Good morning Baku, I slept like a baby. Very excited to kick off our scientific mission in a few hours.
Partial view of Baku from my hotel balcony!
The conference was opened by the president of Azerbaijan national
academy of science. Unlike other similar meetings that I attended, the
opening ceremony of this meeting was attended by member of Parliament,
ministers and deputy ministers of different government offices. Of
course, it was also flooded with media crews.
This is the title of our scientific mission for the week
Listening and watching what is happening at the opening ceremony!
As expected I had a busy day at work. At the evening, we were taken to
one of the fancy restaurant, Shirvanshah Museum Restaurant, at the
center of the city. It was a conference dinner sponsored by Azercosmos.
Azercosmos is an Open Joint Stock Company (OJSCo) and the only satellite
operator in Caucasus established on May 3rd 2010 and fully owned by the
government of Azerbaijan Republic. To my surprise, the company managed
to successfully launched the first-ever satellite of Azerbaijan
(Azerspace-1) on February 8th 2013, in less than 3 years of its
establishment. The company is now providing highly reliable,
satellite-based communication services to enterprise and government
customers for DTH, voice, video, data and mobility applications. It
shows me that if there is full collaboration and trust within everyone
involved, anything is possible. It reminds me “YES WE CAN” slogan!
Pictures from the dinner gathering!
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