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PROGRAMME
VII ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM “RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE ERA OF CHALLENGES
IN THE FORMAT OF G-GLOBAL”
May 21-23, 2014
The latest programme is available at www.astanaforum.org
MAY 19-20 – MONDAY, TUESDAY (PRE-FORUM DAYS)
May 19 09:00-15:00 KazMediaCenter,
4 Kunaeva str.
II INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE “ASTEX-2014”
Organizers: Communication and information agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, «Zerde» National infocommunication holding, «Infocommunicative technology development fund» Corporative Fund
SESSION 1. World achievements in e-commerce
Key issues:
Tendencies in e-commerce;
Technologies of payment systems;
Decisions for e-commerce;
Mobile e-commerce.
Welcome speech:
Zhenis KASSYMBEK, Minister of transport and communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chair: Maxim KAZAK, Editor-in-Chief, “Cnews” journal and
internet portal on high technologies Speakers:
Rangachar KASTURI, Head, IEEE Computer Society (2008-2009)
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Jeffrey BEZOS, Founder, Amazon.com web-site Robert BELLAC, Founder, "Cars.com"; Head, "NewEgg North America" (2010-2012); President, "Digital media - LA Times"; Со-founder, "Classified ventures" Dara KHOSROUSHAHI, Head, "Expedia Inc". Кenes RAKHISHEV, Chairman of the board of directors, «SAT & Company» Dmitriy POTAPENKO, Head, "Pyatorochka" and "Grundig" retail chain (2011-2013); Founder, "Management development group Inc" David TRAVERS, Partner, "Rustic Canyon Ventures"; Member of board of directors "Therma Source", "Lead360", "Navigating Cancer" Djaesh BAYANI, Executive Vice-President, Technical director, "Shopzilla"
May 20
09:00-15:00 KazMediaCenter,
4 Kunaeva str.
II INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE “ASTEX-2014” (Continuation)
Organizers:
Communication and information agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, «Zerde» National infocommunication holding, «Infocommunicative technology development fund» Corporative Fund
SESSION 2. Perspective technologies
Key issues:
Big–data and monetization;
Development of е-commerce in Kazakhstan;
Open Data like Open Service;
Clever industry;
Clever environment;
Study-tour to special CON and situative centre.
Chair: Maxim KAZAK, Editor-in-Chief, “Cnews” journal and
internet portal on high technologies
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Speakers:
Аlexander КOMAROV, President, «Beeline»; Nicolas МALONE, IT department director, “Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Аndrei BEKLEMISHEV, Regional director in Central Asia, "IDC" Ruslan ENSEBAYEV, CEO, "National information technologies" JSC Dmitri LELIS, Director general and co-founder, "Кavanga" Ramil МUHORYAPOV, Founder and Director, "Choco family" Аskhат BEISENBAYEV, CEO, «Kazpochta» JSC Dastan КОZHABEKOV, Deputy director general, "Кazakhstan institute of oil and gas" JSC
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MAY 21 – WEDNESDAY
May 21 09:00-13:00 Eurasian National University named after L.Gumilyov, 2, Mirzoyan str.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE INNOVATIONAL ECONOMY OF KAZAKHSTAN:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNDER GLOBALIZATION
Organizer:
Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov
Key issues:
Accounting and audit role in the conditions of globalization of economy and indentation of integration processes in the Eurasian space;
Problems and prospects of development of the tourist field, sustainable development of a tourist cluster as element of "green economy";
Theory of development of innovative economy;
Institutional factor of innovative development;
Role of financial institutions and institutes of development of Kazakhstan in innovation financing;
Innovative development and competitiveness of economy
Chair: Yerlan SYDYKOV, Rector, Eurasian National University
named after L.Gumilyov; Academician, International academy of Sciences of pedagogical education Mikhail FEDOROV, Rector, Ural State Economic University; Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council, "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association Anatoly SPITSYN, Director, Institute of Strategic Studies of problems of integration of the Eurasian Economic Community; Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences Nurilya KUCHUKOVA, Professor, Eurasian National University named after L.Gumilyov
Speakers: Levent ALTINAY, Professor, University of Oxford Brookes
in Great Britain Metin KOZAK, Professor, University of Dokuz Eylul in Turkey Janusz TECHKE, Professor, University of Economics in
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Poland Peter MIHÁLYI, Professor, Institute of Economy in Hungary Sang KYU LEE, Professor of Andong National University in South Korea Sung-Hee JWA, Professor, KDI school of Public Policy and Management in South Korea Daniel PETER, Professor, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland Wolfram SCHARFF, Professor, Institute of Environmental Analysis in Germany Lubomir TSIVIN, Professor, Banking Institute in Czech Republic Marat SAFIULLIN, Professor, Kazan Federal Univversity in Russian Federation Tatyana VASILUK, Professor, Humanities University in Russian Federation
May 21
09:00–17:00 Kazakh Humanities
Law University 8, Korgalzhin str.
III WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM OF YOUTH "YOUTH CONTRIBUTION IN THE GREEN ECONOMY
AND EXPO 2017"
Organizers: Join-stock company "National Company "Astana EXPO-2017", Association of Legal Entities "Coalition for a green economy and development of G-Global», Ural State Economic University, Nazarbayev University, Association of Young Deputies
G-GLOBAL is a communication platform
in support of views of green economy and Eurasian economic integration
Welcome speech: Meyram BEGENTAYEV, Mazhilis Deputy of the
Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mikhail FEDOROV, Rector, Ural State Economic University; Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council, "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association Ajgul SOLOVYOVA, Majilis Deputy of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Assel KOZHAKOVA, Director of Marketing and Public
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Relations, JSC "National company Astana EXPO-2017" Saltanat RAKHIMBEKOVA, Chairman of the board, Coalition for a green economy and development of G-Global Oleg TOLKAYLOV, President, Association of Young Deputies
SESSION 1. Contribution of «green» economy to improvement of
public health Key issues:
Ecology of Premises and Quality of living habitat environment;
Voluntary Certification of Environmentally Efficient Products and Improved Living Environment for Health;
Food Safety and Healthful Food;
Healthy Soil and Organic Agriculture;
Protection against Electromagnetic Smog, Radiation and Geopathic Zones;
Health Tourism, Recreation Services and treatment by means of communication with animals and nature;
«Green» House-Building on the base of bioactive construction materials and Instruments for study of local bioenergy;
«Green» Cities and Eco-settlements, movement of patrimonies;
Heath Clothes within ecological fashion and design.
Chair: Dmitry TERESHKEVICH, Director, Institute of human
health Speakers: Vladimir BOLSHAKOV, Corresponding Member,
Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolay RYABOV, PhD candidate, Ural State Agriculture Academy of the United States of America Imel PHILIPP, Professor, North Virginia College
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SESSION 2. Green technology for oil and gas and coal industries
Key issues:
Green Technologies for oil and gas production and processing, mini oil refinery plant for utilization of oil sludge;
New technologies for stripping, processing and liquefaction of natural gas;
Utilization of associated gas of oil production;
Utilization of coalmine methane;
«Pure»coal and coal chemistry Chair: Kaiyrbolat SAHMETOV, Head, «ASTANA ZHASTARY»
PGA of the Akimat of Astana; Member, Association of Oil/Gas and Energy Sector Organizations “KAZENERGY” Youth Council
Speakers: Mariam VOSKANYAN, Head of Department of Economic
Theory, Russian-Armenian University; Holder of Youth Grant of Astana Club of Nobel Laureates in 2013 Aleksandr MALTSEV, Assistant Professor of the Department of World Economy, Ural State Economic University
SESSION 3. Development of "green" business
Key issues:
Sectors and Prospective Lines of the «green» business;
Appropriative (low-cost and accessible) technologies for small «green»business and self-employment;
Development of ecosystem services and concessionary agreements.
Chair: Maira SULTANOVA, Director, International Innovation -
Educational Center of "green economy" Speakers: Yelena GODOVYKH, Pro-rector for youth programs, Ural
State Economic University Galina PAKHALCHAK, Professor of the Department of
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Corporate Economy and Management, Ural State Economic University; Vice-President, Ural Association of environmentally responsible enterprises Anna POLYAKOVA, Executive Director, Eurasian Youth Economic Forum; Director of Center of Business Communication, Ural State Economic University Igor CHERNOGOLOV, President, “Penetron-Russia” Group of Companies; Vice-President, Sverdlovsk Union of small and middle business.
SESSION 4. «Greeen» technologies of
trade, logistics and transportation
Key issues:
New types of transportation facilities;
New types of fuel and means for fuel saving;
Increase of sale volume and reduction of Environmental Load;
Ways to reduce traffic jams in megalopolises;
Improvement of attractiveness of Public Transport.
Chair: Oleg TOLKAYLOV, President, Association of Young
Deputies Speakers: Dmitriy KARKH, Pro-Rector for scientific activity, Ural
State Economic University Berndt HALLIER, Chairman, Association Retail in Germany Tomas KOLLAT, Coordinator of International Projects, University named after Adam Mickiewicz
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SESSION 5. My contribution to EXPO 2017
Key issues:
Promotion of Concepts of the «green» economy and EXPO among young people;
Personal Contribution of young people to EXPO-2017: occurrence in practice;
Concept and participation of young people in implementation of EXPO Project;
Holding of EXPO in prospect for representatives of youth;
Interest and reason of young people in participation to exhibition for self-fulfillment and development;
Significance of exhibition’s results for further development of the exhibition complex’s territory by young people;
Campaign with ZAHSYL YEL Youth Detachments in order to build awareness of ecological situation among young people;
Benefits and advantages of such campaigns for youth.
Chair:
Assel KOZHAKOVA, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, JSC "National company “Astana EXPO-2017"
Speakers:
Robert FOREST, Certified Architect in Illinois, Ontario, United Kingdom; Member, United States Green Building Council
Master Class: “Economic Integration” Master Class: “Free-Trade Zone” Master Class: “Non-Governmental Organizations in the field of inter-State integration”
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May 21 10:00-11:30
Palace of Independence,
Oval hall, 1 floor
ROUND TABLE: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL
BUDGET PROCESS
Organizer: Embassy of the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Centre in Astana
Key Issues:
Public Participation in Revitalization of Monotown
State and Local Government Reform Governance at the Local Level
Participation of the Community Budget Process at the Local Level
Co-Chairs: Jacek KLUCZKOWSKI, Ambassador of the Republic of
Poland to the Republic of Kazakhstan Natalia ZARUDNAYA, Head of Centre, OSCE Centre in Astana
Speakers:
Aleksander KWAŚNIEWSKI, President of the Republic of Poland (1995-2005) Marcin KUBIAK, Vice-Minister of the Regional Development of the Republic of Poland Serik ZHUMANGARIN, Vice-Minister of the Regional Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Krzysztof HERBST, Head, Fund to support local democracy in the Republic of Poland Sergey KHUDYAKOV, Chairman, “Civil Alliance” Association Askar KUSHKUNBAEV, Coordinator, Local Budget Initiative, Soros Foundation Kazakhstan Marat SARSEMBAYEV, Member of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nerissa WARNER-O'NEILL, Director, Hoptoad Enterprises Ltd
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May 21 10:00-11:30
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
PANEL SESSION: SMART GREEN BUSINESS-FORUM
Organizers: Ministry of the environment Protection and water resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Scientific Research and Education Center “Green Academy”, USAID, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBSD)
Key issues:
The global impact on ecosystems;
Sustainable use of water resources;
The role of business in the context of biodiversity;
Energy-effective culture of enterprises;
Business-solution: access to clean energy;
“Green” building;
The waste management system;
Investment in “green” business;
“Green” workplaces;
“Green” standards for enterprises statistics
Chair: Bakhyt ESSEKINA, Director, "Green Academy"
Research and Education Center Speakers: Ann AARNESS, Regional Director, USAID office
Rene MALLI, Head of Technical Cooperation, EU Delegation to the Republic of Kazakhstan Rae Kwon CHUNG, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Director, Department of Environment and Development of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Mikhail FEDOROV, Rector, Ural State Economic University; Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council, "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association Yurgen KAINKHORST, Head of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Department, Federal Ministry of Germany
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Suren ERKMAN, Head of the Industrial Ecology Group, Environmental Sciences Faculty, University of Lausanne Abylai MYRZAKHMETOV, Chairman of the board, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aidyn RAKHIMBAYEV, President, “BI Holding” Supervisory Board; Chairman, Association of Developers of Kazakhstan Rojer HOLLAND, President, «Scot Holland» company
May 21 10:00-13:30
Palace of Independence, Press center,
1 floor
PANEL SESSION: BUSINESS CONGRESS OF THE BUSINESS-
DIALOGUE OF THE COMMON ECONOMIC SPACE (CES):
ON THE WAY TO THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION
Organizer: National chamber of entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Assessment of impact of drafts of international agreements and decisions of the Eurasian economic commission on conditions of conducting business activity in the Customs union and EAEC: the Eurasian approach to estimation of the regulating influence.
Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union: strengths and weaknesses
Problematic questions and ways of development in mutual trade between the countries-members of the Customs Union and EAEC
Modern integration processes in economy of various regions of the world: new tendencies and calls.
Chair: Rakhim OSHAKBAYEV, Deputy Chairman, Member of
the board, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Tatyana VALOVAYA, Member of the Board (Minister) on
the Main Areas of Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission
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Andrey SLEPNEV, Мember of the Board (Мinister) for Trade, Eurasian Economic Commission Timur SULEYMENOV, Member of the Board (Minister) in charge of Economy and Financial Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission, Moscow Timur ZHAXYLYKOV, Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan Anatoly SPITSYN, Director, Institute of Strategic Studies of problems of integration of the Eurasian Economic Community; Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander MURICHEV, Executive Vice-President, Union of industrialists and entrepreneurs of Russian Federation
May 21
10:00-13:30 Palace of
Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
PANEL SESSION: EURASIAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM
IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL COMPETITION
Organizer : Transport union of Kazakhstan «KAZLOGISTICS»
Key issues:
Historical competition between sea and land: Revival of the new Silk Road;
The Golden Age of the Silk Road: Transport and logistics potential of the Eurasian region;
Developing the capacity of container transport trains
between China-Europe;
The role of government in the development of transport infrastructure;
Eliminating physical barriers: international practice;
Confronting challenges: the necessary measures for the implementation of joint projects in the field of transport logistics;
Cargo air East-West, the speed justifies f shipping costs
Chair: Andrey TIMOFEYEV, Partner and Managing Director,
BSG; Member, Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation
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Speakers: Askar MAMIN, Chairman, «KAZLOGISTICS» Union of
Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan; President, NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” JSC Vitaly EPHIMOV, President, Union of Transport of the Russian Federation; First Deputy Chairman, Russian Federation State Duma Committee for Transport Daniyal AKHMETOV, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2003 – 2007) Erzhan NURAKHMETOV, Acting director of Department for Transport and Infrastructure, Eurasian Economic Commission Ziya MAMMADOV, Minister of Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan Bai LI QUN , Chairman of the Board, Lianyungang Port Marek RETELSKI, Head of TIR and Trade Facilitation, International Road Transport Union (IRU) Ahmed Bin SULAYEM, Chairman of the Board of Directors, DP World Mohammed SHARAF, Chief Executive Officer, DP World Tony PROPHET, Senior Vice-President, Hewlett-Packard Thomas NIEHAUS, Associate Partner, Lufthansa Consulting
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May 21 10:00-16:30
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 2, 2 floor
III ASIAN UNIVERSITIES FORUM: EURASIAN DIVERSITY AND ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Organizers: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Academy of Higher School of Kazakhstan, National Academy of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Seoul National University
SESSION 1. Role of universities for sustainable develeopment
Key issues:
The role of Universities in creating conditions for sustainable development and energetic security;
Consolidation of scientific and educational potential of higher educational institutions in addressing main challenges of present period
Chair:
Galym MUTANOV, Rector, Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi
Welcome speech:
Aslan SARINZHIPOV, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Robert AUMANN, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of 2005 Edward PRESCOTT, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of 2004 Kumar ASHOK, Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan Ramu DAMODARAN, Head, UN “Academic Impact” Program Oh Yeon CHEON, Founder, Asian Universities Forum; President, Seoul National University Heitor GURGULINO DE SOUZA, President, World University Consortium; President, WAAS in Brazil Rusliwa GUMILAR, Rector of UI GREENMETRIC World
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Unviersity Ranking Dirk BOCHAR, Secretary General, European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI) Ian SADLAK, President, International Observatory on Ranking and Excellence (IREG)
Speakers:
Kim GWANG JO, Director of Regional Bureau for Education in Asian and the Pacific , UNESCO Asdaa KOTANI, Vice-President «Library Sales- Middle East- Turkey & Central Asia» - Springer Ekhleif TARAWNEH, Rector, Jordan University Herry SUHARDIYANTO, Rector, Bogor Agriculture University
SESSION 2. Internationalization of higher education in Eurasian region
Key issues:
Internationalization in terms of Eurasian diversity aimed at increasing recognition and competitiveness of Asian Universities in global community;
Development of joint projects on sustainable development and modernization of system of higher education of Eurasian Universities.
Chair:
Oh Yeon CHEON, President, Seoul National University
Speakers:
Nguyen QUOC VIET, Associate Dean, Faculty of Development Economics, University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University Hanoi Park JIN BAE, Vice-President, Yonsei University Lijie PU, Associate Vice-Rector, University of Nanjing Mikhail FEDOROV, Rector, Ural State Economic University; Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council, "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association Abdallah MALKAWI, President, Jordan University of Science and Technology
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May 21 10:00-19:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
WORLD ENERGY LEADERS’ SUMMIT: ENERGY IN TRANSITION:
OPPORTUNITIES AND EMERGING RISKS
Organizers: World Energy Council, Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, “Samruk-Energy” JSC, ULE “Kazakhstan Association of Oil/Gas and Energy Sector Organizations “KAZENERGY”
Welcome address: Timur KULIBAYEV, President, National Chamber of
Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman, Kazakhstan Association of Oil/Gas and Energy Sector Organizations “KAZENERGY” Marie-José NADEAU, Chair, World Energy Council
SESSION 1. Unconventionals: Game changer for the region?
Key issues:
What are the latest key international dynamics on shale gas?
How has the shale gas revolution impacted the region’s exports, and how can gas producers stay competitive to avoid losing out to the rise in unconventionals?
How will unconventional opportunities in the region affect supply?
Chair:
TBC
Speakers: Alper AKDENIZ, Managing Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Eurasia Mark ALBERS, Senior Vice-President, Exxon Mobil Corporation Jean-Marie DAUGER, Senior Executive Vice-President; Member of the Executive Board, GDF Suez Uzakbay KARABALIN, Minister of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan Jay PRYOR, Executive Vice-President, Business Development, Chevron Corporation
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Dan YERGIN, Vice-Chairman of HIS; Founder, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), IHS CERA
SESSION 2. Three years after Fukushima: Is nuclear renaissance over?
Key issues:
Where do we stand three years on?
How did Fukushima affect the cost of nuclear, through financial market risk premiums or enhanced safety designs?
What are the policies and financing concepts needed for nuclear?
In places where we have the most rapid growth, how has nuclear acceptability been affected?
Chair: TBC Speakers: Mohamed AL HAMMADI, Chief Executive Officer,
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation Yves BRACHET, President, Westinghouse Europe, Middle East, and Africa Kirill KOMAROV, Deputy General Director, “Rosatom” Russian Federation national nuclear corporation Hasan MERCAN, Deputy Minister, Energy and Natural Resources, Government of Turkey Vladimir SHKOLNIK, Chairman of the Board, National Atomic Company “Kazatomprom” JSC Lauri VIRKKUNEN, Chief Executive Officer, Pohjolan Voima Oy
SESSION 3. Power-to-Gas (P2G): Unlocking the potential
Key issues:
What are the success stories and what does it take to take them to scale?
What are the costs and learning curve potential?
Can P2G be an opportunity for the Eurasia (or Central Asia) region?
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Speakers: Klaus-Dieter BARBNECHT, Board Member, Sales &
Trading,Verbundnetz Gas René BAUTZ, Chief Executive Officer, Gaznat SA Nurlan KAPPAROV, Minister of Environment and Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan Riccardo PULITI, Managing Director for Energy and Natural Resources, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Jambulat SARSENOV, Vice-Chairman, Kazakhstan Association of Oil/Gas and Energy Sector Organizations “KAZENERGY”
Closing speech: Christoph FREI, Secretary General, World Energy
Council
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May 21 10:00-19:00
Palace of Independence, Premium hall,
1 floor
REGIONAL SEMINAR: FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
IN THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT'S FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF
THE FINANCIAL RISKS
Organizers: Ministry of finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, International Monetary Fund
Key issues:
Development of the Conceptual Framework of Government Financial Reporting;
International Public Sector Accounting Standards, Government Finance Statistics Manual and IMF’s "New Fiscal Transparency Code" in fiscal policy.
Welcome speech
Bakhyt SULTANOV, Deputy Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chair: Berik SHOLPANKULOV, Vice-Minister of Finance of the
Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers: Ian BALL, Chairman of CIPFA International (2013);
Consultant, IMF Ian CARRUTHERS, Policy and Technical Director, CIPFA Abdul KHAN, Senior expert, Fiscal Affairs IMF
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May 21 10:00-19:00
Palace of Independence,
Ceremonial Hall, 1 floor
INTERNATIONAL FORUM ANTI-COUNTERFEITING”
Organizer: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Issues on harmonization of legislation on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property within the framework of the Customs Union and Common Economic Space;
Food, pharmaceutical and children's products safety and - the guarantee of health of the nation;
Countering of the production and distribution of counterfeit goods;
Protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet;
Enforcement of intellectual property - protection against unfair competition
Chair: Berik IMASHEV, Minister of Justice of the Republic of
Kazakhstan Welcome speech: Bakytzhan SAGINTAYEV, First Deputy Prime- Minister
of the Republic of Kazakhstan Тimur SULEIMENOV, Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policies of Eurasian Economic Commission Saule TLEVLESSOVA, Head of the Section for Caucasian, Central Asian and Eastern European Countries of Department for Transition and Developed Countries of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Mi-Yong HAN, President, World Women Inventors & Entrepreneurs Association (WWEIA) Kurt WUTHRICH, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry of 2002 Gaozhang ZHU, Director of Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization
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SESSION 1. Issues on legislative harmonization on the protection and enforcement
of intellectual property rights within the Customs union
Chair: TBC
Speakers:
Aleksander AGEYEV, Director General, Institute for Economic Strategies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri YAKOVETS, President, Pitirim Sorokin – Nikolai Kondratieff International Institute Kamila BLAGOPOLUCHNAYA, Lawyer on Patent Law, “InfoWatch” CJSC
SESSION 2. Food, pharmaceutical and children's products safety – the key of health of the nation
Chair: Svetlana ROMANOVSKAYA, Majilis Deputy of the
Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers: Sabine KOPP, Manager, Anti-Counterfeiting and
Medicines Quality Assurance Programmes at the World Health Organization Zhandarbek BEKSHIN, Deputy Chairman, Agency on
consumer rights protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan James ROTHMAN, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine of 2013 Vitaliy ZINCHENKO, Vice-President, Association of food manufacturers, Customs Union Donald TOWNSEND, Regional U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Attaché to Russia and the CIS Yelena BARMANOVA, Head, Committee on countering the spread of counterfeit medical products
SESSION 3. Enforcement of intellectual property in the internet
Chair: TBC
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Speakers: Altaiy ABIBULLAYEV, Deputy Chairman, Agency for
Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhanaiy OMAROV, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Trevor ALBERY, Vice-President, Strategy & Operations, EMEA Content Protection & Analytics, Warner Bros. Entertainment Europe Thomas DILLON, Counselor, Building Respect for Intellectual Property Division, WIPO Oliver SHOEN, Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA), EU Twinning Project “Improved Court Expert System” Shavkat SABIROV, President, Internet Association of Kazakhstan Donald TOWNSEND, Jr., the regional U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Attaché to Russia and the CIS, the First secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Russia Viktor LOSSEV, President, Kazakhstan Association for the protection of copyright and related rights” Denis KHABAROV, partner in the Moscow office of Baker & McKenzie, member of the Steering Committee of the European practice of Baker & McKenzie on intellectual property
SESSION 4. Countering of production and spread
of counterfeit products Chair:
TBC
Speakers:
Dmitry GODUNOV, Regional Coordinator of UNCTAD's relations with the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Takuya HIRANO, General Manager, Multi-Country Subsidiary, Central and Eastern European Headquarters Amangali SARSENBAYEV, Judge, Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aslanbek ASLAKHANOV, President, “Anticounterfeit” nonprofit partnership” Oliver SHOEN, Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA), EU
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Twinning Project “Improved Court Expert System” Kamran IMANOV, Chairman, Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan Armen AZIZYAN, Head, National Agency of Intellectual Property of Armenia Nikita ZHARINOV, Regional Legal Advisor for Intellectual Property at the USPTO Moscow Office at the U.S. Embassy Bakhytzhan TOLEUBEKOVA, Professor, Almaty State University named after Abay
SESSION 5. Enforcement of intellectual property rights –
protection against unfair competition Chair:
Gianluca SEPE, Juriste, Antimonopoly Agency of Italy
Speakers:
Aliakbar MATISHEV, Deputy Chairman, Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Competition Protection (Antimonopoly Agency) Thomas DILLON, Counsellor, Building Respect for Intellectual Property Division, WIPO Vasil CAZAN, President of Association on protection of the rights and interests of consumers of Romania Michael ELLIS, Assistant Director of the Trafficking in Illicit Goods and Counterfeiting Sub-Directorate in INTERPOL Askhat BALTABEKOV, Head of Center for Technology commercialization, Karaganda State University named after E.A. Buketov Andrew YORSH, Senior lawyer, "Baker & McKenzie" law firm
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May 21 10:00-19:00
Palace of Independence, Studio of media
city, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF JOURNALISM
Organizer: Media Agency “Success”
Key issues:
Chair TBC
Speakers: TBC
May 21 11:00-19:00
Palace of Independence, Congress hall,
1 floor
V INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM “ASTANA INVEST 2014”
Organizers: Mayor Office of Astana city, JSC “Astana Innovations”
Key issues:
Investment attractiveness of Astana;
Joining Astana in to the rating of top 50 “smart cities” of the world;
Preparation of the infrastructure of Astana for the International specialized exhibition “EXPO – 2017».
Chair: Ulf WOKURKA, Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank in
the Republic of Kazakhstan
Welcome speech:
Karim MASSIMOV, Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Imangali TASMAGAMBETOV, Mayor of Astana city Nikhat ZEYBEKCHI, Minister of Economy of Turkey
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SESSION 1. Investment attractiveness of the city of Astana
Ключевые вопросы:
Tools to attract investment to Astana;
PPP as a tool to attract investment.
Chair: Meder MASSELOV, Head, Managing Administration of
SEZ "Astana - new city"
Speakers:
Yerlan KHAIROV, Chairman of the Investment Committee, Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan Meder MASSELOV, Head, Managing Administration of SEZ "Astana - new city" Marek STEC, General Director, “ALSTOM Kazakhstan” LLP Kayrat ZHANABERGENOV, Chairman of the Board, NC “SPK “Astana” JSC
SESSION 2. Joining Astana in to the rating of Top 50 “smart cities” of the world
Chair: Talgat ASHIM, Chairman, JSC "Astana Innovations» Speakers: Bill HUTCHINSON, Executive Director of the Center for
Development of “Smart cities”, Ernst & Young Brenda HALLORAN, Mayor of Waterloo, Canada Rahul GUPTA, Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Kuanyshbek YESEKEEV, Chairman, “Kazakhtelecom” JSC
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SESSION 3. Preparation of the infrastructure of Astana for the International specialized exhibition “EXPO – 2017”
Chair: Sergey STANOVKIN, Head, BBC World News Regional
Commercial Representative in Eurasia Speakers: Anatoliy PAHOMOV, Mayor, Sochi city
Baurzhan DZHANSEITOV, Director, Directorate for an International specialized exhibition “EXPO-2017" Charles HENDRY, Trade Envoy of the Prime- Minister of Great Britain to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan Ricardo CARVALHO, Co-founder and Managing Partner, TIMWE
Signing of official documents
Visiting exhibition of investment projects in the city of Astana
Chair:
Meder MASSELOV, Head, Managing Administration of SEZ "Astana - new city"
Business negotiations among stakeholders Forum
Timur KABLAN, Head, Investor services
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May 21 12:00-16:30
Palace of Independence,
Oval hall, 1 floor
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ECONOMIC BELT ALONG THE SILK ROAD
Organizers: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association, “Fund of Peace of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, China People Association of Peace and disarmament (CPAPD), China Scientific Centre of the International Eurasian Academy of Science (CSCIEAS)
Key issues:
Transport infrastructure along the Silk Road;
Unimpeded trade;
Monetary circulation;
Ecology and resource security;
Construction of Ecological city and urbanization as stimuli and basis for development of economic belt along the Silk Road;
Application of green economy principles upon construction of the economic belt along the Silk Road;
Decriminalization of the economic belt along the Silk Road;
Regional Investment Marketing of the economic belt along the Silk Road.
Welcome speech: Serik NUGERBEKOV, Senate Deputy of the Parliament
of Republic of Kazakhstan Rakhim OSHAKBAEV, First Deputy Chairman, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chair: Kazybek SHAIKH, Chairman, ‘Fund of Peace of the
Republic of Kazakhstan; Founder, Kazakhstan Government Relations Network Club
Speakers: Touraj HATAMI, First Secretary, Embassy of Islamic
Republic of Iran in the Republic of Kazakhstan Ebrahim HADAVI, Charge d'affaires, Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Li WENHUA, Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences; Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; ecologists and conservationists; Researcher, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Mao QIZHI, Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Science; Vice-President of the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. Peng GONGBING, Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Science; Secretary-General, International Eurasian Academy of Science China Science Centre Cui WEIHONG, Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Science, Academician, Russian Academy of Nature Science Yan JIYI, Adviser of the Secretariat, China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences Yang CHUNHONG, Researcher and Tutor, Institute of Botany of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Zhang JINGAN, Academician, International Eurasian Academy of Science; Director General, China Association of High Tech Zones; President, “Frontier Science” Magazine; Yan LUGUANG, Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering Qi TONGYAN, Full-time Deputy secretary general, International Eurasian Academy of Science; Committee member, National Technical Committee 268 on Intelligent Transport Systems of Standardization Administration of China Muhammed ATAYEV, Director, Institute of strategic research of the Republic of Turkmenistan. Gulnara ANNAKULIYEVA, Chairman, Turkmen’s Cultural Centre in the Republic of Kazakhstan; Member of Council, Assembly of peoples of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Discussion Ceremony of signing the Agreement on creation of
International Scientific Centre for scientific support of the Economic belt along the Silk Road
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May 21 12:00-16:30
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
PANEL SESSION: “EXPO-2017” – ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Organizers: Join-stock company "National Company "Astana EXPO-2017", Association of Legal Entities "Coalition for a green economy and the development of G-Global», Center for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Astana, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
SESSION 1. Contribution of the Expo in industrial and innovative development and green economy
Key issues:
History Exhibition EXPO - lessons, opportunities and risks;
Agitational and educational role of exhibitions Expo for
innovation and international scientific and technical
cooperation;
Particularity and advances of EXPO 2017;
"Energy Future" is topical subject for solve global problems;
United Nations initiative "Sustainable Energy for all", partnership Programme "Green Bridge" and other international projects for institutional support "Expo-2017".
Chair:
Natalia ZARUDNAYA, Head, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Center in Astana
Speakers:
Talgat ERMEGIYAEV, Chairman of the Board, NC "Astana EXPO-2017" JSC George FITZGERALD SMOOT III, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics of 2006 Noeleen HEYZER, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Zepp Dieter HECKMANN, Initiator and Developer of the concept of EXPO 2000 in Hanover; Board member of EXPO 2000 in Hanover; Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Messe
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Julian NEBREDA, President, EMEA Strategic Business Unit, The AES Corporation
SESSION 2. Exhibition Complex Expo 2017 – Playground of green technologies
Key issues:
"Green" construction and sustainable urban planning;
World experience of future cities and eco settlements;
Smart grids;
Initiative to create a global electro-energy system;
Clean transport;
Propaganda appropriate technologies (Appropriate Technologu) for sustainable lifestyles and reducing consumption.
Chair:
Ajgul SOLOVYOVA, Majilis Deputy of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers:
Friedbert PFLUEGER, Director, European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCER) Olga MEMEDOVIC, Head of the regional programmes in Europe and New Independent States, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Serge MARTIN, Special Advisor to the United Nations Foundation, Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. Canadian philanthropist and founder of SOFINOV, a venture capital fund of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Bulat YESSEKIN, Expert, EU project WECOOP ("Regional Cooperation and Support for the EU-CA Enhanced Regional Cooperation on Environment and Water")
SESSION 3. Thematic and cultural programmes of EXPO 2017
Key issues:
Thematic pavilions of Expo 2017: "World Energy", "Energy
for Life", "Energy for All", "Energy of Future";
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The initiative to create a virtual "Expo-2017" for innovation
and visitors with pre-registration;
New directions forecasts of energy of future;
Laboratory of Virtual Expo-2017 project on G-Global;
Global social advertising and PR campaign featuring "green"
celebrities;
Activities for intercultural exchange;
Competitions, quizzes and Olympiads.
Chair: Assel KOZHAKOVA, Director of Marketing and Public
Relations, "National company Astana EXPO-2017" JSC
Speakers:
Aynur KUATOVA, Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC "NC" Astana EXPO - 2017 " Oleg PELETSKY, Director of Government and Public Relations, "Coca -Cola" company in the Central Asia and Caucasus countries Alexander BRAGIN, Editor, "Ecology of Industry of Kazakhstan" magazine of Kazakhstan Business Association for sustainable development Abdikarim ZEINULLIN, Chairman of the Board, JSC "National Scientific and Technological Holding "Parasat" Sergey IVLEV, Director of Science and innovation of ALE "Coalition for "green" economy and development of G-Global»
SESSION 4. EXPO 2017 – opportunities for business and green investments
Key issues:
Measures for attract of investment, partners and sponsors;
Participation of public and business in agreements and activities during preparation for the exhibition;
Kazakh innovations for display at the exhibition, export development and international scientific and technical cooperation;
Competitions and rated catalogs of green companies, brands and products;
Internet shops and exhibitions of green products.
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Chair: Saltanat RAKHIMBEKOVA, Chairman of the board,
Coalition for green economy and development of G-Global
Speakers:
Eduardo LÓPEZ BUSQUETS, General Director, «Casa Árabe» Massumi SAHAMIES, Secretary, Board on Trade and Development, United Nations Conference (UNCTAD) Ablay MYRZAKHMETOV, Chairman of the board, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Alexander SUVOROV, Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC "National company "Astana EXPO-2017" Elena CHUVASHOVA, Deputy Chairman of the Board, PF «Green Transfer & G-Global»
Conclusions and closing of the forum. Photoshoot.
May 21 15:00-16:30
Palace of Independence, Press center,
1 floor
PANEL SESSION: SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP. ALLOCATION OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND EXTENSION OF
DECENT WORK
Organizer: Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Consolidation of the social partners in order to achieve productive employment and decent work for social-economic development of Kazakhstan;
The problem of youth unemployment during the crisis;
Formation of National system of qualifications; increase the social Responsibility of business in the area of labor practices and training.
social security and social insurance in the context of globalization
Welcome speech: Gulshara ABDYKALIKOVA, Deputy Prime- Minister of
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the Republic of Kazakhstan Chair: Nurlan YERIMBETOV, General Director, “Social
Partnership Centre” Corporate Fund Hans-Horst KONKOLEWSKY, Secretary General, International Social Security Association
Speakers: Тamara DUISSENOVA, Minister of Labor and Social
protection of population of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dimitrina DIMITROVA, Director, Technical Support Group for Decent Work; Director, ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Hans-Horst KONKOLEWSKY, Secretary General, International Social Security Association Kamran MOFID, Founder, NGO “Globalization for the Common Good Initiative” Abilgazi KUSSAINOV, Chairman, Federation of trade Union of the Republic of Kazakhstan Michael TAY, Executive Director, Russian-Singapore business forum Ablay MYRZAKHMETOV, Chairman of the Board, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat TATIBEKOV, Professor, Suleyman Demirel University Michael KIRSANOV, Director, Depaartment of Employment, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Russian Federation
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May 21 15:00-16:30
Palace of Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
PANEL SESSION: MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND PARAMETRIC
CONTROL OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC UNIONS
Organizer: Kazakh National Technical university named after K.Satpaev
Key issues:
Macroeconomic analysis on the basis of global multi-country mathematical models;
Policy effects of the economic union member states and countries of the rest of world on evolution of economy of specific country;
Estimation of effects of external and internal “shocks” on development of economies of the CU and the CES countries-members in medium-term period on the basis of global multi-country mathematical models.
Parametric control problems setting and solving on the basis of global multi-country mathematical models, and examining the effects of uncontrollable factors on their results.
Illustrations of generating recommendations in the economic policy within the economic unions in terms of the parametric control theory and proposed global multi-country mathematical models.
Co-Chairs: Abdykappar ASHIMOV, Academician, National Academy
of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zheksenbek ADILOV, Rector, Kazakh National Technical University named after K. Satpaev Rakhman ALSHANOV, Rector, “Turan” University; President, Universities Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Finn KYDLAND, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of
2004 Anatoly SPITSYN, Director, Institute of Strategic Studies of problems of integration of the Eurasian Economic Community; Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Yuriy BOROVSKIY, Deputy Director, State Scientific and Technical Program of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ömer TÜZEL, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan SAILAUBEKOV, Head of Chair of “Economy of Industry”, Kazakh National Technical University named after K.Satpaev Nicolay BOROVSKIY, Research Fellow, State Scientific and Technical Program Mukhit ONALBEKOV, Research Fellow, State Scientific and Technical Program Dauren AIDARKHANOV, Research Fellow, State Scientific and Technical Program
May 21 17:00-19:00
Palace of Independence,
Oval Room, 1 floor
PANEL SESSION: EURASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION,
MODERNIZATION AND INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT
Organizer: Social Science bureau of Russian Academy of Science about problems of Eurasian economic integration, modernization and sustainable development, The International Academy of Innovation GLOBALIKS, International Union of Economists
Key issues:
The long-term strategy of innovative development of the Eurasian Economic Area;
Competitiveness and industrial policy in the economic integration and cooperation spheres in the field of high technologies development;
Institutional basis for the creation of the Eurasian innovation system;
Harmonization of legislation in the field of innovation.
Moderators:
Evgeniy NAUMOV, Vice-President, International Academy of Innovation GLOBALIKS; Academic Secretary, Scientific Soviet of Russian Academy of Sciences
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Mikhail FEDOROV, Rector, Ural State Economic University; Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council, "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association Alexander ARMENSKY, Chair, Department of education and sustainable development of natural sciences
Speakers: Sergey GLAZYEV, Adviser to the President of Russian
Federation; Member of Russian Academy of Science, Minister of External Economic relations (1992-1993) Serik ZHUMANGARIN, Vice-Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Tair MANSUROV, Secretary General, Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzES) George KLEINER, Correspondent member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Deputy Director, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg SIROTKIN, Corresponding member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director General, National Institute of Aviation Technology; President, National technological Chamber Vyacheslav IVANOV, Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences Victor DEMENTEV, Deputy director, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute Piotr NIKITENKO, Academician, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus Orazaly SABDEN, Director, Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Vyacheslav SOLOVYOV, Deputy Director, Center of Scientific Technological Potential and Science History named after G.M. Dobrov, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Member, Non-Governmental Organization "Institute of Evolutionary Economics", Institute of Scientology named after. Dobrov Marat AMIRKHANOV, Director, Institute of Natural and Technical Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Boris BOLSHAKOV, Head, Department of International University of Nature, Society and Man
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Valery PLATONOV, Chairman, Committee for Industrial Development Alexander VARSHAVSKY, Laboratory supervisor, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute the Russian Academy of Sciences Nicholas KOMKOV, Head, Laboratory Institute of Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences Victor KRASILNIKOV, First Vice-President, Director General, International Union of Economists; First Vice-President, Free Economic Society of Russian Federation Oleg SOSKOVETS, Chairman of the Coordination board, Eurasian Business board; President, Russian Union of Manufacturers; President, Association of Financial and Industrial Groups of Russian Federation
May 21 17:00-19:00
Palace of Independence, Press center,
1 floor
PANEL SESSION: PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE EURASIAN
INTEGRATION
Organizers: The center of integration research of Eurasian Bank of Development, Research institute “Public opinion”
Key issues:
Issues of integration processes and cooperation of the CIS region countries in economic, political and socio-cultural areas as perceived by population, business and political elites of the countries;
Support of the Customs Union and the Single Economic Space by population and elites of the CIS countries;
National integration policy of the CIS countries;
Public opinion as an indicator and driver of integration processes
Chair: Botagoz RAKISHEVA, Director, "Public Opinion"
Research Institute Vladimir PEREBOYEV, Director, Integration Research Center, Eurasian Development Bank
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Speakers: Valery FYODOROV, General Director, All-Russian
Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) Igor ZADORIN, Executive Director, "Eurasian Monitor" International Research Agency Anatoly SPITSYN, Director, Institute of Strategic Studies of problems of integration of the Eurasian Economic Community; Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences Anna ALMAKAYEVA, Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics Tatiana KARABCHUK, Deputy director, Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics
May 21 17:00-19:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 2, 2 floor
II ASTANA INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE:
PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
Organizer:
Kazakhstan Association of Software Companies (KASC) Key issues:
General questions of the cybersecurity of the organization, society and state;
Handling of cybersecurity risks in public services, in business and in private life;
Cybersecurity of e-gov, of the public key infrastructure and electronic document;
Practical solutions, technology and research in the field of cyber security;
Training and development of public awareness in the field of cybersecurity.
Chair:
Baktybai ZHUMADILDIN, General Secretary, Kazakhstan Association of Software Companies (KASC)
Welcome speech:
Azamatkhan AMIRTAYEV, President, Kazakhstan Association of Software Companies (KASC)
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Speakers: Matt KENNEDY, Founder, Kennedy Merchant Partners
Zhang DONG, Vice-President, INSPUR Group Co, PRC Takuya HIRANO, General Manager, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe Murat NURGOZHIN, Acting President, "NC" Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary" JSC Jan VLIET, Vice-President, Emerging region EMEA McAfee. Zhang BIN, Present General manager of Inspur Group Co of Kazakhstan Branch, INSPUR Group Co, PRC Igor SCHERBAKOV, Senior Consultant on software products, ORACLE Mars GABBASSOV, Deputy Director General on scientific questions, KSI"Factor" LLP Almaz KUNGOZHIN, Senior professor, Kazakh NU named after Al-Farabi
May 21, 17:00-19:00
Palace of Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
PANEL SESSION: HEALTH OF PEOPLE BEYOND THE AGE
Organizer: NGO Association «Health of people beyond the age»
SESSION 1. The role of health-improving nutrition and physical activity for preservation of the nation’s health
Key issues:
Global trends in the field of preservation of the health of population;
Modern approaches to elaboration of anti-ageing functional food products;
Issues of introduction of techniques for increasing physical activity adapted to various age and social groups.
Moderator: Yeldos IZATULLAYEV, Chairman, Association of Nutriologists, Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists of the Republic of Kazakhstan; President, Association «Health of people beyond the age»
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Speakers: Yury SINYAVSKY, Vice-President, Kazakh Academy of
Nutrition Mustafa RYSSULY, President, Kazakh Association of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics Damira NIYAZALIYEVA, Chairman, Committee of Zhogorku Kenesh for Social Issues of the Kyrgyz Republic
SESSION 2. Prospects of development and application of iodine-containing drugs in Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Advanced technologies of creating pharmaceuticals with antiviral and antibacterial activity on the basis of nanotechnologies;
Case history of iodine-containing drugs in Kazakhstan.
Moderator: TBC
Speakers:
Yerkebulan ORAZBEKOV, Director-General, «Institute of Innovative Projects «SpetsProject» company Manalzhav SHAGDARSUREN, Head, «Shagdarsuren» clinic Tull NYAMDAVA, Head, Gastroenterology Division of
Government Hospital №1 in Ulan Bator Mohammed Makhmud RADUAN, Research scientist, National Center on research of natural products at the University of Mississipi
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May 21 17:00-19:00
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
“FINANZ UND WIRTSCHAFT” DEBATES
OUTLOOK FOR THE COMMODITY INDUSTRY
Organizer: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Key issues:
Development of commodity prices, how companies can cope with cost pressure and more demanding investors as well as structural changes to the commodity market.
Chair: Martin GOLLMER, Commodity editor, «Finanz und Wirtschaft»
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MAY 22 – THURSDAY
May 22 09:00-11:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 2, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: KAZAKHSTAN – 2050 IN THE AGE OF TEN GLOBAL
CHALLENGES OF XXI CENTURY
Organizers: State Enterprise "Institute of economics” of the Science Committee of the Ministry of education and science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Main trends and challenges of global development;
The issue of economic growth quality and positioning of national economics in global competitive environment;
Regulation of labor market in the context of social and economic instability;
Forming and realization of human potential under new economics;
The model of national economy development if it is included into global technological market;
Issues and prospects of innovative development of national economy considering possible risks and threats;
“Kazakhstan-2050” and foreign politics: head for economic pragmatism;
Integration of Kazakhstan into the united economic area EurAsEC: risks and opportunities
Chair: Saken YESPAYEV, Director, Institute of Economics of the
Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Alexandr DAYNEKO, Director, Institute of Economics,
National Academy of Science of the Republic of Belarus Vyacheslav BOBKOV, General Director, Russian Center for the standard of living Mesut AKGUL, Head, Suleyman Demirel University Dmitry SOROKIN, First Deputy Director, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Marco GREGGI, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ferrara Giorgio PRODI, Researcher in the field of applied economics, University of Ferrara Amanzhol KOSHANOV, Academician, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Orazali SABDEN, Academician, National Academy of Engineering of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kamila MAGZIYEVA, National Coordinator, Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union for the Advancement of Science and Technology in Kazakhstan Anatoly SPITSYN, Director, Institute of Strategic Studies of problems of integration of the Eurasian Economic Community; Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey SHELOMENTSEV, Head, Department of development of regional socio-economic systems, Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
May 22 09:00-11:00
Palace of Independence,
Oval Hall, 1 floor
ROUND TABLE: INNOVATIONAL APPROACHES FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PROCESSES IN TAX ADMINISTRATIONS
Organizer:
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Key issues:
Tools and methods in providing more effective management of the business processes in tax administration
Problems and difficulties introducing changes and innovation to business-processes in tax administration.
New approaches to tax administration
Chair: Ardak TENGEBAYEV, Vice-Minister of Finance of the
Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers: Anuar DZHUMADILDAYEV, Chairman, Tax Committee of
the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Robert AUMANN, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of
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2005 Edward PRESCOTT, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of 2004 Vasiliy KAMENKO, Deputy Minister of Tax and Levies of the Republic of Belarus Daniel WITT, President, International Tax and Investment Center Munawer SULTAN KHWAJA, Project Manager, Reforming of Tax administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Glenn MACKENZIE-FRAZER, Project manager, USAID in Bangladesh; Independent Consultant Anne PAAVONAHO, Taxation expert, Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations
May 22 09:30-11:00
Palace of Independence, Press center,
1 floor
BUSINESS DIALOG OF EMBASSIES:
SAR, BRAZIL, INDIA AND INDONESIA
Organizers: Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Embassy of the South African Republics to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Embassy of the Republic of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Chair: TBC
Speakers: TBC
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May 22 09:30-11:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: SOLVING PROBLEMS IN ADAPTING AGRICULTURE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Organizers: Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC NMH “KazAgro"
Key issues:
Climate change in Kazakhstan, its impact on the development of agriculture and received (possible)measure of adaptation;
The experience of foreign countries to adapt agriculture to the impact of climate change;
Prediction of climate change in Kazakhstan and in the world and impact assessment
Chair: Asylzhan MAMYTBEKOV, Minister of Agriculture of the
Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers: Nurlan KAPPAROV, Minister of environment of the
Republic of Kazakhstan Nikolai FYODOROV, Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Kumar Jha SAROJ, Regional Director for Central Asia, World Bank Vladimir RAKHMANIN, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of UN Fahd bin ABDULRAHMAN, Minister of Agriculture, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Herman de BOON, President, Greenport Holland International
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May 22 09:30-11:00
Palace of Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
PANEL SESSION: THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA: ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN A CHANGING
REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LANDSCAPE
Organizer: The World Economic Forum
Key Issues:
What new opportunities could arise for the region from a changing global economy? In particular, could the region’s neighbours open access to new growth markets?
Could regional cooperation play a role in achieving diversification and integration into the global economy for the region’s countries?
What could be the effects of new multilateral and regional trade frameworks? What kind of impacts could the current Ukrainian situation have on the region’s economic prospects?
Chair:
Fadi FARRA, Advisor to the Prime--Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard School of Public Policy after Kennedy
Speakers:
Nodar KHADURI, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Georgia Olga LAVROVA, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Vagram AVANESYAN, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
Discussion:
Rong JIANYING, Secretary-General, China Federation of Industrial Economics Ghorban SEIFI, Ambassador, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Kazakhstan Olivier DESCAMPS, Managing Director for Turkey, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Masoumeh SAHAMI, Secretary of the Trade and
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Development Board, UN conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Juha KAHKONEN, Deputy Director for the Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF Peter HOWES, Managing Director, “Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC
May 22 09:30-11:00
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
PANEL SESSION: TOURISM AS A BASIS OF INTEGRATION
Organizer: Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Creation and development of the joint tourist's products assuming visit of several countries/places;
Development of arts and crafts for the purpose of preservation of a rich cultural heritage of the Silk Way;
Development, realization and advances of joint strategy, programs and marketing;
Formation and increase of touristic image of the countries of the Central Asian region within tourism on the Silk Way.
Welcome speech: Asset ISSEKESHEV, Deputy Prime--Minister - Minister of
Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan Taleb RIFAI, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Chair: Assel KARAULOVA, President, Kazakhstan Press Club Speakers: David SCOWSILL, President, World Travel and Tourism
Council Shao QIWEI, Chairman, National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China
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Alla PERESSOLOVA, Coordinator, UNWTO Silk Road Programme Rosa ASSANBAYEVA, President, Kazakhstan Tourist Association Timur DUISENGALIYEV, Director, “Zhibek Zholy”
May 22 09:30-13:00
Palace of
Independence,
Congress hall 1
1 floor
INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF WOMEN: G-GLOBAL- THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NEW
ECONOMIES
Organizers: Association of Businesswomen of Kazakhstan and Union of women-entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan under the support of the National commission for women and family-demographic policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chair: Raushan SARSEMBAYEVA, President, Association of
Businesswomen of Kazakhstan; Member, National Commission for Women Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Welcome speech:
Gulshara ABDYKALIKOVA, Deputy Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dariga NAZARBAYEVA, Chairwoman, Committee on Socio-Cultural Development of the Majilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Husn Banu GHAZANFAR, Afghan Minister of Women Affairs Elena BAKHMUTOVA, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Alexandra AKKIRMAN, Vice-President, Corporate Communications, TeliaSonera Eurasia Makhabbat BEKBOSSYNOVA, Chairwoman, National Commission for Women Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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SESSION 1. Leadership of the women in political and economic life
Key issues:
Women`s leadership at the political level and women`s leadership in the economic sphere are allied or they differ in application technology?
What kind of leadership practices should be developed to achieve success?
Leadership can be determined as the instrument of Developing Human Capital?
Leadership can be determined as women`s competitive advantage? And how to balance work and family?
Experts affirm that the age of “soft power” has started, when feminine, womanhood methods in politics have become more effective in comparison to masculine approach. To what extent it is applicable in intense competition in political arena and business?
Effective leadership and business motivation of employees
are elements of one link?
Chair: Zhanat BERDALINA, Independent Director, “Sovereign
Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Speakers: Mi-Young HAN, President, World Women Inventors and
Entrepreneur's Association
Gazalla AMIN, Executive director, «Fasiam agro farms»
Ellen FERBEEK, Editor in chief, «Yoga journal» Nino BURDJANADZE, Leader, “Democratic Movement-United Georgia” party Halyna MASLIUK, Honorary consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Ukraine Lyazzat IBRAGIMOVA, Chairman of the Executive Board, “Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund” JSC
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SESSION 2. The Role of Central Asian and Afghan women in the
new economy development
Key issues:
Economic integration of Central Asian and Afghan women-entrepreneurs – the way to competitive world.
Improvement of legislative base, which creates supportive environment for development of the small and medium business, as well women entrepreneurship
Women involvement in the development of new Central Asian and Afghan economics.
Shaping the contemporary image of women – female entrepreneurs of the Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Effective development of regional women-entrepreneurs cooperation through “Business Association of women-entrepreneurs of Central Asia and Afghanistan “ASIA”.
Development of women entrepreneurship in Central Asia
through advancement of financial instruments.
Chair: Meruyert KAZBEKOVA, Majilis Deputy of Parliament of
the Republic of Kazakhstan; Chairwoman, Union of women-entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Geren KAZAKOVA, Mejlis Deputy of Parliament of the
Republic of Turkmenistan Simin BARAKZAI, Deputy of Parliament of Afghanistan Dzhamila NYAZOVA, Deputy of Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Ainuru ALTYBAYEVA, Deputy of Parliament of Kyrgyz Republic Sabokhat RAKHIMZODA, Chairwoman, “Kadbonu” National Association of Women Entrepreneurs Gulnora MAKHMUDOVA, Chairwoman, Association of Businesswomen of the Republic of Uzbekistan Aybolek POLLYEVA, Director, Center of Businesswomen under the Union of women of the Republic of Turkmenistan
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May 22 09:30-13:00
Palace of Independence, Premium hall 1,
2 floor
WORLD ENERGY LEADERS’ SUMMIT: ENERGY IN TRANSITION:
OPPORTUNITIES AND EMERGING RISKS (Continuation)
Organizers: World Energy Council, Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, “Samruk-Energy” JSC, ULE “Kazakhstan Association of Oil/Gas and Energy Sector Organizations “KAZENERGY”
SESSION 4. Climate, coal and water: Managing uncertainty and risks
Key issues:
What does it take to secure energy and water in high-growth economies?
Where are the limits to technological innovation to solve the puzzles?
1 200 coal power plants are being built at the moment, two thirds of which are in China and India. What are key drivers in clean coal technologies?
Chair:
TBC
Speakers:
Guobao ZHANG, Chairman, China Industrial Overseas Development and Planning Association (CIODPA) Almassadam SATKALIYEV, Chairman of the Board, Samruk-Energy; Chair, Kazakhstan National Committee, World Energy Council Hans-Wilhelm SCHIFFER, Executive Chair, World Energy Resources, World Energy Council
SESSION 5. Financing resilience: De-risking energy infrastructure development
Key issues:
What are the emerging new risks and how do they impact on energy infrastructures?
What are the implications for physical infrastructure design?
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How can physical energy infrastructures de-risk investments to liberate and mobilise capital?
Chair:
TBC
Speakers:
Hussain AL-SHAHRISTANI, Deputy Prime- Minister for Energy Affairs, Government of Iraq Oleg BUDARGIN, General Director, ROSSETI Jose da Costa CARVALHO NETO, Chief Executive Officer, Eletrobras; Chair of the Programme Committee, World Energy Council Andrew GEORGE, Chairman, Global Energy Practice, Marsh Inc.
May 22 09:30-16:30
Palace of Independence,
Ceremonial Hall, 1 floor
GLOBAL CONFERENCE: CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT:
CURRENT ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
Organizers: The Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan
Welcome speech:
Alikhan BAIMENOV, Chairman, Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Stephen TULL, UN Resident Coorinator; UNDP Resident Representative Aurelia BOUCHEZ, Ambassador, Head of European Union delegation to Kazakhstan
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SESSION 1. Career planning and professional development of the civil service personnel
Key issues:
Career planning in civil service
Talent management
Mentoring of civil servants
Key competences in civil service ("A" core and "B" core)
Chair: TBC Speakers: Chester NEWLAND, Director, Federal Executive Institute
of the Office of personnel management of the United States of America (1973–1976, 1980–1981) Alikhan BAIMENOV, Chairman, Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Manvel BADALYAN, Chairman of the board, Civil Service of the Republic of Armenia Bolatbek ABDRASSILOV, Rector, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tamta TSOTSKHALASHVILI, Head, Civil Service Reform and Development department of Civil Service Bureau of Georgia Caspar VAN DEN BERG, Professor, Leiden University in
the Netherlands
Assylbek KOZHAKHMETOV, President, International Business Academy
SESSION 2. Methods and technologies of performance appraisal of civil servants
Key issues:
Performance of civil servants: appraisal criteria
Forms, methods and methodological approaches to performance appraisal of civil servants
Challenges of performance appraisal
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Chair: Rex FACER, Executive director, American Society for
Public Administration Speakers: Afag HUSSEIN, Head, Civil Service HR Recruitment
Department of Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Rex FACER, Executive director, American Society for Public Administration Joachim VOLLMUTH, Former Head, Division at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Germany Dieter WAGNER, Director, Potsdam Transfer at Potsdam University Stefan Hlawacek, Former Director, Economic Development Institute of the Chamber of Commerce in Austria
SESSION 3. Motivation of civil servants
Key issues:
System of remuneration for civil servants
Social protection of civil servants
Motivation and work incentives for civil servants
Chair: Garegin MANUKYAN, Governance & Public
Administration Officer, Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Speakers: Matthew STAFFORD, Dean, Faculty of Federal Executive
Institute, Office of personnel management of the United States of America Alexander TURCHINOV, Director, Institute of Civil Service and Personnel Management; Head, Civil service and HR policy department, Academy of National Economy and Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation Sarkytbek MOLDABAYEV, Head, Financial Police Academy
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May 22 09:30-16:30
Palace of Independence, Studio of Media
City, 2 floor
REGIONAL SEMINAR: FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
IN THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT'S FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF
THE FINANCIAL RISKS (Continuation)
Organizers:
Ministry of finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, International Monetary Fund
Key issues:
Accounting policy of the public sector;
Financial Reporting Systems;
Unified chart of accounts. Chair: Berik SHOLPANKULOV, Vice-Minister of Finance of the
Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers: Abdul KHAN, Senior expert, Fiscal Affairs IMF
Ian BALL, Chairman, CIPFA International (2013); Consultant, IMF Ian CARRUTHERS, Policy and Technical Director, CIPFA John ZOHRAB, Regional adviser, IMF for Transcaucasia, Central Asia and Kazakhstan; Head, Treasury of New Zealand during introduction of accrual method (till 2001)
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May 22 09:00-18:00
Beijing palace Hotel,
“Solax” hall, 2 floor,
67 Syganak str.
IX INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "TRANSEURASIA-2014"
Organizer: Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Growth and development of the international road, rail, air and water transport services market;
Formation of international and regional transit corridors, transport and logistics hubs in the Euro-Asian space;
Modernization of the transport infrastructure and logistics system to facilitate trade;
Sustainable transport, including safety aspects and minimization of the transport’s impact on environment and human health;
Automation of transport processes for facilitating the transport of goods and passengers
Welcome speech:
Karim MASSIMOV, Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Danial AKHMETOV, Member of Board (Minister) of the Eurasian Economic Commission for Energy and Infrastructure, Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2003-2007) Noeleen HEYZER, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Gyan Chandra ACHARYA, High Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, Landlocked and Small Island Developing States
Chair: Askar ZHUMAGALIYEV, Chairman, Agency of transport
and communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhenis KASSYMBEK, Minister of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Speakers: Daniyal AKHMETOV, Minister of Energy and
Infrastructure of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2003 – 2007) Noeleen HEYZER, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Gyan Chandra ACHARYA, High Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, Landlocked and Small Island Developing States Azat BEKTUROV, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan
May 22 10:00-18:00 Rixos President
Astana 7 Kunayev str.
EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE CUSTOMS RISK MANAGEMENT:
ENHANCING COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Organizers: World Customs Organization, Customs Control Committee of Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Experience of RMS, problems and ways of solving these problems;
Evaluation of RMS efficiency;
Further perspectives for RMS and new strategies in the 21st century.
The experience of countries with a developed system of risk management:
Intelligence-led risk management;
The importance of the communication strategy.
Chair: TBC
Speakers:
Gaozhang ZHU, Director, Department of Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization Oguz ONAL, Technical Attaché, Department of Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization Umut ERGEZER, Technical Advisor, Central European Free Trade Association4 Knezevik RADE, Head, Risk Analysis and Management of Customs Service of Serbia
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May 22 11:30-13:00
Palace of Independence,
Oval hall, 1 floor
ROUNDTABLE: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND VALUE ADDED
Organizer: «Sovereign Wealth Fund «Samruk-Kazyna» JSC
Key issues:
Current issues of corporate governance in Kazakhstan
Modern trends in corporate governance: global experience
Proposals on the introduction of the best standards and practices of corporate governance to increase the investment attractiveness of Kazakhstan companies and their long-term value, including changes at the institutional and legislative levels
Chair: Sir David WOOTTON, Сo-Chair, Kazakh-British Trade
and Industry Council Speakers: Bakhyt SULTANOV, Deputy Prime- Minister - Minister of
Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerbolat DOSSAYEV, Minister of Economics and Budget planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kairat KELIMBETOV, Chairman, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Daniyar AKISHEV, Deputy Chairman, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sir Richard EVANS, Independent Director, Member of the Board of Directors, “Sovereign Wealth Fund ”Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Nigel STAPLETON, Member of the Board of Directors, Independent Director, “Sovereign Wealth Fund «Samruk-Kazyna» JSC Alexander MIRTCHEV, Member of the Board of Directors, Independent Director, “Sovereign Wealth Fund «Samruk-Kazyna» JSC Umirzak SHUKEYEV, Chief Executive, “Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Yelena BAKHMUTOVA, Deputy Chief Executive,
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“Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Ulan TAZHIBAYEV, Chief of Staff, “Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC Maksat KABASHEV, President, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Serik AKHANOV, Chairman, Financiers Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rakhim OSHAKBAYEV, Member of management, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zangar NOGAIBAI, Member of management, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhannat YERTLESSOVA, Member of management, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Carolyn BROWNE, United Kingdom Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan Hans DRIESSER, Kingdom of the Netherlands Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan Hector LEHUEDE, Senior policy analyst, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Gian Piero CIGNA, Senior Counsel, Financial Law Unit, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Moazzam MEKAN, Manager, Central Asia at IFC - "International Finance Corporation” Roel NIEUWENKAMP, Chair, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Simon OSBORNE, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators Oleg SHVYRKOV, Director for Corporate Governance at Deloitte, Russia Sameer AL ANSARI, Chief Executive Officer, “Hawkamah” Institute for Corporate Governance Zarina ARSLANOVA, Independent director, “KazAtomProm” JSC Campbell KEIR, Country Chairman, "Shell Kazakhstan" Tim McALLISTER, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Kazakhstan LLP Elena DUBOVITSKAYA, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Russia
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Alexander VAN DE PUTTE, Independent Director of the Board of National Investment Corporation, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Igor ROZANOV, Executive Director, Association of Independent Directors
May 22 11:30-13:00
Palace of Independence, Press center,
1 floor
PANEL SESSION: THE STRATEGY FOR THE REGULATION IN
INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MARKETS OF DIFFERENT REGIONSL; INTER-COUNTRY COMMUNITIES
Organizer:
National bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
SESSION 1 The matters of creating and functioning of regional/inter-country communities
Key issues:
To define a legal status, powers, functions and tasks of the community;
The way to maintain the balance of interest of the parties in the environment of the functioning regional/inter-country community;
Problems accompanying the transition of the national regulators’ functions into the jurisdiction of the regional/inter-country community;
The issues of securing regional financial stability
Chair:
Daniyar AKISHEV, Deputy Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers:
Timur SULEYMENOV, Member of the Board (Minister) in charge of Economy and Financial Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission, Moscow Igor SUVOROV, President, Interstate Bank James MIRRLEES, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Science of 1996 Agris PREIMANIS, Lead Economist for Central Asia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Waheed QAISER, President, «Maxim Corporate Finance
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LLP» Donald CALVIN, Chairman, International Business Enterprises, Inc
SESSION 2 International practice in creating regional/inter-country communities and the formation of related agreed
international standards
Key issues:
The macroprudential policy in a Union – towards an effective division of responsibilities
European practice in creating, and functioning of, regional/inter-country communities, by taking as example the ESRB, European Systemic Risk Board, and including the EBA, ESMA and EIOPA;
The formation of uniform requirements for financial markets in regional/inter-country communities, by taking as example the MiFID
Chair:
Daniyar AKISHEV, Deputy Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Piotr SZPUNAR, Acting deputy director, NBP Financial
Stability Department Sergey GLAZYEV, Adviser to the President of Russian Federation Anna YAKOVLEVA, Head, Macro prudential policy division of the Financial stability, Department of the Central Bank of Russian Federation Michael TAY, Executive Director, Russia-Singapore Business Forum Alexander Van de PUTTE, Managing strategy director, “Development Bank of Kazakhstan” JSC; Member of the board of directors, “National Investment Corporation of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan” JSC Daniel HELLER, Executive director, International Monetary Fund
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May 22 11:30-13:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 2, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: HELPING SMEs TO INTERNATIONALIZE:
NAVIGATING THROUGH THICK BORDERS
Organizer: International Trade Center
Key Issues:
Reduction of the trade-related costs;
How a country’s business environment, import-export procedures and its legal architecture impact on its ability to trade across borders;
Best practices that governments and trade support institutions in developing countries can adopt.
Chair: Arancha GONZALEZ, Executive Director, International
Trade Center. Speakers: Yerbolat DOSSAYEV, Minister of Economy and Budget
Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gyan Chandra ACHARYA, High Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, Landlocked and Small Island Developing States Gaozhang ZHU, Director of Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization
May 22 11:30-13:00
Palace of Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
PANEL SESSION: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND SERVICE
IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL-INNOVATIVE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
Organizer: “Kazakhstan Engineering” JSC
Chair: Speakers:
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May 22 11:30-13:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
IN THE CUSTOMS’ UNION
Организаторы: International Organization for Migration, “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Key issues:
South-South migration flows, migration and development within the context of the Customs Union;
Inter-regional cooperation on migration in Central Asia and the wider CIS region;
The role of International Organizations in maximizing the benefits of human mobility;
Policy challenges, inter-State, regional and global partnerships to manage complex migration flows;
The role of Regional Consultative Processes on Migration (RCPs) in identifying new approaches to regional cooperation;
Strategic partnerships for responsive labour migration strategies to foster economic growth;
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in combatting exploitative and abusive recruitment and promote fair and ethical recruitment practices.
Chair:
Dejan KESEROVIC, Coordinator for Central Asia, Chief of Mission in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, International Organization for Migration
Welcome speech:
Renate Held, Regional Director, International Organization for Migration Regional Office Vienna
Speakers:
Yerzhan ASHIKBAYEV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kuanysh SULTANOV, Chairman, Commission of Human
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Rights under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Salamat AMANBAYEV, Chairman, Committee of Migration, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan Timur SULEYMENOV, Member of the Board (Minister) in charge of Economy and Financial Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission, Moscow Aibat AKHMETALIMOV, Managing Director, Philip Morris, Kazakhstan Lara WHITE, Senior Labour Migration Specialist, International Organization for Migration, Geneva
Аудитория: 100 участников
May 22 11:30-13:00
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
«CHINA ECONOMIC NET» and «ECONOMIC DAILY» DEBATES
Organizer: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Chair: Wang XUDONG, President, China Economic Net
Zheng GUANGXING, Vice-Secretary-General, Economic Daily
May 22 14:30-16:30
Palace of Independence,
Oval hall, 1 floor
ROUND TABLE: HEALTH CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN
CAPITAL
Organizer: Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
SESSION 1. Improvement and development of primary health care
Key issues:
Development of an optimal model of primary health care and its principles;
Mechanisms for interagency integration with primary health
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care sector
Chair:
Bolat TOKEZHANOV, Vice-Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers:
Eric BAYZHUNUSSOV, Vice-Minister of Health of Republic of Kazakhstan James ROTHMAN, Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine of 2013 Arieh WARSHEL, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry of 2013 Dinara SAGYNBAYEVA, Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic Gediminas SERNIAUSKAS, Vice-Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania Alexander EGGERMONT, the Director general of Gustave Roussy Institute of Oncology (France)
SESSION 2. HEALTH SYSTEM INFORMATIZATION
Key issues:
Discussion of complex approaches on the use of modern methods for informatization of health care system;
Development of mechanisms for automated receiving of timely, relevant, reliable and sufficient information to ensure safe, equitable, quality and sustainable health care system focused on the needs of patient
Chair:
Bolat TOKEZHANOV, Vice-Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Zlatan SABIC, Consultant, World Bank
Slobodan RADUMILO, Vice-president in the Central and Eastern Europe, Medtronic Nikolay MYAKISHEV, Area manager of Health Care, JSC “Elektronnaya Moskva”
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Discussion: Melitta VUJNOVICH, Permanent Representative, World
Health Organization (WHO) for Kazakhstan June KUKITA, Chief representative, UNICEF in the Republic of Kazakhstan Roza ABZALOVA, Director, "Demeu" Educational and practical center of family medicine David SINCLAIR, Director of HP Enterprise Services CIS
May 22 14:30-16:30
Palace of Independence, Press center,
1 floor
PANEL SESSION: TRANSFORMATION FOR PROSPERITY?
50 YEARS OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE. CIVIL SOCIETY
Organizer: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Key issues:
How has the world changed in the last 50 years, and how has the world stayed the same?
In this light, what should the international community mean when it speaks of a transformative post-2015 development agenda? Transformation of only the goals? Or fundamental shifts in thinking, norms, and indeed approach?
Consequently, what transformations are needed to achieve a global development agenda and economic system that delivers on humanity's aspirations for prosperity and justice for all - and how can UNCTAD best contribute to the achievement of this objective?
Chair: Mukhisa KITUYI, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) OPENING REMARKS Bakhyt SULTANOV, Deputy Prime-- Minister, Minister of
Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhisa KITUYI, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
KEY NOTE SPEECHES Hamad Bin Abdulaziz AL-KUWARI, Minister of Culture,
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Arts and Heritage of Qatar Triyono WIBOWO, President of the Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, World Trade Organization Mukhtar TILEUBERDI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Swiss Confederation, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva LEAD DISCUSSANTS John TOYE, Chair of the Advisory Panel of the Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford Martin KHOR, Executive Director of the South Centre (an intergovernmental organization of developing countries based in Geneva, Switzerland)
Speakers: Mukhisa KITUYI, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Hamad Bin Abdulaziz AL-KUWARI, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, State of Qatar Triyono WIBOWO, President of the Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, World Trade Organization Mukhtar TILEUBERDI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Swiss Confederation, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Romano PRODI, Prime- Minister of Italy (1996-1998, 2006-2008), Eleventh President of the European Commission (1999-2004) Domingo CAVALLO, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University; Minister of Economy (1991-1996, 2001), President of Central Bank (1982), Argentina Armida ALISJAHBANA, State Minister for National Development Planning, Republic of Indonesia
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May 22 14:30-16:30
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STRATEGY FOR FUTURE
KAZAKHSTAN UP TO 2050
Organizers: Ministry of education and science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences, “Parasat” National Science and Technology Holding
Key issues:
To discuss the objectives and main guidelines of the Sustainable Energy Strategy for Future Kazakhstan up to 205;.
To discuss the plans of actions to implement the Sustainable Energy Strategy for Future Kazakhstan up to 2050 in the context of “Kazakhstan-2050” Strategy”
Chair: Nurtay ABYKAYEV, President, Kazakhstan National
Academy of Natural Sciences Welcome speech: Aslan SARINZHIPOV, Minister of Education and Science
of the Republic of Kazakhstan Robert AUMANN, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of 2005
Speakers: Khussain VALIYEV, Deputy of the Senate of Parliament
of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olga MEMEDOVIC, Chief, Europe and NIS Programme United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Serge MARTIN, Special Advisor to the United Nations Foundation, Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. Canadian philanthropist and founder of SOFINOV, a venture capital fund of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Anatoly SPITSYN, Director, Institute of Strategic Studies of problems of integration of the Eurasian Economic Community; Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Yury IAKOVETS, President of the International Institute named after P. Sorokin - N. Kondratyev, Russia Alex IGNATIEV, Director of the Research Institute for Alternative Energy, University of Houston (USA) Samson MIL'SHTEIN, Director of Advanced Electronic Technology Center University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA Serikbay BISEKEYEV, President, Arman Holding Group Anvar ZAHIDOV, Director of UTD-NanoTech Institute Texas University in Dallas
Conclusion, adoption of the resolution
(recommendations) Memorandums signing Photo session
17:00-18:00 General meeting of members of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences
May 22 14:30-16:30
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 2, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE
MODERNIZATION OF ECONOMY
Organizer: Ministry of economy and budget planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Joint Stock Company “Institute of economic research”
Key issues:
Are new trends in global investment and innovation process, increasing velocity of propagation of knowledge and technology an opportunity for accelerated modernization of "catch-up countries"?
The role of human capital in the economy modernization process;
A new imbalance in the post-industrial world: highly educated workers more than high-paying jobs?
Who owns the information, owns the world: problems of information asymmetry and its consequences;
Selection of a sustainable economic model that meets requirements of postindustrial world.
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Chair:
Mohamed LAMINE DHAOUI, Director of Business, Investment and Technology Services UNIDO
Welcome speech: Yerbolat DOSSAYEV, Minister of Economy and Budget
Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers: Olivier DESCAMPS, Managing Director for Turkey,
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Eric MASKIN, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics of 2007 Fadi FARRA, Advisor to the Prime--Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard School of Public Policy after Kennedy Daniel HELLER, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
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May 22 14:30-16:30
Palace of Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
III WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM OF YOUTH "YOUTH CONTRIBUTION IN THE GREEN ECONOMY
AND EXPO 2017"
Organizers: Join-stock company "National Company "Astana EXPO-2017", Association of Legal Entities "Coalition for a green economy and development of G-Global», Ural State Economic University, Nazarbayev University, Association of Young Deputies
Astana club of Nobel Prize Laureates
Youth grant applicants’ Works Defence
Chair: Mikhail FEDOROV, Rector, Ural State Economic
University; Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council, "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association
Speakers:
Winners of the scientific competition of V Eurasian Economic Youth Forum
Award Ceremony of the Youth Grant
May 22 14:30-16:30
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
PANEL SESSION:
GLOBAL MEDIA IN TIME OF GLOBAL ECONOMY
Organizer: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Chair: Sergey STANOVKIN, Head of BBC World News Regional
Commercial Representative in Eurasia
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MAY 23 - FRYDAY
May 23
14:30-16:00 Palace of
Independence, Press center,
1 floor
PANEL SESSION: ONE WORLD FOR LIFE
Organizer: Mercurus SPX Corp., PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Key issues:
Global initiatives in disaster management and recovery, as well as closer inter-governmental cooperation in areas of early detection
Inter-governmental cooperation in areas of early detection, assessment and mitigation of natural and man-made disasters.
Policies and share the state-of-the-art capabilities in global security
Chair: Curt WELDON, Senior member, United States House of
Representatives from Republican party (1987-2007) Speakers: Sheikh HASINA, Prime- Minister of Bangladesh
Yingluck SHINAWATRA, Prime- Minister of Thailand Uzi LANDAU, Minister of Tourism of Israel Serik NUGERBEKOV, Senate Deputy of the Parliament of Republic of Kazakhstan Daniel HELLER, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund Thomas TRKLA, Financial professional, Brookwood Securities Partners Albert SANTOLI, Founder, Asia America Initiative-Philippines Mohammad AL BADI, United Arab Emirates Interior Minister Dave PAULISON, Director «Federal Emergency Management Agency» Mohammed ABDEL-HAQ, Chief Executive Officer, Oakstone Merchant Bank
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May 23 14:30-16:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: DEVELOPMENT OF TITANIUM INDUSTRY IN KAZAKHSTAN: STATUS AND PROSPECTS
Organizers: Joint Stock Company “Ust Kamenogorsk titanium magnium factory”, Ministry of Industry and New Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ”Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Key issues: Development trends of the global titanium market. Development prospects of titanium industry of the Republic of
Kazakhstan in the ongoing economic crisis of the global titanium market
Chair: Assem MAMUTOVA, President, «Ust-Kamenogorsk
Titanium and Magnesium Plant» JSC Welcome speech: Asset ISSEKESHEV, Deputy Prime- Minister - Minister of
Industry and New Technologies Speakers: Sylvain GEHLER, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
«Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant» JSC Andrey ALEKSANDROV, General Director, «Interstate association of Titanium» CJSC Beibut ZHENISSOV, Technical Director, «Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant» JSC Alma TERLIKBAYEVA, General Director, RSE «National Center of Mineral Resource Complex Processing of the Republic of Kazakhstan» Aleksandr CHESNOKOV, Chief Researcher, «Expert-Al» LLC Benoit DELVINCOURT, Director, «UKAD» JV Kylyshbek IZBASKHANOV, Chairman of the Board, «National Company «KazakhstanEngineering» JSC Nurlan BATPENOV, Director, RSE «Scientific-Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedy»
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May 23 14:30-16:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 2, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EURASIAN
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. OUTCOMES AND PROSPECTS
Organizers: Eurasian Economic Commission, Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Discussion of outcomes of the 20th anniversary of the Eurasian integration, the idea of which was put forward by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in March of 1994 at Moscow State University;
Eurasian integration: strategic choice or situational «response» to the global economic crisis?;
What are the ambitions of the Eurasian integration? How attainable are the ideals of «four freedoms», what to strive for at the subsequent stages?;
What is the «point of no return» of the Eurasian integration? What strengths and motivation to convergence are most stable, profound and effective?;
Have the «lessons» of regional integration been assimilated? Whether the European (or other) patterns are applicable to the Eurasian «landscape»?;
Is the multiplicity of formats of states participation acceptable in the Eurasian Economic Union? Will the concept of multi-level and multi-speed integration be demanded in the Union formed?;
What are the prospects for formation of the common economic space «from Lisbon to Vladivostok»? What place will the Eurasian Economic Union take in the post-crisis global system of economic relations?
Chair: Tatyana VALOVAYA, Member of the Board (the Minister)
in the main areas of integration and macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission
Speakers: Viktor KHRISTENKO, Chairman of the Board of the
Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan SAGINTAYEV, First Deputy Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Council of the
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Eurasian Economic Commission Igor SHUVALOV, First Deputy Prime- Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei RUMAS, Chairman of the Board of JSC "Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus"
Discussion: Ablai MYRZAKHMETOV, Chairman of the Board,
National chamber of entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Rakhim OSHAKBAYEV, First Deputy Chairman, Board National chamber of entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alexandr SHOKHIN, President, Russian Employer`s Union “Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs" Alexey MORDASHOV, Chairman, Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on trade and customs policies and WTO; Director General, “Severstal” company Anatolyi KHARLAP, Chairman, Union of NGOs "Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) of the Republic of Belarus" Zhanar AITZHANOVA, Minister on Economic Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Anton KUDASSOV, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus Alexei LIKHACHEV, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Karine MINASYAN, First Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia; Representative of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Eurasian Economic Commission Valery MUNTIYAN, Government Commissioner for Cooperation with the Russian Federation, the CIS states, the Eurasian Economic Community and other regional associations Sebnem AKKAYA, Permanent Representative of the World Bank in the Republic of Kazakhstan Richard DOBBS, Director, McKinsey Global Institute Igor FINOGENOV, Chairman of the Board, European Development Bank
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Alexander ITALIANER, Director-General, Directorate General on Competition, European Commission Edward LUTTWAK, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies of the United States of America Ruslan GRINBERG, Deputy Chairman, Scientific board of Russian Academy of Sciences Igor SUVOROV, President, Interstate Bank Alexander DAYNEKO, Director, Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus
May 23 14:30-15:30
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
“EURONEWS” DEBATES
CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
AND DEVELOPMENT FROM RENEWED EAST-WEST
TENSIONS
Organizer: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Chair: Nial O'REILLY, Head of English Service, Euronews
May 23 14:30-16:30 Rixos President
Astana 7 Kunayev str.
EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE CUSTOMS RISK MANAGEMENT:
ENHANCING COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES (Continuation)
Organizers: World Customs Organization, Customs Control Committee of Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Study the effect of RMS on business by the private sector;
valuation database as a risk assessment tool;
Post clearance audit;
Statistical analysis techniques;
NCEN as a risk management and information exchange tool.
Chair: TBC
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Speakers:
Gaozhang ZHU, Director, Department of Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization Oguz ONAL, Technical Attaché, Department of Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization Umut ERGEZER, Technical Advisor, Central European Free Trade Association4 Knezevik RADE, Head, Risk Analysis and Management of Customs Service of Serbia
May 23 14:30-18:00
Palace of Independence,
Ceremonial hall, 1 floor
PANEL SESSION: COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES IN A COMPETITIVE
ECONOMY
Organizer: “Entrepreneurship Development Fund “Damu” Joint Stock Company
Key issues:
The role of small and medium-sized enterprises in enhancing
the competitiveness of the national economy in an
international context;
Foreign experience of improving competitiveness and
innovation in the sector of small and medium-sized
businesses and the possibility of adapting international
experience for Kazakhstan;
Ways to overcome the barriers and challenges related to the
development of competitiveness and innovation of small and
medium-sized enterprises in Kazakhstan;
Actual issues a sustainable infrastructure to support
innovation activities of small and medium enterprises;
Discussion of optimal solutions to stimulate growth of
innovation and competitiveness of small and medium
enterprises in Kazakhstan.
Co-Chairs:
Lyazzat IBRAGIMOVА, Chairwoman of the Board, “Entrepreneurship Development Fund “Damu” JSC Krassen STANCHEV, Associate Professor, Sofia University; Chairman of the Management Board, Institute
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for Market Economics
Welcome speech:
Bakytzhan SAGINTAYEV, First Deputy Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
SECTION 1. Competitiveness of Kazakhstani SMEs: challenges, opportunities and prospects in the context
of globalization
Chair:
Krassen STANCHEV, Associate Professor, Sofia University, Chairman of the Management Board Institute for Market Economics
Speakers:
Galiya ZHOLDYBAYEVA, Chairwoman, Committee for Enterprise Development at the Ministry for Regional Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Jonathan ORTMANS, President, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Ken SCHOOLLAND, Director Entrepreneurship Center at Hawaii Pacific University Tuna SAHIN, Vice-President KOSGEB Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization Ablai MYRZAKHMETOV, Chairman of the Board, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Antonio SOMMA, Head, OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Program Tiffany MCVEETY, CEO, Girandola, LLC Boris TKACHENKO, Head of the Russian Branch International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF Russia)
SECTION 2.
Prospects for increasing the competitiveness of the national economy and development of the SME sector,
taking into account the competitive advantages of Kazakhstan
Chair:
Lyazzat IBRAGIMOVА, Chairwoman of the Board, “Entrepreneurship Development Fund “Damu” JSC
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Speakers:
Krassen STANCHEV, Associate Professor, Sofia University, Chairman of the Management Board, Institute for Market Economics In Kang CHO, Chief Audit Executive, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) Rustam AKBERDIN, Director of the Department of Entrepreneurial Activity Development, Eurasian Economic Commission Jean-Francois LENGELLE, Project Manager, OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme, Private Sector Development Division, Global Relations Secretariat Serikbay BISSEKEYEV, President, “Arman” LLC Wendy HARRIS, CEO & President, CESO
May 23
14:30-18:00 Palace of
Independence, Conference hall 1,
2 floor
IV MEETING OF FINANCE MINISTERS AND ECONOMY
MEMBER COUNTRIES OF ORGANIZATION OF
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Organizers: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Key issues:
Chair: Speakers:
May 23 14:30-18:00
Palace of Independence, Museum hall,
3 floor
I SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT GLOBAL THINK-TANK SUMMIT
COOPERATION, WIN-WIN, INNOVATION, PROSPERITY
Organizer: China Economic Net, Economic Daily,” Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Key issues:
The main purpose is exploring the establishment of the New Silk
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Road Economic Belt, focuses on two themes: trade facilitation and investment within the economic belt and the creation of a development bank of the Silk Road economic belt.
Welcome speech: Zhanar AITZHANOVA, Minister on Economic Integration
of the Republic of Kazakhstan Li ZHAOXING, Chairman, China Public Diplomacy Association; Former Foreign Minister of the People Republic of China Chen YUAN, Vice-Chairman, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee Marc UZAN, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
SESSION 1. Establishing the Silk Road economic belt – modes of cooperation
Key issues:
This session discusses modes of cooperation between Silk Road countries. And the possibility of the creation of a development bank of the Silk Road Economic Belt to promote investment in infrastructure.
Chair:
Marc UZAN, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
Speakers: Tian GUOLI, Chairman, Bank of China
Qu XING, President, China Institute of International Studies Zhao JINPING, Director-general, Fellow of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, Department of
Development Research Center of the State Council Li DAOKUI, Director, Center for China in the World Economy, Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management
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SESSION 2. Prospects for trade and investment
Key issues:
This session serves to investigate how trade facilitation of the Silk Road economic belt could be achieved. Promoting trade and investment within the economic belt and beyond will be emphasized.
Chair: Zhanar AITZHANOVA, Minister on Economic Integration
of the Republic of Kazakhstan Speakers Daniyal AKHMETOV, Minister of Energy and
Infrastructure of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Prime- Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2003 – 2007) David SHARK, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization Huo JIANGUO, President, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation
SESSION 3. Currency Convertibility – the Silver Lining for Regional Trade?
Key issues:
This session explores how mechanisms of currency convertibility could possibly be achieved, and the likelihood of establishing a ‘clearing bank’ of the Silk Road Economic Belt.
Chair: Marc UZAN, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton
Woods Committee Speakers: Rakesh MOHAN, Executive Director, International
Monetary Fund for India Maksat MUKHANOV, Chairman of the Board, JSC “Economic Research Institute” Mustafa BALTACI, Executive Vice-President, Borsa Istanbul; Secretary General Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges
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Jin ZHONGXIA, President of Institute of Finance, People’s Bank of China Zhao Changhui, Chief Country Risk Analyst of the Import, Export Bank of China
May 23, 14:30-18:00
Palace of Independence,
Media City, 2 floor
REGIONAL SEMINAR: FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
IN THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT'S FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF
THE FINANCIAL RISKS (Continuation)
Organizers:
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, International Monetary Fund
SESSION 5. Fiscal transparency and fiscal risk
Key issues:
The IMFs new Fiscal Transparency Code;
Fiscal Reporting, Forecasting and Fiscal Risks;
Fiscal Risks – An SOE Case Study
Chair:
Berik SHOLPANKULOV, Vice-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers:
Peter MURPHY, Senior economist in the PFM Division of the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF Abdul KHAN, Senior expert, Fiscal Affairs IMF Vladimir KRIVENKOV, Independent consultant and FAD expert, PFM reform
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May 23 15:30-16:30
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
«KAZAKHSTAN» AND «KHABAR» DEBATES
EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION:
OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSPECTIVES
Organizer: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Chair: Diana AKHMETZHANOVA, TV Anchor, Kazakhstan
May 23 16:30-18:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
PANEL SESSION: INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE INTERESTS
OF SMALL, MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES
Organizer: Eurasia Business Forum
Key issues:
Questions of innovative entrepreneurship development;
The role of business in the regional economy;
Attracting investment for the development of domestic business.
Chair:
Andrey KUNOV, President, Silicon Valley Innovation Center
Speakers:
Karl JOHANNESSON, Chairman of the Board, Widsith Consulting Ltd
Kuanysh DAUTOV, Chairman, Organizational Committee of Eurasia Business Forum Michael STOPFORD, Executive Vice-President, Weber Shandwick Rong JIANYING, Executive Vice-Chairman, China Federation of Industrial Economics Steve GEIGER, Founder and President, Innova Partners Stanislav GRIGORSKIY Member, General Assembly and the Board of Directors of the European Economic
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Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry (EEIG), Belgium; President, European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry for Ukraine Youri HAZANOV, Head, Partnership YouTube Russian Federation and CIS
May 23 16:30-18:00
Palace of Independence,
Conference hall 1, 2 floor
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: COMPETITION IN THE CONDITIONS OF ECONOMY
GLOBALIZATION
Organizer: Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for competition protection
Key Issues:
Foundation of the Organization of competition cooperation;
Discussion and creation of the Strategy, aimed at protection and development of competition in the CES countries;
Knowledge and best global practices exchange on relevant issues of the competition policy
Chair: Frederic JENNY, Chairman, Competition Committee of
Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD (participation TBC)
Welcome speech: Bakhyt SULTANOV, Deputy Prime- Minister of the
Republic of Kazakhstan – Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Speakers: Ablai MYRZAKHMETOV, Chairman of the board, National
Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan ALDABERGENOV, Board member (Minister) for Competition and Antitrust Regulation of the Eurasian Economic committee Igor ARTEMIEV, Head of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service
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Theodor THANNER, Director General, Austrian Federal Competition Authority Bogdan CHIRITOIU, President, Romanian Competition Council Hassan QAQAYA, Head of the competition Law and Consumer Policies Branch, DITC, UNCTAD Galym ORAZBAKOV, Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Competition Protection (Antimonopoly Agency)
Conclusions of the discussions, closing the session memorable photography, interview
May 23 16:30-18:00
Palace of Independence, Hall of debates,
2 floor
“CBS” DEBATES:
THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA
IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY
Organizer: “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association
Chair: T. Sean HERBERT, Producer, CBS News
May 23 16:30-18:00
Palace of Independence,
Oval Hall, 1 floor
EURASIAN BANKERS CLUB ROUND TABLE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
Organizer: “DAMU” Entrepreneurship Development Fund” JSC
Key issues:
Chair TBC
Speakers: TBC
