The ever-growing global IT industry requires the creation of more and more centers of development, capturing more and more new markets. In the Eurasian region, the countries of Eastern Europe have already become full-fledged participants in establishing the added-value tax in the IT industry. The same process is currently underway in the countries of the Caucasus. What are the prospects for the Central Asian IT industry to become a part of the global IT industry? Central Asia is at the beginning of its journey to the global market, new IT parks are being opened. What are the next steps to be taken by governments and local IT representatives to further integrate into the global IT industry?

Moderator:

Aktilek Tungatarov, Acting Director at AmCham Kyrgyz Republic

Speakers:

Arkadiy Dobkin, President of EPAM Systems

Avtandil Kasradze, Chairman at Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA)

Yevgeny Koren, Country Manager at Microsoft, Belarus

Dmytro Sholomko, Business Development Director, Eastern Europe, Google

Jonathan Tower, General Partner at Catapult VC

Alexey Zakharov, Technology Solutions Senior Manager (Russia, CIS, Central Asia), Oracle Corporation