international congress and exhibition … congress and exhibition “hydropower. the caspian and...

InternationalCongressandExhibition“Hydropower.TheCaspianandCentralAsia2017”(15-16February,

Tbilisi,Georgia)www.hydropowercongress.com

An international congress “Hydropower. The Caspian and Central Asia” takes place 15-16 February inTbilisi,Georgia,andisaprofessionalplatformforhigh-levelparticipantstodiscusskeytopicstoguidethecourse for hydropower construction and operation in the Caspian and Central Asia region. High-profilespeakers will discuss the changing role of hydropower in the energy mix and the benefits ofinterconnections beyond national borders. Participants will review initiatives and commitments anddiscussactionprioritiesthatenablebetterhydro.Congresshighlights:

• Itisanexclusive,invitationonly,forumforheadsofdelegations.Itincludesrepresentativesfromsponsorandpartnerorganisations,andgivesparticipantsanopportunityto launchandreportontheirowninitiatives,throughspecialsessionsandside-events.

• Presentationof40+projectsforthegreenfieldconstructionandmodernizationoflarge,smallandmediumHPPsintheCaspianandCentralAsiaregion(Turkey,Armenia,Iran,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Russia,Belarus,Ukraine,Tajikistan,KirgiziaandKazakhstan);

• BusinessmeetsMinistersofEnergyregardingtheinternationalcooperationthatwillenablebetterhydro;

• Meetings with investors, who will discuss how the early understanding and management ofsustainabilitycanremovebarrierstoinvestment;

• Round tables: the opportunity to discuss the most pressing issues facing hydropower (projectsfinancing,ecological safetyand technology innovations).Thecongress includeshigh-levelplenarydiscussionsaswellasfocusedspecialistsessions.

Amongthespeakers:• AykArutyunyan,DeputyMinister,Ministryof EnergyandNaturalResourcesof theRepublicof

Armenia• NurbekAbaskanov,DeputyChairmanoftheBoard,NationalEnergyHoldingCompany• DuisenMergaliyev,President,AESKazakhstan• RonnySolberg,CEO,AdjaristsqaliGeorgia• RobertLSchenck,ExecutiveDirector,CASA-1000Secretariat• DavidManagadze,Associate,EuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopment• JakobTodua,MainExpert,GeorgianEnergyDevelopmentFund• AietiKukava,CEO,AllianceGroupHolding• Byoung-SeubChoi,CEOandPresident,NenskraHydro• RomanZorabyants,ChairmanoftheBoard,RusHydroInternational• TaalaybekTolubaev,GeneralDirector,ElectricPowerplants(TherepublicofKyrgyzstan)

Hostedby:VostockCapitalWebsite:http://www.hydropowercongress.com/en/Tel:+442073943090events@vostockcapital.comContactforMedia:EkaterinaVankova,PRandMarketingManagerEvankova@vostockcapital.comTel:+442073943090