Agenda

June 7 2016 | TechForum Day 1

• 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking Over Coffee & Tea
• 9:00am - 9:15am - Welcome Remarks & Keynote: U.S. Ambassador George Krol
  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko
  Assel Karaulova, President of Kazakhstan Press Club
• 9:15am - 9:20am - TechForum Overview & Logistics: IIP TechForum Team Member
• 9:20am - 9:50am - Icebreaker: Spectrogram
• 9:50am - 10:55am - Speed-Geeking Sessions

• TechForum Central Asia 2016 - Speed Geeking Topics

  Team Number	Topic	Trainer
  1	Social Media Marketing	Zhanna Prashkevich - Communications Systems Consultant; Jennifer Edwards - Digital Media Consultant
  2	Data Mapping & Timelines	Alexandr Danilov - B2C Consulting
  3	Data Mining Pipeline: Discovery and Analysis For Stories Big and Small	Shane Shifflett - Huffington Post; Shavkat Sabirov - Internet Association of Kazakhstan
  4	Telling an Explosive Story with Infographics	Xavier Malina - Nest Labs
  5	Search Engine Optimization and Web Analytics	Magzhan Madiyev - Naimi.kz; Ulan Kairbekov - Naimi.kz
  6	User Experience - Design to Drive Traffic	Mikhail Dorofeyev - Informburo
  7	Mobile Video Creation and Editing	Maryam Ghanbarzadeh - BBC
  8	Engaging Audiences Through Live Streaming	Doug Arellanes - Sourcefabric
  	Creating Complex Multimedia Posts	Rustam Niyazov - Yvision
  8	Business Models for Journalism	Dmitri Cherniak - Beacon

• 10:55am - 11:10am - Coffee & Tea Break
• 11:10am - 11:20am - Explanation of Interactive Training Sessions
• 11:20am - 12:55pm - 1st Interactive Training Session
• 12:55pm - 2:10pm - Lunch
• 2:10pm - 3:40pm - 2nd Interactive Training Session
• 3:40pm - 3:55pm - Coffee & Tea Break
• 3:55pm - 4:10pm - Explanation - How to Define a Challenge Statement
• 4:10pm- 5:10pm - Trainers and Participants Determine Challenge Statements
• 5:10pm - 5:15pm - End of Day Announcements. Get ready for Day 2!
• 5:15pm - 5:30pm - Trainer Debrief in Main Room
• 5:30pm - Networking Social

June 8 | TechForum Day 2

• 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking Over Tea & Coffee
• 9:00am - 9:15am - Morning Announcements: IIP TechForum Team Member
• 9:15am - 9:45am - Trainers Announce Challenge Statements from Day 1
• 9:45am - 12:00pm - Small Group Work on Identifying Project Solutions
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00pm - 1:15pm - Plenary and Afternoon Announcements
• 1:15pm - 3:00pm - Developing Project Solutions and Preparing Presentations
• 3:00pm - 3:15pm - Tea & Coffee Break
• 3:15pm - 4:30pm - Final Presentations
• 4:30pm - 4:45pm - TechForum Survey
• 4:45pm - 5:00pm - TechForum Closing Remarks: U.S. Embassy First Secretary and Press Аttaché  David Gamble Jr.  and Assel Karaulova, President of the Kazakhstan Press Club
• 5:00pm - 5:10pm - Certificates & Group Photo!