IT, Digital, Marketing and PR Events in Central Asia and the Caucasus: December 2026

Five events are on the regional calendar for December 2026: the New Uzbekistan 2026 business forum (Tashkent, 29 November – 5 December), the 5th Creative Industries Forum – Art Forum (Astana, 5 December), DevFest Naryn 2026 (Naryn, 5 December), WN C-Level Summit Tbilisi'26 (Tbilisi, 10 December) and BakuTel 2026 (Baku, December, dates to be confirmed). Between them they cover Kazakhstan's PR and marketing scene, Kyrgyzstan's developer community, an invitation-only summit for gaming executives and Azerbaijan's telecom and IT exhibition.

Which IT, digital, marketing and PR events are on in Central Asia and the Caucasus in December 2026?

The five events sit in five cities and five countries: Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Astana (Kazakhstan), Naryn (Kyrgyzstan), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Baku (Azerbaijan). Three fall in the first week of the month. BakuTel has no confirmed date yet. The table below gives the overview.

New Uzbekistan 2026

New Uzbekistan 2026 is an international business forum running from 29 November to 5 December 2026 in Tashkent, at the UzExpoCentre exhibition complex and the Hilton Tashkent City hotel. According to Spot.uz, the organisers are the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and Iteca Exhibitions.

The format is built around meetings. The official website lists two stages, 12 industry tracks and more than 500 direct B2B and B2G meetings with buyers, exporters, importers, chambers of commerce, employers and government bodies. The organisers expect more than 1,000 participants from over 50 countries. The first stage (29 November – 2 December) is aimed at Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus and South Asia. The second (3–4 December) targets the CIS, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia and China.

Sessions and B2B meetings are free to attend, with advance registration on the forum website. International guests are offered transfers, hotel discounts and visa support. The programme also includes a trip to Registan Square in Samarkand. The home page carries no detailed session schedule; that sits on a separate page of the site.

The forum is a fit for companies looking for partners, buyers and export markets in Uzbekistan, or for those entering Central Asia more broadly.

A press event at the forum in Tashkent

A forum with 500+ B2B and B2G meetings and participants from 50+ countries gives a company a reason to talk to the press. Participation can anchor a press event and a series of comments for Uzbek and international media as part of a media relations programme. If you have no team on the ground, we run press events and an outsourced press office for you. How we work with local media and partners when a company enters the Uzbek market is described on our PR agency in Uzbekistan page.

5th Creative Industries Forum – Art Forum

Art Forum is a creative industries forum organised by PR room. The fifth edition takes place on 5 December 2026 in Astana. The venue and programme for December are not yet on the official website; the organiser's contact is [email protected].

The programme usually runs as moderated sessions with several speakers from film, music, fashion, media, finance and IT. Past topics include funding for creative projects, the investment case for creative industries, streaming, cinema, YouTube and theatre, the music market (AI, TikTok, hits), creativity across professions, and media and PR.

For PR specialists and marketers, this is the only Kazakhstani event in our selection, and the programme usually carries a dedicated media and PR strand. For more on working in this market, see PR agency in Kazakhstan.

Speaking terms are not listed on the website, so enquiries go to the organiser at the address above. A company pitching a topic does better when it brings its own data: a market study supplies both the talk and a news hook for the media. That is the logic of research-driven PR; see our case study on PR support for a study across 6+ countries.

DevFest Naryn 2026

DevFest Naryn 2026 opens the DevFest series run by GDG Bishkek (Google Developer Groups). It takes place on Saturday, 5 December 2026, from 10:00 to 18:00 local time (GMT+6) at the University of Central Asia campus in Naryn (310 Lenin Street).

The event page lists a conference, technical talks, workshops and a community meetup. Topics include AI, Build with AI, accessibility, career development and community building. The only named speaker so far is Udesh Udayakumar of Google Cloud. The organisers describe the audience as tech enthusiasts, HR specialists and AI innovators, from seasoned professionals to beginners. Attendance terms and pricing are not given on the page.

The conference suits companies that want contacts in Kyrgyzstan's tech community or are hiring there. With HR specialists named among the audience, it also works for employer branding: a chance to present the company as an employer to local developers. We covered the country's digital landscape in Internet and Social Media in Kyrgyzstan 2026.

WN C-Level Summit Tbilisi'26

WN C-Level Summit Tbilisi'26 is an invitation-only summit for gaming industry executives. It takes place on 10 December 2026 at the Wyndham Grand Tbilisi hotel (3 Lado Gudiashvili Street). The organiser is WN Hub.

Attendance is capped at 100 industry leaders. Around 70% of them are top executives and founders, and around 85% travel in from outside Georgia. The programme for 10 December:

• 11:00–11:30 – a talk on the 2026 mobile games market results;
• 11:30–12:00 – a talk on the 2026 Steam and PC market results;
• 12:00–13:30 – parallel round tables on mobile priorities and PC growth strategy for 2027;
• 15:00–15:30 – Market Battle, a team quiz built on games business data;
• 15:30–16:30 – «AI Debates: How Far Should We Go?», a debate on AI in game development;
• 17:00–20:00 – «Tbilisi After Dark» networking dinner at 7th Sky.

Studios and service companies get separate tickets: the Game Studio Pass and the Service Provider Pass. The summit's online platform runs from 3 to 24 December, though the page says nothing more about it. Speaker names have not been announced.

The summit is for owners and executives of game studios and service companies, plus suppliers to the gaming industry.

With around 85% of participants arriving from outside Georgia, a talk or a seat at a round table puts an executive in front of an international audience. These formats reward preparation, through personal branding and media training.

To turn a talk into coverage in international and Georgian media, issue a post-event release with speaker quotes after the summit and offer comments to gaming trade publications. Materials for international outlets go out in English; those for Georgian media are adapted to the local context.

BakuTel 2026

BakuTel 2026 is an international telecommunications and IT exhibition and conference which, according to the Neventum aggregator, is expected in December 2026 at the Baku Expo Center. The organiser is Caspian Event Organisers. The event usually pairs an exhibition of industry companies with a business conference.

Exact dates were unconfirmed at the time of checking, and the source gives no link to an official website, so verify the details with the organiser. No programme or exhibitor list has appeared in the available sources.

Which event fits your goal?

It comes down to the market and the audience you need to meet.

PR support for conference participation: what to commission and how to prepare

If participation is supposed to produce publications, media quotes and contacts with the local audience, preparation starts several weeks before the event. The basic sequence:

• Media announcement 2–3 weeks out: who is speaking, on what, and what the company will show on site.
• Speaker talking points: two or three key messages, figures and ready quotes for journalists. Shape them to the format, whether a talk, a round table or a debate, as at the WN C-Level Summit.
• Press kit for the stand and the talk: company profile, speaker photo, presentation and press office contacts. For New Uzbekistan, with participants from 50+ countries, prepare materials in both Russian and English.
• Journalist invitations and agreed on-site interviews and comments. If the programme is not out yet, as with Art Forum, confirm the speaker list and format with the organiser.
• Post-event release within a few days: quotes, meeting outcomes, photos and social media assets.

A PR agency for conferences in Central Asia and the Caucasus: what ITCOMMS does

We build a communications strategy around your participation and handle media relations: announcements, comments and publications before and after the event. We prepare speakers for the stage and for journalists (personal branding and media training). Afterwards we track mentions through monitoring and analytics. For companies using a forum as their entry point to a market, there is the Market Entry programme: local positioning, introductions to the ecosystem and a first public announcement. We work in seven markets across the region.

Frequently asked questions

Which marketing and PR events take place in December 2026?

The main one is the 5th Creative Industries Forum – Art Forum in Astana on 5 December. It is organised by PR room, and the programme usually includes dedicated sessions on media and PR.

Which events on the list are free to attend?

New Uzbekistan 2026 in Tashkent offers free attendance at sessions and B2B meetings, with advance registration on the forum website. The WN C-Level Summit and Art Forum are paid. For DevFest Naryn and BakuTel, attendance terms are not given on the pages we checked.

Which events suit executives and C-level managers?

The WN C-Level Summit in Tbilisi is built for gaming industry executives: around 70% of participants are top managers and founders. New Uzbekistan suits executives looking for partners and buyers, while Art Forum typically features speakers from film, media, finance and IT.

Are there any December events in Armenia and Tajikistan?

We found no confirmed December IT or digital events in Armenia or Tajikistan in the sources we checked. Yerevan's Silicon Mountains and DigiTec and Dushanbe's PLUS-Forum Digital Tajikistan run in November.

How much lead time does PR support for a conference need, and what does it include?

Start 2–3 weeks before the event, when the media announcement goes out. The work covers the announcement, speaker talking points, a press kit, journalist invitations and a post-event release within a few days of the event. You can commission the full cycle or individual steps: a communications strategy, media relations, speaker preparation and media monitoring. The exact scope and timeline depend on the event and your goal, and we set them after a conversation about the project.

Where can I check current dates and attendance terms?

On the official pages: newuzbekistan.forum, artforum.kz, gdg.community.dev and wnhub.io. For BakuTel, confirm the dates with the organiser, Caspian Event Organisers.

Conclusion

December is quieter than November: five events instead of six, and no two alike. Art Forum and DevFest Naryn fall on the same day in different countries, so it is one or the other. New Uzbekistan takes up the whole first week of the month and is the only December forum with a pre-announced B2B meeting system and free attendance. The WN C-Level Summit has 100 seats, so that decision cannot wait. BakuTel needs confirmed dates first. Plan the travel calendar from the target market and audience, and set the PR tasks around participation before the event begins.

Tell us what you need to achieve. We will say which of the five events can deliver media results for your company and which PR tools it calls for, from a communications strategy to media relations. Get in touch.

Other markets in the region

We have covered the digital landscapes of neighbouring countries in our reports on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. For working in these markets, see our PR agency in Kazakhstan and PR agency in Uzbekistan pages.

Translated with an AI translator