On 22–23 April 2026, UNOWA will take part in the HOPE AI Summit 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan — an international platform bringing together policymakers, educators, EdTech leaders, and innovators to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping education.
As global education systems move beyond experimentation, the central question is no longer whether AI should be used in education, but how it can be implemented responsibly, effectively, and at scale. This is the context in which the HOPE AI Summit is especially timely.
Organized by HOPE | Help Others Pursue Education, the summit is designed to connect international expertise with practical implementation. Its agenda spans some of the most urgent issues in the sector today, including AI in national education strategies, classroom implementation, teacher support, data-driven decision-making, inclusion and accessibility, and future skills.
A platform focused on implementation
What distinguishes the HOPE AI Summit is its applied perspective.
The event brings together not only technology providers, but also practitioners, institutional leaders, and policymakers — creating space for conversations that go beyond product showcases and address the real operational challenges of education systems.
This year’s programme also features speakers and contributors from major global organizations and companies, including Google for Education and Canva, reinforcing the summit’s international relevance and practical orientation. For participants across the education ecosystem, the summit offers a valuable opportunity to engage with real-world case studies, current policy thinking, and implementation-focused dialogue at a time when AI is becoming part of national strategies, school systems, and everyday teaching practice.
UNOWA’s perspective: from innovation to real educational systems
UNOWA joins the summit with a clear focus on one of the most important challenges in education today: how to move from innovation as a concept to implementation as a system.
This is particularly important in the field of inclusive education, where the value of technology depends not on novelty, but on whether it can support real learners, real teachers, and real institutional processes.
At the summit, UNOWA will contribute its perspective on how AI can support inclusive, scalable, and practical educational transformation through full-cycle implementation models. This includes the integration of methodology, tools, teacher support, and structured learning environments that help turn educational goals into daily practice.
Mykhailo Kalitkin to speak on AI and inclusive education
Representing UNOWA at the summit will be Mykhailo Kalitkin, Co-Founder and CEO of UNOWA.
Mykhailo brings more than 15 years of experience in education, having led 30 international and 600 national projects. He is the author of over 100 methodological guides, the developer of hands-on STEAM and inclusion solutions, and the founder of an R&D center.
His contribution to the summit will focus on how AI-powered solutions can move inclusive education from theory to real classroom practice. The session will address human-centered AI, the barriers that continue to slow implementation in education systems, and practical lessons from UNOWA’s project experience.
What makes this perspective especially relevant is that it is rooted not only in professional expertise, but in lived experience. As a father of a child with autism, Mykhailo’s work in inclusive education began with a direct need to find and build real support. That personal starting point later evolved into a broader system-level approach to inclusive education, implementation, and educational innovation.
A shared conversation about the future of education
The HOPE AI Summit brings together a wide range of voices across policy, pedagogy, innovation, ethics, and school transformation.
Among the featured speakers are experts exploring the purpose of education in an AI-driven world, AI in language teaching, academic writing and assessment, student wellbeing, ethical governance, safe AI, and inclusive school reform. This breadth reflects an important shift in the sector: AI in education is no longer a narrow technology conversation. It is now a question of leadership, pedagogy, equity, and system design.
For UNOWA, participating in the summit is part of a broader commitment to contributing to practical, scalable, and human-centered change in education.
About the event
The HOPE AI Summit 2026 will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 22–23 April 2026, gathering international experts and education stakeholders around the future of AI in education.
As discussions around educational transformation continue to evolve, the summit creates an important platform for connecting vision with implementation — and for ensuring that innovation in education remains grounded in real needs, real systems, and real impact.
To explore the summit in more depth — including the key speakers, themes, and why this conversation matters for the future of education — read the full version of the article.
About UNOWA
UNOWA is an innovative education technology company focused on inclusive, scalable solutions for modern learning systems. Its flagship product, MIKKO, is the world’s first full-cycle inclusive education system, already implemented in national programmes like Kazakhstan’s Project 8709-KZ. UNOWA also leads with Ulabs, a next-generation STEM platform using AI and sensor-based tools to deliver immersive, hands-on learning. With a strong focus on localisation and policy alignment, UNOWA supports governments in achieving measurable impact in education.
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Anastasiia Medianyk
Poland
