The results of Digital Almaty-2024 are in. The International Digital Forum was visited by more than 30 thousand unique visitors over the three days. The main theme of the event was «Industry X: Digital Evolution of the Future».
As part of the forum, a plenary session of the EAEU was held with the participation of the heads of government of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Together with it, 47 panel sessions were organized. In total, almost 300 speakers took part in the business program.
On the sidelines of Digital Almaty-2024, Bagdat Mussin, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation, and Aerospace Industry, spoke about the great interest of other countries in domestic digital solutions. This is evidenced by the participation of about 70 experts from foreign countries in the panel discussions, including ministers of digitalization.
«The Republic of Kazakhstan ranks 28th in the world in e-government and 8th in online services. This is evidenced by the fact that representatives of several other countries come here, specifically to IT forums, to find out how we are moving and what new solutions we are producing to improve the environment of interaction between the state and business, as well as between the state and our citizens,» — said Bagdat Mussin.
The head of the Ministry of Digital Development noted that Kazakhstan ranks 8th in the world in the development of online services. By the end of 2023, 50 million services were provided online, and citizens will be able to receive 92% of services without leaving their homes. Today, the government is faced with the task of introducing digital technologies into the industrial sector.
At the same time, the vice ministers of defense, health, science, and higher education, as well as labor and social protection, shared the achievements of the automation of services in the public sector.
Today, without leaving their homes, Kazakhstanis can apply to university, get an educational deferment from the army, find a job, make an appointment at a clinic, register for real estate, apply for a digital mortgage, etc.
In addition to discussion platforms for the guests of the event, there was an exhibition presenting digital projects of about 230 domestic and international IT companies, as well as leading international experts in the field of digitalization. In addition to such «mature» companies as Freedom Bank, Yandex, KCell, Tele2, young startups Sergek, Target Ai, Awara, Med365, IKOD, Datanomix, Intellect Service, Documentolog, Robotics Education, Alabs, BTS Digital, Axellero, Artson Build Invest, etc also presented their projects.
The Digital Almaty-2024 platform has become a great opportunity to establish partnerships and exchange experiences in the field of digitalization. About 60 meetings in B2B format and more than 50 pitching sessions between subsoil users and start-ups took place here.
Based on the results of three days of the forum, about 30 memorandums of understanding were signed. For example, Freedom Holding Corp. signed a memorandum with the Executive Directorate of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea. During the forum, Timur Turlov presented the project «Eco-cards in support of the Aral Sea», the main idea of which is to transfer 10 percent cashback to the fund for saving the disappearing sea.
On the final day of the forum, the biggest Industry 4.0 Startup Battle with a total prize fund of $180,000 took place at the Digital Almaty-2024 site. Out of 200 applications, 30 startups in the field of industrial digitalization made it to the finals and competed for prizes from the Battle partners. The best projects were selected by a professional jury made up of representatives of government agencies, venture investors, trackers, and subsoil users (KazPetrol, Kusto Group, KazMinerals, Karachaganak Petroleum).
The titles of the best industrial startups were won by:
THE BEST ESG STARTUP — KazagroTech;
THE BEST DIGITAL OIL FIELD STARTUP — NeuronOil;
THE BEST SMART MINING STARTUP — ASPANS;
THE MOST INVESTABLE STARTUP — Wes;
GVA’S FAVORITE STARTUP — Dereknet;
O.R.I.S. companies by A-business awarded VK Cloud a grant of 10 million tenge. Equipmetry, SmartView, and iMedHub Forus received grants of 20 thousand dollars to use Yandex Cloud.
In addition, 5 startups received certificates for participation in the exhibition as part of the Skolkovo Startup Village 2024 conference. They are AIMI, InPro-Tech, Ikem Technologies, KIT Drone, and Hydropondy Bioloiyalyk Zhem.
At the same time, many companies were awarded trips to MINEXPO in Las Vegas, USA. The lucky startups were AIMI, OST engineering, Dereknet, and Wes.
The Forum also attracted a lot of interest from the public and journalists. In three days, about 750 materials were published in the media, about 2,000 (post&reels) mentions of the Digital Almaty-2024 forum on social networks.
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Golden Partner: CITIX
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