3 July 2010

III Astana Economic Forum to be held on july 1-2, 2010

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan and the Association of “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” will host the Third Annual Astana Economic Forum on July 1-2, 2010 in Astana.

The topic of the forum is “Ensuring Sustainable Economic Growth in Post-Crisis Period” and the event will feature remarks by HE President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Secretary General of the OSCE Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation Mohamed Maroofi, economists Nobel Prize laureates Robert Mundell and Finn Kydland as well as other distinguished participants.

The agenda of the forum will include both scientific and practical observations of the global economic system and the ways to stimulate the economic growth in the post-crisis period. The forum will consolidate representatives of the international organizations, scientists as well as high level government officials and business leaders from all over the world.

During the first day of the Forum, the participants will discuss industrial–innovative approach, energy partnership, public-private partnership initiatives as well as Islamic Finance system.

Kazakhstan, as a host country, will share the existing investment opportunities in different sectors of the economy and will welcome the ideas on the ways to improve the investment climate.

The second day of the forum will include the panel sessions on social-economic development issues, the need for development of innovative economy, construction of a new global financial architecture, sustainable energy development and the role of the Government in the contribution towards the economic growth of countries in the post-crisis period.

The Co-organizers of the Forum are the World Economic Forum, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the World Bank, the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe and the Islamic Development Bank.

It is expected that more than 2000 participants from over 50 countries will participate in the Forum.

The registration is open at www.economyclub.info.

Contact details:

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