Mr. Parviz Shahbazov

Energy Minister of Azerbaijan

Parviz Shahbazov was born in Baku on November 24, 1969.

He worked as an attaché in the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Federal Republic of Germany during the period of 1992-1996.

He served as the Second Secretary, First Secretary, Head of Division, and Deputy Head of the Department for Europe, United States of America and Canada of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan during the period of 1996-2001.

He then served as Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Austria during the period of 2001-2005.

He was the Chairman of the Forum for Security Co-operation of the OSCE in 2005.

He was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Federal Republic of Germany in 2005 and served in this position till 2016.

He served as the Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan during the period of 2016-2017.

He was appointed as the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan on October 12, 2017.

He is fluent in Azerbaijani (native), Russian, English and German.

 

Speaking:

Opening Plenary
14:00 – 14:15

Welcome Address by Host Government

All Speakers:

Mr. Samir Valiyev Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Mr. Parviz Shahbazov Energy Minister of Azerbaijan Mr. Arjun P. Gupta Founder Smart Joules Ms. Sandhya Sundararagavan Lead - Energy Transitions, World Resources Institute, India Mr. Andrew Beadle Regional Sales Director, Siemens Mr. David Morgado Senior Energy Specialist, ADB Ms. Huimin Pan Deputy Director General Department of International Cooperation, National Energy Administration Ms. Suzanne Gaboury Director General, ADB Mr. Shixin Chen ADB Vice-President Mr. Pedzi Makumbe Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank Ms. Angela Wilkinson Secretary General and CEO, World Energy Council Mr. Elmar Asgarzade Project Development Manager at Center for Innovation and Research, Baku Higher Oil School. Climasel startup co-founder Ms. Jessica Glicker Project Manager, Buildings
Performance Institute Europe Ms. Jannat Salimova Tekay Business Development Partner, Unicase Law Firm, Uzbekistan Mr. Jeswynn Yogaratnam Head of Policy Reform, Global Buildings Performance Network, Monash University Ms. Catherine Winning General Manager Customer Solutions, Smart Wires Mr. Brian Dean Head of Energy Efficiency and Cooling, Sustainable Energy for All Mr. Yerlan Ramazanov Regional Head for Kazakhstan, EBRD Mr. Soumya Prasad Garnaik Business Unit Head, Lighting Efficiency Services Limited (EEL) Mr. Pierluca Merola Policy Officer, Financing for Energy Efficiency, European Commission Mr. Paul Kellett Programme Manager, United for Efficiency, UNEP Ms. Milou Beerepoot Regional Technical Advisor, Energy, UNDP Ms. Melanie Slade Senior Programme Manager, International Energy Agency Ms. Margalita Arabidze Deputy Head of Energy Reforms and International Relations, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Ms. Joy Esther Gai Jiazi Asia Pacific Programmes Head, World Green Buildings Council Mr. Harry Verhaar Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Signify Mr. David Farnsworth Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) Mr. Farid Ahmed Khan Country Operations Manager (Afghanistan, Albania and Azerbaijan) Mr. Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary Associate Professor of Economics, Tokai University, Japan Mr. Aurelien Pillet Senior Sustainable Energy Finance Specialist, Basel Agency for Sutainable Energy (BASE) Mr. Oleksandr Antonenko Head of Energy Efficiency, Energy Charter Secretariat Ms. Aigul Baiturova Head of Change Management, Digital Transformation Department, KEGOC JSC, Kazakhstan