International financial organizations and most economists predict a deep and lengthy recession for a wide range of developed and developing countries. Like many of these states, Armenia will face the consequences of adverse global trends, and in some ways is likely to be even more affected owing to a dramatic economic slowdown in some of its main trading partner countries. To discuss the implications of the crisis for Armenia and help devise policy prescriptions to mitigate them, Policy Forum Armenia will hold a high level economic forum that will bring together senior representatives of international organizations, major policymakers from regional economic powerhouses, and an unprecedented line-up of Armenia’s key economic policymakers since independence. Titled “Armenia: Weathering the Global Storm”, the economic forum will serve as a major venue for discussing the global and Armenia-specific trends and will culminate in a panel session where Armenia’s successive Prime Ministers will discuss policy options for the future. The forum will be held on May 25, 2009. Media sponsorship of the forum will be provided by Mediamax agency, ArmeniaNow and HETQ newspapers. For more information about this landmark event, please also visit www.pf-armenia.org. Policy Forum Armenia is an independent professional non-profit association aimed at strengthening discourse on Armenia's economic development and national security and through that helping to shape public policy in Armenia.