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Round Table at MЕTU: Key Issues of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence in the Presidential Address
On 12 September 2025, the International
Engineering and Technological University (MIETU) hosted a round table dedicated
to the Address of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart
Tokayev, to the Nation. Faculty members of the Departments of Social-Humanitarian
Disciplines and World Languages and Biochemical Engineering, as well as
first-year students, took part in the event. Opening
the meeting, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences and Associate Professor A.S.
Sisenbayeva highlighted the key priorities of the Head of State’s Address
“Kazakhstan in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Urgent Tasks and Their
Solutions through Digital Transformation,” stressing that this year’s Address
focuses on digitalization and artificial intelligence.
Students
presented reports on a wide range of pressing topics. Maria Krupina (TiPP-25-1k)
discussed “The Transition to a Unicameral Parliament in Kazakhstan,”
underlining a new stage of political reform. Indira Bekbolatkyzy Zhusip (BZ-25-1k)
spoke on “Environmental Risks of the Caspian Sea and the Protection of Water
Resources,” drawing attention to the shallowing of the sea and the destruction
of its ecosystem, and welcomed the presidential initiative to launch a state
program to save the Caspian. Other
speakers included Dina Zamanova on “Law and Order: Anti-social Behavior in
Public Spaces,” Altynai Maratova on “Combating High Inflation in Kazakhstan,”
Adilet Baimuratov on “The Alatau-City Project,” Anel Koshkarbayeva on “Digital
Transformation in Education,” Ruslan Zhumabekov on “Preferences and Support for
Domestic Products in the Kazakhstani Market,” and Yana Kononenko on “Key
Aspects of the Development of SEZ Alatau City.” Participants
emphasized the timeliness and importance of the issues raised in the
Presidential Address and expressed keen interest in the ongoing modernization
processes in the country.
