Time;Topic;Speaker
;<b>Conference Hall No. 3, 2nd Floor</b>
09:00 – 09:30;Forum Registration;
09:30 – 09:35;Opening Remarks;Zeynulkabden Tabigat<br><br>Chairman of the Kazakhstan Water Association (Moderator);
09:35 – 09:40;Welcome Address<br><br>Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies, Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan<br>Priorities of the National Project "Modernization of the Energy and Utilities Sectors of the Republic of Kazakhstan";Anar Baitukenova<br><br>Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies, Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
09:40 – 09:45;Welcome Address<br><br>Committee for Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan;Nursultan Keremkulov<br><br>Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan
;;Nurlan Soltanbekov<br><br>Chairman of Kazakhstan Center for Modernization and Development of Housing and Communal Services JSC
09:45 – 09:55;Welcome Address<br><br>Technical Operator of the National Project "Modernization of the Energy and Utilities Sectors of the Republic of Kazakhstan";Nurlan Soltanbekov<br><br>Chairman of Kazakhstan Center for Modernization and Development of Housing and Communal Services JSC
09:55 – 10:10;Automation of Water Utilities. Optimization of Internal Water Utility Processes – Experience of Water Resources-Marketing LLP, Kazakhstan's Water Supply and Wastewater Operator;Anarbek Orman Ongaruly<br><br>General Director of Water Resources-Marketing LLP
10:10 – 10:25;Sustainable Water Sector Services;Ilyas Zhukenov<br><br>World Bank Consultant, Coordinator of the Water Resources Group in Kazakhstan
;<b>Panel Session:</b> Institutional Transformation of Natural Monopoly Entities in Water Supply and Wastewater — not merely infrastructure modernization, but a new model of governance, regulation, and responsibility.;
10:55 – 11:55;Systematization and Automation of Natural Monopoly Entities in Water Supply and Wastewater.; Yerzhan Ismagelov<br><br>KazCentre for Housing and Communal Services
;Rules for the Use of Measuring Instruments and Their Impact on Resource Loss Control.;Zhanat Begaidarov<br><br>KazCentre for Housing and Communal Services
;Domestic Manufacturers: Challenges of Market Localization.;A.A. Raufov<br><br>KazCentre for Housing and Communal Services
11:55 – 12:05;Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence. Barriers to Implementation in the Utilities Sector and Proposed Solutions.;Rolan Shakarim<br><br>Sales Director, WAVIoT LLP
12:05 – 12:15;Solutions for Reducing Water Losses and Pipeline Failures in Aging Water Supply Networks;Yevgeny Kats<br><br>Regional Director, HYDRO Engineering LLP
12:15 – 12:30;Polymerkonstruktsiya UE (Belarus). Development, Manufacturing of Equipment, and Implementation of Advanced Technologies for the Treatment of Natural and Wastewater Across a Wide Range of Industrial and Municipal Sectors
12:30 – 12:45;Wilo Water AI and Water Academy – Digital Technologies in Water Supply and Water Consumption;Dmitry Narochny<br><br>Director of the Project Department, Wilo Group Central Asia LLP
12:45 – 13:15;Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Kazakhstan Water Association