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International educators, service providers, and student recruitment agents from Central Asia.
The 4th annual ICEF Central Asia Focus gives international educators and service providers the opportunity to meet top-quality student recruitment agents from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and all the main cities of Kazakhstan in one practical location.
Central Asia currently makes up 2% of global outbound student mobility and is quickly increasing its importance in the international student market. Steady economic growth averaging 8% per annum over the last decade, and Kazakhstan’s entry to the Bologna Process in 2010, have paved the way for the country to expand its educational infrastructure and encourage students to travel abroad.
In Central Asian culture, parents and government play a crucial role in a student's decision-making process. This means that it is essential for education institutions to establish personal contacts and networks with agents, service providers, as well as government bodies. The ICEF Central Asia Focus is the perfect opportunity to establish firm links and partnerships with the region's best student recruitment professionals.
All agents attending ICEF Central Asia are carefully selected and are required to pass ICEF’s strict screening process. Agents must provide multiple references from current business partners, as well as proof of ethical business practices and a successful track record of placing students at international institutions.
The ICEF Central Asia Focus is scheduled around ICEF Moscow and the ICEF Ukraine Focus, allowing participants to target their marketing efforts in Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus in one trip. Places at this event are strictly limited.
The 4th annual ICEF Central Asia Focus gives international educators and service providers the opportunity to meet top-quality student recruitment agents from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and all the main cities of Kazakhstan in one practical location.
Central Asia currently makes up 2% of global outbound student mobility and is quickly increasing its importance in the international student market. Steady economic growth averaging 8% per annum over the last decade, and Kazakhstan’s entry to the Bologna Process in 2010, have paved the way for the country to expand its educational infrastructure and encourage students to travel abroad.
In Central Asian culture, parents and government play a crucial role in a student's decision-making process. This means that it is essential for education institutions to establish personal contacts and networks with agents, service providers, as well as government bodies. The ICEF Central Asia Focus is the perfect opportunity to establish firm links and partnerships with the region's best student recruitment professionals.
All agents attending ICEF Central Asia are carefully selected and are required to pass ICEF’s strict screening process. Agents must provide multiple references from current business partners, as well as proof of ethical business practices and a successful track record of placing students at international institutions.
The ICEF Central Asia Focus is scheduled around ICEF Moscow and the ICEF Ukraine Focus, allowing participants to target their marketing efforts in Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus in one trip. Places at this event are strictly limited.
International educators (universities, vocational schools, boarding schools, language schools) looking to meet with quality agents from across Central Asia.
Central Asian agents looking to meet with educators from all over the world.
Education professionals seeking to maintain their international contacts and strengthen brand recognition in the industry.
Service providers exhibiting products or services to sell to international students via education institutions or education agents.
149 participants from 112 organisations in 24 countries
51 educators from 44 schools in 19 countries
94 agents from 65 agencies in 5 countries in Central Asia
4 service providers from 3 organisations in 3 countries
806 pre-scheduled meetings during the event
The event enables you to hold up to 22 pre-scheduled, one-to-one business meetings with quality student recruitment agents, as well as other educators and service providers from around the globe. These appointments are 25 minutes in duration and let you create new contacts and maintain existing relationships. The programme also includes meals, options for refreshment breaks, and evening functions, all of which offer further networking opportunities.
| Wednesday | April 1, 2020 |
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| 16:00 – 19:00 | Registration of participants |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Seminar session I |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Refreshment break |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Seminar session II |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Welcome reception |
| Thursday | April 2, 2020 |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:20 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 09:20 – 11:00 | Business meetings (4 x 25 minutes) |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Refreshment break |
| 11:20 – 13:00 | Business meetings (4 x 25 minutes) |
| 13:00 – 14:20 | Networking lunch |
| 14:20 – 16:00 | Business meetings (4 x 25 minutes) |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Refreshment break |
| 16:20 – 18:50 | Business meetings (6 x 25 minutes) |
| 19:30 – 22:30 | Dinner reception |
The event was great, we have met many new partners and were happy to see the existing ones.
- Salem Radchenko, Grand Corporation LLP, KazakhstanIt was a pleasure to work with ICEF and all of our objectives were well-aligned at the ICEF Central Asia Focus. We look forward to future cooperation and projects in Kazakhstan and the region.
- Aliya Shaikhina, US Department of Commerce, USAThe event is really well organized and all the participants are prepared and helpful.
- Gulnara Suleimenova, Regent-Calderdale Study and Training Abroad, KazakhstanAs expected, the organisation at the ICEF Central Asia Focus was excellent. This is a new market for us and I was really pleased with the quality of meetings. We have got some excellent leads and have already established partnerships and received bookings.
- Celestine Rowland, Galway Cultural Institute, IrelandIt was a great event. So many good meetings with imminent results. Many of my meetings were follow-up meetings from previous events. It is clear that reinforcing existing relationships at events helps to get good results.
- Lorie Lee, guard.me International Insurance, CanadaExcellent event! Lots of professional agents who know the market very well.
- Veronica Cartagenova, LCI Education Network, CanadaIn its second year, the ICEF Central Asia Focus remains highly professional. It has become a real networking place for student recruitment professionals. KAEA members are excited to cooperate with ICEF in this market!
- Zhanna Mendybayeva, Kazakhstan Association of Educational Agents, Kazakhstan
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