The next meeting of AHK Azerbaijan's Digital Transformation Working Group took place on Friday, November 3, 2023, in the "Innovation Space" section located on the 1st floor of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency. The meeting was held under the theme "Enabling Tomorrow, Building It Today".

Declaring the meeting open, the Executive Director of AHK Azerbaijan, Mr Tobias Baumann, welcomed the participants and informed them about the progress of the meeting. Then, he gave the floor to Mr Orkhan Guliyev, Chairman of the Digital Transformation Working Group and Chief Operating Officer of Caspian Innovation Center LLC. Mr Guliyev, in turn, greeted the participants and informed the participants about the innovative society and competitive human capital, which are among our 2030 national priorities, and noted that today's discussions will focus more on innovation. Later, Mr Guliyev gave the floor to Ms Inara Valiyeva, the Chairperson of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency.

Ms Valiyeva, who took part in the event as a speaker, greeted the participants and thanked the guests for their participation in the event. During her speech, Ms Valiyeva introduced the mission and tasks of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency to the participants. She spoke about the establishment of a successful eco-system and its components, and then Ms Valiyeva emphasised the importance of start-ups and the importance of developing this field in Azerbaijan. Ms Valiyeva provided extensive information to the participants about the "Technest" scholarship program, which is a national scholarship program that offers scholarships in the field of information and communication technologies; she also taught the participants the essence of the scholarship program. At the end of the speech, Ms Valiyeva gave detailed answers to the questions addressed by the participants.