Venue: International Hotel Tashkent

Address: 107А, Amir Temur Avenue, Tashkent.

Date: November 30, 2022

Time

Activity

Speakers

UBTIC Opening Session

10:00-10:10

Opening remarks

Jamshid Khodjaev

Deputy Prime-Minister for Investments and Foreign Economic Affairs - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan

Moderator: Badriddin Abidov

Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Trade & Investments of Uzbekistan

10:10-10:20

Opening remarks

Kenan Poleo

His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Eastern Europe & Central Asia

10:20-10:30

Trade development projects of the UK

Andrew Mitchell

Director General of the Department for International Trade of the UK

10:30-10:35

UZB-UK Action Plan Signing Ceremony, G2G

B. Abidov and Kenan Poleo

10:40-10:55

MOU Signing Ceremony, B2B

Various companies

Sector Sessions

11:00-12:10

GSP workshop

Fabian Hartwell, Karen Johnson

11:00-12:30

Privatisation & Financial Services

Various speakers

11:00-12:30

Infrastructure & Construction

11:00-12:30

Education

Time
(GMT+5)

Duration

Activity

11:00 - 11:10

10 min

Session opening

Brief info about the workshop session, introduction of speakers

Karen Johnson

Trade Policy Adviser

11:10 - 11:40

30 min

UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme. Policy Developments

Fabian Hartwell

Regional GSP Analyst

11:40 – 12:00

20 min

Q&A session/discussion

12:00 – 12:10

10 min

Closing remarks by Karen Johnson

Trade Policy Adviser

Time
(GMT+5)

Duration

Activity

11:00 - 11:05

5 min

Session opening

Brief info about the session, introduction of speakers/participants

Moderator: Sergey Luzan

Head of Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC Uzbekistan

11:05 - 11:20

15 min

PPP projects in transportation sector

Khasan Khasanov

Deputy Director of PPP Development Agency

11:20 - 11:35

15 min

Financing Solutions for Infrastructure Projects

Desislava Radeva

Director, Structured Export Finance at Standard Chartered

11:35 – 11:45

10 min

Q&A session/discussion

Moderator: Sergey Luzan

Head of Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC Uzbekistan

11:45 - 11:55

10 min

Airport development strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Olga Korochkina

Financial Director of Uzbekistan Airports

11:55 - 12:05

10 min

Prospects for the development of railways in the Republic of Uzbekistan

Erkinov Navruz

Head of Department at Uzbekistan Railways

12:05 - 12:20

15 min

Sustainable Infrastructure

Lorna Ball

Associate Director at Arup

12:20 – 12:30

10 min

Q&A session/discussion

Remarks from ERG International, Ronesans

Moderator: Sergey Luzan

Head of Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC Uzbekistan

12:30 – 12:35

5 min

Agreeing on next steps/road map on enhancing Uzbekistan-UK partnership in infrastructure sector – Moderator to summarise

Closing remarks by Moderator

Moderator: Sergey Luzan

Head of Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC Uzbekistan

Time
(GMT+5)

Duration

Activity

11:00 - 11:10

10 min

Session opening

Brief info about the session, introduction of speakers/participants

Moderator:

Dias Kalazhanov

Deal Advisory Head at KPMG Caspian

11:10 - 11:25

15 min

Anchor Equity Investor

Atabek Nazirov

Director of Uzbekistan Direct Investment Fund

11:25 - 11:40

15 min

Privatisation programme of Uzbekistan

Bekzod Usmanov

Deputy Director of UzSAMA

11:40 – 11:45

5 min

Q&A session

Moderator: Dias Kalazhanov

Deal Advisory Head at KPMG Caspian

11:45 - 12:00

15 min

Privatization and IPO deals: key legal considerations

Anton Konnov

Partner in Allen & Overy, Global Head of CIS

12:00 – 12:15

5 min

Q&A session

Moderator: Dias Kalazhanov

Deal Advisory Head at KPMG Caspian

12:05 – 12:20

15 min

Showcasing investment case and mitigating risks: role of PR, IR and ESG in privatization & IPO process

Maria Shiryaevskaya

Associate Partner in Hudson Sandler

12:20 – 12:25

5 min

Q&A session

Moderator: Dias Kalazhanov

Deal Advisory Head at KPMG Caspian

12:25 – 12:30

5 min

Agreeing on next steps on enhancing Uzbekistan-UK partnership in privatization, IPOs & financial services

Closing remarks by Moderator Dias Kalazhanov

Deal Advisory Head at KPMG Caspian

Time
(GMT+5)

Duration

Activity

11:00 - 11:10

10 min

Session opening by Denise Waddingham,

Country Director of the British Council

Brief info about the session, introduction of speakers/participants Moderator: Dr. Munira Aminova

Rector of the Agricultural University

11:10 - 11:25

10 min

Discussion on current landscape of education sector in Uzbekistan: main educational reforms and regulatory framework, major projects and government priorities;

Mr. Komiljon Karimov

Deputy Minister of Higher Education

11:25 - 11:50

25 min

The best practices of British organisations in enhancing education system in Uzbekistan

Presentations by:

Mr Steve King

Head of Europe & Asia, Education Reform, Cambridge Partnership for Education

Mr Jonathan Fisher-Jones

Associate Dean (International)

Faculty of Health and Life Science, DE MONTFORT University

Dr Siddharth S Saxena,

University of Cambridge, Central Asia Forum

11:50 - 12:00

10 min

Q&A session

Moderator: Dr. Munira Aminova

Rector of the Agricultural University

12:00 - 12:10

10 min

Presentation by:

Ms Hilola Umarova

Director of the Agency for Presidential Educational Institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan (PIIMA) 

12:10 - 12:20

15 min

Discussion on potential areas for cooperation between Uzbekistan and British Educational institutions

Uzbek and British side to discuss areas for potential partnership

Moderator: Dr. Munira Aminova

Rector of the Agricultural University

12:20 - 12:30

10 min

Agreeing on next steps/road map on enhancing Uzbekistan-UK partnership in education sector – Moderator to summarise

Moderator: Dr. Munira Aminova,

Rector of the Agricultural University

Closing remarks by HE Mr Tim Torlot, British Ambassador to Uzbekistan(TBC)