AGENDA

• Davit Songulashvili - Chairperson of the committee of sector economy and economic policy at Parliament of Georgia;
•  Mikheil Sarjveladze  - Chairman of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee(tbc)
• Alexander Khvtisiashvili - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
• Guram Guramishvili - Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
• Teresa Moreira  Head of Competition & Consumer Policies, UNCTAD

Moderator -   Giorgi Abashishvili, Director on Economic Policy,  Geocase, Professor, Dean at CIU Business Faculty

Panelists:

• Irakli Lekvinadze   Chairman of the National Competition Agency of Georgia
• Koba Gvenetadze   Governor of the National Bank of Georgia
• Davit Narmania   Chairman of the National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission of Georgia
• Davit Onoprishvili   Head of the State Insurance Supervision Service of Georgia
• Vakhtang abashidze   Commissioner, Communications Commission 

Media Comments, Family photo

• Keynote speech  - Teresa Moreira, Head of Competition & Consumer Policies, UNCTAD

Moderator - Bakar Palavandishvili,  Deputy Chair and the chief legal officer at Geocase 

Panelists:

• María Pilar Canedo Arrillaga Commissioner of the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission       
• Mammad Abbasbeyli  Head of The State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Levan Kalandadze  First Deputy Chairman of the Georgian National Competition Agency
• Giorgi Pertaia  President of Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Teona Zhizhiashvili  Legal Manager, PwC Georgia

Moderator - Renato Ferrandi, Senior Competition Expert and Coordinator of the OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition at OECD

Panelists:

• Šarūnas Keserauskas Chairman of Competition Council of the Republic of Lithuania, Project leader in the Twinning Project in Georgia – “Strengthening Capacity of the Competition Agency of Georgia”
• Alexei GHERȚESCU Chairman of Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova
• Daniel Mańkowski   the Director of the Legal Department, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of Poland (UOKIK)
• Levan Vepkhvadze  Executive Director of BAG
• Renato Ferrandi Senior Competition Expert and Coordinator of the OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition at OECD

Moderator - Salome Janelidze, Director of Legal Department. Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC)

 Panelists:  

• Goda Aleksaite  Head of State Consumer Rights Protection Authority, Lithuania (tbc)
• Mariam Shaishmelashvili  Deputy of Consumer Rights Protection Department,GNCA
• Alexander Margishvili  Managing Partner, General Director · Kudos Georgia LLC
• Lasha Gzirishvili Head of Consumer Protection and Financial Education Department at National Bank of Georgia
• Salome Janelidze Director of Legal Department. Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC)

Moderator –  Nika Sergia, Head of Department for Anti-dumping Measures,GNCA

Panelists:   

• Vladimir Naumovski  President of the Commission for Protection of Competition of North Macedonia
• Olga Nechytailo State Commissioner of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
• Steffen Sirries   Professor at Kutaisi International University and Equity Partner at Lademann & Associates GmbH
• Giorgi Kedelidze  Deputy Head of Market Monitoring and Analysis Department,GNCA 
• Medea Akolashvili  Deputy Head of Legal Department, GNCA                                                                                         

Moderator - Giorgi Isakadze, Editor in Chief of FORBES GEORGIA

Panelists:

• Denar Biba  Chairman of the Albanian Competition Authority 
• George Svanadze   Chair of the Legal Committee of the European Business Associatio                                        
• Nikoloz Sumbadze  Director of Market Monitoring Department, GNERC
• Sopio Momtselidze  Head of Legal Department, GNCA
• Levan Maisuradze  Lawyer at the Georgian national regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications

Moderator - Nika Nanuashvili, Legal Director of the Business Association of Georgia

Panelists:                                                                                                                                             

• Tamar Lakerbaia Consumer rights protection expert, judge
• Eka Sepashvili  First Deputy Chairperson of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Parliament of Georgia
• Neringa Ulbaite Former Director of State Consumer Rights Protection Service of Lithuania; Expert/Consultant of Consumer Protection component in TWINNING Project in Georgia – “Strengthening Capacity of the Competition Agency of Georgia”.
• Sopio Japaridze  Acting Public Defender for Protection of Consumer Rights, Communications Commission
• Nino Niavadze  Head of Legal Department, Insurance State Supervision Service