{"id":6544,"date":"2015-03-25T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?post_type=cu_event&p=6544"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:47:25","slug":"eurus-conference-geopolitics-energy-caspian-region","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/event\/eurus-conference-geopolitics-energy-caspian-region\/","title":{"rendered":"EURUS Conference: “Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Please join us Friday April 10, 2015<\/strong> for our upcoming spring conference: “Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region<\/strong>“. This conference will bring together leading academics, practitioners and diplomats to discuss the evolving situation in this dynamic region. This event is co-hosted by EURUS and the Embassies of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Ottawa. For more information including the agenda and registration please see below. Speaker biographies available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Conference<\/strong>:
\nSince the conclusion of the \u201cContract of the Century\u201d in 1994 which initiated the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan has emerged as an important energy producer. This conference examines the development of the energy sector in Azerbaijan, oil and gas contracts signed with multinational corporations, and the trilateral cooperation with Georgia and Turkey on major oil and gas projects which made these regional developments possible. It also discusses the impact of the recent sharp decline in oil prices on energy production in the Caspian region. The conference is being held to mark the occasion of the inauguration of Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) on 17th<\/sup> March 2015, which will bring Azerbaijani gas through Georgia and Turkey to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Agenda<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.30 \u2013 9.40                Welcoming Remarks <\/strong>
\nDr. Achim Hurrelmann<\/em>, EURUS Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.40 \u2013 10.40              First panel: <\/strong>Azerbaijan as an Energy Power: From the \u201cContract of the Century\u201d to TANAP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair: Dr. Jeff Sahadeo<\/em>, Associate Professor, EURUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Dr. Robert Cutler<\/em>, Adjunct Professor, EURUS, Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dr. Afgan Niftiyev<\/em>, Strategy and Policy Coordinator, Caspian Strategy Institute, Istanbul, Turkey<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mr. Alex Vatanka<\/em>, Middle East Institute, Washington DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    10.40 \u2013 11.10             Q & A Session<\/strong>: Discussant: Dr. Jeff Sahadeo<\/em>, Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11.10 \u2013 11.30             Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11.30 \u2013 12.30             Second Panel: <\/strong>Regional Cooperation in the Caspian Region: Energy Trident and Beyond <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chair: Dr. Achim Hurrelmann,<\/em> EURUS Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • HE Mr. Selcuk Unal<\/em>, Ambassador of Turkey to Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dr. Reha Aykul\u00a0Murato\u011flu, <\/span><\/em>Head of\u00a0Transit Petroleum Pipelines Department at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • HE Mr. Alexander Latsabidze<\/em>, Ambassador of Georgia to Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ramil Huseynli<\/em>, Charge d\u2019Affaires of Azerbaijan to Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      12.30-12.55                Q & A session: <\/strong>Discussant: Dr. Christoph Zuercher<\/em>, University of Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      12.55 – 13.00             Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      13.00                          Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Registration<\/strong> encouraged but not required<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-6544","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2015-04-10T09:30:00","cu_event_end_date":"2015-04-10T14:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"PK","cu_event_meeting_room":"608","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"null","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Ottilie Grisdale","cu_event_email":"ottilie.grisdale@carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/6544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/6544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6547,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/6544\/revisions\/6547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=6544"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=6544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}