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ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM

www.forum-astana.org

ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM

www.forum-astana.org

15

25 May

09:30-18:00

Palace of 

Independence, 

Congress Hall 3, 

1 floor

FUTURE ENERGY: GLOBAL TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Organized by: 

Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

JSC “NC” Astana EXPO-2017”;

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe;

National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences;

Association of Scientific and Technological Organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Institute of Economy, Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of the 

Republic of Kazakhstan;

SREC Green Academy;

Nazarbayev University.

Key questions:

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Energy development global scenarios until 2050;

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Climate Security and Kazakhstan; 

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Key factors of “green” energy development;

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Trends in world energy market development;

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International cooperation in “green” technology promotion. 

09:30-11:00

Session 1. Climate change and economic decarbonisation adaptation 

strategies

Welcome speech: 

Nurtay Abykayev, Chairman, International Programme Committee  WSEC - 

2017, President, Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences

Akhmetzhan Yessimov, Chairman of the Board, NC “Astana EXPO-2017” 

Kanat Bozumbayev, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan  

Rapil Zhoshybayev, Commissioner of the International Specialized Exhibition 

EXPO 2017

Moderators: 

Samuel Lee Hancock, President & Executive Director, Emerald Planet

Bakhyt Essekina, Member, Council on Green Economy under the President of 

the Republic of Kazakhstan, Director, Scientific Research and Education Center 

“Green Academy”

Speakers:

George Krol, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan

Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association, UK

Georgy Safonov, Director, Centre for Environmental and Natural Resource 

Economics, Higher School of Economics (RF)

Tony Wood, Director of the Energy Program, Grattan Institute, Australia

Azimkhan Satybaldin, Director, Institute of Economy of the Committee of 

Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Adolf Feizlmayer, Member, Advisory Board, ILF, co-owner, ILF Kazakhstan 

Consulting Engineers LLC, Austria

Almasadam Satkaliyev, Chairman of the Board, Samruk-Energy

Eduard E. Son, Deputy Director, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian 

Academy of Sciences   (RF)  

Joao Paulo Lobo Ferreira, Chief Research Fellow, National Laboratory of Civil 

Engineering

Pedro Xavier Martins, Co-founder, Sublimerito, LNES representative, Portugal

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11:30-13:00

Session 2. Science, Innovation and Technologies as Drivers of Energy and 

Economy Development

Welcome speech: 

György Szabó, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana

Bakytzhan Zhumagulov, Co-chairman, International Programme Committee 

WSEC – 2017, President, National Engineering Academy of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan

Moderator: 

Kanat Baigarin, Vice President for Innovations, Nazarbayev University

Speakers:

Friedrich Prince, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, 

Stanford University, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor 

and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Sergio Garribba, Counsellor for Energy Policy, Ministry of Economic 

Development of Italy

Arman Kashkinbekov, Deputy CEO, Kazakhstan`s Renewable Energy 

Association

 

Askar Munara, General Director, Research Centre of Oil and Gas, Ministry of 

Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Turgut Gur, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Aidyn Turebayev, Deputy Executive Director, International Science and 

Technology Centre

Chokan Laumullin, Research Fellow, Central Asian Forum, University of 

Cambridge

Yerbol Akhmetbekov, Head, Laboratory of Energy, Ecology and Climate at 

Nazarbayev University

Rajendra Pachauri, Acting Deputy Chairman,  The Energy and Resources 

Institute 

Petr Nikitenko, Adviser to the NAS of Belarus, Doctor of Economics, Professor, 

member of NAS of Belarus and RANS

Erlan Batyrbekov, Director General, National Nuclear Center of the Republic of 

Kazakhstan

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