A delegation led by Samir Sharifov, Finance Minister of Azerbaijan, participated in the fifth Astana Economic Forum (AEF) dedicated to the challenges and prospects of world economic development in terms of global transformation. The event is co-organized by the support of the “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association operating in Kazakhstan. 

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the official opening ceremony.
Presidents, heads of transnational corporations, representatives of political and business communities, scientists in economics, Nobel Prize winners as well as Robert Mandell, Robert Aumann, Christopher Pissarides, the former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, British former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Wim Kok former Prime Minister of the Netherlands and other officials are among the attendees of the forum.
This year’s agenda of the 5th Astana Economic Forum includes three sections: financial capital and global economy, industrial-innovative development, sustainable development and global social situation. 

In total, the agenda of the forum consists of over 50 panel sessions of different formats with the participation of more than 8,000 delegates from 90 countries. 

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