IT Agenda for July: Key Events in the World and Central Asia

Tajikistan National ICT Development Forum
The Tajikistan National ICT Development Forum will bring together government officials, business leaders, and international organizations to discuss the country's digital transformation strategy, the development of artificial intelligence, telecom infrastructure, cloud technologies, and IT workforce training. The central event will be the presentation of an IDC research report on the state of Tajikistan's ICT industry and a roadmap for the development of the digital economy up to 2030.

When: July 2
Where: Dushanbe

ChocoDevDay: ML & Data Meetup
A meetup for professionals working with artificial intelligence and big data. Four practitioners will share their experiences: how to automate ML research using AI agents, insights gained from working on the Gemini model at Google DeepMind, how to build data architecture for enterprise GenAI, and how to establish analytics from scratch in a company.

When: July 8 at 18:30
Where: Almaty, 280 Bayzakov Street, Choco "Grantli" office

International Pre-Accelerator in Armenia — Expo Batch 3
The finale of the program for early-stage startups by the international accelerator Plug and Play and the Ministry of High Technologies of Armenia. At the event, 18 startups from the third cohort will showcase their achievements during the program and present their projects to local and foreign corporations and investors.

When: July 9
Where: Yerevan

International Conference on Innovative Engineering Technologies — ICIET 2026
An academic conference by The IRES for scientists, engineers, and students, dedicated to innovative engineering technologies. Participants will present their research, and the best papers will be published in Scopus and Web of Science indexed journals.

When: July 11-12
Where: Baku

Kolesa Online Meetup
Kolesa Group will host a free online meetup on analytics, focusing on A/B testing and evaluating the long-term impact of product changes. Participants will analyze a real end-to-end experiment case—from hypothesis and testing to scaling across the entire audience—and learn why a successful A/B test does not always guarantee feature success. The speaker will be Kamila Bishenova, Data Analyst at Kolesa Group.

When: July 15 at 18:00
Where: Online

World Artificial Intelligence Conference Academic — WAICA 2026
The first academic conference within the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, organized by the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Chinese Computer Federation (CCF). The chair is Andrew Yao; the program includes keynote speeches, panels, and publication of proceedings in Springer LNCS.

When: July 18-20
Where: Shanghai

Global Business Services Forum GBSF 2026
A forum for companies that are opening or wish to open a business support center in Uzbekistan, such as accounting, customer service, IT outsourcing, or remote back-office operations. The program includes presentations and case studies from real companies, meetings with government agencies and investors, as well as tours of local offices and companies to see how these operations work in practice.

When: July 24-25
Where: Tashkent, IT Park Complex

PyData & PyCon Yerevan 2026
A conference for Python developers and data professionals, including developers, data scientists, researchers, and students. It is organized by the American University of Armenia with the support of international communities NumFOCUS and PyData Global. Speakers include Ines Montani, creator of the popular spaCy library, and Matthew Honnibal, one of its developers. The program covers building effective ML models, best practices for working with data, and the latest news from the Python world.

When: July 24-25
Where: Yerevan

Digital Uzbekistan in Budapest
A presentation event where Uzbekistan will showcase its IT industry to European investors and companies: highlighting existing startups, explaining how outsourcing works, and demonstrating why the country should be considered a new business hub. This event is suitable for those seeking partners or investments in Europe or interested in the Central Asian market.

When: July 27 at 17:00
Where: Budapest

Games of the Future 2026
An international "phygital" sports tournament—a format where a traditional sport, such as football or basketball, is combined with its video game counterpart, and the final result is determined by both stages. Over 800 athletes and gamers from more than 50 countries will compete for a prize pool of over $4 million across eight disciplines: from phygital football and basketball to MOBA and Battle Royale.

When: July 29 — August 9
Where: Astana