The First Bolashak Seminar

9:00am Opening Remarks.Marlene Laruelle (Central Asia Program, IERES, GWU)
9:15-10:00 Panel 1. Societal transformations in Kazakhstan

Serik Beissembayev (Social Found “Centre for Social and Political Studies Strategy”)
Symbolic Boundaries of Ethnic Identity as an Issue for Nationbuilding in Kazakhstan

Zhaslan Nurbaev (Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law, Astana)
Regional Opinions on the Threat of Religious Extremism in Kazakhstan

Rabiga Baimbetova (Kazakh University of Technology and Business, Astana)
Kazakhstan’s Strategy for Development

Mukhtar Baktybekov (Kazakh University of Law, Humanities and Innovation, Semei)
Kazakhstan’s Development as a Welfare State: Theories and Practices

10:00-10:45 Panel 2. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy and Economic Development

Gulnar Mamasharipova (M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University, Chimkent)
Kazakhstan-US Relations Today

Sergey Dyomin (Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law, Astana)
Foreign Investments through Joint-Ventures (based on USA and Eurasian Union countries)

Arman Jumabayev (JSC Kazakh Humanitarian Law University)
Countering Economic Crisis in Kazakhstan: A Legal Perspective

Makhabbat Shakhmanova (Kazakh University of the Humanities and Law, Astana)
Developing Consumer Rights in Kazakhstan

10:45-11:00 Coffee-break

11:00-12:00pm Panel 3. Kazakhstan’s Education System

Mansiya Kumisbayeva (University of International Business, Almaty)
The Importance of Project Work in Teaching English

Elmira Sarsenbayeva (Kazakh University of Technology and Business, Astana)
Effectiveness of Training Abroad for Master Students in Kazakhstan

Saltanat Khudaibergenova (University of International Business, Almaty)
Malaysian Language Policy as an example for Kazakhstan?

Raushan Koilybayeva (Almaty Technological University)
How to Organize Student Research

Aigul Askerbek (School No. 66, Astana)
The Challenges of Teaching Reading in High Schools 

Aizhuldyz Tolegen (School No. 66, Astana)
How to learn English effectively at an early age?

12:00pm Lunch and Letter of Completion Ceremony