Turkey Events Connecting Eurasia Rail and Ports Forum Agenda

Connecting Eurasia: Smart Ports and Rail Forum

Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia - April 27, 28, 29, 2021

April 27, 2021

Opening Remarks
09:00-09:50 (16:00 Turkey time, 17:00 Azerbaijan and Georgia)

Heather Byrnes, Minister Counselor & Regional Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
David M. Satterfield, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, U.S. Embassy Turkey
Kelly C. Degnan, U.S Ambassador to Georgia, U.S. Embassy Georgia
Natia Turnava, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Lee Litzenberger, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, U.S. Embassy Azerbaijan
David De Falco, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Commercial Service

Railways Market Overview
09:50-10:35

David Peradze, CEO, Georgian Railway JSC
Alessandro Mascis, Vice President Electronics & Digital Sales, Wabtec

U.S. Smart Rail Technologies
10:35-11:25

Moderated by: Mike Rush, Senior Vice President for Operations and Safety, The Association of American Railroads (AAR)
Panelists:

David Milla, Director of Contract Administration, Globalstar
Frederick Ronse, Founder, Chief Evangelist, Globalstar/Ovinto
Jim Trogdon, Principal Transportation Consultant, SAS
Alessandro Mascis, Vice President Electronics & Digital Sales, Wabtec

Questions & Answers
11:25–11:35

April 28, 2021

Opening Remarks
09:00-09:05 (16:00 Turkey, 17:00 Azerbaijan and Georgia time)
Heather Byrnes, Minister Counselor & Regional Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service

Ports Market Overview
09:05-09:50

Tamar Ioseliani, Director, Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia (TBC)

U.S. Smart Ports Technologies
09:50-10:55

Moderated by: Dave Matsuda, Principal, Matsuda Associates
Panelists:

Patrick King, Vice President, Jacobs
Medha Rahman, Director for Ports & Maritime, Jacobs
Meena Shah, Sales Engineer, Navis
Robert Rosenberg, President & CEO, NTELX
Ian Williams, Director, Eurasia Sales, Rapiscan

Questions & Answers
10:55–11:05

April 29, 2021 Financing of Rail and Ports Investments

How Governments and Businesses can work with Multilateral Development Banks
08:30-09:30

Moderated by: Danica Starks, Senior U.S. Commercial Liaison to the World Bank & Head of DOC Multilateral Development Bank Group, U.S. Department of Commerce
Panelists:

Asian Development Bank (ADB) – TBD
Sule Toplu Kilic, Deputy Head, Turkey, Sustainable Infrastructure and Energy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, Regional Director, Caucasus, EBRD
Sebastian Molineus, Regional Director for the South Caucasus (IBRD)
Karla Carvajal, Transport Practice Manager for the Europe and Central Asia Region, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

Questions & Answers
09:30-09:45

US Government Project Planning and Financing Tools
09:45-10:45

Moderated by: Andrea Berton, Commercial Attache, U.S. Department of Commerce
Panelists:

Kenneth J. Angell, Managing Director, Project Finance, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Cheryl Conlin, Director of Rail Finance, Senior Loan Officer, Transportation Division, Export-Import Bank of The United States (U.S. EXIM Bank)
Carl Kress, Regional Director, United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

Questions & Answers
10:45-11:00