2014 "NEW HORIZONS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION THROUGH INNOVATIONS AND HIGH-TECH BUSINESS" INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE addressed all aspects of globalization in the start-up and innovations community as well as knowledge exchange and technology transfer in the context of start-up incubators and innovation hubs. The conference brought together industry, academia and government for successful growth of innovative international businesses.
Breakfast brief with H. E. Mr. Farid Shafiyev, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Canada, organized to discuss enormous opportunities of Azerbaijani market and establish business contacts. H.E. Mr. Shafiyev spoke about latest economic development in his country and focused on investment opportunities, particularly in such spheres as agriculture, IT, tourism, renewable energy sources, construction.
Robert Fotheringham chaired the Round-table discussion with the Kazakhstan Delegation. This event was supported by Administration of the President of Kazakhstan, Office of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Agency for Civil Service Affairs of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan. Robert Fotheringham chaired a Breakfast Brief with H.E. Ilhom Nematov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to USA, Canada and Brazil. During the years of Independence, Uzbekistan formed favorable investment environment, broad system of legal guarantees and privileges for foreign investors, developed integral system of measures on encouragement of activity of the enterprises with the foreign investments. The investment legislation of Uzbekistan is one of advanced amongst legislations of the CIS countries, and it incorporated major provisions of the international investment law, in particular, regulations on guarantees of the rights of foreign investors, certain preferences for investors and others. |