BusinessNEXT: Sayassat Nurbek

Speaker of the online forum "BusinessNEXT: the new role of business schools in the economy and society", CEO of BTS Education, a leading EdTech company in Kazakhstan, Sayasat Nurbek, will talk about the formation of industry profiles of competencies and supra-professional skills as vectors for the development of corporate training.

Sayassat Nurbek is a public figure, speaker, teacher with knowledge of several languages. He is a well-known national expert in the field of education, the founder of key educational projects in the region (Ecole 42 partner school, the first National School of Public Policy, the first National Foresight for Skills Research, the Research Center for Public Policy and Analysis); a certified expert in foresight research.

BTS Education develops the project "Atlas of new professions and competencies of Kazakhstan" (hereinafter-Atlas) and the career guidance platform "EduNavigator".

To date, a number of innovations in educational standards are already being implemented on the basis of the Atlas. For example, on the basis of the Khromtau Mining and Technical Higher College, training in a new profession "Operator of unmanned aerial vehicles for the mining industry and mining" has begun.

The methodology for developing the Atlas is based on international experience and taking into account global trends in the development of economic sectors. It included predictive sessions with subject immersion in rapid foresight technology with the participation of industry experts represented by representatives of production, government agencies, industry associations and other specialists.

The Atlas contains an analysis of the main technological trends that will critically change the labor market in 9 priority sectors of the economy: mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, agriculture, transport and logistics, mechanical engineering, ICT, energy, tourism and construction. The document predicts changes in professions for the next 5-10 years, and also identifies 239 new, 95 transforming and 129 disappearing professions.

The live broadcast will take place on June 9 at 15.00 on the official Youtube channel of the Economic Research Institute of Kazakhstan, as well as on the Facebook channel @economic.research.kz.