Kazakhstan's energy credentials are indisputable; as home to some of the largest oil and gas deposits in the world, the world's largest uranium producer, and some of the most favourable conditions of anywhere for the exploitation of wind, solar and hydro, Kazakhstan has already attracted over $100bn in foreign investment, and is now widely regarded as having the potential to become one of the world's top five oil producers within the coming decade.

The future development of Kazakhstan's energy sector, however, needs to be viewed against a background of rapidly evolving geopolitical events: the upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa can be expected to boost the role on non-OPEC sources in the short to medium term, but the Fukushima nuclear disaster has undermined confidence in nuclear, whilst the shale gas phenomenon is challenging long-held assumptions about the future energy mix. What role will Kazakhstan play in the new world of energy that is emerging?

Issues to be addressed include:

• How achievable are Kazakhstan's plans to double energy output by 2015? What are the drivers, opportunities and risks on the path to achieving these objectives?
• The new geopolitics of energy: the role of Kazakhstan as a strategic energy bridge between East and West.
• The role of foreign investors: what is the government doing to address investors concerns and build partnerships with international and domestic investors?
• Reforming and modernising Kazakhstan's power sector: opportunities and challenges in privatisation, reform of the wholesale electricity sector, tariff reform and the potential for nuclear.
• New frontiers for energy investment in Kazakhstan: clean transportation and the promise and potential of biofuels.
• What is Kazakhstan doing to secure its place and ensure its longer-term relevance and prosperity in tomorrow's low-carbon energy world? What is the role for clean energy?

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