Maxat Kassan, from Eurasian National University, gave a talk on December 6 entitled, “Development of e-Government in Kazakhstan: Case Study of a Transitio
nal Country.”
Maxat Kassen is an Associate Professor at the Eurasian National University in Astana, Kazakhstan, School of Journalism and Political Science, Department of Television and Public Relations. He has several scientific publications on digital media policy development published in Kazakhstan, USA and Russia. His research interest is about applying successful e-government projects and development of digital democracy via use of modern media technologies. He has participated as a consultant in realization of the national e-government consultancy service. Also, he worked in the National News Agency Kazinform as a head of foreign media service. He received his C.Sc./PhD degree in Political Science from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan in 2008.