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International Scientific and Practical Seminar-Conference: The Theory of Noonomy: New Approaches to Socio-Economic Transformation (Laos)

October 15, 2026 at 02:00 AM - October 15, 2026 at 10:00 AMVientiane, Laos

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Programme

  1. Official Opening

    Welcome Remark by MC

    1. Professor Phouphet Kyophilavong, Vice-President of the National University of Laos (NUOL)
    2. Professor Sergey Bodrunov, President of World Association of Noonomy

    Chairmen:

    1. Dr. Keovivone Outthachak (Mrs), Vice-President of LASES
    2. Professor S. D. Bodrunov, President of World Association of Noonomy
    3. Professor Phouphet Kyophilavong, Vice-President of the National University of Laos (NUOL)
    4. Dr. Souphavady Larkhamsai, Vice-President of NAPPA
  2. Plenary Session Noonomy and the National Concept of SocioEconomic Development Key presentations:
    1. Professor S. D. Bodrunov, The Theory of Noonomy: A New Paradigm of Civilisational Development
    2. Dr. Keovivone Outthachak (Mrs), Vice-President of LASES. The Lao PDR as a Country Connecting Land Regions: Transformation into a Knowledge and Logistics Hub
    3. Dr. Souphavady Larkhamsai, Vice-President of NAPPA Economic development guidelines of the Lao PDR
    4. Professor. Phouphet Kyophilavong, Vice-President of the National University of Laos (NUOL), Modernization of Human Capital and Public Policy in the Lao PDR
  3. Session 1
    Transforming a Crossroads into Knowledge Corridors (10 Minutes Each)
    1. Associate Professor. Dr. Viriyasack Sisouphanthong, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, NuoL, Higher Education and National Development in Laos: Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities
    2. Dr. Tonny Mayambala Sebbaggala, PhD, Research Associate, College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere University; Researcher, Laboratory "Modeling and Digitalization of Socio-Economic Systems,"
    3. Mr. Boonsri PHTUTHAVONG, PHD, Director General, Sociological Research Institute, "Developing Lao PDR into a Knowledge Base through Human Capital, Science and Digital Innovation"
    4. Dr. Ekaterina Kabakhidze, Knowledge and Cognition in the Digital Age: Hybrid Intelligence and the Human-Centred Logic of Noonomy
    5. Dr. Kaysone Chansina The Application of Science and Technology to Economic Development in the Lao PDR 6. Temur Pipia, Chairman of the Socialist Platform of Georgia, Georgia. “Georgia as a Post-Socialist Neoliberal Economic Project: The Crisis of the Experiment and Its Resolution from the Perspective of Noonomy”

    Summary and Discussion

  4. Coffee Break
  5. Session 2
    Human Potential, Education and Digital Transformation
    1. Professor Andrey I. Kolganov, Doctor of Economics; Professor; Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Studies of SocioEconomic Systems, Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Chief Researcher, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. “The Economic Significance of Human Potential and the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Its Development
    2. Associate Professor. Dr. Somsack Inthasone, Faculty of Natural Science, NUoL, Human resource, Education and Digital Transformation at National University of Laos
    3. Tamara Y. Dzholdosheva Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Vice-Rector for International Relations Director of the Higher School of Business and PhD Programs Kyrgyz Economic University named after M. Ryskulbekov, Kyrgyz Republic Presentation Title: “Training Professionals for the Digital Economy through the Lens of Human”
    4. Mr Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Director General, SocioEconomic Policy Research Institute, "From Dependence on Resource Extraction to Knowledge-Based Self-Reliance: Aligning Digital Transformation in Laos"
    5. Dr. Phothong Saithivongsa “Promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among youth for national development in Lao PDR”
    6. Edward Bbaale, PhD, Professor of Economics and Principal, College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere University (Uganda). Peter Babyenda, PhD, Lecturer, School of Economics, Makerere University “Noonomy and Informality in Uganda”

    Summary and Discussion

  6. Closing
    1. Professor S. D. Bodrunov, President of World Association of Noonomy
    2. Professor Phouphet Kyophilavong, Vice-President of the National University of Laos (NUOL)

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