Agenda - CAIGF - Central Asian Internet Governance Forum

AGENDA

Venue: Hilton Tashkent City, 1 Ukchi Street, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan

Day 1	June 21, 2024
09.00 – 10.00	Registration of participants Welcome coffee
	Opening of the Central Asia Internet Governance Forum
10.00 – 10.30	*Moderator:* Tattu Mambetalieva, CEO LLC National Legal Corporation Shermatov Sherzod, Minister of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan Сhengetai Masango, Head of IGF Secretariat, UN Mikhail Anisimov, Global Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager, Eastern Europe & Central Asia ICANN Vahan Ovsepyan, External Relations Officer (Caucasus and Central Asia), RIPE NCC
10.30 – 12.30	Session 1: Digital Transformation in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for the State, Business and Citizens *Moderator:* Tattu Mambetalieva, CEO LLC National Legal Corporation Olga Skorokhodova, Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager, Emerging Markets, Google (online) Thomas Tiirs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the countries of Central Asia Oleg Byakhov, Government and Regulatory Affairs Executive, Government Business Development, IBM Corporation (online) Trandin Sergei, CEO LLC «BaseAlt free software» *Panel discussions:* Ministry of digital technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan Thomas Tiirs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the countries of Central Asia
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch

13.30-15.30

Session 2. Digital Infrastructure: Realizing Central Asia’s Potential in the Age of Technology

Moderator: Natalya Mochu, ITU Regional Director for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Region

Michel Rogy, Digital Development Practice Manager for the Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa regions, World Bank
Mikhail Anisimov, Global Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager, Eastern Europe & Central Asia ICANN
Bakhrom Radjabov, UNESCO
Makhliyo Muksinova, Deputy director, IT park UZ
JSC Uzbektelecom

Panel discussions:

Toktorbaev Altynbek, Chairman of the Service for Regulation and Supervision in the Communications Industry under the Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic
Mikhail Anisimov, Global Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager, Eastern Europe & Central Asia ICANN
Michel Rogy, Digital Development Practice Manager for the Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa regions, World Bank
Parvin Ibodova, Deputy director at PF Civil Initiative Policy Internet

Session 3. Central Asia’s Secure Digital Future: Strategies, Initiatives, and Cooperation in an Era of Growing Cyber Threats

Moderator: Artem Goriainov

Rafal Rohozinski, CEO SecDev Foundation
Cybersecurity center of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Aikanysh Imanalieva, marketing director at Laboratory of Kaspersky
Olzhas Satiev, Director Digital Resilience Association , TSARKA

Panel discussions:

Damirjon Jabborzoda, Commercial director, Universoft IT
Aikanysh Imanalieva, marketing director at Laboratory of Kaspersky
Olzhas Satiev, Director Digital Resilience Association , TSARKA
Shukhrat Sattarov, Center for studying regional threats

Session 4: Contributing to Digital Transformation: The Key Role of Parliamentarians in shaping the Digital Space

Moderator: Celine Bal

A multistakeholder approach to governance: from regional initiatives to global collaboration (incl. the Global Digital Compact and the WSIS+20 review process)

15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
Day 2	June 22, 2024
09:30 – 10:00	Welcome coffee
10.00 – 12.00	Session 5. Digital Initiatives to Address Social Challenges in the Region: Inclusion, Sustainability, Partnership *Moderator: Tattu Mambetalieva* Saida Mirziyoyeva, assistant to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Aziza Shuzheyeva, Chairman of the Management Board of the non-profit organization TechnoWomen, founder of the Digital Transformation Foundation Michel Rogy, Digital Development Practice Manager for the Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa regions, World Bank Sergei Sokolov, Director of Government Relations and Corporate Affairs in Eastern Europe, Tik-Tok Sardor Kadyrov, GR Director of Yandex Uzbekistan Group of Companies. Bakhrom Radjabov, UNESCO *Panel discussions:* Ministry of education or healthcare of the Uzbekistan Saida Mirziyoyeva, assistant to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Aziza Shuzheyeva, Chairman of the Management Board of the non-profit organization TechnoWomen, founder of the Digital Transformation Foundation Bakyt Djangaziev, Deputy minister on digital development of Ministry of healthcare of Kyrgyz Republic (online) (general panel closing session)
12:00 – 12:30	Summing up the results of the forum
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch