KIOGE 2006 highlights:

- Pre-conference workshop - 3rd of October, Regent Hotel

- 2 day conference - 4th and 5th of October, Regent Hotel

- Norway Day - 3rd of October, Kazakh-British Technical University

- Seminars by Siemens, Digital Orb, Tandem Translations, ABB, ITC Electronics, NeoTech KZ, and Aktau Institute of Oil and Gas.

- 1st KIOGE Job Fair

- 10 Social Networking Receptions

- VIPs from the Govenment included:

Baktikozha Izmukhambetov, Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources, Republic of Kazakhstan

Lyazzat Kiinov, Vice Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zhakyp Marabaev, Managing Director, KazMunayGas

Zhaksybek Kulekeev, First Vice-President, JSC National Company KazMunayGas

Paul Madden, Managing Director, Sectors Directorate , UK Trade & Investment

Anita Utseth, Deputy Minister for Petroleum and Energy , Norway

Dzhambulat Sarsenov, General Director, KazEnergy Association

Mahmood Khaghani, Director General for Caspian Sea Oil & Gas Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum , Iran

Dr. Abdul Rahman Ashraf, Senior Mine and Energy Advisor, to the President Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Lord Provost John Reynolds JP, Mayor of Aberdeen

Leif Johan Sevland, Mayor, City of Stavanger

H.E. Gligor Tashkovich, Minister for Foreign Investment, Government of the Republic of Macedonia

Kairgeldy Kabyldin, Managing Director of Transportation and Service Projects, JSC National Company KazMunayGas