Confirmed speakers

H.E. Dorjkhand Togmid

Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia

Ambassador Richard Buangan

U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia

Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren

Director of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund

Ambassador Chimguundari Navaan-Yunden

Ambassador-at-Large, Director of the

Preparatory Office of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17, Ministry

of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia

Brianne Todd

Professor of Practice, Near East South Asia Center at the National Defense University; former Director of Central Asian Affairs, U.S. National Security Council

Randolph Koppa

Chairman, Trade & Development Bank of Mongolia LLC

Javkhlantugs Ganbaatar

Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia

Christopher Nixon Cox

CEO, Lightswitch Capital

Ainura Umaeva

CEO and Owner, TIDAM Communications Agency

Julian Mueller-Kaler

Director of the Strategic Foresight Hub in the Executive Office and Chief of Staff to the President and CEO, Stimson Center

Prof. Dr. Gantumur Damba

The Cultural Envoy of Mongolia; President of Mongolian Tourism Association; Vice Chair of Asian Ecotourism Network

Khulan Davaadorj

Founder and Chief Technologist, Lhamour

Alexandra Tosun

Co-founder, INDY Guide

Dr. Fuad Karimov

Regional Managing Partner, Xsolla

Dr. Murod Ismailov

President, CAMCA Academic Consortium & CAMCA Academy

Hannes Takacs

Head of Mongolia at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Dr. Sanat Kushkumbayev

Chief Researcher, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies

Justin Burke

Founder and Executive Director, Eurasia.net

Daniel Abdyldaev

Chief Investment Officer, Accelerate Prosperity

Undral Amarsaikhan

CEO and Co-Founder of TenGer TV and Unread Media

Bill Bikales

Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Princeton in Asia

Asset Yerali

Senior Director, Private Markets,

Kinetic Asset Management

Sanjar Valiev

Director, Information and Analytical Center for International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan

Ambassador Ina Marciulionyte

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Mongolia

Farrukh Irnazarov

Co-Founder and Country Director at the Central Asian Development Institute of Tashkent

Maia Omiadze

Head, Tourism Administration of Georgia

Haena Seongsin Kim

Director of WildChina’s Education &

CEO of Beyond Classrooms

Ruslan Kozhakhmetov

Vice-Rector for Corporate Development, Almaty Management University

Ganzorig Ulziibayar

Chairman, Mandal Financial Group LLC

Manduul Altangerel

Legal Advisor to the Minister of Mongolia and Chief Cabinet Secretary

Farida Asgarzade

Founder of Human Foundation, Tech Entrepreneur;

Ainur Kapparova

Head of Mining Project Management Office, Astana International Financial Centre

Eric Brown

Senior Research Scientist, Global Research Institute, William & Mary; Faculty Director, Geopolitics of Technology Initiative