«ICTWEEK Uzbekistan 2022»: итоги самого масштабного мероприятия в сфере ИКТ

From October 24 to October 27 in Uzbekistan took place the event in the field of ICT of Uzbekistan – the week of information and communication technologies “ICTWEEK Uzbekistan 2022”. Over the past 18 years, this event has traditionally combined a number of specialized events into a single format.

As part of the weekly program, 22 events were held, in which 7,776 participants took part. 10 documents were signed (including investment agreements) for about $200 million.

In particular, IT Park resident-company Revotech and the American company Effika Corporation signed a memorandum aimed at developing new areas of business process outsourcing (BPO), namely insurance services.  According to the document, Effika Corporation will provide outsourcing services in the insurance industry for 2023 in the amount of $20 million.

Also, Huawei and ZTE Uzbekistan signed a protocol with IT Park on the establishment of business process outsourcing centers (BPO Centers) for a total amount of $200,000.

In addition, within the framework of the “IT-Education” forum, a meeting was held between the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, IT Park and Coursera Inc. As a result of the meeting, an agreement was reached on signing a memorandum, according to which, from 2023, 1.2 million boys and girls will be able to take online courses in 3 main areas of IT (Frontend, Python, IT English) on the Coursera educational platform.

Agreements were also signed with “Toyota Tsusho Corporation” for more than $150 million, between Mobiuz and Huawei for $25.4 million, a certificate from KOIIA in the amount of $1.65 million for the development of digital technologies and artificial intelligence was provided.

A significant event of the ICT Week 2022 was the fact that the Minister for  Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sherzod Shermatov was elected Chairman of the Council of Heads of the RCC Communications Administrations and the Coordinating Council of the CIS Member States on Informatization under the RCC, which was headed by Russia for more than 30 years.

Among the events held as part of the ICT Week on the first day, a panel session of the Technoparks of the Turkic States was held, where IT Park Director Farhod Ibragimov (Uzbekistan), Astana Hub CEO Magzhan Madiev (Kazakhstan), CEO of the Kyrgyz Association of Software Developers and Services spoke Avigail Menashe (Kyrgyzstan), Financial Director of “Sabah” Laboratory Togrul Ismailov (Azerbaijan), Director of Technology Consulting Practice in Central Asia and the Caucasus Ernst & Young Maxim Vyatkin and CEO of Future Laboratory Irakli Kashibadze (Georgia) spoke.

During the panel session, representatives of the Technoparks considered the issues of integration of the OTS Technoparks to further increase the volume of exports of IT services, as well as the entry of resident-companies and startups into foreign markets.

The dialogue participants signed the protocol of the panel session of the technology parks of the Organization of Turkic States, which provides for a deep study of the experience of technology parks in the development of the IT-sector and the export of IT services;  providing support for local startups operating in the US market;  organization of systematic visits of delegations of Technoparks to the OTS member countries in order to exchange experience and get acquainted with the local community of technology entrepreneurs and specialists.

On the second day of the ICT Week, October 25, IT Park hosted a BPO-summit, the purpose of which was to help guests learn about investments in IT, IT-outsourcing and new opportunities to receive orders from abroad.

The summit was attended by dozens of investors and customers from almost all continents of the world.  They told the guests how and why to start a business in BPO, where to find and how to train BPO specialists, and also shared insiders where you can get technical and financial support for BPO companies.

Moreover, the ICTWEEK Week of Information and Communication Technologies of Uzbekistan in 2022 was also remembered for the fact that it took place in parallel and in the virtual space!

This became possible thanks to two Metaverses created by “Grace Projects” LLC – with the help of modern technologies, it was possible to immerse yourself in the digital world.  Thus, the first Metaverse was dedicated to the events that take place within the framework of the ICT Week, and the second – to an online exhibition of startups.