On November 1-2, 2025, the Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU) hosted the "BASTAU - KBTU Autumn Cup (UN SDG 9)" hackathon. The event was organized jointly by the university and Vitaly Alexandrov, the author of the BASTAU spatial big data visualization technology, with the support of the UN Information Office in Kazakhstan. The event was initiated by the School of IT and Engineering and the SDG Projects Department of the KBTU Academy of Corporate Education.
The hackathon was dedicated to Sustainable Development Goal 9 鈥� "Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure" and aimed at developing software solutions for digitalization, data visualization, and management decision support, including tools for the public sector.
Over 70 students from KBTU, SDU, and MUIT, as well as young researchers and IT specialists, participated in the competition, presenting projects in the fields of artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital innovation.
On November 15, the organizers announced the winners of the Hackathon. The "!coders" team, comprised of talented students from KBTU's School of Information Technology and Engineering鈥擬iroslav Sklyar, Farkhat Zhutanov, Rishadkyzy Guldana, and Sima Khanbin鈥攊mpressed the judges with their innovative solution for the Bastau system and won the Bastau KBTU Autumn Cup.
Since its founding in 2021, the SDG Project Department of the KBTU Corporate Education Academy has implemented a wide range of initiatives to promote the Sustainable Development Goals: more than five international workshops have been held, bringing together over 200 participants from Kazakhstan and abroad, courses on the SDGs have been developed for students and external participants, and grants from international foundations have been received to develop SDG project groups at KBTU.
This event underscored KBTU's commitment to promoting development in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), as well as its obligations under the UN Global Compact and the UN Academic Impact Program.
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