Within the framework of the program "Invitation of foreign scientists and specialists" Professor of Business School of Jyväskylä, Finland Aijaz Shaikh came to our university to give lectures and conduct joint scientific research.

Professor Aijaz Shaikh is the scientist in the field of digital technologies with sphere of marketing, area of his scientific interests covers digital technologies, application of mobile applications, materials on digital marketing. He is the author of more than 30 scientific papers, 24 publications in Scopus database, including articles with high impact factor (h-index: 9). Aizhas Shaikh is an international PhD thesis supervisor at the Faculty of the Higher School of Economics and Business.

During his stay, A. Shaikh is the PhD supervisor at the faculty of the Higher School of Economics and Business. Shaikh at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is planning to discuss a plan for joint publications, plans for joint work on scientific projects and educational and methodological materials.

The pedagogical activity of Prof. A. Shaikh at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the period from January 13 to January 18, 2020 consists of lectures and workshops on "Writing and publication of articles in journals with high impact factor" ("Scientific writing", "Academic Writing", "Scientific Methodology") and a number of lectures of consulting nature on writing and sending articles to journals with high impact factor for PhD doctoral students.