Representatives of the Nuclear Society of Kazakhstan took an active part in the conference "Sustainable Energy Security through the Energy Transition", held on May 17, 2023, organized by the international analytical center NNWI: Tazhibayeva I.L. – Chairman of the Board, Seifullina T.A. – Director of the Association, Ibraev B.M. – Chairman of VNSEI at NSK and Aliyev S.A. – Head of ICAT NSK.

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the issues of the most effective methods of managing the energy sector in the transition period, as well as the role of nuclear energy in the country's energy balance.

Welcoming speeches were made by: Tim Yeo – President of NNWI, Kirri Hendriksen – Second Secretary of the British Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan on Climate and Green Transition.

The conference program consisted of three main panel sessions, on such key topics as:

  • The current state of the energy sector in Kazakhstan (мoderator B. Ibraev, Chairman of the NNWI Advisory Council in Central Asia);
  • Prospects for energy sector management (moderator B. Dzhaksaliev, Honorary Power Engineer of the CIS);
  • the advantage of nuclear energy and the safety of nuclear technologies (moderator, Professor I. Tazhibayeva, Executive Director of the STC SNT).

Speakers at the panel sessions were:

  • representatives of NNWI;
  • P. Svoik – public, political figure, independent expert;
  • G. Autalipov – Director of generation of Samruk-Energy JSC;
  • S. Aliyev – Director of ICAT NSK;
  • M. Zdorovets – Director of the INP branch in Astana;
  • D. Zarva – NNC RK;
  • V. Adodin – Executive Director of EC&S.

Deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the conference: M.Z. Iskandirov and R.S. Kozhasbaev, representatives: Samruk-Energy JSC; RSE "NNC RK"; RSE "INP" ME RK; ALE "STC SNT" ME RK; Association "Nuclear Society of Kazakhstan"; PCK at KazNANS; Public Council under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, NGO "ITUNIW" of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representative of the British Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the media of the Republic of Kazakhstan. About 80 people in total.