Agenda

 Annual TVET Conference and Fair

"SKILLS FOR FUTURE”
Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
Biltmore Hotel, 29 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, Georgia
Draft Agenda

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE




09:30 – 10:00
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
10:00 – 10:30 TVET FAIR
- Individual stands for each PICG Grantee;
- Short video clips introducing each project

10:30 – 11:00








11:00 - 11:20
 CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY:
- Magda MAGRADZE, CEO, Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia (moderator)
- Alexander JEJELAVA, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
- Dimitri KUMSISHVILI, First Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Minister of Finance of Georgia
- Katerina NTEP, Managing Director, Sector Operations, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Giorgi GAKHARIA, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia (invited but not confirmed)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
"Future Skills”
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Jason GREGORY, Director of Business and Development, Pearson, UK
Moderator: Anthony TYRELL, TVET Consultant of MCC


11:20 – 11:35 COFFEE BREAK
11: 35 – 11:45  SPOTLIGHT TALK:
Bidzina GUJABIDZE, Professional Mountain Guide and Climber



11:45 – 12:45














12:45 – 13:30


PANEL DISCUSSION:
"TVET for employment - policy and business perspectives"
Panel Discussion with members:
- Nino ZAMBAKHIDZE, Chairman at Georgian Famers’ Association (moderator)
- Ketevan NATRIASHVILI, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
- Mariam JASHI, Chair of the Education, Science and Culture Committee, Parliament of Georgia
- Mercy TEMBON, Regional Director for the South Caucasus, World Bank
- Jason GREGORY, Director of Business and Development, Pearson, UK


PANEL DISCUSSION:
"Vocational Education for Economic Development: the Role of
Private Sector”
Birgit SCHWEEBERG, International TVET Expert, Hamburg, Germany
Panel Discussion with members:
- Nino CHIKOVANI, President, Georgian Chamber of Commerce
- Vincent van HOUTEN, Executive Director Eastern Europe, Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consulting GmbH, Berlin
- Ketevan BOCHORISHVILI, CEO of Anaklia City

13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH AT RESTAURANT SONET (1ST FLOOR)
14:30 – 14:40 

SPOTLIGHT TALK:
Avtandil TSKVITINIDZE, Designer

14:40 - 15:15  PANEL DISCUSSION:
"Branding of TVET”
Panel Discussion with members:
- Alex CHIKOVANI, Founder of LIVE Branding (Moderator)
- Giorgi POPIASHVILI, Creative Director
- Levan Lepsveridze, Chief Executive Producer, Leavingstone
- Gio KVLIVIDZE, Senior Art Director, Holmes&Watson

15:15 - 15:30 Conference Closing:
- Magda MAGRADZE, CEO, Millennium Challenge Account –   Georgia                                                                                                                                                                        
- Ketevan NATRIASHVILI, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
- Anthony TYRREL, International Consultant in TVET (moderator)