Events

🌊 Registration for Caspian Hackathon 2026 is now open!

Caspian Hackathon 2026 is the first international hackathon bringing together developers, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and innovators from the Caspian region.

Over the course of three days, participating teams will develop innovative technology solutions focused on preserving the Caspian Sea ecosystem and present their projects to an expert jury.

🏆 Prize Fund — 10,000,000 KZT

📅 Event Dates: August 6–12, 2026

📍 Venue: Rixos Water World Aktau

Participant Requirements:

• Age: 18–34 years old;

• Team size: 2–5 members;

• Each team must include at least one developer;

• Hybrid format: project development online, final project presentation offline;

• Online project presentations will not be accepted.

⏳ Application deadline: August 5, 2026.

Submit your application and review the Hackathon Regulations at:

https://csaw2026aktau.kz/

We invite you to level up your management skills — no IT background required.

This hands-on course is designed to take you from a random one-off assignment to a real digital solution — built on your actual government cases.

🧑‍💻 Course Program:

Week 1 — Learn & Dive In: We start by experiencing the classic chaos of ad-hoc assignments through business games, then master design thinking, AI tools for task optimization, hypothesis generation, and unit economics. We build a managed process from idea to release — in teams.

Week 2 — Refine Online via Zoom: In-depth consultations, project refinement, and independent work.

Final: A graduation Demo Day where teams present their finished project solutions.

📆 Dates: August 10–19
🕦 Start: 09:00
📍 Venue: Aqmola Hub, 7 Gagarin St., 5th floor

DroneTech: let's teach you how to fly a drone in 15 lessons 

From August 10 to 28, a practical course will be held for those who want to master the skill of drone control. Speaker – Dmitry Ozhigin, Phd Associate Professor (Associate Professor) of the Department of Surveying and Geodesy at the Moscow State University. Saginov.

On the course you are:

, study the design of unmanned aircraft systems, 

, you will understand the legal requirements and rules of safe flights,

⚡ Learn practical piloting,

, learn how to design aerial photography missions, 

, learn how to work with GNSS equipment,

You will understand how to perform field surveys and process the received data in Agisoft Metashape

The course is suitable for students, engineers, surveyors, specialists in the construction and mining industries, as well as anyone who wants to gain practical skills in working with unmanned technologies. 

The event is supported by the Department of Digital Technologies of the Karaganda region.

When: August 10-28

Location: IT-hub “Terricon Valley", 12 Alalykina St.

Format: offline / online

📅 August 11–12

📍 Atyrau Hub

💰 Free participation | Limited seats available

August 11 — Theory. Four key modules: Access Control Systems (ACS), Audio, Networking, and integration with Hikvision video surveillance. The program includes the latest products, product lines, and real-world application scenarios.

August 12 — Practical Session. Hands-on training with real equipment at fully equipped workstations.

🚀 Automate Your Work with Kimi AI

Do you have a great project but not enough time to bring it to life or create content? Join our hands-on workshop and learn how to use Kimi AI to automate your workflow and boost your productivity.

🎯 Workshop Agenda:

🔹 Kimi AI Features: Explore its key capabilities and practical use cases;

🔹 Content & Text Creation: Instantly generate social media posts, articles, and marketing copy;

🔹 Practical Applications: Automate everyday tasks with AI and save valuable time.

Date: August 11–12

Time: 5:00 PM 

Location: Kyzylorda Hub, 29A Aiteke Bi Street

🚀 Digital NORTH — youth forum of the North Kazakhstan region!

Digital NORTH is a platform that will bring together young leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers and authors of social initiatives. The forum will become a meeting place for those who develop technologies, create innovative projects and are ready to contribute to the digital future of the region.

If you are developing in the field of IT, artificial intelligence, media, digital education, science, ecology, volunteerism, NGO activities, or working on your own startup, Digital NORTH will help you present your project, find like—minded people, share experiences and open up new opportunities for development.

The forum will host a competition in 10 nominations, where the best projects and achievements of young professionals, students, developers, researchers, media creators, volunteers, representatives of NGOs, startups and community leaders will be awarded.

What awaits the participants?

• competition in 10 nominations;
• presentations by invited speakers and experts;
• presentation of projects and initiatives;
• new acquaintances and exchange of experience;
• an opportunity to express yourself and your ideas.

, August 12, 2026, 2 p.m.

📍 SKO Hub, Petropavlovsk, Zhambyl Zhabaev str., 195

Digital NORTH is a space for those who create the future of the region and are ready to make it more technologically advanced, modern and stronger. 🚀

Artificial intelligence opens up new possibilities for monitoring the environment and solving environmental problems. At the workshop, we will analyze how AI is used to analyze satellite images, data from drones and sensors, helps track ecosystem changes, predict natural processes and improve the effectiveness of environmental monitoring. We will also look at real-world examples of using artificial intelligence for sustainable development and get acquainted with modern digital solutions that help conserve natural resources.

, August 12, 3 p.m.
, Kunaeva, 5B

The workshop will be useful for students, IT specialists, environmentalists, researchers, entrepreneurs, startup founders and anyone who wants to learn how artificial intelligence and modern technologies help solve environmental problems and contribute to sustainable development.

Startup Roast — where ideas face a real test! 🔥

Participants will present their startup projects, share their ideas, and answer questions from the audience. Guests will have the chance to connect with project founders and vote for the best startup of the evening.

It’s a great opportunity to get inspired by new ideas, make valuable connections, and see how promising projects come to life.

📅 August 12

🕓 4:00 PM

📍 Pavlodar Hub, 80 General Dyusenov Street

Join us, support the participants, and help choose the best project!

WHO WILL BECOME THE MAIN STARTUP IN CENTRAL EURASIA? We have reached the finals of the Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026.

Out of hundreds of applications from all over the region, 22 startups have reached the final stage. Now they will have the last pitch and fight for the grand prize of $100,000 and the opportunity to enter the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield stage in San Francisco.

Who will impress the jury? Who will take the victory? And whose startup will go further to the world stage?
🔥August 12 at 18:00 — watch the finale together live on YouTube The Tech.

Don't miss the highlight of the Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026.

More on @thetechkz

🏙️ Qostanai Smart City Hackathon — one of the biggest IT hackathons of the year is coming soon!

Over two exciting days, participants will work on real-world cases, develop innovative solutions for urban development, refine their ideas with the support of industry experts, and present their projects at the final Demo Day. The best teams will share a 1,000,000 KZT prize pool. 🏆

💡 Gather your team, showcase your skills, and create a solution that could become part of the city of the future.

🚀 Registration is now open!

Come to the Cloud Native Community Day in Almaty!

 The traditional meetup under the auspices of CNCF will take place on August 13. This is a free meetup where people get to know each other, find help with difficult tasks, and agree on collaborations and projects.

SRE, DevOps, platform engineers, and architects will gather in one room. There will be more people this time — at your request, the number of participants has been increased to 100-150 people, but places are running out quickly.

The events will be held at the Almaty Hub.

What awaits you:
- Cases from engineers who keep clusters in battle every day. 

- A real-life experience that helps you complete tasks without magic or pain.

- Solutions that can be tried tomorrow.

- Networking, where you can discuss "how you did it," and "what's with your logs," and just chat.

- Buffet, gifts and afterparty.

Share your production case. Meet outstanding engineers. Leave with ideas you can put into practice the very next day!

On August 13, Cloud Native Community Day in Almaty will bring together engineers, CTOs, founders, technology teams, and everyone working with modern cloud-native platforms.

This is your opportunity to connect with the community, explore real-world infrastructure case studies, and exchange practical experience.

📍 This year's event will take place at Almaty Hub.

The program features real production cases and hands-on experience in:

👩‍💻 Kubernetes
⚙️ Platform Engineering
🌐 Service Mesh
📈 Observability
💾 Storage
🔌Networking
🚀 CI/CD
🛡 DevSecOps

🎤 Call for Papers is now open!

If you have engineering experience worth sharing with the community, become a speaker at Cloud Native Community Day.

Your experience could become someone else's best solution—and someone else's talk could save you hours of debugging.

⚡️ Audience Registration

📌 Submit a Talk Proposal

Organizers:
- QOSI
- CORE 24/7
- Almaty Hub

📅 August 13
🕖 10:00 
📍Almaty Hub, Zenkov St. 24 | 4th floor

To attend the event, please download the Astana Hub app in advance and register there.

Stay updated on upcoming events:

Instagram: almaty_hub
Telegram: Almaty Hub

Are you just getting started with GitHub or want to learn how to manage your projects properly?

At the practical GitHub Basics session, we’ll go through the key steps of working with GitHub together — from creating your first repository to making changes and creating a Pull Request.

💻 Want to understand the basics of GitHub? This session is for you!

📅 August 13
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Shymkent Hub (Sever 66/2)

Join us and let’s master GitHub together! 🚀

Everyone is already using AI to work with information. And you still aren't?

Jetisu Digital invites you to a practical workshop on NotebookLM — a Google tool that turns your documents and materials into a powerful AI assistant.

At the workshop, we'll learn how to:
• upload documents, articles, and presentations and work with them using AI
• quickly find and analyze the information you need
• generate text and structure your materials
• create AI-powered audio and voice content
• use NotebookLM for studying, work, and personal projects

And most importantly — we won't just talk about it. We'll show everything in practice and help everyone get comfortable using the tool.

Do you dream of creating your first game? Start with Unity! 🎮

Unity is one of the most popular game engines used to create mobile, PC, and VR games. At the master class, you will learn the basics of working in Unity, learn how the game development process works, and take the first steps towards creating your own project.

This master class is suitable for novice developers, students and anyone who has long wanted to try their hand at GameDev. Gain practical knowledge, understand the Unity interface, and find out where every game developer's journey begins.

Don't miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of gamedev and start creating games today!

📅 13.08 | 15:00 📍 Kazakhstan, 59/1

It is not necessary to go through the startup path alone. Sometimes a new idea, the right advice, or a useful acquaintance can take your project to a new level.

Startup Hustlers is a meeting for startups where you can share experiences, discuss current issues and find new opportunities.

At the meeting:

• Real-life experiences and stories of founders;
• Startup difficulties and ways to solve them;
• Free communication and the Q–A format;
• New acquaintances and useful connections.

If you want to find your surroundings in the startup ecosystem, the Startup Hustlers meeting is just for you!

August 13th
17:00
Ayteke bi, 29A

More and more companies are moving their services and data to the cloud. But how does it work in practice? What tasks does the cloud platform help to solve and why does the business choose such solutions?

In the live broadcast, Sergey Tikhomirov, Director of development of the Pro-Data cloud platform, will tell:
— how cloud technologies help companies scale
— what services are available on the Pro-Data platform
— how to ensure data security in the cloud
— what mistakes do businesses make most often when switching to the cloud?
— what trends determine the development of cloud infrastructure today.

When: August 13, 18:00
Where: The Tech's YouTube Channel

More on @thetechkz

📌 Perfect resume, solid experience, but still no offer? The problem might not be your skills. It might be that you don’t know how an interviewer evaluates your answers.

We invited someone who knows exactly how it works from the inside.

⚡️ Aigerim Baiken — Senior Business Analyst at inDrive, ex-Business Analyst at Andersen Lab and Beeline. She has gone through dozens of interviews and will share how hiring really works in top IT companies.

- How to prepare so you don’t get stuck during a technical interview
- What companies really mean when they say they need a “strong BA/SA”
- How final interview rounds work — and why candidates often struggle there
- Real cases from FinTech, Telecom, and GovTech — not textbook examples
- The journey from Junior to Senior: what actually accelerates your growth

If you’re an analyst looking to grow your career, this session is for you.

📅 August 13, 18:30
💻 Online, Google Meet

Ever wondered what it looks like when a business idea is born? Come to Pizza Pitch — an event where local startup founders take the stage and present their projects live, right in front of you.

No boring lectures: quick pitches, real energy, and honest questions from the crowd. You're not just a spectator — you're part of the conversation.

What's in it for you:
🔥 Live pitches — hear ideas that are already taking shape in our region.
🤝 Meet entrepreneurs, like-minded people, and those building something exciting.
🍕 Free pizza — on us.

Free entry — register.

📅 Date: August 14
⏰ Time: 18:30
📍 Venue: Aqmola Hub (Kokshetau, 7 Gagarin St.)

On August 15, 2026, at 3 p.m., the Semey Hub will host the Open Fest technology forum for developers and IT specialists.

The purpose of the event is to develop professional skills of developers, exchange experiences and best practices, strengthen the regional IT community and establish new business ties between industry specialists. Participants will get acquainted with modern technological solutions, platforms and tools.

Program:

15:00-15:05 — registration of participants;

15:05-15:15 — official opening of the forum;

15:15-15:35 — IT Talk: success stories of two developers;

15:35-15:55 — coffee break and networking;

15:55-16:10 — Future Developer Quiz and open dialogue with experts;

16:10-16:20 — summary and general photo.

Open Fest will bring together developers, IT specialists, students, representatives of startups and the technology community on one platform.

Venue: Semey city, 1B M. Auezov Avenue, Semey Hub.

The real case of AI in retail: from the manager's question to the answer on profits, sales, products and customers.

We will show how artificial intelligence works with data, identifies deviations and helps to make decisions based on facts.

Registration:https://sowita.kz/events/webinar-ii-analitika-biznesii-analitika-biznes?utm_source=astana 

🔥 Got an idea or a ready-to-go project? Want to win money for a 3-minute pitch?It’s as simple as it gets:
1. Bring your project or idea
2. Prepare a presentation: the problem, your solution, the market, and how you’ll make money
3. Come and pitch your project to the jury in 3 minutes — and take your share of the prize pool!

💰 Prize pool: 300,000 KZT
🍕 Plus: free pizza and valuable feedback!

👉 WANT TO PITCH AND WIN?
Fill out the application form (required to participate in the pitch): Application form

Deadline: August 15, 23:59

👀 DON’T WANT TO PITCH BUT JUST WANT TO WATCH AND GRAB SOME PIZZA? Register as an audience member on the Astana Hub platform.

📅 August 19, 16:00 📍 Zhambyl Hub, 35 Tole bi Ave.

Kolesa Backend Meetup will be held in Almaty on August 20

At the meeting, we will discuss architectural solutions, product metrics, the career path of a backend developer, and how AI is already changing the development process.

In the program:

Architecture of reversible solutions: how to design when you don't know the future

Alexander Kuzminsky — Middle Backend Developer, Kolesa.kz

We will tell you how to distinguish reversible architectural solutions from irreversible ones and take them into account the long-term consequences.

We consider what's important: a practical guide to metrics in a product

Maksat Baigazy— Senior Backend Developer, Avtoelon.uz

Let's talk about how to choose metrics that help you make decisions. Let's analyze Prometheus, Graphite, SLA, SLO, SLI, error budget and real monitoring cases.

Internen middlegain: berilmeudin shynayy tarikhy

Agybai Isak — Middle Backend Developer, Kolesa.kz

Shynayy tazhiribe, kyndyktar, kasibi osu zhane, salasyndagy algashky kadamdar turaly agime.

Fleet of AI agents instead of hiring: how we gave SDLC to machines and increased production 4 times

Azamat Orynbai — Tech Lead, Arbuz.kz

Omirali Sengirbai — Tech Lead, Arbuz.kz

As AI agents, they took on tasks throughout the SDLC and helped to increase the team's output by 4 times without expanding the staff.

Register, come for new knowledge, ask the speakers questions and get to know the backend community. See you at the Kolesa Backend Meetup! 🚀

Do you have an idea for a startup? Do you want to introduce her to the audience, get a new perspective and useful feedback? Pizza Pitch 2.0 will allow you to present the project in a free format, refine the idea and establish contacts with the technological community.

It's more than just a pitch. Ideas are discussed here, experiences are exchanged, useful acquaintances are made and further directions of startup development are determined. The participants will try to briefly and clearly talk about the problem that their project solves, the proposed solution and its value.

August 21st 15:00 Shakarim University

Important condition: to participate in Pizza Pitch 2.0, you must register for the Startup Orda incubation program.

Prepare an idea, submit a project and take the next step in the development of your startup on Pizza Pitch 2.0!

This is a free hands-on workshop for those who work with VMware and decide what to do next.

It will be held in Astana on August 24, 2026 from 14:00 to 18:30

In one day, participants manually transfer a real virtual machine from a running VMware server to Cozystack, an open virtualization platform that is being developed by the CNCF foundation.

Most of the time is spent practicing in a personal work environment: machine migration, database, monitoring, backup.

Leads Timur Tukaev is the maintainer of Cozystack and the co—founder of Aenix.

After the workshop, each participant has a test environment for 30 days, a chat with the maintainers of the platform, home laboratory work and the opportunity to receive a Cozystack Certified Fundamentals certificate.

Participation is free upon registration; the number of seats is limited.

«Живая сборка: AI-Маркетолог за 60 минут»

Главный вебинар серии. Не лекция, а демонстрация — собираем работающего AI-маркетолога с нуля при тебе на экране.

Что будет:— Выбираем одного зрителя из эфира и берём его реальный проект— Собираем промпт-каркас «маркетолог под твой ICP»— Генерируем контент-план на 30 дней — таблица появляется на глазах— Полируем один пост до публикации: хук, структура, CTA— Фиксируем ритм еженедельной работы: что отдаём AI, что оставляем руками

На выходе у выбранного зрителя — готовый контент-план, который можно публиковать с завтра. У всех остальных — точная воспроизводимая методика.

Кому: соло-фаундерам, экспертам, блогерам, продактам — всем, кто делает контент для своего продукта или личного бренда.

Веду: Дмитрий Ватютов, AI Product Coach. Ex-CPO Doshkola Tilly (275K юзеров, exit). Менторил Garderob ($2.5M Seed), Kid Security (5M+ скачиваний), Prosper Pay.

Участники получают спец-цену на курс AIstack до 25 июня.

17 июня, 20:00 Алматы / 18:00 Москва.Регистрация — t.me/aistackca

We are announcing the speakers of the August Non-Conference

Anna Baedilova, HRD at Wooppay — "Key Leadership Skills: the role of a modern Leader"

Natalia Abramova, Co-founder of AI PR studio Ozgeshe — "How AI reduces marketing costs by up to 80%"

Akira Bayanova, Brand Manager at The Walt Disney Studios — "Global brand in the local market: how to adapt international campaigns for Kazakhstan"

Talgat Shaikenov, Fullstack QA Engineer at Kolesa Group — "The path from beginner to Fullstack QA"

Anton Samsonov, DevRel Manager, QazCode (Beeline Kazakhstan) — "How a developer's personal brand helps a company hire"

Gleb Shabalin, Backend Developer at Zimran — "How to maintain the level of engineering culture in an ever-changing business context"

Participation is free, registration is based on the link in the description.

The event is supported by the Department of Digital Technologies of the Karaganda region.

When: August 28, 18:30

Location: IT-hub "Terricon Valley", 12 Alalykina St.

Format: offline / online

Третий и последний эфир серии перед стартом курса 25 июня.

Что будет:— Покажу результаты зрителя-героя с прошлого вебинара (что получилось, где спотыкается, что я бы изменил)— Открытый Q&A: на любой вопрос про курс, про AI-стек, про запуск своего продукта — без скриптов— Разбор реальных возражений участников серии: «я не технический», «у меня нет идеи», «у меня уже есть бизнес», «дорого», «нет времени»— Финальное предложение по тарифам AIstack, которое действует до 23:59 24 июня

После 25 июня цены вырастают. Следующий поток — через 3+ месяца, дороже.

Кому: тем, кто посмотрел вебинары 1-2 и думает, идти ли в первый поток. И тем, кто сразу пришёл на финал — будет понятно всё с нуля.

Веду: Дмитрий Ватютов, AI Product Coach. Ex-CPO Doshkola Tilly (275K юзеров, exit). Менторил Garderob ($2.5M Seed), Kid Security (5M+ скачиваний), Prosper Pay.

23 июня, 20:00 Алматы / 18:00 Москва.Регистрация — t.me/aistackca

NAG CONF Kazakhstan 2026 will be held in Almaty

On September 9, 2026, the InterContinental Almaty Hotel will host NAG CONF Kazakhstan 2026— an annual conference for telecommunications and information technology professionals.

In 2026, the event will be held for the sixth time and will bring together more than 200 participants: engineers, solution architects, technical directors, IT project managers, representatives of telecom operators, integrators and professional communities.

The conference is organized by NAG Kazakhstan.

The program of the one-day event includes more than 20 reports and round tables from practicing industry experts. The participants will discuss current technological challenges, the development of communications infrastructure and practical solutions for the telecom and IT market in Kazakhstan.

Among the key topics of the conference are:

— cybersecurity;

— satellite communication technologies;

— Network stability and redundancy;

— artificial intelligence;

— backbone networks of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their modernization for traffic growth;

— there is a shortage of personnel in telecom and the training of engineering specialists.

NAG CONF Kazakhstan 2026 is aimed at architects and technical leaders, engineers and network administrators, telecom operator specialists, integrators, as well as aspiring professionals who seek to move from theory to practical experience.

In addition to the business program, participants will enjoy professional networking, communication with market experts and familiarization with new solutions and equipment for the telecom infrastructure.

The organizers invite experts to make presentations, and companies to participate in the conference as partners.

Registration of participants, speakers and partners is available on the official website: nag-conference.kz

Media contacts:

nagconf@nag.kz

+7 727 344 34 44

September 12th and 13th is a big date for us, the Ozon Tech team. This is a weekend where we will once again bring together the IT expert community, scientists, and top managers in one space. The name of the space is E‑CODE.

What will happen

This year we have prepared a complex technical program in 8 tracks.:

• the backend;
• infrastructure;
• mobile development;
• information security;
• ML&DS;
• QA auto;
• Robozone;
• Life and science.

Scientists and science popularizers were invited to talk about space and supercomputers.

We have allocated a separate space for robotics and embedded development ‑ Robotics.

All tracks of the program will be available to watch in a live broadcast. To do this, you just need to register using the link: https://s.ozon.ru/OyeLXZn 

The ProcessTech Forum is Russia's largest event for the exchange of experience in the use of business process analytics (Process Mining), business operations analytics (Task Mining) and artificial intelligence.  

On September 24, Almaty will host Reunico Digital Day 2026, a conference on practical cases of process automation, complex solutions, internal IT teams and technologies that change the work of large businesses from the inside.

We will assemble teams that are not just discussing process orchestration, but are already implementing AI-native products, developing their own expertise, migrating from legacy solutions to Camunda 8, and building a new enterprise-level process architecture.

The conference program includes reports from the Companionbank, Halyk Bank and the Reunico team.

Companionbank, Kyrgyzstan will make a presentation: "Training instead of outsourcing: how we paid for our own expertise and why it will pay off"

The bank's team will tell you why, when switching to business process orchestration on Camunda 8, they relied not on outsourcing, but on their own competencies.

Halyk Bank, Kazakhstan will present a report: "From Camunda 7 to Camunda 8: practical experience of migration processes in Halyk Bank"

The report will focus on migration in a large bank: architectural solutions, risks, dependencies, and conclusions that will be useful to other enterprise teams.

There will also be a report from the Reunico team. For the first time at our conference, we will show Cabinee, a self—developed business platform, as well as share interesting details from projects.

Reunico Digital Day 2026 will be useful for those responsible for automation, architecture, development of process platforms and digital transformation in large companies.

Date: September 24th

Location: MOST IT Hub, 2/2 Khodzhanova St., Almaty

BE WOMAN in collaboration with @silkroad_innovation_hub and @womenintech.kz announces the start of accepting applications for the Female Founders Pitch Competition.

Applications are accepted until August 11, 2026.

This is an opportunity for female founders to present their startup on an international platform, receive expert feedback, find new partners and discover new growth opportunities for their project.

The final of the competition will be held on October 15, 2026 at the international BE WOMAN 2026 Forum in Almaty. The finalists will present their projects to real investors, international experts and leaders of the technological ecosystem.

If you are the founder of a startup and you are ready to take your project to a new level, apply.

, Submit a request: https://bewoman.asia/femalefounders 

Perhaps the next big success story will start with your application.