List of Participants - EUGBC

IX International Conference
“Georgia's European Way – The EU and Its European Neighbours”
10-12 July 2012
Sheraton Batumi Hotel,
Batumi, Georgia
List of Participants
1. H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili – The President of Georgia
Administration of the President of Georgia
2. Mr. Raphael Glucksmann – Adviser to the President of Georgia
3. Mr. Vladimer Lomsadze – Assistant to the President of Georgia in Juridical Affairs
Parliament of Georgia
4. Mr. David Bakradze – Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia
5. Ms. Rusudan Kervalishvili – Deputy Chairman
6. Mr. Levan Vepkhvadze – Deputy Chairman
7. Mr. Petre Tsiskarishvili – Chairman, Faction Unified National Movement
8. Mr. David Darchiashvili – Chairman, Committee on European Integration
9. Mr. Akaki Minashvili – Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
10. Mr. Irakli Kavtaradze – First Deputy Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
11. Mr. Giorgi Kandelaki – Deputy Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
12. Ms. Ekaterine Kardava – Head Specialist, Staff Office of the Committee on
European Integration
13. Ms. Teona Borashvili – Leading Specialist, Staff Office of the Committee on
European Integration
Office of the State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
14. Mr. Giorgi Baramidze – Vice Prime Minister, State Minister
15. Ms. Tamar Beruchashvili – Chief Adviser to the State Minister
16. Mr. Ilia Maghalashvili – Head of Office
17. Mr. Archil Karaulashvili – Head of the European Integration Coordination
Department
18. Mr. Roman Kakulia – Adviser to the State Minister
19. Ms. Natia Chikovani – Adviser to the State Minister in Public Relations
Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration
20. Ms. Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili – Vice Prime Minister, State Minister
21. Mr. Irakli Porchkhidze – Deputy State Minister
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Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Diaspora Issues
22. Mr. Mirza Davitaia – State Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
23. Mr. Thornike Gordadze – Deputy Minister
24. Mr. Sergi Kapanadze – Deputy Minister
25. H.E. Ms. Salome Samadashvili – Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of
Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and Mission of Georgia to the European
Union
26. H.E. Mr. Nikoloz Nikolozishvili – Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of
Poland
27. H.E. Mr. Tengiz Sharmanashvili – Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of
Armenia
28. Ms. Tea Akhvlediani – Director of the Department of European Integration
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
29. Ms. Tinatin Burjaliani – First Deputy Minister
30. Mr. Levan Samadashvili – Deputy Chairman of the Civil Registry Agency
31. Ms. Babutsa Pataraia – Deputy Head of the Public International Law Department
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
32. Mr. Shalva Kvinikhidze – Head of International Relations Main Division
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
33. Ms. Vera Kobalia – Minister
34. Mr. Irakli Matkava – First Deputy Minister
35. Mr. Mikheil Janelidze – Deputy Minister
Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia
36. Mr. Nikoloz Rurua – Minister
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Georgia
37. Mr. Alexandre Khetaguri – Minister
38. Ms. Mariam Valishvili – First Deputy Minister
39. Ms. Nino Enukidze – Deputy Minister
40. Ms. Salome Girkelidze – Head of Department of Public Relations
41. Ms. Ketevan Kanashvili – Head of Office of the Minister
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
42. Mr. Zurab Tchiaberashvili – Minister
Ministry of Education and Finance of Georgia
43. Ms. Irine Kurdadze – Deputy Minister
Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation
and Refugees of Georgia
44. Ms. Tamar Martiashvili – First Deputy Minister
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Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia
45. Mr. Giorgi Khachidze – Minister
46. Ms. Nino Tkhilava – Head of the Environmental Policy and International Relations
Department
Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia
47. Mr. Zaza Gorozia – Minister
48. Ms. Eter Kamarauli – Deputy Minister
Ministry of Finance of Georgia
49. Ms. Tamar Kovziridze – Deputy Minister, Chief Negotiator of the EU-Georgia Deep
and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA)
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia
50. Mr. Vladimir Vardzelashvili – Minister
51. Mr. Irakli Samkurashvili – Head of the Office
52. Ms. Manana Kavtaradze – Head of International Relations Division
Ministry for Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia
53. Ms. Khatuna Kalmakhelidze – Minister
National Security Council of Georgia
54. Mr. Giorgi Bokeria – Secretary
55. Ms. Tamar Kintsurashvili – Deputy Secretary
Supreme Court of Georgia
56. Mr. Zaza Meishvili – First Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Chamber of Criminal
Cases
57. Mr. Lasha Maghradze – Head of Chairman’s Bureau
Constitutional Court of Georgia
58. Mr. George Papuashvili – President
Tbilisi City Hall
59. Mr. Gigi Ugulava – Mayor of Tbilisi
Civil Service Bureau of Georgia
60. Mr. Irakli Kotetishvili – Director
Georgian National Intellectual Property Center (SAKPATENTI)
61. Ms. Elene Kemashvili – Head of the Legal and Copyright Law Department
Georgian National Centre for Accreditation
62. Mr. Paata Gogolidze – Director-General
63. Mr. Malkhaz Kharebava – Deputy Director-General
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National Food Agency of Georgia
64. Mr. Tornike Mgaloblishvili – Deputy Head
Competition and State Procurement Agency of Georgia
65. Mr. Tato Urjumelashvili – Chairman
National Statistics Office of Georgia
66. Mr. Zaza Chelidze – Executive Director
Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology
67. Mr. Promete Shevardnadze – Director-General
State Audit Office of Georgia
68. Ms. Tinatin Bokuchava – Deputy Chairman
Autonomous Republic of Ajara
69. Mr. Levan Varshalomidze – Chairman of the Government
70. Mr. Mikheil Makharadze – Chairman of the Supreme Council
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
71. Mr. Giorgi Baramia – Chairman of the Government
Provisional Administration of South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region
72. Mr. Dimitri Sanakoev – Head of the Provisional Administration
73. Mr. Zurab Antadze – Head of Administration
Office of the Business Ombudsman of Georgia
74. Mr. Giorgi Pertaia – Business Ombudsman of Georgia
National Bank of Georgia
75. Mr. Archil Mestvirishvili – Member of the Board, Vice-Governor
The European Union
76. Mr. Štefan Füle – European Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy
77. Mr. Philippe Lefort – EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the
crisis in Georgia, EEAS
78. H.E. Mr. Philip Dimitrov – Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union
to Georgia
79. Mr. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz – Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in
Georgia (EUMM)
80. Ms. Alena Obrusníková – Member, Cabinet of the European Commissioner for
Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, European Commission
81. Mr. Boris Iarochevitch – Deputy Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European
Union to Georgia
82. Mr. Tobias Thyberg – Head of Political, Press and Information Section, Delegation
of the European Union to Georgia
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83. Mr. Ramon Reigada Granda – Head of Operations Section, Delegation of the
European Union to Georgia
84. Ms. Baiba Aleksejuka – Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, EEAS
85. Mr. Henri Duquenne – Press Advisor to the EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, EEAS
86. Ms. Martha Freeman – Head of Office/Political Advisor, EUSR’s Office in Georgia,
EEAS
87. Mr. Giorgi Vardishvili – National Expert, Political and Media Analyst, EUSR’s
Office in Georgia, EEAS
The European Parliament
88. Mr. Elmar Brok – Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member of the Bureau,
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
89. Mr. Ioan Mircea Paşcu – Vice-Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member,
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
90. Mr. Libor Rouček – Vice-Chair, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and
Democrats
91. Ms. Anneli Jäätteenmäki – Vice-Chair, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
92. Mr. Tomasz Piotr Poręba – Member of the Bureau, European Conservatives and
Reformists Group (ECR)
93. Mr. Pawel Robert Kowal – Chair, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary
Cooperation Committee; Member, European Conservatives and Reformists Group
(ECR)
94. Mr. Kristian Vigenin – Chair, Delegation to the EURONEST Parliamentary
Assembly; Member, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Representatives of the EU Member States
Kingdom of Belgium
95. H.E. Mr. Luc Truyens – Ambassador Designate of the Kingdom of Belgium to
Georgia
Republic of Bulgaria
96. Mr. Nickolay Mladenov – Minister of Foreign Affairs
97. H.E. Mr. Plamen Bonchev – Ambassador Designate of the Republic of Bulgaria to
Georgia
98. Ms. Vessela Tcherneva – Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
99. Mr. Petko Doykov – Director of Security Policy Directorate, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Czech Republic
100. H.E. Mr. Ivan Jestřāb – Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Georgia
Federal Republic of Germany
101. H.E. Mr. Ortwin Hennig – Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to
Georgia
Republic of Estonia
102. Mr. Risto Roos – Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia to
Georgia
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Republic of France
103. H.E. Mr. Renaud Salins – Ambassador of the Republic of France to Georgia
104. Ms. Nathalie Goulet – Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed
Forces, Sénat of the Republic of France
105. Mr. André Villiers – Member, Committee on Social Affairs, Sénat of the Republic of
France, President of the General Council of the Yonne Department
106. Mr. André Reichardt – Member, Committee on Laws, Sénat of the Republic of
France
Republic of Italy
107. H.E. Ms. Federica Favi – Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to Georgia
Republic of Latvia
108. H.E. Ms. Elita Gavele – Ambassador the Republic of Latvia to Georgia
109. Mr. Viktors Makarovs – Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Lithuania
110. Mr. Laimonas Talat-Kelpsa – Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of
Lithuania
Hungary
111. H.E. Mr. Sándor Szabó – Ambassador of Hungary to Georgia
112. Mr. Gábor Bródi – Ambassador at Large, Coordinator on European Neighbourhood
Policy, Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of the Netherlands
113. H.E. Mr. Pieter Jan Langenberg – Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
to Georgia
114. Mr. Jaap Werner – Director, Europe Department (DEU), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Poland
115. H.E. Ms. Urszula Doroszewska – Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to
Georgia
116. Ms. Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz – Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of the
Foreign Affairs
117. Ms. Małgorzata Gosiewska – Chair, Polish-Georgian Parliamentary Group,
Member of Sejm of the Republic of Poland
118. Mr. Michał Szczerba – Vice-Chair, Polish-Georgian Parliamentary Group, Member
of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Sejm of the Republic of Poland
119. Mr. Jan Hofmokl – Assistant to Ms. Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Under-Secretary
of State, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs
120. Mr. Remigiusz Trojanek – Eastern Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
121. Ms. Anna Warminska – Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Georgia
122. Mr. Mr. Lech Konczak – II Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to
Georgia
123. Mr. Stefan Hejnowicz – Attaché for Political Issues, Embassy of the Republic of
Poland to Georgia
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Romania
124. H.E. Mr. Dumitru Badea – Ambassador of Romania to Georgia
125. Mr. Răzvan Rusu – Director General, General Directorate for Enlarged Europe,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Slovak Republic
126. H.E. Mr. Milan Zachar – Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Georgia
127. Mr. Besarion Kvartskhava – Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic to Georgia
Republic of Finland
128. H.E. Mr. Petri Olavi Salo – Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Georgia
Kingdom of Sweden
129. Mr. Martin Hagström – Head of Eastern Europe Division, Department for Eastern
Europe and Central Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
130. H.E. Ms. Judith Gough – Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland to Georgia
131. Ms. Claire Delessard – Regional Conflicts Adviser, Embassy of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia
132. Ms. Claire Scarratt – Political Officer, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia
Eastern Partnership Countries
Republic of Armenia
133. H.E. Mr. Hovhannes Manoukian – Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to
Georgia
Republic of Azerbaijan
134. H.E. Mr. Azer Tofig Oglu Husseyn – Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to
Georgia
135. Mr. Asim Mollazade – Member, National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Head of the Democratic Reform Party
136. Mr. Asaf Haciyev – Member, National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Republic of Moldova
137. H.E. Mr. Vladimir Filat – Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
138. Mr. Iurie Leanca – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European
Integration
Ukraine
139. Mr. Borys Tarasiuk – Chair, Committee on European Integration, Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine; Co-President of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly
140. Ms. Natalya Galibarenko – Deputy Director, Directorate-General for the European
Union, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
141. Mr. Dmitrij Tretjakov – Second Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine to Georgia
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Non-EU Member States
Switzerland
142. H.E. Mr. Günther Bächler – Ambassador of Switzerland to Georgia
International Organizations
143. Ms. Inita Paulovica – Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP
144. Ms. Ilyana Derilova-Stoykova – Chief of Mission, International Organization for
Migration (IOM)
145. Ms. Caterina Bolognese – Head, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia
NATO Liaison Office in Georgia
146. Ms. Kristina Baleisyte – Deputy Head
Non-governmental Sector
147. Mr. Wilfried Martens – President of the European People's Party (Christian
Democrats), Former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
148. Mr. Nicolas Briec – Secretary of External Relations, European People's Party
(Christian Democrats)
149. Mr. Konstantine Zaldastanishvili – Ambassador, Secretary-General of the EU-
Georgian Business Council, Kingdom of Belgium
150. Mr. Peter Semneby – Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States,
Former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
151. Mr. Per Eklund – Ambassador, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Security &
Development Policy (ISDP), Kingdom of Sweden
152. Mr. Nicu Popescu – Senior Research Fellow, Head of ECFR's Programme on
Russia and Wider Europe, European Council on Foreign Relations, United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
153. Mr. Lawrence S. Sheets – Project Director, South Caucasus, International Crisis
Group, Georgia
154. Ms. Tamar Chergoleishvili – Editor-in-Chief of Tabula Magazine, Georgia
155. Mr. Mikheil Tavkhelidze – Coalition for the European Georgia
156. Mr. Zurab Japaridze – Coalition for the European Georgia
157. Ms. Ketevan Gabiani – Coalition for the European Georgia
158. Ms. Maia Nikolaishvili – Executive Director, Europe House Georgia
159. Ms. Ketevan Tsikhelashvili – Chairwoman, Georgian National Platform, Eastern
Partnership Civil Society Forum; Director, Liberal Academy Tbilisi
160. Ms. Tamar Chugoshvili – Coordinator of the WG I, Georgian National Platform,
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum; Chairwoman, Georgian Young Lawyers’
Association
161. Mr. Paata Beltadze – Coordinator of the WG II, Georgian National Platform,
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum; Head of Office, Georgian Trade Unions
Confederation
162. Ms. Lia Todua – Coordinator of the WG III, Georgian National Platform, Eastern
Partnership Civil Society Forum; Project Coordinator, Center for Strategic Research
and Development of Georgia
163. Ms. Marine Solomonishvili – International Foundation "Lea"; Coordinator WG4,
Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
164. Mr. Klaudijus Maniokas – Chairman, Board of the Consultancy European Social,
Legal and Economic Projects (ESTEP), Republic of Lithuania
165. Ms. Olga Stuzhinskaya – Director, Office for a Democratic Belarus, Kingdom of
Belgium; Coordinator of the 1 st Working Group of the Eastern Partnership Civil
Society Forum
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166. Mr. David Kereselidze – Ambassador, Alternate Director General, International
Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS), Hellenic Republic
167. Mr. Tobias Niewanda – Portfolio Manager, GIZ Regional Office Southern
Caucasus and GIZ Office Tbilisi, Georgia
168. Mr. Mustafa Kutlay – Coordinator of the International Strategic Research
Organization-USAK Center for EU Studies, Republic of Turkey
169. Mr. Vladimir Socor – Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation, United States of
America
170. Mr. Fady Asly – Chairman of the Board, International Chamber of Commerce in
Georgia
171. Mr. Michael Weichert – Regional Director, South Caucasus Friedrich-Ebert-
Foundation, Georgia
172. Mr. Kakhaber Gogolashvili – Director of the Center for EU Studies, Georgian
Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), Georgia
173. Mr. Tengiz Pkhaladze – Chairman, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies
(ICGS), Georgia
174. Ms. Johanna Popjanevski – Deputy Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute &
Silk Road Studies Program, Kingdom of Sweden
175. Mr. Pavel Cherkashyn – Deputy Head, Youth Diplomatic Initiative, Ukraine
176. Ms. Andrea Keerbs – Resident Country Director, International Republican Institute
(IRI), Georgia
177. Ms. Nino Lejava – Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation South Caucasus Regional
Office, Georgia
178. Mr. Malkhaz Saldadze – Program Coordinator, Heinrich Böll Foundation South
Caucasus Regional Office, Georgia
179. Mr. Levan Tsutskiridze – Representative in Georgia, Netherlands Institute for
Multiparty Democracy, Georgia Representation
180. Mr. Aleksandre Kvitashvili – Rector, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
(TSU), Georgia
181. Ms. Ketevan Vashakidze – Country Director, Eurasia Partnership Foundation,
Georgia
182. Ms. Khatuna Ioseliani – Civil Society Support Program Manager, Open Society
Georgia Foundation, Georgia
183. Mr. Yuriy Boshytsky – Rector, Kiev Law University, Ukraine
184. Mr. Ognyan Minchev – Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies
(IRIS), Republic of Bulgaria
185. Mr. Rustam Agayev – Vice President, European Economic Chamber of Trade,
Commerce and Industry in Ukraine
186. Mr. Rabbi Levi Matusov – Director, European Jewish Public Affairs, Kingdom of
Belgium
187. Mr. Rainer Ruge – Expert on EU Issues, Former EU Council Secretariat Official
188. Mr. Uwe J. Umlauff – Director, ECEM Media GmbH, Ukraine
189. Ms. Diba Nigar Göksel – Editor-in-Chief, Journal Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ),
Republic of Turkey
EU Funded Projects
190. Ms. Lika Glonti – Coordinator, National TEMPUS Office Georgia
191. Ms. Nino Urushadze – Assistant, National TEMPUS Office Georgia
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