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PARTNERS

5th STRATEGEAST STATE AND IT EURASIAN FORUM

ALMATY, 7-8 NOVEMBER 2023

The StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum is an annual event held in one of the Eurasian cities that serves as a unique platform for dialogue between governments and leaders of the IT industry. The inaugural StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum took place in 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2020 the Forum was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2021 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and in 2022 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

This year StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum will be held in
Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 7-8, 2023

The Forum brings together representatives of global and local tech companies, governments, international financial institutions, and development agencies. It provides an opportunity to discuss what needs to be done to enhance the innovative economy across the region and assist Eurasian countries with their integration into the global economy. The event offers:

  • Over 70 high-level speakers.
  • Over 300 participants.
  • Over 50 global and regional institutional partners.
  • Informal communication between government officials and IT leaders.

LEAD TOPIC:

KNOWLEDGE AS A NEW ENERGY

GOALS:

  • To identify common opportunities and challenges of the IT sector in the Eurasian countries;
  • To suggest practical solutions to the existing challenges in the fields of legislation, taxation and IPR;
  • To attract international IT companies and venture funds to the potential of the IT industry in the region;
  • To share best practices, experience and knowledge regarding the relations between the government and the IT sector.

PARTICIPANTS:

  • Senior USA and the EU government officials;
  • Senior Eurasian states’ government officials;
  • High-level representatives of the global IT companies, VC funds, and investment banks;
  • Heads of IT associations and leaders of the IT sector from the region

AGENDA

Almaty time, GMT+6

NOVEMBER 7: OPENING CEREMONY

14:00 – 17:00

BGV Angel Investing Workshop

17:00 – 18:00

Participants registration & Welcome coffee

18:00 – 19:00

Opening remarks:

Anatoly Motkin, President, StrategEast

Kanysh Tuleushin, First Vice Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Alisher Abdykadyrov, Deputy Akim of Almaty City

Alma Kassymova, EBRD Advice for Small Businesses programme, national manager in Kazakhstan

Monique Mosolf, USAID Central Asia Deputy Mission Director

Indu John-Abraham, Operations Manager for Central Asia, the World bank

19:00 – 20:00

Keynote speech by Marvin Liao, Global Macro Investor specialized in Startups, Partner at Diaspora Ventures

20:00 – 22:00

Special reception for the Forum participants

NOVEMBER 8: PLENARY DAY

09:00 – 10:00

Participants registration & Welcome coffee

Plenary sessions

10:00 – 11:15
Global IT Trends 2023

Moderator: Steve Adelman, Founder and Managing Director of Nexus Partners

Speakers:

  1. Elena Krukovskaya, Chief Operations Officer, Exadel
  2. Yury Antaniuk, Vice president, Head of Central and Eastern Europe, EPAM
  3. Olga Skorokhodova, Head of Caucasus, Central Asia and Russia, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Emerging Markets, Google
  4. Marvin Liao, Global Macro Investor specialized in Startups, Partner at Diaspora Ventures
  5. Svetlana Vyrypaeva, Managing Director for Central Asia, HP
11:30 – 12:45
Inclusive Digitalization of Central Asia

Moderator: Ainur Medeubayeva, Business Development Director at Mastercard

Speakers:

  1. Tanat Uskembaev, Managing Director at Astana Hub
  2. Azis Abakirov, CEO of HighTech Park of the Kyrgyz Republic
  3. Mikhail Bunchuk, Senior Digital Development Specialist at the World Bank
  4. Jakhongir Radjabov, Deputy Director of IT Park Uzbekistan on Innovations
  5. Ivan Rodionov, Partner at EY, Head of Tax Technology and Transformation Services for CCA Region

12:45 – 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00-14:20
StrategEast.trends: How The Cloud Is Empowering Innovation?

Fireside chat with special Forum guest Dr. Franco Spicciariello, Director Public Policy ITA & ECSEED (East Central and South-East Europe Division) at Amazon Web Services

14:20-16:10

EBRD Star Venture Startups Investor Pitch

Main stage: The event will showcase 7 startups presenting their pitches, alongside an esteemed panel of judges including:

  1. Marvin Liao, Global Macro Investor specialized in Startups, Partner at Diaspora Ventures
  2. Chris Burry, UC Berkeley SCET Global Ambassador, Co-CEO of US Market Access Center
  3. Steve Adelman, Founder and Managing Director of Nexus Partners
  4. Jay Onda, Director (Venture Investments), Marubeni Ventures Inc
14:20-15:10

Hall B: “Knowledge as a New Energy” with the following participants:

Moderator: Anatoly Motkin, President, StrategEast

Speakers:

  1. Ibrahim Shoukry, Head of the IsDB Regional Hub Almaty
  2. Meshari Alrajah, Faculty Member, Institute of Entrepreneurship, King Saud University
  3. Orkhan Abbasov, Director of Startup Development at SABAH.HUB
  4. Baurzhan Kankin, Chief Executive Officer, Tech Garden
  5. Alim Khamitov, Managing Partner and Co-founder MOST Holding, CEO MOST Ventures (TBC)
15:20-16:10
Panel discussion:

Hall B: New Education for the New Economy

Moderator: Gail Gannon, Founder & CEO of Ensanté, Tech for Good Advisors for startups, Founding Director of the Neurotech Collider Lab & Faculty, University of California Berkeley

Speakers:

  1. Muzaffar Djalalov, Rector, Inha University in Tashkent
  2. Helen Uvarenko, Global Education Lead, StrategEast
  3. Diana Ryan, Government Affairs&Public Policy Director – Central Asia&Türkiye, HP Inc.
  4. Dinara Ruslan, Founder and CEO at CODIFY
  5. Gulnara Kurenkeyeva, Rector, Almaty Management University & AMBA & BGA the International Accreditation Advisory Board Member

16:10-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-16:50
StrategEast.trends: How AI transforms the learning experience?

Fireside chat with special Forum guest, Jibran Jamshad, Microsoft Education Lead in CIS

17:00-17:50 Panel discussions:

Main stage: IT Investment Funds in Eurasia

Moderator: Sardor Mukhamedaliev, Founder, Biz Network, ICLUB Regional Partner

Speakers:

  1. Aitugan Zhaksymbay, Deputy CEO, Qazaqstan Investment Corporation
  2. Abdul Sharopov, CEO, Sarmo Labs, Advisor, Aloqa Ventures
  3. Dumitru Vlah, Project ​​Manager of Tekwill Academy, Moldova’s leading IT Academy
  4. Murat Abdrakhmanov, Venture investor
  5. Jay Onda, Director, Marubeni Ventures Inc.

Hall B: Smart Fintech Solutions

Moderator: Renat Tukanov, Chief Technology Officer,  Freedom Holding Corp.

Speakers:

  1. Daulet Aitmakhanov, CEO & co-founder, Finflow
  2. Azimbek Sagynbaev, Co-Founder and CTO, MyDataCoin
  3. Boris Shlain, Consultant, ai FUSION
  4. Turkan Farzaliyeva, CEO & Co-Founder, PayRiff
  5. Irodakhon Oripova, Shariah officer at Shariah Department of IMAN Group Ltd.

17:50-18:10 Coffee break

18:10-19:00 Panel discussions

Main stage: Public Service Digitalization and E-governance

Moderator: Ruslan Rakymbay, Investment Director Kazakhstan,  Quest Ventures

Speakers:

  1. Ekaterine Chelidze, International Relations Chief Specialist, National Agency of Public Registry
  2. Rashad Khaligov, Deputy Chairman, Innovation and Digital Development Agency of Azerbaijan
  3. Olzhas Zhanabek, Head of Department of Digitalization, Almaty City Hall
  4. Yahiya Tuleshov, Chairman of the Management Board of JSC “E-Finance Center, Kazakhstan
  5. Chynybai Bakytbek uulu, Director of State enterprise AgroSmart under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Hall B: Enterprise Trends in Cloud 2023

Moderator: Olha Sytnychenko Regional Director for Gulf states and Latin America, StrategEast

Speakers:

  1. Nargiz Suleimenova, Senior Manager of the Tax and Legal Services Department at EY Kazakhstan
  2. Rostislav Konyashkin, Chairman of the Board of National Information Technologies JSC
  3. Ekaterina Smyshlyaeva, Secretary of the Committee for Economic Reform and Regional Development of Mazhilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBC)
  4. Chris Burry, UC Berkeley SCET Global Ambassador, Co-CEO of US Market Access Center
  5. Pavel Koktyshev, Co-founder and Managing Partner of MOST Holding

LOCATION

Rixos Almaty

506  Saken Seifullin Avenue, Almaty

StrategEast is a leading independent institution working to develop the Eurasia’s digital economy, in collaboration with international financial institutions, development agencies, global tech companies, and Eurasian governments. StrategEast is a non profit organization with offices in the United States, Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.

CONTACTS

Head Office

office@strategeast.org

1900 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dinara Issenova 

(Forum coordination)

Dinara.Issenova@strategeast.org