Programme

Russian IT companies are the superpower of domestic business. They have been the initial catalyst for transformation, digitalization, import substitution, localization, and, as a result, the IPOs of numerous Russian companies.
The potential for growth, development, and the creation of new technological ecosystems attracts investors, workers, and partners, but there is still competition for users of products and services.
What prerequisites are needed to create new solutions, tools, and products? What growth strategy are market leaders pursuing in a high-stakes, high-speed industry? Where should we look for new growth points in the IT industry?
Experts, regulators, and IT market leaders will discuss trends with demand, technological challenges, and solutions that will determine the leaders of the future.
Key topics:
• How can IT companies expand their planning horizon?
• What technologies are changing the IT solutions market?
• How are IT products affected by security requirements?
• Where can we find personnel for the development of the future?
• What growth strategy are market leaders pursuing in a high-stakes, high-speed industry?
• Where should we look for new growth points in the IT industry?

Moderator
Arkady Glushenkov, presenter of RBC TV channel

Front row participants
Denis Baranov, Chief Executive Officer, Positive Technologies
Anton Dumin, Head of the Department of Information Technology, Automation and Telecommunications, Gazprom Neft
Stanislav Iodkovsky, CEO, IVA Technologies (IVKS, LLC).
Vasiliy Nomokonov, Member of the Management Board, Executive Director, SIBUR
Pavel Rastopshin, General Director, Ultimatec
Ekaterina Solntseva, Chief Digital Officer, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Evgeny Charkin, Deputy Managing Director, Russian Railways

Denis Baranov

Chief Executive Officer, Positive Technologies

Anton Dumin

Head of the Department of Information Technology, Automation and Telecommunications, Gazprom Neft

Vasiliy Nomokonov

Member of the Management Board, Executive Director, SIBUR

Year of birth: 1972 1995: Graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute with a degree in Physics and Engineering. Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics.
1995–1996: Junior researcher at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
1996–2000: Researcher at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland.
2001–2005: Consultant, Project Manager in the Moscow office of McKinsey & Co.
Since 2005: Various positions at SIBUR, including Head of Production Optimisation Centre and Head of Technology and Production Optimisation Service.
January 2012: Managing Director of the Company.
Since 2016: Member of the Management Board and Executive Director of OOO SIBUR.

Pavel Rastopshin

General Director, Ultimatec

Ekaterina Solntseva

Chief Digital Officer, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM

Ekaterina Solntseva has been working in IT since 1999. She is currently in charge of ABBYY business development all over the world. Ekaterina came to ABBYY in January 2008, to the position of Marketing Advisor to CEO ABBYY Russia.
Before July 2008, she had worked at the Russian office as Advisor to the CEO for marketing and then took the position of Director of Mobile Platform Products Department, in charge of developing applications for mobile platforms, marketing and sale of mobile products on the world market. In 2013, ABBYY was included in the TOP 5 developers of mobile apps in Russia in revenue terms (according to the analytical company App Annie).
Prior to joining ABBYY, Ekaterina held executive positions in marketing and business development at Yandex, IBS and Medialogy.
Ms. Solntseva graduated from the Moscow State University, Physics Department. She holds Master’s degree in Physics and Mathematics.
Ekaterina’s hobbies include skiing and exotic travel and she is also engaged in charity projects. She has a daughter.

Evgeny Charkin

Deputy Managing Director, Russian Railways