Go Global Uzbekistan

Participants will engage in a wide range of themed activities, including Art on canvas, STEM challenges, Space Mail, a Time Capsule, Board Games, Chess, quizzes, and other interesting activities!

FAO National Consultant for Green Agriculture in Uzbekistan. An agricultural economist with a PhD from Justus Liebig University (Germany) and an MSc from Wageningen University (Netherlands). He possesses a comprehensive understanding of the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of agriculture, specializing in policy development, cotton cluster restructuring, and green agriculture promotion.

FAO Youth Focal Point & Water Governance Specialist. Holding a Master’s in Integrated Water Resources Management (German-Kazakh University), Feruzbek is an expert in innovative water-saving technologies and a recognized youth delegate. He actively advocates for continuous learning and helps youth build competencies for the UN system through the FAO e-Learning Academy. Author of The Silent Killer in Central Asia.

Rising Water & Wastewater Management Specialist
Chemical Engineering Student, New Uzbekistan University

📊 Event Program
Strategic sessions:
🕚 11:00 – 12:00
Climate Risk, Spatial Heterogeneity and Mitigation Tools: Weather Derivatives, Transition Risk and Ambiguous Pricing
Speaker: Silvia Romagnoli — University of Bologna

🕛 12:00 – 12:25
The Cost of Job Loss for Coal Miners in Turkey
Speaker: Hartmut Lehmann — NewUU Department of Economics
(Co-authored with Sinem Ayhan and Jan Steckel)

🕧 12:25 – 12:50
Derisking Private Investment in Renewables: Analysis of RES Support Policies
Speaker: Bahtiyor Eschanov — NewUU Department of Economics

Practical Sessions:
🕒 15:00 – 15:20
Evaluating Adoption and Productivity Effects of Integrated Crop Management Practices: Evidence from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Speaker: Mukhayyo Djuraeva — NewUU Department of Economics

🕒 15:20 – 15:40
Climate Change Resilience and Food Security
Speaker: Bekhzod Egamberdiev — NewUU Department of Economics

🕓 15:40 – 16:00
Sustainable Aviation Technologies: Current Status and Future Prospects
Speaker: Maxim Tyan — NewUU Department of Mechanical Engineering

🕓 16:00 – 16:20
Advancing Sustainability Through Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen
Speaker: Wagdi Ajeeb — NewUU Department of Mechanical Engineering