International Relations Department of al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Michigan State University (MI, USA), and the Institute for Global Engagement (VA, USA) will conduct an international conference on “Renewable Energy Technology Transfer and Sustainable Development in Central Asia.”

This international event will focus on research breakthroughs in the use of small-scale renewable energy as an alternative means of addressing challenges of energy and food security in the region. The conference will also aim to advance the exchange of experts’ ideas on how technology transfer in the area of renewable energy could strengthen food security, promote cooperation and facilitate general security in the countries of the region. We are attaching a draft agenda for your review. The conference will bring together experts from academic and research institutions of all five Central Asian states, as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States of America, representatives of international organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Research and Development, World Bank and UNDP, as well as representatives of small and medium enterprise in the renewable energy industry. We will be happy to answer any questions you might have and provide you with any additional information.

Please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Marina Barnett, program officer for Eurasia at the Institute for Global Engagement, by phone at 1 (202) 664-9229 or by email by mbarnett@globalengagement.org; or Dr. Leila Delovarova, deputy dean for scientific-innovative affairs and international cooperation, Department of International Relations, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, by phone at 8 (7272) 438-314, or by email at leila.delovarova@kaznu.kz. We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us for this important and timely international event.

Time and date: On December 2, 2015, 9.00 (registration - 8.30).

Place: The conference will take place on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at the Department of International Relations of the al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

Almaty, St. of Karasay batyr, 95, 2 floor, Conference hall FMO.