2nd Conference on Energy transition, Sustainability and Inclusive Development in Central Asia 2024
8.45 am Registration
9 – 9.20
Introduction by Samuel Doveri Vesterbye (ENC) and Sebastian Schiek (SPCE Hub)
Key Note Professor Fabienne Bossuyt, Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES)
9.30 – 10-30
Panel discussion I: Energy and energy transition in Central Asia Speakers
- Bahtiyor Eshchanov, Energy Economist, Fiscal Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Ainur Sospanova, Chairperson of the Board of QazaqGreen, Kazakhstan
- Abylaikhan Soltanayev, Kazakh University of Power Engeneering and Telecommunications, Kazakhstan
- Wladimir Sgibnev, Leibniz Institute für Länderkunde, Germany
Chair Yana Zabanova, Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), Potsdam, Germany
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 – 11.15
Fabienne Bossuyt, GIES, and Alexey Kobzev, German-Kazakh University, in conversation with Sarah Rinaldi, Head of Unit for the Middle East and Central Asia at EU INTPA
11.15 – 12.15
Panel Discussion II: Sustainability, Inclusion and Participation from researchers’ and practitioners’ perspectives. Speakers
- Ainura Sagyn, Co-Founder and Director of TAZAR, Kyrgyzstan
- Saida Yusupova, Founder of Green Business Innovation Uzbekistan and Tech4Impact, Uzbekistan
- Kubatkbek Muktarbek uulu, Technical University Bishkek (KSTU), Kyrgyzstan and Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Germany
- Jochen Eckart, Hochschule Karlsruhe – University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany
Chair Karolina Kluczewska, Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES)
12.15
Reception