On October 18, Kolesa Conf 2024 was held in Almaty. This is the largest conference in Kazakhstan, which unites and develops the IT community. 

In one day, four streams were held in IT areas: Management, Web, Data and Mobile. This year, the Kolesa Conf was held offline, the event gathered 1,600 people. Specially for the conference, speakers and guests came from other cities of Kazakhstan, and some speakers from other CIS countries and Europe.

The main value of Kolesa Conf is live communication and effective communication. The conference program was designed so that each participant could find what they were interested in. 

What's new this year at the event, we tried out live communication between experts and the audience — quartermates in QA, Design, HR. As well as a panel session in the Management stream, where C-level Sergek Group, Beeline Kazakhstan, Kolesa Group and Drinkit Kazakhstan performed.  

Kolesa Conf was supported by other large companies, which made the conference even more interesting: PS.kz and Lerna. 

The audience of the event also shared their impressions. For example, Galymzhan Aitkaliyev, the IOS developer of the Turkmenistan IT Hub, visits Kolesa Conf primarily for inspiration.

I worked as an oil engineer for five years. In 2023, I decided to switch to IT: I retrained for an iOS developer. I worked a little bit on outsourcing and about a year ago I moved to a managerial position in the regional branch of Astana hub. I am developing IT and startup culture at the Turkistan IT Hub. I am inspired by conferences like Kolesa Conf, and I come specially from other cities. In addition to the reports, I come for networking and atmosphere. I try to transfer this knowledge and vibe to the Turkmenistan IT Hub. There are many talented people in Turkestan, as well as in Kazakhstan in general, and I try to give them motivation.

As a year ago, the conference was held in two languages: Kazakh and Russian. The organizers have provided simultaneous translation so that viewers consume content in a language that is more familiar to them. 

Active viewers were rewarded with the branded Kolesa Conf’24 merch, as well as prizes from partners and speakers of the conference.