{"id":7928,"date":"2024-11-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/speaking-on-digital-forum-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:00:00","slug":"speaking-on-digital-forum-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/speaking-on-digital-forum-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking on Digital Forum 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital Forum 2024 \u2014 <em>From Vision to Voice<\/em> \u2014 ran over two days in Bishkek on 14 and 15 November 2024, in Hall &#171;Karkyra&#187; at the Orion Hotel. The convening was a three-way one: the University of Central Asia&#8217;s Graduate School of Development (Institute of Public Policy and Administration), the Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the DCASA-KR Project Implementation Unit. Aziz Soltobaev spoke on Day 1, in the afternoon Quality of Life \/ Smart Cities panel, on Digital Public Infrastructure \u2014 GovStack and Digital Public Goods \u2014 representing the Internet Society Kyrgyzstan Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two days were programmed differently on purpose. Day 1 ran in Russian and was a working policy day, designed to bring government agencies and civil society from Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries into the same room. The three substantive sessions tracked the live work of the Kyrgyz state: public digital infrastructure (FOCL, G-Cloud, Tunduk, Sanarip Med); big data, AI and cybersecurity; and quality of life \/ smart cities. Day 2 ran in English as an academic conference, with a keynote on digitalisation and good governance and three sessions on Central Asia&#8217;s digital transformation, women&#8217;s empowerment, and smart cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The slot Aziz spoke in was the day&#8217;s closing substantive panel \u2014 held after the student-hackathon award ceremony \u2014 and was moderated by Dr. Aijan Sharshenova, executive director of Crossroads Central Asia. The four-speaker line-up paired Bishkek and regional voices: a smart-city-for-disability presentation from UCA, a participatory-budgeting case from Uzbekistan&#8217;s Ministry of Economy and Finance, the DPI \/ GovStack \/ Digital Public Goods talk from KG Labs and ISOC KG, and a closing argument from CAPS Unlock on agile governance of AI. The forum closed that day with the launch of UCA&#8217;s Digital Policy Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Digital Forum 2024: From Vision to Voice. Day 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oECojlHgfA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-kg-neutral-400-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.875rem\">Day 1 recording, Russian. Day 2 (English academic conference) recording is not yet linked here \u2014 if a recording exists, it will be added as a second embed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 1 \u2014 Friday 14 November 2024 (Russian, policy day)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Discussion on digitalisation policy with government agencies and civil society representatives from Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Speakers \/ topics<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr>\n        <td>08:30\u201309:30<\/td>\n        <td>Registration and welcome coffee<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>09:30\u201310:30<\/td>\n        <td>Opening plenary<\/td>\n        <td>Prof. Christopher J Gerry (Rector, UCA); Ms. Nuria Kutnaeva (Minister of Digital Development, Kyrgyz Republic); Mr. Sayan Ashirbekov (Deputy Chairman of the Board, JSC &#171;National Information Technologies&#187;, Kazakhstan). Moderator: Erbol Sovetaly uulu.<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>10:30\u201312:00<\/td>\n        <td>Session I \u2014 Digitalisation of Public Administration \/ DCASA-KR<\/td>\n        <td>Public Digital Infrastructure: Azamat Davletaliev (DCASA-KR Component 1) on regional digital connectivity (FOCL); Rustambek Sartkalchaev (DCASA-KR Component 2) on state cloud storage (G-Cloud); Chyngyz Amanatov (Director, State Enterprise &#171;Tunduk&#187;) on the state electronic-services portal Tunduk. Bridging the digital divide in healthcare: Chingiz Beksultanov (Director, e-Health Center, Ministry of Health KR) on Sanarip Med. Moderator: Elina Sakkaraeva (coordinator, DCASA-KR project).<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>12:00\u201313:00<\/td>\n        <td>Lunch<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>13:00\u201314:45<\/td>\n        <td>Session II \u2014 Big Data, AI and Cybersecurity<\/td>\n        <td>Parkhat Bazakov (Data Science Engineer, Cramer Project \/ KAIRA Kyrgyz AI Research Institute) \u2014 AI Threats and Ways to Combat Them. Dr. Emil Bilgazyev (Vice-president and co-founder, American Institute of Technology at Salymbekov University) \u2014 AI in Business. Artem Osipov (Information Security Manager, UCA) \u2014 Cybersecurity: From Simple Steps to Advanced Solutions. Dastan Omuraliev (Co-founder and CEO, TSARKA KG) \u2014 The Price of Progress: The Dark Side of Digitalisation. Moderator: Dr. Bakhytzhan Kurmanov (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, UCA).<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>14:45\u201315:00<\/td>\n        <td>Coffee break<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>15:00\u201315:45<\/td>\n        <td>Student hackathon award ceremony<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>15:45\u201317:00<\/td>\n        <td>Session III \u2014 Quality of Life \/ Smart Cities<\/td>\n        <td>Dr. Dmytro Zubov (Associate Professor in Computer Science, UCA) \u2014 Smart city for people with disabilities. Sanjarbek Sultanov (Ministry of Economy and Finance, Uzbekistan) \u2014 Successful practices from Uzbekistan: Participatory Budgeting. <strong>Aziz Soltobaev (co-founder, Internet Society Kyrgyzstan Chapter) \u2014 Digital Public Infrastructure (GovStack, Digital Public Goods).<\/strong> Tlegen Kuandykov (Programme Coordinator, CAPS Unlock) \u2014 Agile Governance in AI: Balancing Speed, Ethics, and Innovation. Moderator: Dr. Aijan Sharshenova (Executive Director, Crossroads Central Asia).<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>17:00\u201317:30<\/td>\n        <td>Launch of the Digital Policy Lab<\/td>\n        <td>Dr. Bakhytzhan Kurmanov.<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <figcaption>Day 1 programme. Source: Digital Forum 2024 agenda PDF, UCA \/ IPPA \/ DCASA-KR.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 2 \u2014 Saturday 15 November 2024 (English, academic conference)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Speakers \/ topics<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr>\n        <td>08:30\u201309:30<\/td>\n        <td>Registration and welcome coffee<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>09:30\u201310:30<\/td>\n        <td>Keynote address<\/td>\n        <td>Dr. Colin Knox (Professor Emeritus, University of Ulster; Adjunct Professor, Nazarbayev University) \u2014 <em>Digitalisation and Good Governance.<\/em> Moderator: Dr. Bakhytzhan Kurmanov (IPPA, UCA).<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>10:30\u201312:00<\/td>\n        <td>Session I \u2014 Digitalisation in Central Asia: new technologies from government to education and business<\/td>\n        <td>Zalina Enikeeva (IPPA, UCA) \u2014 Digital Silk Road: E-commerce between China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Dr. Ikboljon Qoraboyev (Professor, Maqsut Narikbayev University, Kazakhstan) \u2014 From Classroom to Crisis: Preparing students for the real challenges of cybersecurity. Dr. Saikal Anvar kyzy (Director, MBA Programme, American University of Central Asia) \u2014 Using blockchain technologies to increase transparency and accountability in public administration. Gulnoza Kuldosheva (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, online) \u2014 Transforming Central Asia: the importance of digitalisation for economic development, governance and sustainability. Moderator: Dr. Noore Alam Siddiquee (Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University).<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>12:00\u201313:00<\/td>\n        <td>Lunch<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>13:00\u201314:30<\/td>\n        <td>Session II \u2014 Women&#8217;s empowerment and digitalisation<\/td>\n        <td>Dr. Nivine Guler (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, UCA) \u2014 What is behind smart classrooms: AI in education. Aliya Beishenalieva (Salymbekov University) \u2014 EduTech Revolution: Self-Service Success. Indira Sharshenova (UN Women) \u2014 TBD. Moderator: Dr. Ikboljon Qoraboyev.<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>14:30\u201314:45<\/td>\n        <td>Coffee break<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>14:45\u201316:15<\/td>\n        <td>Session III \u2014 Quality of Life \/ Smart Cities<\/td>\n        <td>Kasiet Ysmanova (Central Asian Barometer) \u2014 Monitoring of public opinion as instrument of dialogue with citizens. Dr. Bakhytzhan Kurmanov (IPPA, UCA) \u2014 Hybrid democratic innovations in Central Asia? The experience of digital citizen participation in budgeting in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Dr. Muhammad Fayaz (Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UCA, online) \u2014 Application of machine learning for smart city solutions. Dr. Noore Alam Siddiquee \u2014 Does digital transformation of public administration promote transparency and reduce corruption? Evidence from Central Asia. Moderator: Dr. Colin Knox.<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>16:15\u201316:30<\/td>\n        <td>Closing ceremony<\/td>\n        <td>\u2014<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <figcaption>Day 2 programme. Source: Digital Forum 2024 agenda PDF, UCA \/ IPPA \/ DCASA-KR.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n  <table>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td>Forum<\/td><td>Digital Forum 2024: From Vision to Voice<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Dates<\/td><td>14\u201315 November 2024<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Venue<\/td><td>Hall &#171;Karkyra&#187;, Orion Hotel, Bishkek<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Convened by<\/td><td>University of Central Asia \u2014 Graduate School of Development, Institute of Public Policy and Administration; Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic; DCASA-KR Project Implementation Unit<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Official partners<\/td><td>KICB (Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank); MEGA; Greenlight; AKIpress<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Aziz Soltobaev&#8217;s slot<\/td><td>Day 1, Session III (15:45\u201317:00) \u2014 Digital Public Infrastructure (GovStack, Digital Public Goods)<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Aziz Soltobaev&#8217;s affiliation at the forum<\/td><td>Co-founder, Internet Society Kyrgyzstan Chapter<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>Day 1 video<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oECojlHgfA0\">youtube.com\/watch?v=oECojlHgfA0<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <figcaption>Source: Digital Forum 2024 agenda PDF (UCA \/ IPPA \/ DCASA-KR) and Day 1 recording.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-kg-neutral-400-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.875rem\">Programme sourced from the official Digital Forum 2024 agenda (digital-forum-agenda-12-nov-eng-final.pdf, UCA \/ IPPA). Substance of Aziz Soltobaev&#8217;s GovStack \/ Digital Public Goods talk is not transcribed in this post \u2014 speaker notes pending.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aziz Soltobaev spoke on Digital Public Infrastructure \u2014 GovStack and Digital Public Goods \u2014 at the Quality of Life panel of Digital Forum 2024: From Vision to Voice (Bishkek, 14\u201315 November 2024).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,375],"tags":[761,759,757,299,297,298,760,663,758],"class_list":["post-7928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-governance","category-policy-and-regulation","tag-central-asia-digital-policy","tag-dcasa-kr","tag-digital-forum-2024","tag-digital-public-goods","tag-digital-public-infrastructure","tag-govstack","tag-internet-society-kyrgyzstan-chapter","tag-theme-tunduk","tag-university-of-central-asia"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"ru","enabled_languages":["en","ru"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"ru":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}