Venue: Rixos Water World Aktau Hotel, Aktau, Kazakhstan address: Tyoplyi plyazh 34

QAZAQ GREEN FEST 2025

IV International Business Festival on Renewable Energy

Programme

IV International Business Festival on Renewable Energy
Qazaq Green Fest
12–13 September 2025,  Rixos Water World Aktau

Day 1 – 12 September 2025

09:00 -10:30Registration Welcome Coffee
10:30 –11:30Opening ceremony of the IV International Business Festival on Renewable Energy ‘Qazaq Green Fest’
  • Duisenbay Turganov, Deputy of Majilis Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Sungat Yessimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Nurdaulet Kilybay, Akim of Mangistau region
  • Nurlan Kapenov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
11:30 –13:00Session: Energy Transformation – Legislative Initiatives in Alternative Energy
  • Moderator: Ainur Sospanova, Chairperson of the Executive Board, Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
  • Sungat Yessimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Duisenbay Turganov, Deputy of Majilis Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Nabi Aitzhanov, Chairman of the Management Board, KEGOC JSC
  • Gulzhan Nalibayeva, Director General, Financial Settlement Center for Renewable Energy LLP
  • Anatoliy Shkarupa, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kazakhstan Electric Power Association
  • Zhakyp Bokenbayev, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KOREM JSC
  • Yevgeniy Nikitin, Director of the Energy Department, ERG LLP
13:00 –13:30Press Conference for Media
13:00 –14:30Break
14:30 –16:00Session: Corporate PPA: Selecting the Right Renewable Solutions for Industry
  • Moderator:Nikolay Posypanko, Head of Low Carbon Development Competence Centre, ERG
  • Sungat Yessimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Nurlan Kapenov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
  • Federico Pugliese, Managing Director, Arm Wind LLP
  • Representative, JSC NC KazMunayGas
  • Bagdat Oral, Chairman of the Management Board of Central Asian Electric Power Corporation JSC
  • Kanat Dosmukametov, CEO, Solidcore Resources Eurasia
  • Temirlan Utegenov, CEO, Kazakhmys Energy LLP
16:00 –16:30Coffee-break
16:30 –18:00Session: Grid-Forming – Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Energy Systems 
  • Moderator: Anatoliy Shkarupa, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kazakhstan Electric Power Association
  • Representative, Akimat of Mangistau region
  • Representative, KEGOC JSCRepresentative, MAEK JSC
  • Representative, Atyrau Zharik JSC
  • Representative, West Kazakhstan Regional Electric Grid Company
  • Representative, Huawei
  • Valeriy Tyugay, Director of Energy System Researches LLP
18:30 –20:00Break
20:00Gala Evening on the shores of the Caspian Sea

Day 2 – 13 September 2025

9:30 –11:00Session: Inclusive Energy Transition – The Role of Education and Gender Equality (Organised with the support of GIZ) 
  • Moderator: GIZ RepresentativeLyazzat Akhmurzina, Executive Director of the Kazenergy Association
  • Gulzada Shakkulikova, Rector of NJSC “Atyrau Oil and Gas University named after Safi Utebayev”
  • Dr. Max Eirich Director of the Kazakh-German Institute for Sustainable Engineering KINI
  • Ainur Sospanova, Chairperson of the Executive Board, Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
  • Representative, Yessenov University
  • Representative, AUES
  • Representative, Kazakhstan-German University
11:00 –11:30Coffee break
11:30 –13:00Session: Hydrogen of the Future – Protecting the Caspian While Driving Progress 
  • Moderator:Sungat Yessimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Representative, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan
  • Representative, Hyrasia One
  • Ainur Sospanova, Chairperson of the Executive Board, Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
  • Representative, German Energy Agency (dena)
  • Manuel Andres, Head, Hydrogen Diplomacy Office
  • Representative, Yessenov University
13:00 –14:30Break
14:30 –15:30Open Microphone: Business Perspectives on the Challenges of the Power Industry and Renewable Energy
  • Sungat Yessimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Anatoliy Shkarupa, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kazakhstan Electric Power Association
  • Nurlan Kapenov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
  • Ainur Sospanova, Chairperson of the Executive Board, Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources Association
16:30 –17:00Coffee break