Yelena Shevchenko

Director of the Foresight Center - National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Kazakhstan

I believe the Fellowship will help me to deepen my understanding of future challenges and broaden perspectives of EdTech to design and implement appropriate policies and actions as well as expand my knowledge and network in the area.

Yelena Shevchenko is foresighter and R&D commercialisation expert certified as a business tracker and C1 coach on design thinking.

As a Foresight Center Director at the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of Kazakhstan she is responsible for identification of the National science and technology priorities.

Yelena held senior executive positions in the main STI development institutions in Kazakhstan.  She had been involved in designing policy documents on S&T priorities for the Prime Minister’s Office in Kazakhstan.

She participated as a country expert in several UNECE and ESCAP projects focused on innovation ecosystem development and technology commercialisation and is an active member of the National Bioethics Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Currently she is leading the National S&T Foresight and involved in designing recommendations for science, technology and innovation development for the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.