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Conference venue:
TechPark Georgia / 7, Innovation str.
10:30 – 11:00
Registration
11:00 – 11:10
Greetings and Introduction
Business Georgia
11:10 – 11:50
PANEL 1: Supporting
Innovations
Discussion Participants:
Moderated by Business
Georgia
Irakli Kashibadze, Chairman at GITA
Joseph Melitauri, Acting Regional Director of the World
Bank
Ketevan Sitchinava, President at Innovation and
Development Fund
Michael Kaugil, Founder at GAU
Shota Sagrishvili, Project Director at Technology
Development Fund, City Hall Tbilisi
Tinatin Gholadze, President at Entrepreneurs Association
Giorgi Kanchaveli, Founder at Youth Innovation Center
Nika Kurdiani, Deputy CEO at TBC Bank
Q&A
11:50 – 12:00
Short break
12:00 – 13:00
PANEL 2: Innovations in
Business
Innovative Projects of Georgian Companies
Moderated by Business
Georgia
Tariel Zivzivadze, the Founder at KAR.GE Movement
KAR.GE Movement – The innovative way to +15% annual
economic growth in Georgia
Rusudan Kbilashvili, PR at Wissol Group
New initiatives on Georgian market
Ketevan Chitanava, Marketing at Geocell
GeoLab – Laboratory of innovative products
Zviad Tsotskolauri, Head of Multichannel Development
Department at TBC Bank
Innovation in digital banking
Nikoloz Rostomashvili, CEO at VREX
Synergy of virtual reality in the leading industries of
business
Kristine Lortkipanidze, Analyst at ACT Global
Eye-tracking technology in consumer research
Temo Baratashvili, CEO at Start-Up Nest
Supporting innovations among entrepreneurs and startuppers
Lado Kandelaki, Founder at JobRate.Ge
Employees are rating employers
Q&A
13:00 – 14:00
Light Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
PANEL 3: Digital Economy
Introduction to Government
key initiatives to support
Digitalization of Country
Launch of World Bank
WDR2016 Digital Dividents
14:00 – 14:10
Introduction to Government key initiatives to support
Digitalization of Country
Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable
Development,
Mr.Dimitry Kumsishvili
Moderated by Mariam
Lashkhi, GITA
14:10 – 14:20
The World Bank Georgia CO
opening remark, activities
supporting the field development in Georgia
Acting Regional Director of the World Bank – Mr. Joseph
Melitauri
14:20 – 14:30
Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
Digital Agenda of Georgia
Irakli Kashibadze, Chairman of GITA
14:30 – 15:00
WDR 2016 – Digital Dividends
Mr. Uwe Deichmann, Co-Director of WDR 2016
World Bank Group
The WDR is the World Bank's most important analytical
publication and has been published annually since 1979.
Each year it focuses on a contemporary topic of interest
to the broader development community - this year’s
Report aims to expand our understanding of the impact
of digital technologies on the lives of poor people in
developing countries. The WDR 2016 documents many
profound and transformational effects of digital
technologies that are boosting growth, expanding
opportunities and improving services. It also finds that
the broader benefits have fallen short and are unevenly
distributed. For digital technologies to benefit everyone
everywhere requires closing the remaining digital divide.
But greater digital adoption will not be enough. The WDR
2016 argues that to get the most out of the digital
revolution, countries also need to work on the “analog
complements” - by strengthening regulations that enable
firms to connect and compete, by adapting workers’ skills
to the demands of the new economy, and by ensuring
that institutions are accountable.
The launch of the WDR 2016 is designed with the hope
that it will help to build a global consensus on finding the
right balance that allows technology to continue to
empower humans to do great things while also
addressing legitimate concerns.
15:00 – 15:10
BroadBand for All – Internetization and Computerization
of Georgia
Ana Nakashidze, Open Net
15:10 – 15:30
SumUp and Closing
Ceremony
Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable
Development,
Mr.Dimitry Kumsishvili
The World Bank
Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
Business Georgia
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