Programme

An effective regional policy is based on mutually beneficial cooperation between public authorities, scientific and educational institutions, the business environment and the population, which contributes to an increase in the intensity and effectiveness of business, increases innovation activity and leads to sustainable economic growth of the territory.
An effective tool to achieve this goal is the "green" economy. Sustainable development is considered today as a vector of movement towards the set strategic goals, as an effective anti-crisis tool that helps to ensure technological sovereignty, localize production processes, and rebuild supply chains.
Indicative in this regard is the example of the Chuvash Republic, which is among the 11 regions of the country that put these ideas into practice. In 2023, the Republic adopted the Concept of Sustainable Development, which is based on the principles of efficient use of the limited resources of the region, assessment of risks and opportunities associated with climate change, attitude towards the environment, and will determine the economic and financial agenda of Chuvashia.

Issues for discussion:
• The role of regions in shaping the concept of sustainable development. A conceptual and integrated approach to a green economy
• Cooperation between business and government. Actual challenges of our time
• Regional economy: from adaptation to growth
• Resource management
• Improving the quality of life of the population

Moderator
Andrey Zhurankov, Head of the Analytical Group of the Press Center, News Agency TASS

Andrey Zhurankov

Head of the Analytical Group of the Press Center, News Agency TASS

Speakers
Dmitriy Aksakov, Executive Director of Business-Block, VEB.RF
Andrey Vodopyanov, General Director, "Tractor Plants"
Elena Klimashevskaya, General Director, Transenergoprom Group of Companies
Anna Kuznetsova, Deputy Director of the Department of Competition, Energy Efficiency and Ecology of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Milena Milich, Special Representative of the Governor for Climate and Sustainable Development of Sakhalin Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast Government
Oleg Nikolaev, Governor of the Chuvash Republic
Elena Feoktistova, Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Social Entrepreneurship Directorate, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Andrey Shubin, Executive Director, All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA

Dmitriy Aksakov

Executive Director of Business-Block, VEB.RF

Dmitriy graduated with a bachelor's degree from the International Institute of Economics and Finance, whose program includes two diplomas - from the Higher School of Economics and from the University of London (majoring in economics).

Then he studied for a master's degree at Oxford University, and in 2009 got a degree in financial economics. He has been involved in and participated in the activities of the communities: Brazen College, Oxford Union, Karate Club, Russian Community.

Since 2015 studied for an MBA at Yale University - Yale School of Management. Co-Chairman of the Adam Smith Society's Hockey Finance Club.

Employment Activities

After graduating from Oxford, he took a job at Deutsche Bank in Moscow in 2010. Up to 2012 he worked as a senior specialist (global markets and corporate finance).

Then he went back to England, where from 2012 to 2015 he was in charge of cross-asset sales (capital markets and treasury solutions) at Deutsche Bank.

In June-August 2016, he worked at UBS in New York.

In May 2017, he received his MBA from Yale.

Currently holds the position of Vice President of the state corporation VEB.RF.

Oleg Nikolaev

Governor of the Chuvash Republic

Elena Feoktistova

Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Social Entrepreneurship Directorate, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Andrey Shubin

Executive Director, All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA