XXI Forum of Interregional
Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia
November 11-12, 2025, Uralsk
About the Forum
Over the years, the Forum has become a traditional platform for dialogue between representatives of Russia and Kazakhstan.
Guests of the Forum can expect a rich business program. Key topics for discussion will include the development of bilateral relations in the fields of digitalization, transport and logistics, industry and energy, opportunities for cooperation to create high-tech jobs in the regions, personnel training for the nuclear and conventional energy sectors, education in modern agricultural technologies, and more.
Welcome speech by the Akim of the West Kazakhstan region
Dear participants of the 21st Kazakhstan-Russia Interregional Cooperation Forum!
I am pleased to welcome you to the hospitable land of the West Kazakhstan Region! This is the third time the Forum is being held in Uralsk, and it is a significant event for all of us.
Holding such a large-scale annual event is evidence of the high level of trust and constructive dialogue between Kazakhstan and Russia, based on a strong strategic partnership.
Our countries are carrying out systematic work to increase the volume of mutual trade and to expand investment cooperation. A wide range of issues is effectively addressed within the framework of the Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation.
The main theme of this year’s forum is «Skilled Trades as a Driving Force of Economic Growth». It is precisely skilled trades that ensure the development of industry, energy, transport, and logistics, forming the basis for sustainable trade and economic cooperation between our countries.
Today, the West Kazakhstan Region is one of the most industrially and agriculturally developed regions in the country. From 2025 to 2030, more than 70 projects with a total value of about 2.2 trillion tenge are planned for implementation, which will create over 9,000 new jobs. The region is home to one of the world’s largest oil, gas, and gas condensate fields — Karachaganak.
I am confident that the forum will give new impetus to the development of the region, deepen mutually beneficial economic cooperation, and strengthen business ties between entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and Russia in all priority areas.
I wish all forum participants fruitful work, successful achievement of your goals, and continued prosperity for our countries!
Sincerely, Akim of the West Kazakhstan region Nariman Turegaliev
Organizers
Speakers
All Speakers
Gulzana Serikova
owner of “M.Tynyshbayev ALT University”
Serik Jartybaev
director of the Pavlodar College of Information Technology
Asset Mukhanbetov
director of the Department of Technical and Vocational Education, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Serik Imashev
chief Engineer, JSC NC KazAvtoZhol – Member of the Management Board
Alyona Slavkina
Director of the Educational Programs Office, ACF “Park of Innovative Technologies” (Astana Hub)
Kanat Tireuov
Chairman of the Board – Rector of S.Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University (KATRU)
Askar Nametov
Rector of West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University named after Zhangir Khan
Ivan Melnikov
Chairman of the Public Association “IT Association West Kazakhstan Region”, Director of “Web-Design.kz Studio” LLP
Sergey Sergienko
Director of the Department for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Development, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Andrey Yeremin
Rector of the Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky
Svetlana Kumova
Director of the Institute of Applied Information Technology and Communications, Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov
Ekaterina Izhmulkina
Rector of the Russian Academy for Human Resource Development in the Agro-Industrial Complex (RAHR AIC)
Baurzhan Assanov
Chairman of the Management Board
Temirlan Utegenov
General Director of Kazakhmys Energy LLP
Sapar Toksanov
Vice Rector for Educational Work, Astana IT University
Dauren Gabdullayev
Founder of «TORUS.KZ»
Aleksey Dmitriev
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Orenburg State Agrarian University
Batyrbek Musin
Vice President of the Association of Water Users, Consumers, and Water Transport ‘KAZWATER’
Ivan Gorlov
First Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Orenburg Region
Жаслан Ургалиев
«US ENGINEERING» ЖШС техникалық директоры
Irina Paretskaya
Deputy Director, Department for the Development of Digital Competencies and Education, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Azhar Amirova
Executive Director, Union of Legal Entities “Self-Regulatory Organization ‘Association of Kazakhstan Freight Railway Operators’”
Nailya Iskhakova
Minister of Labor and Employment of the Orenburg Region
Vyacheslav Kovalenko
Deputy Minister of Education of the Orenburg Region
Andrey Golm
General Director, JSC “Orenburg Minerals”
Nikita Ozerov
Director, Institute of Energy, Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov
Feliks Mitskevich
Director, Department of Digital Transformation, Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Andrey Kuznetsov
Director, “Global Monitoring” LLC
Oksana Zhigulskaya
Director, Astrakhan State Polytechnic College (GBPOU of the Astrakhan Region)
Alexander Fedonnikov
Vice-Rector for Research, Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky
PROGRAMME
Registration of Business Council participants. Coffee break
Kazakhstan–Russia Business Council Meeting: Development of Skilled Trades as a Key to Industrialization and Import Substitution
Registration of participants for panel sessions
Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence: Training Personnel for a Technological Breakthrough
Energy and Industry – New Competencies for a New Economy
Coffee break
Transport and Logistics – Skilled Workforce as the Driving Force of the Transit Economy
Agro-Industrial Complex – Workforce for Food Security
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Venue
12/2, 5th Microdistrict, Uralsk
«Atameken» Óner Ordasy
134 Samal St., Uralsk
«Zhaiyk Arena»