Held on July 4, 2025, this closed event transtormed the modeling hall of Astanagenplan into a plattorm for international connection and exchange of expertise. Urban Talks set the agenda for the subsequent National Urban Forum in Qyzylorda.

Bringing the power of data, Yuriy Milevskiy, Co-founder & CEO of the UK-based NOVAYA Labs, dived deep into urban analytics and risk management. His insights on using big data to predict city needs changed how we think about smart planning.

Harry Dobbs, Founder of Harry Dobbs Design, challenged us to look past concrete and steel. His focus?
Cultural identity and human-centered design. He argued that a city without culture is just a collection of roads-a philosophy now influencing projects from London to Riyadh to Astana.