Central Asian—American
IT Forum
IT Forum
Cornell Tech, Roosevelt Island, New York
13 September 2022
13 September 2022
The event organizers
Connecting Central Asian and American business communities
Envisioning the future together
"Central Asia is the next IT destination" is a platform for key specialists and decision-makers whose ideas push the entire IT industry forward and determine our future as we know it. This IT Forum will connect regional tech leaders with big thinkers, government agencies and business executives in the United States.
This is an excellent opportunity to engage with a rapidly growing sector and region at the first large Central Asian IT event held outside of the region. The U.S. is the perfect starting point for building relationships and partnerships. Our main aims are to stimulate and inspire forum attendees to create, innovate and promote IT products internationally as well as increase exports and attract investors and partners to the region.
This is an excellent opportunity to engage with a rapidly growing sector and region at the first large Central Asian IT event held outside of the region. The U.S. is the perfect starting point for building relationships and partnerships. Our main aims are to stimulate and inspire forum attendees to create, innovate and promote IT products internationally as well as increase exports and attract investors and partners to the region.
"Central Asia is the next IT destination" is a platform for key specialists and decision-makers whose ideas push the entire IT industry forward and determine our future as we know it. This IT Forum will connect regional tech leaders with big thinkers, government agencies and business executives in the United States.
This is an excellent opportunity to engage with a rapidly growing sector and region at the first large Central Asian IT event held outside of the region. The U.S. is the perfect starting point for building relationships and partnerships. Our main aims are to stimulate and inspire forum attendees to create, innovate and promote IT products internationally as well as increase exports and attract investors and partners to the region.
This is an excellent opportunity to engage with a rapidly growing sector and region at the first large Central Asian IT event held outside of the region. The U.S. is the perfect starting point for building relationships and partnerships. Our main aims are to stimulate and inspire forum attendees to create, innovate and promote IT products internationally as well as increase exports and attract investors and partners to the region.
Dear Colleagues! We’re proud to invite you to the first ever Central Asian — American IT Forum in New York. Join us in person at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island, New York City to learn about the region’s strong IT sector, our high quality workforce, creativity, and services. At this free event, there will be ample opportunities to network with IT industry leaders, senior executives of startups, medium and large IT enterprises from America, The Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
The rapid growth of Central Asia’s IT industry shows no signs of
The rapid growth of Central Asia’s IT industry shows no signs of
slowing. Industry and government leaders are working together to encourage our tech sectors to provide secure, reliable, stable IT services across the globe. Tax reductions for local IT employers, workforce development programs, and investments in energy and telecommunications infrastructure provide the region with competitive advantages, affordable price points, and a rapidly growing talent pool. Our attractive, affordable lifestyles and English language skills have led several medium and large tech companies to open offices in the region.
Join us! This event is a great opportunity for those who are looking for IT talent, tech team enhancement, IT outsourcing / outstaffing partners that offer a range of IT services, including:
- Software Product Development
- DevOps Services and Solutions
- Digital Transformation Services and Application Maintenance
- Mobile app development
- Cloud Consulting
- Outstaffing Solutions
Avigail Menashe
Executive director at KSSDA
Participants of the forum
Tech sector business leaders from Central Asia and the USA
Economic development officers from the Embassies of СА
The US IT sector
Regional IT executives
Startup accelerators
Government officials of Kyrgyzstan
Representatives of the US business association
Promising and influential representatives of large and medium-sized businesses of the U.S and Central Asia
Mission goals
Create a global community
Cultivate key connections and contactsSupport
..............Executives, developers, R&D centers, businesses
Provide an environment for meaningful face-to-face meetings
Establish potential business partnerships
Connect ICT markets
Why Central Asia?
High Quality
Mature talent pool creates products and services for clients from the US, Japan, Europe and other markets since going independent in the 1990s.
Cheap electricity
Central Asia has one of the cheapest electricity rates in the world.
Governments' support
Governments of Central Asian countries recognize the impact that tech and creative industries have on their economies. Over the last ten years they've introduced policies and tax programs that created space for international projects. These developmental strides supercharge growth of many interconnected sectors.
Workforce | Human potential
61.4 mln Population
99% Literacy rate
99% Literacy rate
Visa-free entry
Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan – visa-free for citizens of western countries
Fast and cheap internet
Kyrgyzstan has one of the lowest costs of mobile Internet in the world. Kyrgyzstan ranked second on the list of countries with the lowest cost of mobile internet by British analytical resource Cable.co.uk.
200+ participants
from CA region and USA
from CA region and USA
5 countries
30+ partners
Conference Program
Tuesday, September 13
Opening Speech
10:00 – 10:15
Host of the event, Kyrgyz Software and Services Developers Association (KSSDA)
Avigail Menashe, Executive director at KSSDA
Introductory Speech
10:15-10:20
Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States of America
Baktybek Amanbaev, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States of America
10:20-10:25
U.S. Department of State
Brian Stimmler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
10:25-10:30
Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States of America
Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan the United States of America
10:30-10:35
Embassy of Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America
Yerzhan Ashikbaev, Ambassador of Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America
10:35-10:40
Office of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic
Almaz Isanov, Head of Political and Economic Research Department
10:45-10:50
High Technology Park of Kyrgyz Republic
Chubak Temirov, Executive Director at HTP
10:50-10:55
Starlink
Ben McWilliams, Senior Market Access Manager
10:55-11:00
Kyrgyz - UZ Business Council
Elena V. Son, Executive Director of The American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce (AUCC) & The US-Kyrgyzstan Business Council (USKGZBC)
11:00-11:10
Kanda Software
Tibor Vais, President
11:10-11:15
US Department of Commerce
Cristen Bauer, Attorney, CLDP
Presentations
11:15-11:35
KSSDA / High Technology Park of the Kyrgyz Republic
Avigail Menashe (Executive director at KSSDA) & Сhubak Temirov (Executive Director at HTP)
Video and Presentation on the IT potential of Central Asia
11:35-12:35
Presentation of Tech companies portfolio and products
Oleg Puzanov (Mad Devs), Nurlan Kalybekov (Pricer), Sanira Madzhikova (Palm), Meder Kutbidin uulu (Sigma Software Solutions), Fayziev Rustam (CLICK), Xudjakulov Khurshid (Round Umbrella), Dilmurod Mamatmurodov (Crasoft), Daulet Nurgali (Nidge Global), Alibek Churin (Smartgas)
Company presentations
12:35-13:30
Networking session and Coffee break
13:30 – 15:00
Business Matching activity & Closing
Audience from
Central Asia:
Central Asia:
Export-ready Central Asian TECH companies
Trade associations, government officials, industry leaders
Representatives of Central Asian diasporas
Central Asia is the
new IT destination
new IT destination
Central Asia proved to be a great and a more affordable alternative to Indian companies. Local developers have a unique perspective that allows them to be nimble when it comes to ideation and ambitious in their execution.
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Uzbekistan
- Kazakhstan
IT Parks in numbers
- $422mln turnover IT parks
- 1452the number of companies
- 28 000people the number of employees
Human potential
61.5 mln
Population
99%
Literacy rate
Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, English, Russian and other
Language skills
370
Number of IT universities and courses
300 000
Number of IT faculty graduates
31 mln
Employed population
TOP-3 Export
categories 2021
categories 2021
- 45%Software development
- 50%Business process outsorsing
- 5%Services
Tax preferences
for export-oriented
Tech companies
for export-oriented
Tech companies
This quick ascend is largely due to the establishment of the High Technology Park that lowered tax rates and eased business procedures. This commitment to the development of ICT services propelled Kyrgyzstan to the 35th spot in the qualitative report of Global Innovation Index in 2018, edging out Russia and other large markets.
- 0%Profit and sales tax
- 0%Value added tax
- 5%Descreased income tax
- 12%Insurance promiums but 12% from average salary in Kyrgyz Republic, fixed amount ~ 30/40$per employee
Services of the
IT companies part
of the delegation
IT companies part
of the delegation
Get top-reliable highly scalable IT solutions
to gain business momentum
to gain business momentum
Software Product Development / DevOps Services and Solutions
Mobile Application Development Services
Digital Transformation Services / Application Maintenance & Support Services
Cloud Consulting and Engineering Services / Cloud Migration Services
Big Data Consulting and Analytics Services
Outstaffing Solutions
Our valued customers.
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Customer Involvement
High-load Solutions
Transparent and Comprehensive Reporting
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Customer Testimonials
- "I keep coming back to Kanda because they have a good combination of skills, technology, and a flexible approach. It feels like a partnership rather than working with a traditional outsourcing provider".Mike MichaudCTO Consultant, Boston CIO
- "With Unique Tech we have developed a unique product many customers in Japan are using now. UT develops high quality web systems and mobile apps."Toshyiuki YamamotoCEO at ChatWork Inc
- Mad Devs have extensive experience in various industries, which allows them to solve issues quickly and efficiently.Wade BartlettTechnical Consultant, Sir John Monash Centre
- "I would definitely recommend B12 to companies looking to take their online business seriously. The value that B12 provides is unparalleled"Matten LawChanging the business of immigration law
Leading Central Asian
Tech Companies
Tech Companies
Here are some portfolios of attendees from Central Asia, you can meet them and many other companies/startups at the event, please scroll to learn more about each IT company
Artem is a board of Directors of KSSDA and have had contributed to IT education, he is one of the founders of Association of Teachers of informatics and thanks to his and his colleague's (Andrey Gurinov our chairman of KSSDA) many olympiad winners have won international world tournaments and olympiads. Kyrgyzstan is showing great results at olympiads due to their big participation, involvements in educational projects on school and university levels. Artem is well known leader and leads one of the TOP IT companies in Kyrgyzstan.
Mad Devs is one of the leading Kyrgyzstan's companies, who have dramatically contributed to the IT-scene and have taught and contributed to growth of thousands of interns. They will be able to represent a great potential of Kyrgyz IT as they are internationally competetive. Mad Devs is also in board of directors and plays an important role in developing the sector, Mad Devs is well known not only in Kyrgyzstan but all over Central Asia.
Gulzada Urgunalieva is an alumna of TechWomen 2022 program and she is on the board of directors of KSSDA. Together with the founder of the Unique Technologies company Mr. Azis Abakirov (the founder of the High-Technology park, KSSDA & IT academies in Kyrgyzstan), the team is contributing to the development of Kyrgyzstani IT scene. With a 17 years history, the company has developed IT products and services for Japan, the USA, Europe and Central Asia countries.
Mobile application development company. We provide full cycle services from start to market. Focusing on mobile application development gives us an opportunity to channel resources in one and receive a high-quality product in result.
We offer outstaff, outsourcing, recruiting of technical specialists. - Outstaff - our company provides development services when the customer takes full technical management of our employees and pays for the actual hours of employees.
- IT connect - our company helps partners (IT companies) from Central Asia to attract new leads for outstaffing of their employees. We take care of the sales.
- IT recruiting - we help foreign technical companies to find a technical specialist from the target audience for direct employment.
- IT connect - our company helps partners (IT companies) from Central Asia to attract new leads for outstaffing of their employees. We take care of the sales.
- IT recruiting - we help foreign technical companies to find a technical specialist from the target audience for direct employment.
* Software development (CRM, ERP, mobile applications, website, etc.) on a turnkey basis
* Launching contextual, targeted advertising
* Outstaffing of developers to large companies/banks
* Launching contextual, targeted advertising
* Outstaffing of developers to large companies/banks
#1 Technological partner of Caspian and Halyk banks in Kazakhstan for the Online Refueling product
#2 Service provider for payment processing at gas station networks
#3 Launch of industrial product "Smartgas FSM"
#4 The total cost of fuel provided as part of the "Online Refueling" product is 800 million tenge. ~ 1.8M.USD.
#2 Service provider for payment processing at gas station networks
#3 Launch of industrial product "Smartgas FSM"
#4 The total cost of fuel provided as part of the "Online Refueling" product is 800 million tenge. ~ 1.8M.USD.
click.uz - universal banking platform, pay bills, P2P transfers, e-wallet payments.
Pricer Co. is Japanese Kyrgyz company. We had a wonderful encounter in Japan and we were able to establish Pricer Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic. Pricer Bishkek is mainly engaged in the development of mobile applications (IOS, Android). We aim to contribute to the social and economic development of Kyrgyzstan, and make peoples' lives more convenient. Our strengths are the technological capabilities and expertise that we have built-in Japan. We carry out all processes from planning and design to operation.
PALM is an engineering recruiting and staff augmentation agency that helps companies in Europe hire motivated developers from Central Asia. Our company helped 15 businesses with overall 10M+ users hire 20 IT experts from Kyrgyzstan, matching experts' tech skills and project requirements. Our partners don't hire directly as we offer staff augmentation, so they work with our developers on a subcontract basis.
Currently I am CEO of IT Development Fund whose mission is to boost startup ecosystem of Kyrgyzstan, as a first step we have become a data partner of "Startup Blink" (the world's most comprehensive startup ecosystem map and research center) and this year due to effort of IT Development Fund, Kyrgyzstan for the first time made it in top 100 startup ecosystem ranking.
AR product development. Director of a leading company in Central Asia for the development of augmented reality products. Main projects: Singing cognac Ala-Too, Living paintings in the Gapar Aitiev Museum, Yurt in augmented reality Kyrgyzstan Expo-Dubai.
We work in several directions.
1. Product: Balatech is a multilingual educational platform for learning the basics of programming for schoolchildren. In 2022, we covered 57 countries and attracted over 52,000 users.
2. Outsourcing the development of IT and educational products
Full cycle of development of IT platforms in the field of EdTech and educational content.
1. Product: Balatech is a multilingual educational platform for learning the basics of programming for schoolchildren. In 2022, we covered 57 countries and attracted over 52,000 users.
2. Outsourcing the development of IT and educational products
Full cycle of development of IT platforms in the field of EdTech and educational content.
Our company is the board member of KSSDA. We are proficient to represent the interests of the Kyrgyz Republic worldwide. Monki Loan conveyor - software for banks and IFCs. Fanki HRIS is a platform for automating HR processes in a company. Qlever is a media literacy educational platform. Rocket Score - a system for assessing borrowers.
Grimwood Team is a leading game development studio in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. The studio worked on various game projects: World of One, Mask Merge, Dreamclaw and other projects. Grimwood Team hosted Central Asian Games Show (CAGS) 2019 and 2020, which invited members of the International Conference of Game Industry, IT-Education, E-Commerce, and Cyber Security Specialists.
Kundoluk - an efficient and functional educational software that provides complete coverage of the desired functions for educational institutions. Implemented more than 200 schools in the Kyrgyz Republic. Sigma Aero - A platform to improve aviation safety for airlines.
We are a leading company in Kyrgyzstan dealing with electronic, mechanical and computing devices, including software, We have trained and graduated more than 50 programmers in the field of Robotics who won prizes in international competitions, The company's turnover is more than $ 1 million, We are interested in partners in America for the further development of Robotics and programming in Kyrgyzstan.
Grimwood Team is a leading game development studio in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. The studio worked on various game projects: World of One, Mask Merge, Dreamclaw and other projects. Grimwood Team hosted Central Asian Games Show (CAGS) 2019 and 2020, which invited members of the International Conference of Game Industry, IT-Education, E-Commerce, and Cyber Security Specialists.
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