On 25-26 May, Astana hosted an annual event in the area of economic and political life of the region – Astana Economic Forum.

The AEF-2016 is a Forum of the Silk Road countries aimed to unite representatives of governments and businesses of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

The main subject of the AEF-2016 was the ‘New Economic Reality:  diversification, innovations and knowledge economy’.

The forum was attended by representatives of the expert community, politicians, heads of the largest financial institutions, international organisations, and Nobel Prize winners.

In total, the Forum consisted of 20 sessions.  It also included lectures by key speakers on the global economy, economy diversification, innovation and technologies, and knowledge economy.

The key events of the Astana Economic Forum included:

  • Kazakhstan Investment Summit
  • Forum of the Silk Road countries
  • High Level Conference: Global Growth Transformation
  • Kazakhstan Privatization Forum
  • Construction of the Institutional Environment for Sustainable Growth
  • Regional IMF Conference

GRATA International was represented at the Forum by: Tlek Baigabulov – Senior Partner, Akhmetzhan Abdullayev – Senior Partner, Samat Daumov – Managing Partner, Liya Akzhanova – Counsel, and Luiza Dyussengaliyeva – Senior Lawyer.