Programme

The years 2022–2031 were proclaimed the decade of science and technology, with the main focus on bringing in young talent to R&D and engaging experts and engineers in addressing the key development objectives of the country and its people.
According to the Gaidar Institute, as of January 2024, more than 47% of industrial plants report skills shortages. The fast-changing reality and market rules drive changes in the educational and academic approaches, and large industrial enterprises scattered around the country must now adjust to such changes to address their shortage of qualified workforce.
How are industrial educational and training centers useful to the educational ecosystem? Where can value be added by such centers? Can industrial educational and training centers drive regional rollouts? How do we keep young people coming to universities and colleges interested in the field they want to major in? How can companies be sure that students will choose them after graduation? What instruments will prove effective?
How do companies identify the values in demand among young people and what tools can be used to communicate these values to the public? How do companies attract and retain engineering and R&D expertise when there are plenty of offers but pushing the pay level agenda directly is now hard, as already in December 2024, analysts of the Bank of Russia claimed that businesses had no resources left to continue the wage competition?

Moderator
Guzeliya Imaeva, Chief Executive Officer, NAFI Research Centre

Guzeliya Imaeva

Chief Executive Officer, NAFI Research Centre

Education
• Russian State Social University, Faculty of Sociology
• Moscow international higher businesses school MIRBIS. Presidential Program for the Training of Management Specialists. Specialization in marketing
• Advancia-Negocia business school, Paris, France

Expertise
• Member of the Expert Council on Digital Economy in the State Assembly of the Russian Federation
• Member of the Expert Council on Financial Literacy of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
• Member of the Expert Council of the Deposit Insurance Agency
• Member of ESOMAR
• Member of the Russian Society of Sociologists
• The author of dozens of scientific publications and articles in the field of financial behavior of the population and business. Co-author of the books: 100 Facts about Russians’ financial Behavior, Encyclopedia of Russians’ financial behavior, Financial inclusion in Russia: the demand-side perspective, Children and finance: Safety of Savings and payments, Digital Literacy for the Future Economy, Children and Technology
• The winner of the IX All-Russian Business Women Competition Success, 2013

Panellists
Mikhail Gordin, Rector, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Gulnaz Kadyrova, Dean of the Faculty of Higher School of Management, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Yury Kazakov, Rector of Kazan National Research Technological University
Mikhail Karisalov, Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, SIBUR
Sirodzh Loikov, First Deputy General Director, Member of the Board of Directors, PhosAgro
Natalia Malinova, Vice President, VTB Bank; General Director, Exhibition Center Dynamo Museum
Anastasiya Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Government of Moscow for Social Development
Julia Uzhakina, Director General, Rosatom Corporate Academy
Elena Shmeleva, Chairman of the Board, Sirius Federal Territory; Head, Talent and Success Foundation

Mikhail Gordin

Rector, Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Gulnaz Kadyrova

Dean of the Faculty of Higher School of Management, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Was born July, the 6th in Naberezhnye Chelny. Education: Higher. In 1987 graduated from The Kazan financial and Economic University, specialization «Industry Planning». Economist, PhD (Doctor’s degree in Economic Sciences). Experience: Since 1987 - 1989 - Economist in Department of Labor Organization and salary in Production Association «KamAZ»; Since 1989 - 1990 – Economist of financial department of State executive committee in Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 1990 – 1997 – State tax inspection in Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 1997 – 2001 – Econimic adviser – counselor of the portreeve of Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 2001 – 2003 – Director in Audit company; Since 2003 – 2004 – Deputy Head of Administration of Naberezhnye Chelny in economic and financial sphere; Since 2004 – 2006 – Head of Economic and Financial Department in Federal industrial agency of Russian Federation «Rosprom»; Since 2006 – 2007 – deputy Director of the State Department of industrial policy of Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian Federation ; In January 2008 was appointed as Director of Department of fiscal and finance in Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian Federation; July 11th was appointed by an order of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation (Order №11) as Director of fiscal policy and finance Department of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation; Since 2014 – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation.

Yury Kazakov

Rector of Kazan National Research Technological University

Mikhail Karisalov

Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, SIBUR

Year of birth: 1973.
1998: Graduated from the Russian Civil Service Academy under the President of the Russian Federation, where he majored in State and Municipal Management
2009: Graduated from the West-Siberian Institute for the Humanities, where he majored in State and Municipal Management
2010: Completed professional retraining course Chemical Technology of Natural Energy Sources and Carbon Materials at Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
2003–2005: Various positions at OAO AK SIBUR, including Advisor to the President, Director of Procurement, Head of Logistics and Capital Construction
2005–2006: Various positions at OAO SIBUR Holding, including Head of Logistics and Capital Construction and Head of Hydrocarbon Feedstock Department
2006–2008: General Director of OAO SiburTyumenGaz 2006–2011: Vice-President – Head of Hydrocarbon Feedstock Department at the Management Company OOO SIBUR
Since 2007: Member of the Management Board of PJSC SIBUR Holding 2009–2012: General Director of OOO Tobolsk-Polymer
2011–2012: Executive Director of the Management Company OOO SIBUR
Since 2016: Chief Operating Officer of OOO SIBUR.
Since 2018: Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of OOO SIBUR.

Sirodzh Loikov

First Deputy General Director, Member of the Board of Directors, PhosAgro

Member of the Management Board, First Deputy CEO, PJSC PhosAgro
Born in 1972. Siroj Loikov graduated from the Tashkent State Economics University where he specialized in international economic relations; he also holds a business management bachelor`s degree from Nottingham Trent University (UK).
Between 1996 and 2005, he held various management positions in British American Tobacco – both at the company`s headquarters in London and its representative offices in Uzbekistan and Russia. Between 2005 and 2008, Mr. Loikov served as Human Resources Director at Leman Commodities S.A. (Ukraine); in 2008-2009 was responsible for human resources development at Metinvest Holding.
From 2009 to 2011, he worked as Human Resources Director at CJSC Russian Standard. In 2011, Siroj Loikov was appointed CJSC PhosAgro AG Human Resources Director and between 2013 and 2018 he was Human Resources Director
Member of the Management Board of PJSC PhosAgro since 2013.
From January 2018 to March 2020, Siroj Loikov held the position of Deputy CEO of PhosAgro. In March 2020, he was appointed First Deputy CEO of PhosAgro.

Natalia Malinova

Vice President, VTB Bank; General Director, Exhibition Center Dynamo Museum

Anastasiya Rakova

Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Government of Moscow for Social Development

Anastasia Rakova
Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development

Anastasia Rakova was born on 8 February 1976 in Khanty-Mansiisk

Education:
1998: Tyumen State University
Degree: Law
2000: Tyumen State University
Degree: Finance and Credit

Career:
1998-2000: Expert 1st category, leading expert at the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Duma Staff
May 2000: Head of the Directorate for Legal Expertise of Draft Laws on Constitutional Legislation, Administrative Management and Administrative Legislation, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Duma
October 18, 2000: Assistant to First Deputy Prime Minister of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area
January 2001: Assistant, first assistant to the Governor of the Tyumen Region
June 2, 2005: Appointed Chief of Staff to the Tyumen Region Governor
2006-2008: Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Chief of Staff to the Presidential Executive Office
June 2008: State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Regional Development of Russia
February 2009: Included in the Top 100 members of the high-potential management personnel pool under the patronage of the Russian President
February 20, 2009: Appointed Director of the Russian Government Legal Department
October 30, 2009: Appointed Deputy Chief of the Government Staff by a directive of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

October 26, 2010: Appointed Chief of Staff to the Moscow Mayor and Moscow Government, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, by the Mayor’s order
November 2010: Appointed Plenipotentiary Representative of the Moscow Mayor to the Moscow City Duma, by the Mayor’s order
September 19, 2018: appointed Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Moscow Government for Social Development.

Julia Uzhakina

Director General, Rosatom Corporate Academy

Education:
1994: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Major: Geophysical Methods of Prospecting and Exploration
2010: Executive MBA from the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the Government of the Russian Federation

Career and achievements:
Yulia Uzhakina has been working in HR for more than 15 years (director of the Trainings.ru portal, managing partner of Amplua and Malakut HR Solutions and Research)
2013: Joined Rosatom State Corporation as Deputy Director of Department - Head of Personnel Evaluation and Development
April 2015: Appointed Director General of Rosatom Academy

Professional expertise: Building corporate training systems, design and evaluation of training and personnel development systems, development of programs for developing leadership potential and management training

Elena Shmeleva

Chairman of the Board, Sirius Federal Territory; Head, Talent and Success Foundation

Education
Saint-Petersburg State University (SpBU), Sociology department (1995), Candidate of Sociological Sciences (2005).
Experience
1993-1999 - Research Institute for Complex Social Studies, Saint-Petersburg State University;
1999-2006 – Director of the research agency, Director of the Russian branch of Media Tenor International, international media research institute;
2006-2007 – Expert at The Center for Strategic Research Foundation, Head of Analytical department at General Executive Committee of the «United Russia» political party;
2007-2011 – Head of the Journalism department, Saint-Petersburg State University;
2011-2014 – Vice President of the «Sistema» Charity Fund;
2012-2014 – Head of «Lift to the Future», non-profit partnership for promotion of intellectual and creative potential of the youth;
2012-2014 – Acting Dean of Higher School of Management and Innovation of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Author of two monographs and 32 scientific articles;
Since 2015 – Head of Educational Foundation «Talent and Success», Member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Science and Education.