On November 26-27, 2020 Department of "Business Technologies" HSEB al-Farabi KazNU together with Altay State University (Barnaul, Russia), Kazakh-German University (Almaty, Kazakhstan), I.S. Turgenev Orel State University (Orel, Russia). held an international scientific and methodological conference on the topic "Digitalization of the Economy and Education: new technologies in the context of pandemic" within the framework of the international economic forum "Economic Development of the Region: management, innovation, training" in the online format.

In the plenary session from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the dean of the Higher School of Economics and Business, d.e.s., professor R.K Sagiyeva gave a speech, then the conference continued with the work of the sessions. The conference was attended by instructors of higher educational institutions, PhD students and the scientific community.

The aim of the international conference was to analyze the current state of the economy and education, taking into account external global challenges, such as the coronavirus pandemic. The international conference was held in the form of a presentation and discussion with an active discussion of the impact of SMART technologies on economic and educational processes in a pandemic.

The materials of the best presentations will be published in the conference proceedings (ISSN 2542-0690), presented on the e-library platform and indexed in the RSCI.