The Kazakhstan-U.S. Investment Forum has become a key event promoting closer trade and investment ties between the two countries. This year, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan will once again be sending a high-level delegation, with Prime Minister Karim Massimov again delivering the keynote address. This prestigious event offers unparalleled access to key Kazakh ministers and officials, and will be hosted by H.E. Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States.
The Forum's main theme will be the government’s Program of Accelerated Industrial Innovative Development of Kazakhstan. This major economic strategy aims to underpin the future sustainable development of Kazakhstan by diversifying and further modernizing the economy, in particular by investing in upstream processing and manufacturing industries.
As Kazakhstan approaches the 20th anniversary of independence, its attractiveness to foreign direct investors has never been so great. The country’s economy is fundamentally based on vast natural resources, with the oil and gas sectors underpinning the rapid development of Kazakhstan’s infrastructure and industrial base.The development of the energy sector has involved Kazakhstan operating with a range of foreign partners, suppliers and expertise. This continues to be the case, but the country, under the terms of its long-term development plan, championed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is seeking to broaden and diversify its economy with foreign direct investors again playing key roles.
In keeping with this policy, the government of Kazakhstan continues to build a foreign investor friendly climate, including a new fiscal code designed to reduce corporate tax burdens, and the promotion of an open economy geared to stimulating entrepreneurial participation, involving, for example, the privatisation of major areas of former Kazakh state-owned industries.
Economic reform has also evolved in harness with constitutional reform, promoting greater transparency and accountability throughout Kazakh society, underpinning the rule of law and civil liberties.
Who should attend?
- Current and potential industrial and financial investors in manufacturing and processing industries in the oil and gas and non-oil and gas sectors, engineering, IT, communications, environmental projects, construction, transport, utilities, telecoms, tourism, financial services, retail, and security
- International banks and providers of international financial services, especially in the trade and project finance sectors
- Transport, freight and logistics companies
Providers of professional services – legal, accounting and insurance firms
