Fifth Plenary Session of the CICA Business Council and the Seventh Business Forum

Date and time: 27 June 2022 from 10.00 to 16.50 (by the time of Nur-Sultan, GMT + 06)

Venue: Trading Hall, Astana International Financial Centre, address: Mangilik Yel av., 55/19, bldg. C3.4, entrance through Mangilik Yel av., 55/18, bldg. C3.3

Event format: hybrid

Host: CICA Secretariat in cooperation with Kazakh National Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken" and Astana International Financial Centre

About the event: 

The Fifth Plenary Session of the CICA Business Council and the Seventh CICA Business Forum will take place on 27 June 2022, in the year of the 30^th anniversary of CICA.

The programme of the CICA Business Council and Business Forum consists of three panel sessions. During the first session “Digitalization of Business Processes in SMEs” the participants will share their experience and discuss the prospects for cooperation between the CICA Member States in digitalization of business processes for the benefit of small and medium enterprises, which is one of the key factors of economic growth in the modern world. During the second and third sessions, experts will discuss the issues of Doing Business in Pandemic and Restricted Environment, as well as Ensuring Food Security in a Changed Environment in Asia.

Speakers of the event:

• Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Reforms under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sir Suma Chakrabarti (UK);
• Secretary General of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana;
• Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food of Bangladesh Md. Khabibur Rahman Hosaini;
• Deputy Chairman of the Board of the CICA Business Council, Head of the Directorate for International Cooperation of the Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (Russian Federation) Mr. P.Kondrashov;
• Deputy Chairman of the Board of the CICA Business Council, Vice President of the Turkish National Small and Medium Business Corporation (KOSGEB) (Republic of Turkey) Mr. Fatih Gokuyurt;
• Member of CICA Business Council of behalf of People’s Republic of China, Chairman of the CITIC Construction Co. Mr. Chen Xiaojia;
• Director of the International Cooperation Directorate at the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation Mr. Osama Makki;
• Head of Subregional Office for North and Central Asia of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Mr. Nikolay Pomoshchnikov;
• Director for International Trade and Business Development in Kibbutz Industries Association of Israel Mrs. Michal Tsoran;
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Republic of Kazakhstan (with residence in Ankara, Türkiye) Mr. Ibrahim Alabdulla;
• President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (People’s Republic of China) as Chairman of the CICA Think Tanks Forum Dr. Chen Dongxiao. 

For more information: Officer of the Secretariat Mrs. Sholpan Yelkeeva, e-mail:  sholpan@s-cica.org, WhatsApp + 7 701 900 82 05

For accreditation of the press: Public Relations Officer Ms. Gaukhar Ashirbekova, e-mail: gaukhar.ashirbekova@s-cica.org, WhatsApp + 7 701 700 05 53

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