The second, plenary day of the StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum assembled 9 discussion panels on various topics, including:
Global IT Industry Trends
Inclusive Digitalization of Central Asia
Development of the export IT industry of Kazakhstan
Startups Acceleration: Route to Silicon Valley
E-governance in Eurasia
IT Investment Funds in Eurasia
IT Industry in Uzbekistan
Smart Fintech Solutions
New Education for the New Economy
These topics were addressed by Yurii Antoniuk, Vice President, CEE Head, EPAM Systems; Elena Krukovskaya, Chief Operations Officer, Exadel; Felix Lammers, Manager Corporate Partnerships & Co-Founder, Plug and Play Uzbekistan; Olga Skorokhodova, Head of Former Soviet Union, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Emerging Markets, Google; Abay Absamet, Managing Director at Astana Hub, Oleg Pekos, First Deputy Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Digital Economy and E-government Issues; Sergey Tokarev, Founding Partner, Roosh; Filip Stoyanovich, Chief of Party, USAID’s Future Growth Initiative for Central Asia; Rafal Trepka, General Manager Central Asia, Mastercard; Maxat Koshumbayev, Advisor to CEO, Astana Hub; Kamola Sabirova, Advisor of the Minister, Ministry of the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Dilovar Mavlonov, Partner, Tax Services in Uzbekistan, EY; Yulia Yakovleva, Director, Exadel Uzbekistan and others.
