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Centennial of the First Georgian Republic

Past, Present, and Future of Georgia
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 10:00 am - 6:15 pm
CSIS Headquarters
 


Conference Program

10:00 – 10:30   Welcoming Remarks:

Elisabeth Kvitashvili, President, Georgian Association in the USA
Redjeb Jordania, Son of the First President of the Georgian Republic Noe Jordania
Tina Mikeladze, President, Levan Mikeladze Foundation
Ambassador David Bakradze, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States


10:30 – 10:40   Address by Bridget Brink, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

10:40 – 12:00   Panel 1 – First Republic: Connecting History to Modernity

Speakers:
Stephen Jones, Professor, Mount Holyoke College
Beka Kobakhidze, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Oxford/Associated Professor at GIPA
Grigol Gegelia, Doctoral Candidate, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy
Discussant: Laura Jewett, Regional Director for Eurasia Programs, NDI
Moderator:
Jeffrey Mankoff, Deputy Director, Russia & Eurasia Program, CSIS


12:05 – 13:00   Lunch

Remarks and Introduction:
Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia
Keynote Speaker:
Hon. Richard Armitage, Former Deputy Secretary of State/Co-Chairman, Supervisory Board, Levan Mikeladze Foundation


13:00 – 14:30   Panel 2 – Georgia’s Evolution, 1991-2018: Internal and External Dynamics

Speakers:
Ambassador Archil Gegeshidze, Director, Levan Mikeladze Foundation
Svante Cornell, Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Luke Coffey, Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, Heritage Foundation
Nino Japaridze, Vice President, Edison Research
Miriam Lanskoy, Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia, NED
Michael Carpenter, Senior Director, Biden Center
Moderator: Olga Oliker, Director, Russia & Eurasia Program, CSIS


14:30 – 14:45   Coffee Break

14:45 – 16:15   Panel 3 – Economic Security of Georgia: Domestic, Regional, Global Perspective

Speakers:
Mercedes Vera-Martin, Mission Chief for Georgia, IMF
Anthony Kim, Editor, Economic Freedom Index, Heritage Foundation
Jonathan Elkind, Former Assistant Secretary of Energy
Giorgi Tsikolia, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Georgia
Kenneth Angell, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Anita Baracsi, JSC Bank of Georgia
Moderator: Mamuka Tsereteli, AGBC/CACI/Georgian Association in the USA


16:15 – 16:30   Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00   Panel 4 – Western Strategies Towards Georgia: 1991-2018

Speakers:
Ambassador Kent Brown, Former US Ambassador to Georgia
Ambassador Kenneth Yalowitz, Former US Ambassador to Georgia
Ambassador Richard Miles, Former US Ambassador to Georgia
Ambassador John Tefft, Former US Ambassador to Georgia
Elisabeth Kvitashvili, President, Georgian Association in the USA
Moderator: Hon. S. Enders Wimbush, Senior Partner, Stratevarious Inc.


6:00   Closing Remarks

Tsotne Dadiani, Board Member, Georgian Association in the USA


This event is made possible by the generous support of the Levan Mikeladze Foundation and the Georgian Association in the USA.



 

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