ECONOMY
World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia opens in Vienna
Baku, June 7 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan minister of communications and information technologies Ali Abbasov will represent Azerbaijan at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia due to open in Vienna tomorrow, June 8.
Ali Abbasov will brief the Forum participants on Azerbaijan`s Transnational-Eurasian Information Super Highway project and future national communication, information and media technologies developments.
As part of his visit to Vienna, Ali Abbasov will hold meetings with co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Austria Intergovernmental Commission, Deputy Federal Minister of economy, family and youth Ms. Bernadette Gerlinger and Deputy Federal Minister of transport, innovations and technologies Andreas Raichardt.
Austrian Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce (ATAZ) will organize presentation of several projects being developed in Azerbaijan in the field of IT.
The Vienna World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia has brought together more than 500 leaders from business, government, academia and civil society from over 67 nations.
The meeting will be held from 8 to 9 June under the theme Expanding the Frontiers of Innovation. It is the ninth World Economic Forum meeting held in Austria, an important gateway between Europe and Central Asia. The meeting is co-hosted with the Government of Austria.
This year`s programme has been shaped around three core areas: global competitiveness, resource equation and risk resilience. In addition to the award for European Social Entrepreneurs of the Year, official sessions will look at pressing global issues including the Arab spring, the future of the euro, energy resources after the crisis in Japan and the fastest growth countries and game-changers in the region.
The goal of this meeting is to highlight the partnerships that are already working in the region and to build the new bridges between Europe and Central Asia that will drive sustainable growth through collaborative innovation.