MODERATOR:
Marsha McGraw Olive, PhD
Expert on European, Russian, and Eurasian Affairs
Advisory Board Member, Caspian Policy Center
The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
George F. Kennan Fellow at The Wilson Center
SPEAKERS:
Maria Blackwood,
Central Asia Analyst at CRS,
Central Asia Analyst at Congressional Research Service
Sobir Kurbanov
Program Director for Central Asia at the CIPE
Peter Young
USAID Office Director for South and Central Asian Affairs,
Bureau for Asia
Marat Birimzhan
Representative in North America
National Company «Kazakh Invest»
Maksim Mukashev
General Director and owner of AeroTransport Consultants and Aviation & Forwarding Solutions
Raushan Bizhigitova
Founder and CEO of ASMED Medical Center in Almaty offering services to state supported patients. Since 2002, served nearly 60,000 patients.
Saniya Irsaliyeva
Member of the Commission on Women’s Affairs
President of the Public Association “ELIGAI GROUP”
Diana Kamaladin
Founder of the Qamalladin University
Education in Marketing and IT
Forbes 30 under 30
Vladimir Dyo
Co-founder of Global Music Partnership, LLC, specializing in facilitating partnerships and collaborations in the performing arts, recording, and film industries between the United States & Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Member of the Recording Academy GRAMMYs.