International IT companies and experts descend on Astana for ASTEX-2014 conference

Chairman of the Kazakh Agency for Communication and Information Askar Zhumagaliyev greeted participants and read out the words of welcome of Prime Minister Karim Massimov. Mr. Zhumagaliyev also lauded rapid leaps in the development of information and communication technologies in Kazakhstan. "I am positive the ASTEX-2014 event will pin down the problems of the e-commerce industry and ways to solve them and puff up sales turnover between the participating countries," he said. "Information and communication infrastructure is becoming the key element in any country's development." Large international IT companies, businessmen and experts came to the Kazakh capital to participate in the conference. Held within the framework of the Astana Economic Forum, the conference is turning into a platform where countries, organizations and IT companies exchange experience, expand cooperation, sign long-term memorandums and contracts. The most interesting projects and eminent IT specialists are to be presented with ASTEX award this year. Memorandums of cooperation in the e-commerce field in Kazakhstan are believed to be inked at the conference as well.