Vladimir Norov Chairman, Central Asian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AICA); Founder and CEO, Silk Road Advisory

Vladimir Norov is a diplomat and statesman with over 40 years of experience in international relations and foreign policy. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan from 2006 to 2010 and in 2022, and as Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from 2019 to 2021. Norov was Uzbekistan’s Ambassador to the European Union, NATO and the Benelux countries, as well as Germany, Switzerland and Poland. He also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the President and Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies. He currently chairs AICA and is Founder and CEO of Silk Road Advisory.