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OCTOBER 18 (09:00 - 19:00)

An informed view of the future: a worldview approach

Plenary session

Moderator: Riz Khan

Opening Ceremony

Journalist, TV anchor, former CNN International, Al Jazeera English (UK)

Panel session

Tech x Human Synergy: biodigital convergence

Gerd Leonhard

Futurist, Humanist, Author of “Technology vs. Humanity”, CEO of The Futures Agency (Switzerland)

Rae Kwon Chung

Shared Nobel Prize of IPCC, Director of Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better World (South Korea)

East and West: search for a common model of sustainable development

Panel session

Peter Frankopan

Historian, professor at Oxford University, author of a bestseller "The Silkroads: a new history of the world" (UK)

Panel session powered by reState FOUNDATION

Kay Firth-Butterfield

CEO of Good Tech Advisory, TIME Impact Honouree 2024; Former Head of AI and Member of the Executive Committee at World Economic Forum (USA)

David Rowan

Technology columnist, writer, tech guru, investor, founding UK Editor in Chief of WIRED (UK)

Catalysts of change: global movements shaping the future

Bronwyn Williams

Futurist, Trend Analyst, Economist, UNDP futures fellow (South Africa)

Tornike Jobava

Deputy Chairman of Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency (Georgia)

Humans and Machines, Human Intelligence & Ai: The world by 2030

Tanja Schindler

President of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Foresight Advisor to the EU Commission (Germany)

Keynote speech

Jahkini Bisselink

Strategic foresight and Gen Z keynote speaker at Whetston think tank, crisis and security management expert (Netherlands)

Rinpoche Shyalpa Tenzin

Tibet Lama, master, author (Nepal)

Moderator: Eli Hadzhieva

EU Consultant, Communications Expert and Columnist (Belgium)

Peter Frankopan

Historian, professor at Oxford University, autohor of a bestseller "The Silkroads: the new history of the world" (UK)

Co-founder and CEO of reState Foundation, former Head of Eurasia Programmes of the World Economic Forum (Switzerland)

Chair & Cofounder of the People Centered Internet, Chair of IEEE IC Social Impact Measurement, Cofounder of Impact Network (USA)

Founder and CEO of Ubuntu Tribe, systems thinker, philanthropist, Forbes top 10 most influential people in Africa, Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum (United Arab Emirates)

Startup Battle Awarding Ceremony

Founding curator of United Planet and UP Game, Young Global Leader (WEF), futurist (Spain)

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Gerd Leonhard

Futurist, Humanist, Author of “Technology vs. Humanity”, CEO of The Futures Agency (Switzerland)

Executive Director of Aitas Foundation, founder of the movement (Kazakhstan)

Entrepreneur, investor, founder of AITAS Holding (Kazakhstan)

Media manager, founder and CEO of ER10 Media (Kazakhstan)

Rae Kwon Chung

Shared Nobel Prize of IPCC, Director of Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better World (South Korea)

Kimberly Maucher-Lynch, HR thought leader, Board Member of Unleash, Social Impact and Innovation Expert (Germany)

MIDDLE HALL 1

OCTOBER 18 (11:00 - 16:15)

Lunch

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Protopia: Antidote to Futures Of Fear

Monika Bielskyte

Futurist, speculative designer, futurist adviser to Disney/Marvel's Black Panther world (South Africa)

Keynote speech

Dancing with Uncertainty: How Futures Thinking Empowers Us to Navigate a Shifting World

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Tanja Schindler

President of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Foresight Advisor to the European Commission (Germany)

The climate future: the environmental crisis or how global change is shaping the world

Moderator : Alexis Kouros

Editor-in-Chief of The Helsinki Times
(Finland)

Rae Kwon Chung

Shared Nobel Prize of IPCC, Director of Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better World
(South Korea)

Nisaa Jetha

Global Impact Strategist & Policy Advisor
(UK & Global)

Peggy Liu

Сhinese Green Goddess, advocate for green development, CEO of Tornado Leadership (China)

MIDDLE HALL 2

OCTOBER 18 (11:00 - 18:30)

Global competitiveness of higher education: building a strategy

Panel session from MSHE RK

Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

COURSERA Managing Director, for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Enterprise (UK)

President of Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan)

President of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Bureau, ASEM Head of Education Secretariat (The Asia-Europe Meeting) (Italy)

The new model of science: main vectors and mechanisms

Rector of East Kazakhstan Technical University named after D. Serikbayev (Kazakhstan)

Panel session from MSHE RK

Regional Director at Quacquarelli Symonds (Singapore)

Education National Professional Officer at UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office (Kazakhstan)

Lunch

Shaping education systems: future schools for today's world

Panel session from MSHE RK

Moderator:
Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki

Vice-Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Sayasat Nurbek

Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Education system of the future: forming intellectual capital for global leadership. Who's the customer?

Zhao Zhongyuan

Director of the China-SCO Technology Transfer Center (China)

Panel session

Akhylbek Kurishbaev

President of the National Academy of Sciences under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Jochen Berbner

Deputy General Director for technology and operations, Eurasian Resources Group (Kazakhstan)

Kamil Akatov

Chairman of the Board of the Science Fund JSC (Kazakhstan)

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Moderator:
Daniyar Toktarbayev

Director of the Fund for Sustainable Development of Education, public activist (Kazakhstan)

Gabit Bekakhmet

FRSA, writer, partner of Paradigm Shift educational group (Kazakhstan), founder of Maruf Fellows accelerator (UK)

Vice president of Ed Tech Poland (Poland)

Raya Bidshahri

Founder and CEO of School of Humanity, educator, entrepreneur (USA)

Alexander Angelov

Founder of Center for Creative Training Bulgaria&Poland, provider of Google for education (Bulgaria)

Olga Skorokhodova

Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Central Asia, Google (UAE)

Kulyash Shamshidinova

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Fund for Sustainable Development of Education (Kazakhstan)

Moderator:
Riz Khan

Journalist, TV anchor, former CNN International, Al Jazeera English (UK)

Gani Beisembayev

Minister of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Ben Nelson

Founder and CEO of Minerva Project (USA)

Yong Zhao

Distinguished professor at Kansas University, expert on reforms in the education system (USA)

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Almas Ordabayev

CEO of Quantum Management Company (Kazakhstan)

CEO of Bibigul Tulegenova Creative School (Kazakhstan)

Raya Bidshahri

Founder and CEO of School of Humanity, educator, entrepreneur (USA)

Alison Tanker

Founding Partner & Creative
Director at Korda Institute
for Teaching (USA)

Dos Sarbassov

Professor at School of Natural, Social and Human Sciences, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan)

SMALL HALL 1

OCTOBER 18 (11:30 - 16:30)

Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century: New Approaches and Tools for education

Panel session FROM MSHE RK

Moderator:
Talgat Yeshenkulov

Vice Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Executive Director, Institute for the Development of Education (Croatia)

Vice-Provost, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan)

Preparing the next generation of talent: using generative AI to strengthen and accelerate learning

Rector, Kazakh National Women's Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan)

Panel session

Innovator in the education system, founder of EdTech Estonia (Estonia)

Cambridge University Central Asia Fellowship Program

Lunch

Moderator:
Dinara Shcheglova

Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Nikolaz Foucaud

COURSERA Managing Director, for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Enterprise (UK)

Barbara Oakley

Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Oakland (USA)

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Steve King

Head of Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Partnership for Education (UK)

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

SMALL HALL 2

OCTOBER 18 (11:30 - 18:30)

Mentorship and support for startups: the role of accelerators and incubators in EdTech

Panel session

Moderator:
Iskandar Kurbonov

Investment Analyst Plug&Play (Uzbekistan)

Ron Immink

Positive futurist, reinvention specialist, author, speaker, coach (Spain)

Rafał Lew-Starowicz,

Vice president of Ed Tech Poland (Poland)

Yagiz Karadeniz

Managing Partner at DOMiNO Ventures (Turkey)

Host: Zhandos Tursumbayev
Founder of CTOgramm (Kazakhstan)

Bakyt Ospanova

Chief Programs Officer at SITF (Sustainable Innovation and Technology Foundation) (Kazakhstan)

Blind auditions

Younes Bensouda Mourri

Professor of AI at Standford university, creator of AI courses (USA)

Artificial intelligence in education: from automation to personalisation

Keynote speech

Speed pitching

15 startups / 5 minutes / 3 investors

Impact Investments: Attracting Capital for Social Change

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Panel session

change of speakers, technical break 15 min

Dina Saifutdinova

Director of the Department of Social Projects and Programs at Nazarbayev University Social Development Fund (Kazakhstan)

Salome Napetvaridze

Head of Innovation Community Development Department GITA (Georgia)

Nisaa Jetha

Global Impact Strategist & Policy Advisor (UK & Global)

Moderator : Diana Ryan

НР Government Affairs&Public Policy Director, Central Asia and Turkey (Kazakhstan)

change of speakers, technical break 15 miN

StartUp Battle

Assylzhan Upasheva

Head of NURIS Business Incubator (Kazakhstan)

Yerzhan Toltayev
CEO of MyVentures (Kazakhstan)

Mustafa Kopuk
Managing Partner DOMINO Ventures (Turkey)

Yerbol Kapishev
CEO JasVentures (Kazakhstan)

Host: Zhandos Tursumbayev
founder of CTOgramm (Kazakhstan)

Mateusz Rybinski
President EdTech Poland (Indonesia)

Abay Absamet
CEO of BGlobal Ventures (Kazakhstan)

Rustem Yermekov
FURO Projects Manager, Best IT educator of the year in Central Asia,
Forbes U30 (Kazakhstan)

Salome Napetvaridze
Head of Innovation Community Development Department
GITA (Georgia)

Zhuldyz Suzhikova
Managing Director at MOST Holding (Kazakhstan)

Taryn Hess

Ph.D. Principal, Talent Enablement & Transformation at EPAM (USA)

Aray Bekembayev

Country Manager at InDrive (Kazakhstan)