ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM
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ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM
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29
25 May
17:30-20:00
Hilton Garden
Inn Astana Hotel,
15, Kabanbay
Batyr ave.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM`S WORKSHOP:
DRIVERS OF GROWTH ALONG THE SILK ROAD
Organized by:
World Economic Forum;
JSC “Economic Research Institute”
Key questions:
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Geo-economics and security: How can stakeholders address cross-regional geo-economic and security
challenges, improving existing frameworks to reflect the agility and long-term thinking necessary today?
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Global and regional value chains: How can stakeholders work together to take advantage of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution and integrate into regional and global value chains?
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Cross-border infrastructure projects: How can stakeholders effectively collaborate on transnational
infrastructure programmes in complex environments with varying risks and challenges?
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Financial cooperation and investment flows: How can stakeholders navigate evolving investment flows and
increase financial integration to harness new opportunities?
Opening Remarks:
Opportunities and Challenges to Regional Economic Cooperation
18:30-19:30
Breakout Discussions:
Geo-economics and security
Global and regional value chains
Cross-border infrastructure projects
Financial cooperation and investment flows
Closing remark:
Building the Silk Road to Economic Prosperity
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30
25 May
10:30-11:40
Palace of
Independence,
Open Studio,
2 floor
OPEN STUDIO PROGRAM
EEU CONSUMER MARKET:
NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR
INVESTMENT AND FAIR COMPETITION
Organized by:
BBCG KAZAKHSTAN
Key questions:
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How the consumer market of the Republic of Kazakhstan and EEU should be regulated provided that its
main development goals are the increased investment and fair competition?
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Modern business is aiming at 100% transparency of business and taxation for all players, as well as at
equalizing conditions of cross-border trade and self-regulation of relations between the producers and
retailers.
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The purpose of the discussion is to agree and to fix the business regulation priorities (retailers,
manufacturers, investors) and public authorities.
Moderator
:
Alexey Filatov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, BBCG
Speakers:
Ruslan Sultanov, Acting Chairman, Chamber of International Commerce of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
Gulnar Kurbanbayeva, President, PROFI-T
Leonid Dovladbegyan,
Director, 220 Volt
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31
25 May
12:00-12:50
Palace of
Independence,
Open Studio,
2 floor
OPEN STUDIO PROGRAM
“SAMRUK-KAZYNA 2020”
BOOK PRESENTATION
Organized by:
JSC NWF “Samruk-Kazyna”
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“Samruk-Kazyna 2020” book presentation with participation of Samruk-Kazyna CEO U. Shukeyev.; speech
by two experts
Welcome speech:
Darkhan Kaletayev, Managing Director, Samruk-Kazyna
Speakers:
Umirzak Shukeyev, CEO, Samruk-Kazyna
Olzhas Khudaibergenov, Economic Commentator
Erlan Karin, Director of Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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32
25 May
13:00-14:25
Palace of
Independence,
Open Studio,
2 floor
OPEN STUDIO PROGRAM
LONG TERM STRATEGY OF RETAIL TRADE AND SERVICES INDUSTRY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
Organized by:
BBCG KAZAKHSTAN
Key questions:
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What retail do the state and the customer of Kazakhstan require today & in a long term? Yes for strong
and stable source of tax! Yes for locomotive for domestic production development! Yes for supplier of
quality goods and services at the lowest prices! What business and structures will be able to ensure
compliance with these requirements? Large networks, advanced logistic infrastructure? Family shops? Or
the “new” retail is an online and cross-border trade? What areas require state support: development of the
professional training system, reducing the administrative burden, small business support?
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Special report: “Green business is a key to the renaissance of the Kazakhstan economy”.
Moderator
:
Alexey Filatov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, BBCG
Speakers
:
Andrey Yatsenko, General Director, BEST STORE
Dmitry Revin, Executive Director, Eurasia RED, Aport Mall
Makhmud Shadiev, General Director, Becker LLP
Nariman Suleimenov, Director, Kazakhstan branch, Sportmaster
Inna Apenko, General Director, Mimioriki
