~ Registration/Check-In opens at 8:30 a.m. ~

Welcoming Remarks (9:00 a.m.)

Nancy Lindborg, President, United States Institute of Peace

Keynote Address (9:05 a.m.)

His Excellency Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia

Panel 1 (9:15 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.)

Geopolitics and Security: U.S.-Georgia Strategic Alliance in the Making

H.E. Mikheil Janelidze, Vice Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Fiona Hill, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs, NSC

James Carafano, Vice President and E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Robert Karem, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security – Invited

Luke Coffey, Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

(Moderator)

Panel 2 (11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.)

Trade and Commerce: Georgia – Strategic Gateway for Regional Expansion

H.E. Dimitry Kumsishvili, First Vice Prime Minister & Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Brock Bierman, Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, USAID

Christian Danielsson, Director General for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
Ambassador Elisabeth Millard, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Jonathan Katz, Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States (Moderator)

Closing Remarks (12:45 p.m.)

H.E. Levan Izoria, Minister of Defense of Georgia