Events

How do you know if an AI idea truly has potential? Which technologies are catching venture capitalists' attention today? And what does a startup need to go from an idea to funding and scaling?

On August 3, join us at Almaty Hub to discuss current trends in artificial intelligence, the growth of AI startups, and the opportunities opening up for tech entrepreneurs today.

Speakers of the event — representatives of MA7 Ventures, a Kazakhstani venture capital fund:

🔹 Murat Abdrakhmanov — Founder of MA7 Ventures

🔹 Yeltzhan Kushekbayev — Partner at MA7 Ventures

At the event, we will discuss:

🤖 Which AI trends are shaping new markets and startup opportunities today

💡 How investors evaluate an idea, product, and team potential

📈 What sets a promising AI startup apart from hundreds of other projects

💰 At what stage you should raise investment and how to prepare for it

🌍 How to build a tech product with the potential to scale into international markets

💬 The event will conclude with an open Q&A session — participants will be able to ask the speakers questions and gain venture investor insights on startup development and investment potential.

📅 August 3

🕒 15:00

📍 Almaty Hub, 24 Zenkov St., 4th floor

🔗 Register via the link in our bio. Seats are limited!

 A free 7-day course on Vibe Coding starts on August 3rd! Do you want to create your first IT product, but you don't know how to program? Now it's not a problem. In 7 days, you will learn from scratch how to create digital products using AI — without writing code.

During the course, you will: • create your first working product; • learn how to turn ideas into real projects; • master Vibe Coding and AI tools; • learn how to make money from your products.

Suitable for whom? Students, schoolchildren, aspiring entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to try their hand at IT.

📅 7 days | 2 hours a day | FREE OF CHARGE ⚡ 20 seats in total. Participants are selected based on applications. Do you want to get on the course? Write to WhatsApp: +7 705 167 54 16

Would you like to turn your idea into a complete 3D model and then print it using a 3D printer?

Pavlodar Hub, together with Makerspace, invites you to a two-day hands-on 3D Design Workshop!

🔹 Day 1 — Designing

Participants will learn the basics of 3D modeling and create their own design.

📅 August 4

🕓 4:00 PM

📍 Pavlodar Hub

📌 80 Dyussenov Street, 2nd floor

🔹 Day 2 — 3D Printing the Finished Model

The completed model will be prepared for printing and brought to life using a 3D printer.

📅 August 5

🕓 4:00 PM

📍 Makerspace

📌 104 Akademik Satpayev Street, 1st floor, Room 3

Join us for a lecture on FinTech and the payments industry!

Speaker: Alexander Trapezin, CTO of Freedom Processing.

Alexander has more than 18 years of experience in the banking industry and over 10 years of experience in FinTech.

The program will cover:

• what FinTech is and which areas are part of this field;

• how money and payment products have evolved;

• who participates in the payments market;

• what challenges fintech companies solve;

• how a payment company works from the inside: from customer verification to platform support.

The lecture will be useful for anyone interested in fintech, payment technologies, online payments and the infrastructure behind modern digital services.

You've reached the seigneur, and you've hit the ceiling. What's next: a tech leader, an architect, or will AI redraw this role map altogether?

At an open meeting with Pavel Veynik, we'll look at how growth works after a senior and what skills really lead to technical leadership when AI changes the rules of the game.

, Let 's analyze what

• The glass ceiling of the seigneur: why it arises and how to go beyond its boundaries.

• Skill diagram: middle → senior → techlead → architect route on the same diagram.

• Roles without confusion: how does a technical leader differ from a team leader and an architect.

• The architect in the age of AI: the choice of models, vector bases and agents.

• Five skills that AI only makes more expensive: and seven years of market dynamics 2019-2026 – salaries, shortages, hype, and data.

, Speaker

Pavel Veynik – Founding Architect Hard & Soft Skills, ex-Architect Miro and EPAM, developer since 2003. I have trained 1000+ developers and 450+ architects.

, Who will benefit from it

Backend to middle+ engineers, seniors, architects, and CTO who decide where to grow next.

You will take with you a competence matrix, a market map with sources, and an action plan for Monday. Pavel will also sort out and answer your questions. Please send them in advance during registration.

🗓 August 4, 2026, 21:00 (Astana) / 19:00 (GMT+3)

, Format: online, Google Meet

, Registration: https://hardsoftskills.dev/meetup_technical_leader_1_040826 ?utm_source=astana_hub&utm_medium=event&utm_campaign=announce

AI can not only write texts. He is able to check applications, analyze data, translate materials and perform individual stages of the business process.

On August 5, Semey Hub will host a practical workshop "AI for management using the example of a startup: from a personal assistant to an AI agent system."

Speaker — Raif Misailov, founder of the technology platform Jidek.kz .The participants will analyze the real case.:

what is the difference between a regular chat, a customized assistant, automation, and an AI agent?;

how does the system of specialized agents work?;

what repetitive tasks can be assigned to AI?;

where it is necessary to maintain human control;

what to choose: self-development or a ready-made platform.

At the end, each participant will identify one workflow that can be partially automated as early as next week.

If you have an MVP, it's time to show it to the world.On August 5, at 3 p.m., we're gathering startups who are ready to take the stage and say, "Yes, this is our project, and it's working!"

What awaits the participants?

- warm atmosphere (and it's not just because of the pizza)

- Live short pitches where every minute counts

- an expert review, after which you will want to improve, not be sad - new acquaintances, team, partners

- everything that gives startups a boost.

Applications are accepted until August 2, 23:59. After that, the most promising projects for the presentation will be selected.And yes, the winners will leave not only with experience, but also with winning places.:

1st place - 200,000 tenge

2nd place - 150,000 tenge

3rd place - 100,000 tenge  

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaQR73zfv9opdROiDDQZqif1A41lQfLgk8Hp81a2-9my6k-A/viewform?usp=header

Pizza Pitch is an informal meetup for anyone who wants to present an idea or startup, receive feedback from experts, and connect with the IT community.

Prize pool — KZT 450,000

Participants will present their projects in a short-pitch format. Experts will help them identify the strengths of their ideas, discover growth opportunities, and define their next steps.

Who can participate?

— aspiring startup founders;

— students and young professionals;

— IT developers and entrepreneurs;

— teams with an idea, prototype, or working MVP;

— participants without a project who want to find a team and explore the startup ecosystem.

No public speaking experience is required. What matters most is having an idea, being ready to grow, and wanting to present your project.

Organized by Semey Hub with the support of the Department of Digital Technologies of Abai Region.

Submit your application through the Google Form. The link is in our bio.

Pitch. Connect. Get feedback. Eat pizza. 🍕

🎮 IT-Alias — Join a Fun and Interactive IT Game Night!

Want to explore the world of IT in a fun way? Gather your team and challenge your creativity, logic, and communication skills in IT-Alias!

🎲 During the game, you will:

🔹 Explain programming languages, modern technologies, and complex IT terms using simple and creative descriptions;

🔹 Learn popular IT jargon and expand your tech vocabulary;

🔹 Test your teamwork, quick thinking, and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging atmosphere.

💡 You don't have to be an IT professional to participate — curiosity, creativity, and logic are all you need!

📅 August 5

🕔 5:00 PM

📍 Kyzylorda Hub,  Aiteke Bi Street 29A

On August 6, the Semey Hub will host an offline workshop by Mukhanov Askhat Kuandykuly is an international expert of WorldSkills Shanghai, a teacher and a specialist in the field of digital technologies and artificial intelligence.

In the program:

• effective prompta, preparation of documents, official letters, tables and presentations;

• Gemini integration with Google Workspace and workflow automation;

• NotebookLM for analyzing your own documents and creating educational and analytical materials.

In the practical part, the participants will create a mini-project and a chatbot using Gemini. The workshop will be useful for teachers, civil servants, specialists and students.

August 6, 2026  |  11:00  |  Semey Hub

  August 6 at Semey Hub Jidek.kz a practical workshop of the founder of the technological platform Raif Misailov will be held.

The speaker will show how AI is used in a specific business process and at what stage it is important to maintain human control.

Vorkshop:

• how language models shape the response and why they can be wrong;

* the difference between regular chat, customized assistant, automation, AI agent and agent system;

•     Jidek.kz on the example, we will consider the process of checking, editing, translating vacancies, structuring data, classifying skills, and analyzing the labor market.

At the end, each participant identifies one iterative process that can be transferred to the AI or partially automated.

Technical training is not required.

6 August 2026 / 18: 00 | Semey Hub  

Have you ever taken a Gallup quiz?

But what if your greatest strengths have been there for a long time - you just haven't learned how to use them 100% yet?

We'll figure it out at Speaker Talk with Asylym Nurmukhanbetova.: 

what is the Gallup methodology?; 

how to identify your natural talents; 

how to turn strengths into real results in work and life.

It's not just a theory-you'll learn how to apply your strengths every day and stop wasting energy on things that don't suit you. 

August 7 | 17:00 Batys Hub, 84 Isataya-Makhambet str., 4th floor

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

«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

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

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