On October 23, a closed business dinner titled “AI Strategy: Implementing Artificial Intelligence Without Common Pitfalls” was held in Almaty. The event was another successful joint initiative by Awara IT and the Qazaq IT Community.
The venue brought together over 30 CTOs and CIOs from leading Kazakh companies to discuss how businesses can adopt AI strategically and transform the technology into a sustainable competitive advantage.
Key discussion points included:
- Developing and executing an AI implementation strategy while avoiding typical mistakes.
- Organizing processes and teams to prevent pilot projects from descending into chaos.
- Real-world AI use cases that are already delivering results in the market.
The event was hosted and opened by Assem Bolatzhan, Founder of the Qazaq IT Community.
Featured speakers included:
- Aliya Ospanova and Altair Kuanysh, Business Development Directors at Awara IT, who shared their insights on “AI for Data: How CIOs and CTOs Turn Technology into Corporate Intelligence.”
- Oleksii Sharavar, CEO of QAZCODE, and Ramil Mukhoryapov, CEO and Founder of Choco, who presented practical case studies on integrating AI into business processes.

