Talk by Talant Sultanov, UN IGF MAG and Chair of Kyrgyz Internet Society on ‘Can digital development internet benefit the rural communities of Central Asia?’

Cambridge Central Asia Forum in collaboration with the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge invites you to a talk by

Talant Sultanov, UN IGF MAG and Chair of Kyrgyz Internet Society

On

‘Can digital development internet benefit the rural communities of Central Asia?’

Date: 4 November 2022

Time: 11am-1pm (UK time)

Venue: In-person SG2, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge

Online: Zoom Registration  https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlcuGgqT0qE9SUDbiKl0IV8pY99Yw3eDCq

Everyone is welcome.

Biography: Talant Sultanov is the Chair and Co-Founder of the Kyrgyz Internet Society. He is a member of the UN Secretary General’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group for Internet Governance (UN IGF MAG). Talant’s experience includes the work at the World Bank as the Digital Development Specialist, the Kyrgyz Government as the Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of the Taza Koom Digital Transformation Strategy and as the Director of Government Think Tank NISI. Previously he has worked in academia as the CFO of the American University in Bishkek and as the Scholarship Coordinator at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco and in the private sector at Kazkommertsbank in Almaty. Additionally, he served on boards of the Kyrgyz National TV and Radio Corporation, the Business Council of the Kyrgyz Parliament, the Bank of Asia, and Humo Microcredit Foundation in Tajikistan. Talant holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (2006) and a Bachelor’s degree (Summa Cum Laude) in International Relations from San Francisco State University (1999). He also attended the Harvard Kennedy School and NESA (2016).

For more information please go to https://centralasia.group.cam.ac.uk/