From 16 to 20 October 2018, 23 active students of KGIU took an active part in the first international IT – Forum “Digital technologies in the public interest” and the hackathon “IT – WEEKEND.KZ” in the framework of the “Rouhani  Zhangyru” program, organized by a public association “Association of Entrepreneurs of the Karaganda region” and the state institution “Management of youth policy of the Karaganda region”.

The program of the Forum was as follows:

From 16 to 18 October, on the basis of the Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsoyuz, as part of the IT Forum, the IT-WEEKEND.KZ-2018 Hackathon was held among students of universities of the Karaganda region, with a total prize fund of 1,000,000 tenge, in which for three days the team enrolled, worked with situations related to information technology, and found solutions and solutions from them.

On October 19, a team building and master classes by leading world and Kazakhstani specialists in the field of IT – technologies for participants of the Hackathon took place in the country club “Derby Village”, and in the evening a meeting was held between the leading world and Kazakhstani experts in the field of IT – technology with business.

Also, on October 19, an exhibition of IT technologies “IT-WEEKEND.KZ – 2018” in the building of the party “Nur Otan” was open for everyone.

October 20 was the main day of the forum, where topics such as “Karaganda – the launching pad in the IT space”, “Public order for the use of digital technologies in the interests of society and the state”, “Problems and prospects of training IT specialists”, “Digital technologies in support of a competitive economy ”,“ SMART-city management projects – presentation of successful projects ”.

With the help of this IT platform, young people were able to meet with world and Kazakhstani leading developers of Internet platforms in order to learn from their experience not only in programming, but also in business. The forum was also attended by representatives of state bodies, deputies of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, world and Kazakhstan experts in the field of IT.

Students of KGIU noted that they had gained the very necessary knowledge on the dialogue platforms, learned the basics of designing and promoting innovative projects.

Press service of KGIU