Laird Cagan will join the AEF: Global Challenges Summit 2018

The World Bank is an international financial organization set up in the United States in 1945 to provide financial and technical assistance to developing countries. 188 states are currently members of the World Bank.

A press briefing announcing the launch of Astana Economic Forum: Global Challenges Summit 2018 took place today at the office of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Mikhail Janelidze has confirmed his participation in the AEF.

Jim O'Neill is a British financier and the former chairman of Goldman Sachs.

On April 23, 2018, a press briefing will be held about the start of the official information campaign for the Astana Economic Forum: Global Challenges Summit 2018.

François Hollande served as President of the French Republic from May 2012 to May 2017.

The Astana Economic Forum has been rebooted. The 2018 Global Challenges Summit will be held May 17-18 on the grounds of the EXPO Congress Center. More than 300 speakers from 30 countries will attend the forum to discuss the challenges facing the world today: from global security and longevity to the new digital reality and designing the megapolises of the future.

Today, transport, energy and communication networks connect cities closer together than ever before.

An American physicist of Japanese origin, Michio Kaku is one of the founders of string theory and is active in the popularization of theoretical physics and modern concepts on the structure of the universe.

The "World of Global Security" session is to feature a speech by the chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee and former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Global Challenges Summit 2018 programme is announced. The Summit, based on Astana Economic Forum, will be held on May, 17-19 in Astana, The Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Astana Economic Forum has been Central Asia’s main business summit since 2008 and during that time the Republic of Kazakhstan has transformed from a rapidly developing post-Soviet state to a global leader in terms of the complexity and speed of the development programmes being implemented.

Astana Economic Forum rebirth in Global Challenges Summit entailed a determined change for brand identity of the congress.