7th USACC Business and Investment Conference Videos

The goal of this conference is extremely specific: The USACC wants this meeting to connect those who seek business solutions and opportunities between entities doing business in either the U.S. or Azerbaijan or in both with those parties capable of enabling those objectives. Unlike almost any bilateral business conference ever held in Baku, this event will be singularly focused on actionable business intelligence and high-level contacts that can result in promising new partnerships.

Please see the videos of the 5 different sessions below.

Introduction: Featuring Samir Sharifov, Minister of Finance.

Session 1: Beyond Oil Exports – featuring Niyazi Safarov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development; U.S. Ambassador Matthew Bryza; and Martin Bentrott, Vice President of Boeing and Gulshan Rzayeva, Adviser to the President of AZPROMO.

Session 2: Advanced Technologies in Azerbaijan—Elmir Velizade, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies; Ali Agan, CEO of Azercell and Elchin Aliyev, President of Sinam.

Session 3: Financing your Oppourtunity—Shahmar Movsumov, Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan; Hani Kablawi, Executive Vice President of Bank of New York Mellon; Jahangir Hajiyev, Chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan; Murat Demirel, Managing Director of Citibank and Rovshan Najaf, Deputy Executive Director, Azerbaijan Investment Company.

Session 4: New Energy Realities of Azerbaijan—Vitaly Baylarbayov, Deputy Vice President of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic; Akim Badalov, Director of Agency for Renewable and Alternative Energy; Seymour Khalilov, Vice President of BP Caspian and Wolfgang Sporrer, Regional Manager of OMV Gas and Power.

Session 5: American Franchising in Azerbaijan—Daniel Matthews, Partner of Baker & McKenzie; Marc Mushkin, Vice President of Pollo Tropical and Benjamin Simon, Senior International Director of Radio Shack.

7th USACC Business and Investment Conference Photos