Conference

Presentation of EBRD study  (1.5Mb)
Sergio Bendixen, President, Bendixen & Associates

Presentation of Financial Sector Analysis  (0.7Mb)
Manuel Orozco, Director of Remittances and Development, Inter-American Dialogue

Question & answer session

Panel 1 – This panel will focus on the money transfer operators in the region, specifics of the
emerging transition countries, potential product ideas, legal and administrative obstacles in the
market.

• Sussana Uzunyan, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Unistream
• Jonathan Knaus, Regional Vice President for Russia & CIS, Western Union International Bank  (2.7Mb)
• Moderator: Sibel Beadle, Principal Banker, EBRD

Lunch

Keynote speaker
Lado Gurgenidze, Prime Minister of Georgia  (0.6Mb)

Panel 2 – Remittances in an international perspective

This panel will focus on (i) the international perspective; (ii) experience with remittances from other regions in the world and whether these experiences are relevant for the ETC; (iii) potential products or product ideas for the region. Each speaker will have 15-20 minutes to present.

• Donald Terry, Manager, Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank
• Carlo Corazza, Remittances and Payment Systems Consultant, The World Bank  (0.2Mb)
• Sibel Beadle, EBRD, “Remittance based product ideas and cooperating with the EBRD”  (0.1Mb)
• Pedro de Vasconcelos, Programme Coordinator, Financing Facility for Remittances International Fund for Agricultural Development  (0.7Mb)
• Moderator: Michael Davey, EBRD Director for the Caucasus, Moldova, & Belarus

Panel 3 – This panel will focus on the perspective of the regional commercial banks and their experience with remittances in the region and will have the format of a Q&A session. Topics will include, specifics of remittance business in the emerging transition countries, potential product ideas, legal and administrative obstacles in the market.

• David Amaglobeli, Acting Chairman, National Bank of Georgia
• Arsen Katvalyan, Deputy CEO, Armeconombank, Armenia
• Ketevan Gamgoneishvili, TBC Bank, Georgia
• Rashad Mailov, Head of Retail Banking, Unibank, Azerbaijan
• Vladimir Badalyan, Deputy CEO, Anelik Bank, Armenia
• Natalia Ter-Gevorgyan, Head of Department for Money Trasnfers, Unibank, Armenia  (0.3Mb)
• Moderator: Jean-Marc Peterschmitt, Director of Bank Relationships, EBRD