April 29, 2023. Bishkek hosted the largest IT event in Kyrgyzstan — the ninth Kyrgyz Information Technology Forum KIT-2023 and the first Kyrgyz Internet Governance Forum KIGF-2023.
The IT gathering focused on “Data at the heart of the digital economy of Kyrgyzstan”. The first Kyrgyz Internet Governance Forum focused on discussing the issues of Internet accessibility, digital rights and opportunities in the digital age.
More than 50 international experts and gurus of the digital industry from the USA, the Netherlands, Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the best domestic experts from the world of digital technologies and business gave inspiring speeches, their practical experience, held master classes and rich informative sessions for more than 2 thousand participants of KIT and IGF.
Kaspersky, IBM, Yandex and others, international Internet corporations for technical coordination of the global Internet and assignment of domain names and addressing - RIPE NCC and ICANN, experts in the field of digital transformation were seen among the guests.
Digital Code
According to Tattu Mambetaliyeva, a leading partner of the international consortium for the development of digital legislation, “The Digital Code (CC), the development of which is supported by the World Bank, should become the rallying point for the most modern regulatory approaches to regulating the “IT industry”.
Deputy Minister of Digital Development Indira Sharshenova stressed that “the recent presentation of the Central Committee project at the United Nations Headquarters as part of the activities of UNCITRAL Working Group IV received a positive assessment from representatives of Australia, Hungary, Germany, Spain, the Russian Federation, Thailand, who noted it uniqueness and breakthrough value for the development of the digital economy”.
Marat Toraliev, Director of Innovation and Strategic Development at MBANK, one of the winners of the IT Awards 2023, noted that the forum provided an opportunity to exchange ideas with star experts from different countries, hold bilateral business meetings, communicate with government representatives, enjoy a creative atmosphere and feel like a part of a huge and diverse IT community.
IT Awards 2023
The ceremony of awarding the best teams and persons in the field of IT and digital IT Awards - 2023 became a colourful and solemn background for both forums. MBank became the best Kyrgyz mobile application, and Bakyt Zhangaziyev, the “digital deputy” of the Minister of Health, was named the most advanced IT official, Artem Belyaev received the award for his contribution to IT education.
Well-deserved awards from sponsors and the jury received:
- the best IT university — Ala-Too University,
- the best domestic digital platform — Netex KG-IT,
- the best digital creative - "Detective Void", Osmonov Malik Omurbekovich,
- the best domestic AI solution — “OsOO “Seven Media Group” (House. kg).