CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

DAVID GROSS

  • 2004 Nobel Prize winner in Physics
  • Professor, Department of Physics, Univesity of California Santa Barbara

JOHANNES LINN

  • Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program, Brookings Institution
  • Former Vice President of the World Bank  for Europe and Central Asia

JEAN-MARIE LEHN

  • 1987 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
  • Professor, University of Strasbourg Intitute for Advanced Studies

RAE KWON CHUNG

  • 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner as a member of IPCC
  • The Global Energy Prize International Award Committee Chairman
  • Advisor to the Chair of High-Level Expert and Leaders Panel (HELP) on Water and Disasters under the UN Secretary-General

KEVIN WARWICK

  • World-renowned cybor-engineer, also known as "Captain Cyborg"
  • Emeritus Professor at Coventry and Reading Universities

TAWAKKOL KARMAN

  • Yemeni women's rights activist,
  • 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner

DON CLEVELAND

  • Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University California, San Diego,
  • 2018 Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize winner

MARC UZAN

  • General Director, Reinventing Bretton-Woods Committee

JUAN MALDACENA

  • World-renowned cybor-engineer, also known as "Captain Cyborg"
  • Emeritus Professor at Coventry and Reading Universities

MICHAEL SHEETZ

  • 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner

CAUCHER BIRKAR

  • Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge,
  • 2018 Fields medal recipient

LYMAN PAGE JR

  • Distinguished University Professor in Physics, Princeton University,
  • 2018 Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize winner

SERGEY GURIEV

  • Professor of Economics, Paris Institute of Political Studies,
  • Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2015-2019)
  • Rector, Russian School of Economics (2004-2013)

SILVIO MICALI

  • Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Founder of Algorand
  • 2012 Turing award winner

XAVIER SALA-I-MARTIN

  • Professor of economics at Columbia University
  • author of the Global Competitiveness Index by the World Economic Forum

GEORGE CHURCH

  • American geneticist, One of Time’s 100 Most Influential People,
  • Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

VIVEK WADHVA

  • Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program,
  • One of Top 100 Global Thinkers according to Foreign Policy.

MICHAEL ELOWITZ

  • Professor of Biology, Bioengineering, and Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology

MICHAEL JORDAN

  • The Science magazine named him "the most influential computer scientists" in 2016, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
  • Sciences, Department of Statistics, University of California Berkeley

TSUI LAP CHEE

  • Prominent geneticist, President, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

SUBIR SACHDEV

  • 2015 Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical
  • Physics recipient, Professor of Physics, Harvard University

SANZHAR TAIZHAN

  • CEO and Chief Engineer, SpaceX Warwick Hyperloop,
  • Litium bataries engineer, Jaguar Land Rover

SAYASAT NURBEK

  • CEO, BTS EducatiAon, Project Lead “Atlas of New Professions in Kazakhstan”

SHIGEO KATSU

  • President, Nazarbayev University

SERIK IRSALIYEV

  • President of the Astana International University

AIDA KHAIDAR

  • Contributor at Atameken Business Channel

MICHAEL GOOD

  • Professor of Physics, Physics Department, Nazarbayev Universit

JAMILYA BOPIYEVA

  • Former President of the Economic Research Institute

ARYN ORSARIYEV

  • Chairman of the Board, JSC "Science Fund"

GANI IZTLEUOV

  • Professor, M.Auezov South-Kazakhstan University, recipient of Pyotr Kapitsa honorable medal, 2019

BAKYTZHAN SARKEYEV

  • Deputy chairman of the Board, JSC «Science Fund»

BILJANA RADONJIC

KER-LINDSAY

  • Associate Director for Gender & Economic Inclusion, EBRD

BOLAT SULTANGAZIN

  • Director of Business Accelerator, Astana Business Campus Innovation Cluster, Nazarbayev University

DAVID TUGANOV

  • Director, Neirostorm, Program coordinator, TransforNATION

GEORGI KVIRIKASHVILI

  • Former Prime Minister of Georgia (2015-2018)

GIOVANNI CAPANNELLI

  • Country Director for Kazakhstan, Asian Development Bank

HANS HOLZHACKER

  • Chief economist, CAREC Institute

JAN STEPAN

  • Director, PwC Kazakhstan Academy

KASSYMKHAN KAPPAROV

  • Founder of Ekonomist.kz, Managing partner, EMCG

LILIA BURUNCIUC

  • Regional Director for the Central Asia Region, World Bank

LYAZIZA SABYROVA

  • Principal Regional Economist, Central and West Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank

PRASHANT KUMAR

  • Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University

TSEDISO MAKOELLE

  • Vice Dean for Research, Associate Professor, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education

ALEXANDER VAN DE PUTTE

  • Chief Strategy Officer, Astana International Financial Centre

LYAZZAT SHATAYEVA

  • Head of content acquisition and production, Kazakh TV

BEGEN YESSIMOV

  • Professor, M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University, winner of the International ISESCO award

MAXAT KURBENOV

  • Managing Director, Inclusive development foundation (IDF)

ANGELA GARIPOVA

  • Journalist, Program editor

KHALIDA AZHIGULOVA

  • Leader of the Science Team, Kazakhstani Governmental Programme «The Change Management Training Program for Industry Managers for Institutional Reforms»

YEDIGE TLEGENOV

  • Principal Research Manager, Applying AI in Manufacturing, Autodesk Research, included in Forbes Kazakhstan «30 under 30»

MATTIA ROMANI

  • Managing Director for Economics, Policy and Governance, EBRD

ELMIRA OBRY

  • Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bureau for Continuing Professional Development, Astana International Financial Centre

DARIYA KOZHAMZHAROVA

  • Rector of M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University

TAKIR BALYKBAYEV

  • Rector of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UNiversity

MALIK ZHAKEYEV

  • Professor, M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University, Head of the «Water Harmony for global sustainability, development, innovation and peace (WH-Global)» project

BOTAGOZ MUTALIYEVA

  • Professor, M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University

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