KarIU Among 20 Universities Participating in AI & Digital Bridge 2026

Karaganda Industrial University was among the 20 universities in Kazakhstan selected to participate in the exhibition of projects of the national AI-Sana programme, held as part of the international forum AI & Digital Bridge 2026.

Ahead of the forum, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan conducted a selection of the most promising university projects in the field of artificial intelligence. As a result, KarIU was given the opportunity to present three of its own developments at one of the country’s largest technology platforms.

At the exhibition, the university presented:

🔹 KarIU Smart Bots — the university’s multi-agent AI platform, bringing together specialised intelligent assistants for students, applicants, and staff;

🔹 SolarAI — an intelligent system for monitoring, forecasting, and optimising the use of solar energy;

🔹 AI Syllabus — a system for the automated generation of academic syllabi using AI and RAG technologies.

KarIU was represented at the exhibition by PI-23 group students Vyacheslav Nem, Evgeny Stepanov, and Maksim Odintsov, as well as Anнa Nurmanbayeva, a master’s student of the AiU-26nm group. Over two days, the team demonstrated how the projects work, explained their practical applications, and answered questions from forum visitors.

On the first day, the AI-Sana exhibition was visited by Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sayasat Nurbek, Paul Kim, Member of the Council for the Development of Artificial Intelligence under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ni Li, Partner at Alpha Intelligence Capital and Founding Managing Partner of Mariton Partners, as well as Nariman Mukushev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Halyk Bank.

On the second day, the exhibition was visited by Kuanyshbek Yessekeyev, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Dinara Shcheglova, Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

KarIU’s participation in the AI-Sana exhibition among the 20 selected universities in the country provided an opportunity to demonstrate the results of the university’s practical work in the field of artificial intelligence, present its own developments to the expert community, and exchange experience with teams from leading universities in Kazakhstan.