  We present a discussion on recent progress in high energy diffraction from
the perspective of AdS/CFT, through which a unified treatment for both
perturbative and nonperturbative Pomeron emerges. By working with Unitary
Irreducible Representation of Conformal group, a frame is provided in extending
AdS/CFT to both forward and nearforward scattering. We present an analysis
involving an exact solution to conformal blocks in Minkowski CFT and discuss
possible applications. Phenomenological applications can range from forward
scattering to DIS/DVCS/TMD at LHC energies and beyond.
