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ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM

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26 MAY 2016

26 May

15:00-16:30

Kazakhstan 

Central Concert 

Hall,

10/1 Orynbor Str.

PLENARY SESSION 

OF ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM

OPENING OF THE PLENARY SESSION

Moderator:

Hamish McRae, Chief Economic Commentator, 

The Independent

Speakers

:

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN 

NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV

Roberto Azevedo, Director-General, World Trade Organization

Video-message

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Suma Chakrabarti, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and 

Development

 

Jack Yun Ma, Founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group

Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University

Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics, MIT, winner of the 2005 John Bates 

Clark Medal

DISCUSSIONS

CLOSING REMARK

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26 May

09:00-12:15

Palace of 

Independence, 

Ceremonial Hall, 

1 floor

A PROFESSIONAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL 

IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Organized by: 

Ministry of Public Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Regional Hub in the sphere of Public Service in Astana;

United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan

 

Key questions:

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Public Service Innovations;

• 

Foreign experience in introducing innovative technologies in the field of public service;

• 

The role of modern technologies in public services delivery;

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Modern trends in public services delivery: Kazakhstan and foreign experience;

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 Innovative training of civil servants.

Welcome speech:

Talgat Donakov, Minister of Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan 

Cihan Sultanoglu, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant 

Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the 

Commonwealth of Independent States

Alikhan Baimenov, Chairman, Steering Committee, Regional Hub of Civil 

Service in Astana

Bolatbek Abdrassilov, Rector, Academy of Public Administration under the 

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Moderator

: 

Bolatbek Abdrassilov, Rector, Academy of Public Administration under the 

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Alikhan Baimenov, Chairman, Steering Committee, Regional Hub of Civil 

Service in Astana

Speakers: 

Sven Sester, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Estonia

Petko Draganov, Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-

General, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central 

Asia

Ok Suk Donk, President, National Institute for Human Resource Development of 

the Republic of Korea

Dan Batista, Executive Director, Institute for Citizen-Centred Service (Canada) 

Tatyana Teplova, Deputy Head, Public Governance and Territorial Development 

Directorate, OECD

Leo Smith, Executive Director, Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands

Joseph Schiffer, Director, Department of Social Policy and Statistical Science, 

DBB Academy, Germany

Colin Knox, Professor at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, Professor at 

the Nazarbayev University

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26 May

08:45-12:40

Palace of 

Independence,

Congress Hall 1,

1 floor

THE END OF HYPERGLOBALISATION: THE NEW CONDITIONS FOR 

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE

Organized by: 

JSC “Economic Research Institute”

Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

Key questions:

• 

What are the conditions for private sector to operate in changing environment: great plunge in commodities 

prices, WTO membership and Eurasian Economic Union, One Belt One Road initiative;

• 

Can we consider the One Belt One Road strategy and the Eurasian Economic Union as growth drivers for 

the region that can lead the investment, technology, industry, private sector involvement, innovation and 

infrastructure boom? 

• 

Can the New Silk Road be a growth driver for emerging markets and developing countries under the new 

economic realities? 

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How local companies can benefit from increase investment from China? What should be the rules of 

engagement? Will an investment treaty be needed in the region?

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The role of new financial institutions in investment and private sector development (AIIB, New Development 

Bank BRICS, Silk Road Fund)

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What should be done for a new wave of investments for a long-term economic growth? What are the next 

global economic drivers and how we can bring back the long-term growth?

09:30-10:30

Flagship Debates: 

The new business climate for the private sector: what are the rules of the 

game? 

Moderator: 

Mattia Romani, Managing Director, Country and Sector Economics, EBRD

Keynote speech:

Peter Frankopan, Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and 

Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, Author, “The Silk Roads: A 

New History of the World”

Speakers:

Robert Vartevanian, Head of M&A & Financing, KPMG

Zhu Surong, Managing Director, Silk Road Fund 

Wencai Zhang, Vice-President, Asian Development Bank 

Jan Vapaavuori, Vice-President, European Investment Bank, 

Tatyana Valovaya, Member of the Board (Minister) on the Main Areas of 

Integration and Macroeconomics, EEC 

Dmitry Pankin, Chairman, Eurasian Development Bank, Deputy Minister of 

Finance of the Russian Federation (2013-2015) 

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