Stephen Lioy Photographer, writer, outdoorsman, and travel blogger based in Kyrgyzstan. Stephen works as a professional in tourism development in the Central Asia region, guidebook writer for Lonely Planet, and travel writer for a number of print and online travel publications

Mustafa Avci General Manager, Ecocert IMO LTD Ecocert, created in 1991, is a global operator for the certification of organic agriculture and organic cosmetics, operating in more than 130 countries and giving service to more than 60,000 operators. Ecocert delivers auditing and certification services for several standards: organic agriculture, fair trade, organic textile, organic cosmetics are

Olga Voronova General Director of P&G Central Asia Republics, headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan Olga graduated from Odessa National Economics University with a major in International Economics. She studied Business in the US (as a finalist in an exchange program with funding from the US Freedom Support Act), and successfully accomplished multiple business courses in the

William Tompson Head of the Eurasia Division in the OECD Global Relations Secretariat Having previously spent seven years as a Senior Economist in the Organisation’s Economics Department and six years in its Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate. He is the author of Khrushchev: A Political Life (Macmillan/St Martin’s, 1995) and The Soviet Union under

Makhmud Shadiev Entrepreneur, Founder and Chairman of “Organic Kazakhstan” Public Fund Makhmud was born and raised in Tashkent Uzbekistan, went to school in Nebraska, USA, graduated from University in Southampton, UK and has worked for the past 15 years in Kazakhstan. Makhmud’s working experience and areas of business interest are as broad as the geography

Ildar Ineleev Country Director for CIS of the European Certification Body CERT International, Slovakia Mr. Ineleev has more than 11 years of professional experience in the field of ISO. He is a registered lead auditor in the IRCA (www.irca.org, United Kingdom) Chief Auditor of TUV Thuringen (Germany) and serves as an instructor for IRCA, TUV

Riad Ibragimov The official representative of the German certification body, TUV International Certification, Director of CERT Group for International Development and Editor-in-Chief of the international magazine MANAGEMENT  Mr. Ibragimov has 18 years of experience in management systems standards in the areas of quality, product safety, ecology and industrial safety as recognized by ISO. He has