On November 24, 2021, at the Department of Business Technologies of the Higher School of Economics and Business of Al - Farabi KazNU (www.kaznu.kz) held an international conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan: "Difficulties and prospects of industrial cooperation in the context of digitalization"

The conference aimed at discussing the results obtained during the implementation of a joint international project on the topic: Marketing support for industrial and technological cooperation between companies in Russia and Kazakhstan "(project from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation).

The conference was opened with welcoming words by the dean of the Higher School of Economics and Business of Al-Farabi KazNU, c.e.s., acting professor Bimendieva Laila Abdrashevna, Deputy Dean for International Affairs of the Faculty of Economics of the RUDN university (www.rudn.ru), d.e.c., associate professor DegterevaEkaterina Andreevna.

The conference was moderated by the head of the department "Business - technologies" of Al - Farabi KazNU, associate professor, c.e.s. Akhmetova Z.B., Head of the Marketing Department of the RUDN university, professor, c.e.s. Zobov A.M.

The organizers of the conference were the head of the department "Business - technologies" of Al - Farabi KazNU, associate professor, c.e.s. Akhmetova Z.B., senior lecturer of the department "Business - technologies" of Al - Farabi KazNU Shurenov N.B.

The senior lecturer of the department "Business - technologies" of Al - Farabi KazNU, c.e.s. KazhmuratovaA.K., who spoke about the economic and political balances of Kazakhstan, Russia and China, as well as a senior lecturer of the department "Business - technologies" of Al - FarabiKazNU, PhD, Kozhakhmetova A.K. with the topic "Comparative analysis of high-tech project management in the industrial sector: the experience of Japan, Israel and Kazakhstan."

The invited speakers were colleagues from other universities and countries who delivered a speech 

Isaias Bianchi (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) - Partnership between academia and industry;

Mishra Sh. (National Planning Commission of Nepal) - Features of the investment process in Asian markets (on the example of Nepal);

Zobov A.M., Degtereva E.A. (RUDN University) - Problems of the development of industrial alliances in modern Central Asia;

Kerimkulova M.K. (Dean of the Faculty of Management and Business of the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn) - Challenges of business education in the digital economy of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Chernysheva A.M., Yampolskaya D.O. (RUDN University) - Modern trends and problems in the development of industrial cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan;

F.M. Nazifov (applicant for the Tajik-Slavic University) - Directions of economic and technological development of the energy sector in Tajikistan;

E. Velinov (Skoda Automobile University, Czech Republic) - Problems of infrastructure management development in the energy sector;

De Martino Mario, Hansol Lee (RUDN University) - Retrospective analysis of the problems of economic growth in Russia and Kazakhstan.