TAF!26 Program 10.10.2026

Impact Session
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Registration

Impact Session
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Festival opening, partner greetings

Impact Session
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Speech by the General Partner

Impact Session
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Speech by the Strategic Partner

Impact Session
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Signing of a Memorandum with the Kyrgyz Association, speech by the Chairperson

Impact Session
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Signing of a Memorandum with the Azerbaijani Association

Impact Session
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Panel Discussion of International Experts

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Timur Abdulin, Head of Index Reputation Marketing Agency, Co-founder of Repost.uz

How Much Should You Spend on Business Reputation in 2027 — and How Can You Avoid Ruining It?

Local opportunities
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Nosir Nosirjonov, Marketer, 605 Creative Agency

Qishloqi o'zbeklar dunyo miqyosida kreativ bo'la oladimi?

SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall

Akmal Abdullaev, Founder, KASB Media

Growing a Personal Brand

Digital communications
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Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall
Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall
PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Madina Ruzmatova , Independent PR Adviser for Business | Personal Branding Expert

5 Self-Branding Mistakes and What to Do About Them: A Showcase

Local opportunities
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Rasul Umarov, Head of Sales, GEOMOTIVE

Bozorning qayeri hali bo‘sh?

SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall

Shakhriyor Azimov (Kon), Head of SFERA MEDIA

How Creativity Helps Develop Marketing Skills

Digital communications
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Alexey Khainovsky , Co-founder, METER

Ask METER. A New Interface to the Out-of-Home Advertising Market

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Guzal Gapilova, Marketing Director, iTV Platform

Cases That Work: From Idea to Successful Project

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Folker Wrage, Founder & Owner, wrage / antwort, Switzerland

Say Hello to Goodbye: How Art Can Help You Sell

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Alexander Likhtman , Founder & CEO, ITCOMMS PR Agency

How to Get into AI Search Results and Why This Is the New Media Relations

Local opportunities
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SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall
Digital communications
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Adilbek Kadyrbaev, Head of Advertising Product Development, Central Asia, Yandex Ads

Digital Radar: How Media Consumption and Advertising Formats Are Changing in Uzbekistan

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Asma Humayun, Global Creative Director, Shiny Toy Guns, United Kingdom

Less Is More: How Creativity Can Create Meaningful Change

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall
PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Lunch Break

Local opportunities
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Lunch Break

SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall

Lunch Break

Digital communications
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Lunch Break

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Lunch Break

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Lunch Break

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Sevil Sakaeva, Managing Partner, maslov:tashkent PR Agency

The Economics of Influence: Why Millions of Views No Longer Guarantee Anything for a Brand

Local opportunities
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Guzal Gapilova, Marketing Director, iTV Platform

Brend pozitsiyalash va brend tanlash sabablari

SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall

Kamoliddin Mamasodiqov, RAQAMLI performance marketing agentligi asoschisi

Meta Ads — bu “o‘rgatish” mumkin bo‘lgan platforma: uni o‘zingiz uchun moslashtiring!

Digital communications
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Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Doni Ahmadjonov, Director, Founder & Creative Director of Buro Notfrom

Dramaturgy as an Effective Tool in Creativity

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Anna Spaderova, Senior Producer, ITSALIVE | CEO, ANEEMA, Russia

The Power of Mascots: New Ways to Get Noticed and Keep Your Audience’s Attention

Local opportunities
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Sarvar Niyazov, Marketing Department Director, BRB Bank

Keyslarda ko‘rsatilmaydigan marketing

SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall

Natalia Sidorina, Founder, Q Agency

Influencer Marketing and the Trust Crisis: Why Reach No Longer Works

Digital communications
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Anastasia Danilova, Co-founder, Pinbox

How Competitors Are Taking Your Customers on Maps and What to Do About It

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Nadezhda Ivanova, Founder, Wine Time Uzbekistan

Branding in Wine and Alcoholic Beverages

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Denis Roman , CEO & Co-founder, We Digital

The Content Factory: How Scaled UGC (User-Generated Content) Solves Brand Challenges

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Ali Kakhkhorov, PR, GR, Digital Marketing & Media Production Expert

Uzbek-Language YouTube: The Main PR Tool and Competitive Advantage for Brands

Local opportunities
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SMM & Influence
Tashkent Hall

Vitalina Dubitskaya, Creative Director, Zenith Lion Com

Global in spirit, local in vibe. How can a brand become one of us in a new market without losing itself?

Digital communications
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Nana Mardoyan, Marketing & PR Director, Ipak Yuli Bank and MONIX

Banking Marketing After the Budget Race: How to Grow When Everyone Sells the Same Thing and Build Sustainable Growth in an Overheated Market

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Vitor Menezes, Creative Director, VML Paris Agency France

The Bar Has Never Been So Low. The Bar Has Never Been So High.

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Alexander Ustinov, Founder & CEO, Beavers Brothers, Russia

Customers Choose Brands, Not Interfaces: What Digital Design in Uzbekistan’s Banks Can Teach Us

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Jasur Karimov, Chief Marketing Officer, ISHONCH

PR and Sports: What Did the Collaboration with Javokhir Sindarov Bring to the Brand?

Local opportunities
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Uzcard — Official Partner

Digital communications
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Gabit Manapov, Chief Commercial Officer, Okori Media Group

Digital Channels for Business Objectives: How to Choose the Right Media Mix

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall
Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Mikhail Lelikov, Owner & Creative Director, Opencore Branding Agency, Russia

Is Being Bad a Good Thing? How to Turn a Negative Brand Image into a Point of Differentiation from Competitors

PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Transparency in Out-of-Home Advertising: Verification and Measurement

Local opportunities
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Izatullo Habibullayev, Co-Founder of Meridians Marketing

How to Get Real Results from Telegram Ads: From Strategy to Sales

Digital communications
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Aziz Fayzullaev , Head of the GMP Department, CoobX

How Google’s New MMM Solution Helps Reallocate Marketing Budgets and Improve Business Results

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Topic of the speech

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall
PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Managing Partner, Omni360

Local opportunities
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BMB Holding — Partner Status

Digital communications
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Sardor Ahmedov , Partner Consultant, Coob Ads

Launch of the Google Ads ASR Program in Uzbekistan

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Maxim Ponomarev , Co-founder of Friends Moscow and mads Russia

How to Make Advertising Effective, Not Just Impressive

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall
PR, Reputation & Media
Bukhara Hall

Panel discussion: Audience Measurements and Targeting in OOH — International Experience

Local opportunities
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Dmitry Kalganov, Head of Client Data Platform, ANORBANK , Sabrina Nizaeva, Marketing Lead, ANORBANK

Advertising That Hits the Mark: How Data Helps Meet Customer Needs

Digital communications
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Ahmed Khayitov, Ad Revenue Manager, Uzum Tezkor

Advertising Where People Buy: A New Era of Retail Media in Uzbekistan

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

Farkhod Norbaev , CEO, Lokals United

7 Steps to Building a Big Brand

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

How to Build a Global Brand That Can Become Local in Its Market

Local opportunities
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Valeriy Akhverdyan, Regional Director, Native Network Central Asia

The Evolution of the Uzbek Internet: 5 Years of Transformation and the Emergence of Native Network

Digital communications
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Igor Kim , CEO, Wunder Digital Agency Uzbekistan

Panel Discussion: In-House or Agency

Creative & Craft
Fergana Hall

The Secret of Belarusian Quality: How to Turn a Marketing Strategy into Bold, Bright, and Striking Communication

Branding & Design
Samarkand Hall

Topic of the speech

Impact Session
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Panel Discussion of the International Jury Members of the TAF!26 Competition

Impact Session
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Awards Ceremony for the Competition Winners and Festival Partners