Agenda

September

23 24 25 26

Currently Agenda is subject to change!

Registration

11:30-12:00

Official Welcome & Opening

12:00-12:10

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Sherzod Shermatov

Minister of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan - National Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Keynote Speeches

12:10-13:10

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Makhliyo Muksinova

Director of Services Export Development, IT Park Uzbekistan

Conclusion of the Event

13:10-13:15

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Abdulakhad Kuchkarov

Executive Director, IT Park Uzbekistan

Success & failure stories

12:00-13:40

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Sheryar Bawany

CEO & Co-Founder, Trukkr

Maksim Prokhorov

CEO & Founder, PLATMA

Alisher Akbarov

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO Comfi)

Roman Lavrentiev

Chief Operating Officer, Uzum

Izzat Shukurov

General Manager Yandex Uzbekistan

Welcoming and Introduction

12:00-12:05

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Clara Guilhem

Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Opening Remarks

12:05-12:20

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Johannes Baur

Head of Cooperation EU Delegation Kazakhstan

Keynote Speeches

12:20-12:35

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Girts Jaunzems

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Uzbekistan

High-Level Panel Session: Cross-Border Digital Transformation & Connectivity

12:35-13:25

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Laura Vecvagare

Regional Head of Industry, Infrastructure and Natural Resources

Giedrius Pūras

Member of Council, Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania (RRT)

Ieva Žilionienė

Chief Consulting Officer, NRD Companies, Lithuania

Baubek Oralmagambetov

Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Regional Round Table Discussion: User-Centric Policy – Roaming / Roam-like-at-home model in Central Asia

13:30-14:00

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Giedrius Pūras

Member of Council, Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania (RRT)

Neils Kalniņš

Techritory Ecosystem Director, Electronic Communications Office of Latvia

Panel discussion: Space industry development with European Union - Central Asian experience sharing on challenges and trends

14:15-15:00

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Angelina Bekasova

Senior Expert and Head of Space Policy, Entrepreneurship Competitiveness Department, Ministry of Economics, Republic of Latvia

Georgijs Vojevoda

Counsellor of Economic and Commercial Affairs, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

Aivars Mirzo Līpenītis

Entrepreneur and consultant specializing in innovation and business growth

Panel Session: Digital Futures for Central Asia: Readiness, Vision, and Pathways to Growth

15:05-16:00

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Marat Torobekov

Civil Initiative on Internet Policy, Kyrgyzstan

Yelzhan Kabyshev

Internet Freedom, Kazakhstan

Ieva Žilionienė

Chief Consulting Officer, NRD Companies, Lithuania

Zuhra Halimova

Senior Adviser, Caps Unlock

Raimonda Purvienė

Expert on Digital, The Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania

Welcome & Opening Remarks

14:30-14:40

Data Center Trends and Local Solutions: Building Uzbekistan’s Digital Backbone

14:40-15:00

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Rajit Nanda

Chief Executive Officer, DataVolt

Fireside Chat

15:00-15:20

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Adam Malsagov

Director – Business Development, DataVolt

Rajit Nanda

Chief Executive Officer, DataVolt

Sherzod Shermatov

Minister of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan - National Chief Information Officer (CIO)

MoU Signing: Uzum, Uztelecom, East Telecom, MobiUz

15:20-16:00

Redefining Infrastructure: Colocation as the Engine of Digital Acceleration

16:00-16:30

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Evgeniy Vishnevskiy

CEO, Pro-Data

Magide Sebtioui

Regional Head of Sales, DataVolt

Farrukh Alimukhamedov

Deputy General Director, Head of New Business Department, East Telecom

Roman Lavrentiev

Chief Operating Officer, Uzum

Lasha Tabidze

Chief Digital Operations Officer at Veon

Christian Obando

Senior Director, AI & Cloud Infrastructure – Growth Markets (Central Asia, Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe), Oracle

Uzum Session: AI starts with infrastructure: why local capacity is the key to scalable AI development

16:30-16:55

ICTWeek 2025 Speakers

Elena Kunakova

Director Ads Microsoft AI

Anil Vijayachandran

Deputy Chief Development Officer, DataVolt

Kevin Khanda

Chief Product & Technology Officer at Uzum

Closing Remarks

16:55-17:00

Gathering

15:45-16:00

Welcome & ZTE Introduction

16:00-16:07

Opening Speeches

16:07-16:17

Panel Discussion: "AI Technologies Shaping Central Asia's Digital Future"

16:17-16:57

Power of New Generation: ZTE’s Scholarship Award Ceremony

16:57-17:17

MoU Signing Ceremony

17:17-17:27

Closing Remarks

17:27-17:30

Networking & Exhibition Tour

17:30-18:00

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