Speakers

• Suma Chakrabarti , President, EBRD
• Turalay Kenc , Chair, Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Turkey (2011-2016)
• Agris Preimanis , Lead Economist for Central Asia, EBRD
• Aigul Solovyova , Member of the Presidium, Atameken, Deputy of IV, V convocations of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Akhmetkal Medeu , Director, Institute of Geography of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Albert Bolotov , Director, Ecoenergomash, Professor, AUEC, Member, National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and International Engineering Academy
• Aleksander Kwasniewski , President of Poland (1995-2005)
• Alexander Auzan , Dean, Faculty of Economics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Alexander Gabuev , Chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center
• Alexander Machkevitch , Chairman of the Board of Managers, Eurasian Resources Group
• Alfred Gusenbauer , Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (2007-2008) 
• Alikhan Baimenov , Астанадағы мемлекеттік қызмет саласындағы Өңірлік хаб Басқарушы комитетінің төрағасы
• Almassadam Satkaliyev , Chairman of the Board, Samruk-Energy
• Almat Ismagulov , Akim of Lisakovsk city
• Anatoly Spitsyn , Director, Institute of Strategic Research of Integration Problems EurAsEC, Vice President, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
• Andrei Klepach , Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank of Russia
• Andrey Bystritsky , Chairman of the Board of Valdai International Discussion Club
• Arasha Bolaev , Senior Consultant Analyst for infrastructure projects, Association of Professional Hydrotechnicians
• Ariel Cohen , Director, Center for Energy, Natural Resources and Geopolitics at the Institute for Analysis of Global Security
• Arthur Laffer , Founder and Chairman of Laffer Associates, Adviser to the US President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) and Prime Minister of UK Margaret Thatcher (1980-1989)
• Asset Issekeshev , Minister of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Ayhan Kose , Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
• Bakytzhan Sagintayev , First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Bakytzhan Zhumagulov , Co-chairman, International Programme Committee WSEC – 2017, President, National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Bernber Jochen , Partner at McKinsey & Company
• Betsy Nelson , Vice President, EBRD
• Bolatbek Abdrassilov , Rector, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Boris Borozan , Managing Partner, Global Sovereign Advisors
• Bryan C Thompson , Information Security Services Team Lead at PwC
• Byrganym Aitimova , Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Carsten Ahrens , Professor, University of Applied Sciences Jade-Hochschule, Zentralverband, Germany
• Christian Noyer , Governor, Bank of France (2003-2015), Vice-President, European Central Bank (1998-2002), Chairman, Bank for International Settlements
• Christine Lagarde , Managing Director, IMF
• Christopher Pissarides , 2010 Nobel Prize laureate in Economics for contribution to the search and matching theory, for studying the interaction between the labour market and the macro-economy
• Cihan Sultanoglu , UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
• Colin Knox , Professor at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (Great Britain), Professor at the Nazarbayev University
• Cui Weihong , Secretary-General, China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Supervisor, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Dan Batista , Executive Director, Institute for Citizen-Centred Service (Canada)
• Daniyar Azymkhanov , Director, KAZGBC
• Daron Acemoğlu , Professor of Applied Economics, M.I.T., co-author of the best-seller "Why Nations Fail"  
• David Zetland , Professor of Economics at Leiden University College the Hague
• Dmitry Pankin , Chairman of the Management Board, Eurasian Development Bank
• Eduard Son , Deputy Director, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Edward Prescott , Joint Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, 2004
• Ehud Barak , Prime Minister of Israel (1999-2001), Minister of Defense of Israel (2007-2013)
• Ekaterina Miroshnik , Director for Infrastructure, Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, EBRD
• Erhat Iskaliev , Member of the Trustee Board of International Institute of Logistics and Business “Silk Way"
• Erik Berglof , Director, Institute for Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Erlan Batyrbekov , Director General, National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Erlan Karin , Director of Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Erlan Sagadiev , Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Fadi Farra , Lecturer on Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Partner at Whiteshield Partners   
• Farida Akiyanova , Branch Director of the Institute of Geography, KazNRTU after K.I. Satpayev, MES RK
• François Fillon , Former Prime Minister of France (2007-2012)
• Frederic Jenny , Chairman, OECD Competition Committee
• Georgy Safonov , Director, Centre for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at the HSE, Russian Federation
• Grigoriy Mun , Member, National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Gulbazar Mediyeva , Chief Scientific Secretary, Presidium at the National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Gulshara Abdykalikova , Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Ha-Joon Chang , Author of the bestseller "23 Things They Don`t Tell You About Capitalism"
• Hamish McRae , Chief Economic Commentator, The Independent
• Hans Timmer , Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
• Henry Wyes , Chief Technical Advisor of Joint EU/UNDP/UNECE Project “Supporting Kazakhstan’s Transition TOA Green Economy Model”
• Herman Gref , Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank of Russia
• Ibragim Suleimenov , Member, National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Igor Emri , Chairman, Engineering and Technical Sciences Scientific Committee, CEO, Institute for Sustainable Innovative Technologies
• Ivan Mikloš , Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
• Jack Ma , Chinese billionaire, Founder & Chairman, Alibaba Group
• Jacob Frenkel , Chairman, JP Morgan Chase International,   Governor of the Bank of Israel (1991-2000)
• Jacques Attali , Former Adviser to President of France François Mitterand (1981-1991), First President, EBRD (1991-1993), founder of Attali & Associates
• James McGann , Senior Lecturer, Lauder Institute,  Wharton Business School at University of Pennsylvania
• Jan Vapaavuori , Vice-President, European Investment Bank
• Jeffrey D. Sachs , Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University
• Jessica Brandt , Deputy Chief of Staff and Associated Fellow at Brookings Institution
• Jesus Felipe , Advisor, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB
• Juha Kahkonen , Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Jürgen Keinhorst , Co-chairman of OECD, Head of Division, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety 
• Kairat Kelimbetov , Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre
• Kanat Bozumbayev , Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Kevin Rudd , President, Asia Society, Prime Minister of Australia (2007-2010, 2013)
• Klaus Mangold , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TUI AG, Germany, and member of a number of Supervisory and Advisory Boards, including those of Alstom S.A., France, Ernst & Young, United States, and Continental AG, Germany.
• Klaus Riedle , Professor Emeritus at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Former President Products, Fossil Power Generation at Siemens
• Krzysztof Michalak , Senior Programme Manager, Green Growth and Global Relations Division, Environment Directorate, OECD  
• Kuandyk Bishimbayev , Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Leo Smith , Executive Director, Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands
• Leonid Tanin , Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC “Holography Industry”, member of International Academy, laureate of the Belarusian State Prize in Science and Technology
• Luo Feng , Chairman, IZP Group
• Mandy Lamb , General Manager for CIS SEE: Visa International 
• Marc Uzan , Founder and Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton-Woods Committee
• Masood Ahmed , Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Massimiliano Castelli , Managing Director, Head of Strategy, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Global Asset Management
• Matthew Goodman , Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, Center For Strategic and International Studies
• Mattia Romani , Managing Director, Country and Sector Economics, EBRD
• Max Hauser , Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
• Melita Vujnovic , WHO Representative to Kazakhstan
• Munkhtuya Altangerel , UNDP Deputy Resident Representative
• Naoyuki Youshino , Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
• Natalia Khanjenkova , Managing Director for Turkey and Central Asia, EBRD  
• Norimasa Shimomura , UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative
• Nuraly Bekturganov , First Vice-President, Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences
• Nurlan Aldabergenov , EEC Minister for Competition and Antitrust Regulation
• Nurlan Dossumov , Alliance of Volunteers of Kazakhstan, Manager of Pecha Kucha Astana
• Nurtai Abykayev , President, Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences
• Ok Suk Donk , President, National Institute for Human Resource Development of the Republic of Korea
• Oleg Buklemishev , Head, Centre for Economic Policy Studies, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Paolo Galli , Senior Regional Advisor, Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS United Nations Development Programme
• Peter Frankopan , Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, Author, “The Silk Roads: A New History of the World”
• Petko Draganov , Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia
• Radoslaw Domagalski-Labendzki , Deputy Minister of Development, Republic of Poland
• Richard Dobbs , Director, McKinsey Global Institute
• Rita Sproge , Deputy Head, Jurmala City Council
• Robert Vartevanian , Head of M&A & Financing, KPMG
• Roberto Azevêdo , WTO Director-General
• Romano Prodi , Prime Minister of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008), President of the European Commission (1999–2004)
• Samir Sharifov , Minister of Finance, Republic of Azerbaijan
• Sanzhar Kettebekov , CEO, Almaty Tech Garden 
• Sergei Glazyev , Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Sergey Perapechka , Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group, Moscow
• Shigeo Katsu , President, Nazarbayev University
• Simon Baptist , Chief Economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit and Managing Director Asia, The Economist Group
• Song Hongbing , Author of best-seller “Currency Wars”
• Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem , Group Chairman and CEO, Dubai Port World
• Suzanne Bishopric , Managing Partner of Global Sovereign Advisors
• Sven Sester , Minister of Finance of Estonia
• Talgat Donakov , Minister of Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Tatyana Shakirova , Advisor to CAREC Executive Director on Educational Programs, Learning and Capacity Building
• Tatyana Teplova , Deputy Head, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
• Tatyana Valovaya , Member of the Board (Minister) on the Main Areas of Integration and Macroeconomics, EEC
• Thomas Sargent , Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, 2011
• Tigran Sargsyan , Chairman, EEC, Prime-Minister (2008-2014) and Governor of Central Bank of Armenia (1998-2008)
• Timur Suleimenov , EEC Minister of Economy and Financial Policy
• Tony Wood , Energy Program Director at the Grattan Institute
• Traian Hristea , Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan
• Turlybek Mussabayev , General Director, RSE Gosgradkadastr
• Uldis Augulis , Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
• Uzakbay Karabalin , Deputy Chairman of "Kazenergy" Association, President of CJSC “NC “Kazmunaygas” (2003-2008),  Minister of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2013-2014) 
• Victor Koksharov , Rector, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
• Vincent Duijnhouwer , Senior Project Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change team, EBRD, Moscow
• Vugar Bayramov , Chairman, Center for Economic and Social Development, Azerbaijan
• Wencai Zhang , Vice-President, Asian Development Bank
• William Tompson , Head of Division, Eurasia, Global Relations Secretariat, OECD
• Yaroslav Lisovolik , Chief Economist, EDB
• Zeng Peiyan , Vice Premier of China (2003-2008), Vice Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia
• Zhang Tingke , Vice President, China Huaneng Group
• Zhou Wenzhong , Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia