Sheraton Batumi

Address by Prime Minister – H.E. Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI

H.E. Kitack LIM – Secretary-General of International Maritime Organization

H.E. Dimitry KUMSISHVILI– First Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy & Sustainable Development of Georgia

H.E. Karmenu VELLA – Euro-Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Video Address)

H.E. Zurab PATARADZE – Chairman of the Government, Adjara Autonomous Republic

10:35 – 11:50

H.E. Jo MIZZI – Minister for Transport & Infrastructure of Malta

H.E. Volodymyr OMELYAN – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Hilton Batumi

10:15

Signing Ceremony of Bilateral Merchant Shipping Agreement Between Georgia and the Republic of Malta

Signing Ceremony of Bilateral Agreement on Ferry Trade Between Georgia and Ukraine

Technical Break

10:30

(sit change)

H.E. Gigla AGULASHVILI – Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia

H.E. Jose MAURA – Director of International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds

Mr. Giorgi TABUASHVILI – First Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia, Director General (DG) of Georgian Revenue Service (GRS)

Mr. Mohammad SAEDINEJAD – Vice Minister of Roads and Urban Development and Managing Director of PMO, Islamic Republic of Iran

H.E. Ambassador Michael B. CHRISTIDES – Secretary General of the BSEC

H.E. Ambassador Altai EFENDIEV– Secretary General of GUAM – Organization for Democracy and Economic Development

Moderator: LC VASSALLO, Malta

Mr. Levan AKHVLEDIANI – Chief Executive Officer, Anaklia Development Consortium

Prof. Marko PAVLIHA – Vice Dean, University of Ljubljana,

Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation;

Visiting Professor and Governor at IMO IMLI, Malta;

Former Minister of Transportation of Slovenia

Former Deputy-Speaker of the Slovenian Parliament

Mr. Michael STOCKER – Director of Ocean Conservation Research

Moderator: Mr. Berdia Kutubidze – Public Relations Expert

Ms. Nancy KARIGITHU – Principal Secretary for the State Department of Maritime and Shipping Affairs of Kenya

Mr. Eero NAABER – Head of Development and Innovation, Estonian Maritime Administration

Mr. Gabino GONZALEZ – Head of Office, The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)

Mr. Fred KENNEY – Director, Legal and External Relations Division, International Maritime Organization

Dr. Jose MATHEICKAL – Chief technical adviser (GBP) and Head, ITCP Implementation and Major Projects, Marine Environment Division, International Maritime Organization

Moderator: Dr. Jose MATHEICKAL – Chief technical adviser (GBP) & Head, ITCP Implementation and Major Projects, Marine Environment Division, IMO

Mr. Giorgi CHOGOVADZE – Head of National Tourism Administration of Georgia

Capt. Irakli SHARABIDZE – Rector of Batumi State Maritime Academy

Moderator: Mr. Mamuka BERDZENISHVILI – Chairman of Adjara A.R. Tourism Department

Mr. Alkan ALICIK – Managing Director, MSC GEORGIA LLC

Mr. Maurice BAKER – Managing Director, COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD

Mr. Levan AKHVLEDIANI – Chief Executive Officer, Anaklia Development Consortium

Mr. Evgeni PEEVSKI – Deputy Chief Risk Officer, TBC Bank

Moderator: Capt. Mamuka AKHALADZE – Director of Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia

Mr. Kofi MBIAH – Chairmen of Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization

Mr. Fred KENNEY – Director, Legal and External Relations Division, International Maritime Organization

Moderator: Mr. Berdia Kutubidze

H.E. Dimitry Kumsishvili, Minister of Economy & Sustainable Development of Georgia

Adoption of Batumi Declaration

FOR SENIOR MARITIME TRANSPORT OFFICIALS