Opening remarks by: Anatoly Motkin, President, StrategEast Kanysh Tuleushin, First Vice Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan 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