CAGS-2023 and a webinar on career development: workshops, meetups, and conferences for IT professionals from Central Asia

We have compiled a selection of academic events for IT professionals in Central Asia.

Online webinar on the topic “How to Use Unit Economics for Decision-Making?”

The goal of the meeting is to determine how unit economics is used for decision-making and how to select the most effective metrics. In conditions of limited resources, this approach allows for a better understanding of the economic aspect in terms of a single business unit.

The speaker of the event is Aida Turgunbekova, a graduate of the University of West London (UWS), a consultant on optimizing operational processes and scaling businesses in Kazakhstan.

When: June 20 at 20:30 

Where: Zoom 

Registration is available via the link.

Meetup on the topic “Education and Career in STEM”

The speaker of the event is Vijay Menon, CEO of Butter Payments. Butter Payments is a payment technology that drives revenue growth by optimizing current payments. Vijay worked on the Battery 500 project at IBM and conducted numerous studies in various fields.

When: June 21 at 15:00

Where: Bishkek, American Center office 

Registration is available via the link.

Webinar on AI Product Management

The speaker is Askar Aytov, DevRel Coordinator, Google for developers & Google for startups in Central Asia.

During the webinar, Askar Aytov will cover interesting topics:

— stages of digital product design

— designing with ML components to solve business problems

— Data production for managers and analysts

When: June 21 at 17:00

Where: Zoom

Registration via the link. 

ProQuality will host an online meeting on mobile web automation

The online meetup will be on the topic of Mobile Web Automation — Doing Things the Right Way.

The speaker of the event is Sergey Dubovik, a lead software testing automation engineer at EPAM, who has extensive experience in mobile web automation and will share his knowledge and practical skills.

The meeting will be dedicated to the topic of mobile web automation and the correct approach to this process. 

When: June 22 at 12:00

Where: online

Registration via the link. 

Conference “Your Start in IT”

At this conference, you will:
— find out which IT specialty is right for you
— be convinced that there is a place for everyone in IT — it is not necessary to graduate from a technical university
— be able to create a step-by-step plan to start your career.

When: June 23 at 15:00

Where: online

Registration is available via the link.

Central Asia Games Show 2023 

An important event of CAGS-2023 will be the International Conference for professionals in the GameDev industry, digital content, and IT education. The conference will feature presentations of new games and applications from developers in Central Asia.

On July 6, the B2B Pre-Party CAGS-2023 will take place in the new ololoPlanet building.

On July 7, the Central Asia Game Show Conference will be held at the ethnoclub “Khan-Tengri”.

Developers, publishers, investors, and speakers from the USA, Europe, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic will participate in CAGS-2023.

When: July 6-7

Where: Bishkek

Products Conf Central Asia

The theme of the conference is Digital careers & ventures. 

Event speakers:

— Askar Aytov, Google for Developers coordinator in Central Asia and Mongolia

— Alexander Mezin, Chief Product Officer

— Meruert Kenesova, Ventures Analyst

— Aiyymzhan Baitureeva, PhD candidate in the field of mathematical and computer modeling at Kazakh National University

— Baubek Turekhanov, Director & Co-founder of Beentelligence.

The conference language is English, but some speakers will present in the languages of CIS countries.

When: July 20 at 10:00

Where: Almaty

Registration is available via the link.