: Elman Rustamov, Chairman, the National Bank of Azerbaijan, Heydar Babayev, Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan Samir Sharifov, Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan.
09.15am - Session 1: Role of Finance Sector in Dynamic Growth of Economy in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Finance Sector as an Effective Mechanism of Development of Economy in Azerbaijan. Role of Finance Sector in Development of Regions
Chairman: Zakir Nuriyev, President, Association of Banks of Azerbaijan
Keynote speech: Heydar Babayev, Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan Gunduz Mammadov, Chairman, State Committee for Securities under the auspices of the President of Azerbaijan Rufat Aslanli, Director, the National Bank of Azerbaijan Academic Ziyad Samedzade, Chairman, Standing Commission of the Milli Mejlis on Economic Policy Zurab Gvasalia, President, Association of Banks of Georgia, Kurt Geiger, the Business Group Director, Financial Institutions, EBRD Martin Kimmig, Regional Manager, Financial Market, IFC
11:45am Session 2: New Trends in Development of Finance Sector in Azerbaijan and Georgia Chairman: Etibar Aliyev, Chairman of Supervisory Board, Texnika Bank Nejdet Sarisozen, Director Trade Finance and SMEs, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank Thomas Engelhardt, Chairman of Executive Board, Azerbaijan Micro Finance Bank, Michael Korwin, Senior Vice President Business Development, New Markets, Moodys Investors Service Ltd. Mobil Sharifov, Chairman of Executive Board, AtaBank, Samir Huseynov, Chairman of Executive Board, Texnika Bank Vugar Aliyev, Senior Manager, Assurance Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Faig Huseynov, Chairman of Executive Board, UniBank Emil Mustafaoglu, Deputy Chairman of Executive Board, International Bank of Azerbaijan, Charles Canfield, Project Manager, Azerbaijan Corporate Governance Project, IFC Daniel R. Matthews, Partner, Baker & McKenzie.Session 3: Market of Capitals: Current Situation and Perspectives of Further Development Chairman: Anar Akhundov, Chairman of Board, Baku Stock Exchange Anar Jafarov, Chief of Securities registration Dept, State Committee for Securities under the uspices of the President of Azerbaijan Elnur Allahverdiyev, Chief of Legal Dept, State Committee for Securities under the auspices of the President of Azerbaijan Anar Akhundov, Chairman of Board, Baku Stock Exchange Mustafa Mammadov, Deputy Chairman of Board, Baku Stock Exchange Samir Balayev, Member of Baku Stock Exchange, brokerage house Khayal Abdinov, Member of Baku Stock Exchange, brokerage house
16:15 Session 4: Innovative Ideas and Latest Applications for Finance Sector Chairman: Zulfugar Babayev, General Director, AzTech Ayaz Jamilov, Head of Business Development department, Caspel Igor Yakovenko, President, Azel Zulfugar Babayev, General Director, AzTech Gapeev Sergey, Director, R-Style Gennadiy Zamanskiy, Deputy General Director, F-Line Technologies Ltd. Tiagi Sushil, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd.
14 June
10:00 Session 1: Participation of Financial Structures in Strategic Projects for Azerbaijan and Georgia. Chairman: Zurab Gvasalia, President, Association of Banks of Georgia Keynote speech: Rufat Mahmud, Head of division on cooperation with International Financial Institutions, Ministry of Economic Development Raymond Conway, Senior Banker, Head, EBRD Baku Resident Office Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan State Agency for Agricultural Credits, Murad Shiraliyev, Deputy Chairman of Executive Board, Kapital Bank, International Finance Corporation Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan.
12:00 Session 2: Leasing and Insurance Sector in Caucasus. Perspectives of Development. Chairman: Academic Ziyad Samedzade, Chairman, Standing Commission of the Milli Mejlis on Economic Policy. Keynote speech: Jeyhun Mammadbayli, Chairman of Executive Board, Association of Leasing Companies of Azerbaijan, Keynote speech: Academic Ziyad Samadzada, Chairman, Standing Commission of the Milli Mejlis on Economic Policy, Akif Musayev, Head of Taxes Policy and Strategic Planning Department, Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan, Elchin Ahmadov, Project manager, IFC Leasing, Fariz Abbasov, Chairman of Executive Board, International Insurance Company,Aydin Rahmanov, Deputy General Manager, Standard Insurance
14:30 Session 3: Credit Policy in Finance Sector in Caucasus. New opportunities for Business Sector. Mortgage Lending. Credits for Foreign Trade. Chairman: Rufat Aslanli, Director, the National Bank of Azerbaijan.
Keynote speech: Faig Mammadov, Executive Director, Mortgage Lending Fund of Azerbaijan, Ogtay Mamedov, Project Manager, BBVB, Javid Gouliyev, Deputy Chairman of Executive Board, Bank Standard, Afgan Isayev, Vice President - Strategic Planning & Development, Bank of Baku, Azerbaijan Micro Finance Bank, Shaig Alekberov, Chairman of Executive Board, Mugan Bank, Mamed Hasanli, Chairman of Executive Board, Bank of Azerbaijan, Surkhay T. Ahmadov, Chairman of Executive Board, NBCBank, Ahmet Yeman, Chairman of Executive Board, CI Bank.