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.
