Programme
B2B Investment Forum 2026 · AIFC, Astana
Day 1 — 29 June
08:30
Participants registration
09:45 – 10:00
Opening Ceremony — Trading Hall
- Inviting guests to the Trading Hall
- Musical welcome performance
- Welcome remarks by Eugenio Barbarini & Edda Battistella (CCIK)
10:00 – 11:05
Plenary Session — Official Speakers
Moderator: Edda Battistella & Eugenio Barbarini (CCIK)
Gianantonio Tramet — President, CCIK
Welcome speech
Yerbolat Sembayev — Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Italy
Video speech
Aniello Petito — Vice Ambassador of Italy to Kazakhstan
Welcome speech
Murat Karimsakov — Chairman, Chamber of Foreign Trade — NCE "Atameken"
Kazakhstan's policy on supporting FDI and developing foreign trade
Federico Caner — Chairman, Veneto Agricoltura
Regional agency for sustainable innovation in the primary sector
Talgat Bakenov — Head of the Investment Policy Division
Andrea Comacchio — Technical Coordinator, National Agricultural Commission
Azamat Dyussembekov — Deputy Chairman, Committee for the Protection of Investors' Rights — Prosecutor General's Office
11:05 – 11:45
Investments & Trade Finance — Panel
Moderator: Edda Battistella & Eugenio Barbarini (CCIK)
Saken Olzhabayev — Managing Director, International Cooperation Dept., Baiterek Holding
Nariman Kozhagulov — Managing Director, International Cooperation & Funding, Development Bank of Kazakhstan
Auez Tynibekov — First Deputy Chairman, AstanaInvest — City Investment Development Center
Saken Kalkamanov — Chairman of the Board, International Center for Green Technologies & Investment Projects
11:45 – 12:10
Coffee break
12:10 – 14:30
First B2B Session
14:30 – 14:50
Joint Production
Moderator: Edda Battistella & Eugenio Barbarini (CCIK)
Raimbek Battalov — Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan on Entrepreneurship Development
Timur Zharkenov — Eurasian Economic Commission; Deputy Chairman, NCE "Atameken"
Alessandro Tramet — Tramite Group (No. 1 in the EU white-label market)
Olzhas Akhmetbekov — Head of Department of Countries Analysis & Investors
14:50 – 15:05
Foreign Trade & Retail Trade — Panel
Moderator: Edda Battistella & Eugenio Barbarini (CCIK)
Nurlan Kulbatyrov — Managing Director, Tariff & Non-Tariff Regulation, QazTrade
Bikesh Kurmangalieva — General Director, Digital Economy Development Center
Dauren Autalipov — Managing Director, Department of Trade, NCE "Atameken"
Talgat Nagashybai — CEO, TransAsi Logistics
15:05 – 15:35
Legislation & Regulations
Moderator: Aiman Tursynkan (EXIMAR Foresight)
Gulnara Bizhanova — Deputy Chairman of the Board, NCE "Atameken"
Sabyraly Seisembiyev — Head of the International Cooperation Division, Investor Rights Protection Committee
Gulnaz Tukhtamova — Chief Operating Officer (AIFC Court and IAC)
15:35 – 16:05
Presentations of Italian Companies
Moderator: Edda Battistella & Eugenio Barbarini (CCIK)
Luca Valdetara — CSQA
Marco Baldo — Rhizolife
Callipo — Italian company
16:05 – 16:15
AGRIQA–TRAMITE presentation & closing speech
Aiman Tursynkan — Investment Director of AGRIQA
Gianantonio Tramet — President, CCIK
16:15
End of Day 1 presentations
20:30
Gala dinner
Day 2 — 30 June
All day
B2B Negotiations
- Negotiations in the Atrium and VIP Halls for large-business representatives, with coordinators