ECONOMY
Tbilisi to host 2nd International Caspian Energy Forum – 2014
The Forum will be arranged within the framework of the15th anniversary of the Caspian Energy International Media Group.
The forum in Tbilisi will be held annually as a general meeting of the Caspian European Club (CEIBC).
PASHA Bank Georgia, one of the major banks of Georgia, and Cross Caspian Oil & Gas Logistics LLC are the gold sponsors of the 2nd International Caspian Energy Forum - 2014.
''The Caspian Energy Forum - 2014 will become a platform to discuss different areas of the Georgian economy, and contribute to attraction of new investments and integration of the financial sector across the Caspian-Black Sea region countries,” PASHA Bank Georgia Chairman of the Executive Board Shahin Mammadov said.
The focus of speakers, delegates and forum participants will be on the key role of Georgia in energy, transport and infrastructure projects, the growing upstream gas sector, the Southern Corridor projects and the resource potential of the Caspian Sea.
In the second part the forum will host the Caspian European Forum. It will focus on development of the non-oil sector. Issues to be discussed during the Caspian European Forum will concern introduction of innovations into the financial, banking, insurance, leasing, telecommunication, tourism, machine-building, construction and other sectors of the non-oil industry, doing business issues and creation of a business-government dialogue.
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili will attend the opening ceremony of the forum.
The event will be attended by the representatives of diplomatic missions and missions of international organizations accredited in Georgia, heads of government institutions across the countries of the Caspian-Black Sea and Baltic regions and international companies.