00:03Looking back, yes, I spent 15 years, and this has been an extremely fulfilling and successful career.
00:14As long as I'm dancing, I would stay here.
00:26For a growing number of international professionals, Kazakhstan is becoming more than a destination.
00:32It's a space to grow and build.
00:37Once a fan of LEGO and Transformers, Hussein Atakan Varol went on to study robotics in the United States.
00:43What was meant to be a short stay in Kazakhstan has turned into a 15-year journey.
00:49Today, he is a professor at Nazarbayev University, where he leads a research institute developing intelligent robotic solutions for industry.
00:57Here, Dr. Azamat is working on pipe inspection robots that will go inside those pipes,
01:04understand there are holes or damage, and either repair itself or report that here there is a problem,
01:10human will not enter inside the pipe, human might just kind of like use a joystick,
01:14but now with AI they can do it autonomously as well.
01:17These robots and others like them can be operated remotely through virtual reality systems,
01:23allowing engineers to see and control machines from anywhere in the world.
01:27Now you can just kind of like go towards the end of the room, and you will still be able
01:32to see your crew.
01:33That camera can be 3,000 kilometers away, but you will still see what it sees.
01:37With numerous patents and academic programs behind him, Dr. Varol continues to push technological boundaries.
01:44His team is now working on a Kazakh large language model, with tools for instant translations and advanced AI reasoning
01:51in the Kazakh language.
01:52I find this both professionally and living wise a very nice decision, and I look forward to contribute to the
01:59development of Kazakhstan for the foreseeable future.
02:02From research labs to classrooms, education is also drawing international professionals to Kazakhstan.
02:08Gianfranco Casarin, half Italian and half Venezuelan, is in his second year teaching in Astana.
02:14I found that the Kazakh people are very warm, welcoming, and just great in general.
02:20After living in England, Italy and Venezuela, Gianfranco says adapting to this environment pushed him to evolve both professionally and
02:28personally.
02:28When you are in a more western place, there tends to be more independence, so here though, collaboration is a
02:36big thing.
02:36As a professional, I have had to evolve a lot and get used to different perspectives and ways of doing
02:42things, which has really helped me a lot,
02:44because now it gives me a greater range of tools I can use.
02:48Information technology is another fast-growing sector.
02:52Astana is emerging as a regional IT hub, attracting specialists from across the region.
02:57Vadimir Belinkov from Russia is among the early applicants for Kazakhstan's Digital Nomad Visa,
03:03a program designed for IT professionals, offering a simplified process and a longer-term stay.
03:09I woke up and turned my notebook. I'm working, since I work independently.
03:16This is one of the pluses of Astana, that there is a stable internet here.
03:23Since I work independently, it's important.
03:25While completing his visa paperwork, Vladimir takes time to explore the city, revisiting Astana's iconic Baitrek Tower, one of the
03:33capital's most recognizable landmarks.
03:35Ballet is an important part of Kazakhstan's cultural scene, and today, international artists are building their careers here at Astana
03:43Opera.
03:43Here we meet Yano Madoka, a chord-de-ballet dancer from Japan, now in her third season at the theatre.
03:50I think as long as I'm dancing, I would stay here, because the environment is so good for me.
04:00The theatre environment and the repertoire, people around me, artists, cannot get in different places, so as long as I'm
04:08a dancer, I would stay here.
04:10Before moving to Astana, Madoka danced in Portugal and Russia.
04:15But the chance to work under a former Mariinsky prima ballerina, Altinaia Solmuratova, convinced her to stay.
04:25Every rehearsal with her, she's showing with her body, like, how to move, how to express, how to act.
04:36Even not for me, like, for somebody else, some stories, like, even for them, I start watching her.
04:43From researchers built in the future to professionals working across borders, Kazakhstan is becoming a place of intentional choice.
04:51For today's modern nomads, it offers space to grow, work, and shape their next chapter.
04:56In the future to open,called Dr.
05:00For today's modern nomads, steadyness market, hit a group of people who are all working together.
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