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LUNCHES AND COFFEE-BREAKS FOR PARTICIPANTS OF

ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM

25 MAY 2016

11:00-11:30

13:00-14:30

16:00-16:30

19:00-21:00

Coffee-break

Lunch (buffet table)

Coffee-break

Official reception (dinner) on behalf of the Government 

of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Restaurant Foyer, 1 floor

Restaurant Foyer, 1 floor 

Buffet Hall (tent)

Restaurant Foyer, 1 floor

Restaurant “Astana 

Music Hall”, 

Banquet Hall 

(by invitation)

26 MAY 2016

10:30-10:45

12:00-13:30

Coffee-break

Lunch (buffet table)

Restaurant Foyer, 1 floor 

Restaurant Foyer, 1 floor  

Buffet Hall (tent)

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25 May

09:30-13:00

Palace of 

Independence

Ceremonial Hall, 

1 floor

25 MAY 2016 

PROMOTION OF COMPETITION: 

NEW “GAME RULES”

Organized by:

Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competition under the 

Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

Key questions:

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25th anniversary of antimonopoly regulation in Kazakhstan: successes and achievements

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Results of the Review of Competition Law and Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

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Discussing of OECD recommendations on further Kazakhstan’s competition law and policy improvement;

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The role of competition policy in integration processes.

Welcome address:

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Minister of National Economy of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan

 

Discussion:  Information on the Review of Competition Law and Policy of 

the Republic of Kazakhstan conducted by the OECD

Moderator:

Jannat Yertlessova, Chair of the Board, Association of Development of 

Competition and Commodity Markets

Speakers:

Frederic Jenny, Chairman, OECD Competition Committee

Alexey Ivanov, Director, Legal Policy and Social Development Department, 

Skolkovo Foundation

Serik Zhumangarin, Chairman, Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies 

and Protection of Competition under the Ministry of National Economy of the 

Republic of Kazakhstan

William Tompson, Head of Division, Eurasia, Global Relations Secretariat, 

OECD

Azat  Peruashev,  Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan

Maxim Ovchinnikov, Deputy Head, Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia

Salim Aydemir, Chief Legal Advisor of the Turkish Competition Authority

Aidyn Bikebayev, Chairman of the Board of Partners, Managing Partner, Sayat 

Zholshy and Partners

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The award ceremony in honor of the 25th anniversary of Antimonopoly 

regulation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Discussion:  The role of competition policy in integration processes

Opening remarks from the moderator:

Nurlan Aldabergenov, EEC Minister for Competition and Antitrust Regulation

Speakers:

Nikolai Radostovets, Executive Director, Republican Association of Mining and 

Metallurgical Enterprises

Artak Shaboyan, Chairman, Armenia`s State Commission for Protection of 

Economic Competition

Valerii Poliukhovich, State Commissioner, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine

Viorica Carare, President, Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova

Bolatbek Kuandykov, Former Head, Competition Authority of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan

Irina Knyazeva, Professor of Management Chair, Siberian Institute of 

Management, branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public 

Service under the President of the Russian Federation

Sergei Tsivkach, Chairman of the Board, Competition Development Foundation 

of Ukraine

Oleksandr Melnychenko,  Chair of the Board, Competition Development 

Foundation of Ukraine

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25 Мая

09:30-18:00

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

09:20-11:00

Flagship Session 1. Global and regional context: the end of the super-

cycle of commodities prices?

Key questions:

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Global and regional context and challenges;

• 

What instabilities can the low commodities prices raise? Will prices remain low for a sustained period of 

time? Can we consider it as the new normal? Is this the end of the shale revolution? 

• 

Re-entry of Iran in the Global Energy Market;

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Sovereign Wealth Funds under the stress? Budget deficit, Debt growth and currency devaluation;

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Perspectives of Central Asia and Kazakhstan: Economic, Financial and Political dimension;

• 

The New growth drivers: Eurasian Economic Union and New Silk Road as a new infrastructure boom.

 

Welcome Speech:

Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee 

Moderator: 

 

Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, Head of Strategy, Global Sovereign 

Markets, UBS Global Asset Management 

Speakers: 

Ayhan Kose, Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank 

Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF 

Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan 

Samir Sharifov, Minister of Finance, Republic of Azerbaijan 

Uzakbay Karabalin, Deputy Chairman of "Kazenergy" Association, President of 

CJSC “NC “KazMunayGas” (2003-2008),  Minister of Oil and Gas of the Republic 

of Kazakhstan (2013-2014) 

11:20-13:00

Flagship Session 2. The Multiple Uncertainties and Volatilities in the Global 

Economy: Rising Risks of Instability

Key questions:

• 

Slowdown of global trade growth relative to GDP growth;

• 

US Monetary Policy normalization of interest rates: a gradual path? 

• 

China’s New Normal: transition from investment and manufacturing to consumption and services

• 

Global Misallocation of capital, slowdown of investments and capital outflow from EM

• 

The Brexit dilemma: the major uncertainties for EU and a further drag on the Global economy?

• 

Interactions between markets and policies. What’s new?

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Negative interest rates, the new convention of monetary policy? Currency wars? Implication for the stability 

of the banking and financial sector

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The return of capital controls?

Moderator: 

Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee 

Speakers:

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Minister of National Economy of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan 

Kevin Rudd, President, Asia Society, Prime Minister of Australia (2007-2010, 

2013) 

Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JP Morgan Chase International, Governor of the Bank 

of Israel (1991-2000) 

Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France (2003-2015), Vice-president of 

the Executive Board of ECB (1998–2002), Chairman of the Bank for International 

Settlements 

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