March 15 - 19 2021
Connect.KG is fully online conference that will bring together local and international IT startups, digital businesses, and IT industry specialists. Featuring over 40 local Kyrgyz IT companies!
18:00 - 19:00 (GMT+6)
17:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6)
"Zero to One in IT" - How I Moved from Batken to the United States and Launched My IT Career
"Zero to One in IT" - How I Moved from Batken to the United States and Launched My IT Career
18:00 - 19:00 (GMT+6)
19:00 - 20:00 (GMT+6)
20:00 - 21:00 (GMT+6)
"The Future of IT in the Kyrgyz Republic"
"The Future of IT in the Kyrgyz Republic"
17:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6)
"Digital Marketing for IT Startups"
"Digital Marketing for IT Startups"
19:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6)
17:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6)
"Developing an Innovative Global Product"
"Developing an Innovative Global Product"
18:00 - 19:00 (GMT+6)
19:00 - 20:00 (GMT+6)
18:00 - 19:00 (GMT+6)
19:00 - 20:00 (GMT+6)
"Facebook for Kyrgyz Republic: How to Put Your Brand on the Global Map"
"Facebook for Kyrgyz Republic: How to Put Your Brand on the Global Map"
Aurora is a Partner Manager for Greater China and Central Asia at Facebook. She has spent more than a decade in the field of digital developments, including in partnership and marketing positions for Google, Ogilvy, and Baidu, among others. At Facebook, Aurora has helped to train thousands of policymakers, candidates, diplomats, leaders of non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders in both the public and private sectors about how to take the best use of social media to maximize their influence and stay connected with the world. She is a true believer in marketing as a force to make the world a better place through positively impacting behavior.
Tilek is the CEO and Co-Founder of Outtalent - a career accelerator that supports engineers from emerging markets to land jobs at top tech companies abroad. For the last 11 years, Tilek worked in engineering, business, and project management roles at Google. He spent 4 years at Google X as a program manager focused on stratospheric balloons that provide Internet to remote areas in emerging markets as well as a lead of a machine learning business. Tilek’s Central Asia background inspired many evening and weekend projects at Google - he helped launch Google Translate in Kyrgyz and Kazakh languages, Google Street View in Kyrgyzstan, local Google Developer Groups, Google Elections, infrastructure solutions for faster YouTube and interface localization for Central Asian languages for most Google’s multiple products.
Esen is the co-founder and CEO of Peaksoft, a Bishkek-based software solution and development service provider serving U.S. companies. Originally from Batken region, in the south-west of the Kyrgyz Republic, Esen has been working in IT for 10 years. In 2011, he moved to the United States, where he studied computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He started his career in the IT industry at Chase Bank, after which he worked as an executive director at Cybertek, Chicago. Esen also founded Muras Club in Chicago which has trained hundreds of aspiring Kyrgyz-American IT programmers.
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Nikita is the co-founder and CEO of FitJab, a pioneering fitness mobile app for Muslim women. Born and raised in the Kyrgyz Republic, Nikita has over 11 years of experience in business development and marketing in Kyiv, Ukraine and New York. Nikita holds a BS degree in Software Engineering and he is a graduate of New York Film Academy and Juilliard School of Music. Nikita is also an IronMan 70.3 World Championship Finalist.
Dina is the Founder and Managing Director of the Codify Group (Codify Academy, Codify Consulting and Codify LMS) in Bishkek. In 2020, Dina was named Chairwoman of the Kyrgyz Software and Services Developers Association. She previously led Project Development at Zensoft, one of the largest software services companies in the Kyrgyz Republic, building technical teams to solve complex problems and create innovative software. With an MBA from the University of Lincoln in California and a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Dina has gained extensive experience and exceptional ability to connect clients with their development teams. She has taught Project and Product Management, System Specifications at INAI and Ala Too Universities for MBA students for the past 3 years.
Ouali is the Founder and Organizer of WebCongress events — a digital marketing platform, helping the world leverage today’s digital opportunities through events, trainings and services in the United States, Latin American and Europe in over 16 countries. Since 2020, Ouali has participated in the Global Entrepreneur Network, mentoring startups of all stages to leverage their digital efforts, plan, analyze and optimize their marketing and data analytics He has been a featured expert on digital marketing for startups hosted by the PEAK Bishkek Business Development and Innovation Center.
High Technology Park is a government organization and a key tech player building an innovation ecosystem in the Kyrgyz Republic.
HTP shapes the IT industry in Kyrgyzstan and strongly supports tech businesses by providing tax benefits to companies and entrepreneurs both local and foreign. The organization welcomes international partners in order to foster an export-oriented economy and actively engage with the global tech community.
In 2019, residents of the High Technology Park generated more than $14 million, a 65% increase from 2018. 84% of the total production was created for export. Exports to the US alone grew 25% in the last quarter over the previous year. By 2024, HTP is anticipated to generate $200 million in annual aggregate revenue and up to 10,000 domestic IT-related jobs.
On the national level, HTP runs incubation programs for tech startups, educational initiatives to increase enrollment in IT programs and improve online learning, and various events to create opportunities for industry professionals and cultivate tech culture among the youth of the Kyrgyz Republic
High Technology Park strives for global growth and a vibrant, sustainable tech ecosystem built with the great talents of Kyrgyz professionals.
The Kyrgyz Republic has become an emerging outsourcing market for international tech startups and SMEs seeking business processing and IT services, due to its zero percent tax regime, low overhead costs, and skilled local IT workforce.
There is an increasing demand for collaboration and a spike of interest in the tech gem of Central Asia. Connect.KG will be the first international IT expo in Kyrgyzstan set to help in understanding the peculiarities and the possibilities of its tech market.
Emerge yourself into a new exciting tech environment. IT experts, business leaders, entrepreneurs, sales executives, investors, marketers, and interested observers will all benefit from being a part of Connect.KG.
Visitors will get a chance to connect with the leading IT companies, organizations, and professionals in Kyrgyzstan. Explore services and solutions to achieve your tech-driven objectives.
Access a new exciting workforce market to scale your business with ease or create your own tech startup/product efficiently. Learn the benefits of launching a branch in Kyrgyzstan and start your business journey in the next hub of Central Asia.
Get to know Kyrgyzstan and make an impact through investment opportunities in tech startups, innovative infrastructures, IT education institutions, or through mentorship and consulting. Connect.KG will help you navigate the ecosystem and the ways you become a part of it.
Connect.KG is both a business and an informative event. Allow yourself to get to know the market beyond the sales pitches and into transparent and raw insights into Kyrgyzstan’s tech ecosystem
Foreign companies and organizations are encouraged to participate in showcasing their tech solutions, services, and ideas. The IT industry in Kyrgyzstan is only starting to bloom and has a vast space for tech opportunities. Be one of the firsts to enter the region and create the vision of the future.
This virtual event is at no cost to you. You’ll be introduced to a wealth of information without the hassle of traveling and expenses on tickets, and passes. Safe, effective, time and energy saving. Welcome to Connect.KG!
The Kyrgyz Republic’s emerging ICT sector is poised to be a major economic driver to power modernization and regional development, offering significant investment and trade opportunities in the “Virtual Silk Road”.
While the country has lagged behind its regional neighbors in ICT access and digital infrastructure development, the IT sector of Kyrgyzstan is one of the fastest growing and promising industries in the Kyrgyz Republic.
In the last six years, the Kyrgyz Republic has risen in the rankings of the Global Innovation Index from 117 th (2013) to 94 th (2020) among 131 countries. This year, Kyrgyzstan has advanced by three rankings in Innovation Output.
Under the digital transformation roadmap, the Kyrgyz government is targeting ICT modernization of customs and logistics centers, healthcare service centers, educational institutions, and transport hubs.
Prospects for U.S. companies include: broadband internet access technologies, consumer electronics, educational software, fintech and banking services, analytical software, hardware, cyber security solutions and legal and financial services.
The country is also an emerging outsource market for international tech startups and companies seeking business solutions and automatization of their services, due to its 0% tax regime, low overhead costs, and highly skilled local IT workforce.
The legislation provides repatriation of investments, property, and information out of Kyrgyz Republic, guarantees of protection against investment expropriation and reimbursement of losses incurred by investors, guarantees of income use and freedom of monetary transactions, and others.
Existing laws for investor protection are: