Programme

We all think about the future. We lay a foundation for it when we get an education, make new acquaintances, or acquire a profession and unique skills. As we build this future and strive to bring it to life the way we want to see it, we are in constant contact with like-minded individuals and partners, striving to give meaning and form to the idea. We seek synergy in unity to achieve the best results possible. Exhibitions are ideal for scientific, commercial, cultural, and educational communication. They are a direct opportunity to awaken feelings of pride, respect, and the drive to build the future, to plan for change, to create the motivation necessary to achieve great things. The exhibition itself is a platform where each of us can participate in this process of building the future. How does the desire to build a better future motivate development and what role do exhibitions play? How can we turn exhibition projects into reality? How can future building be achieved in the present?

Moderator
Natalya Virtuozova, Chief Executive Office, Directorate of the Exhibition of Achievements "Russia"

Natalya Virtuozova

Chief Executive Office, Directorate of the Exhibition of Achievements "Russia"

Panellists
Alexander Beglov, Governor of St. Petersburg
Artem Zdunov, Head of the Republic of Mordovia
Alexey Likhachev, Director General, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Pavel Malkov, Governor of the Ryazan Region
Maksim Oreshkin, Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Razvozhayev, Governor of Sevastopol

Alexander Beglov

Governor of St. Petersburg

Artem Zdunov

Head of the Republic of Mordovia

Education:
2000: Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute (KSFEI, now part of Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Degree: Finance and Credit
2004: Postgraduate course at KSFEI
2011: Master's Degree from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in State and Public Administration
2012, 2016, 2017: Advanced training courses at RANEPA in Managing Innovative Development of Industries and Regions, Managerial Skills: Developing Regional Teams, and Application of Flexible Project Management Methods in Russian Authorities.
Graduate of the first stage of the Management Personnel Pool for the Civil Service program (the so-called school of governors)

2005: PhD in Economics from KSFEI
Thesis: Capital Outflow in the System of Economic Security of Modern Russia

Career:
September 1996-October 1998: Deputy Chairman of the student trade union, Kazan State University of Economics and Finance

June 2000-March 2001: Insurance specialist and internal auditor at Industrial Insurance Company, Kazan

2004-2006: Lecturer, Department of Macroeconomics and Economic Theory, Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute

July 2006-May 2010: Deputy director for research, Center for Advanced Economic Research, the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan

May 2010-October 2014: Deputy Minister of the Economy of Tatarstan

October 2014-February 2018: Minister of the Economy of Tatarstan

February 7, 2018-2020: Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Dagestan

November 18, 2020: Appointed Acting Head of the Republic of Mordovia by an executive order of President of Russia Vladimir Putin

Awards:
Winner of the contest of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan for Best Scientist of 2009

Fluent in English
2009: International business English certificate from Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Alexey Likhachev

Director General, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM

Alexey Likhachev is Director General of ROSATOM. He assumed office in October 2016. Mr. Likhachev has since been responsible for overseeing the entire spectrum of the state corporation’s activities.
Before joining ROSATOM, Mr. Likhachev worked in the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, where he held a wide variety of leadership positions. He joined the ministry in 2007. He worked as an advisor to the Minister of Economic Development until 2008, in 2010 he was appointed Deputy Minister, and in February 2015 he was promoted to the position of First Deputy Minister of Economic Development.
Throughout his career, Mr. Likhachev held senior positions in other governmental bodies and public organizations as well. He was a member of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliamentary body), serving as Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (2000-2007). Previously, he worked as managing director of Social Industrial Insurance Company ‘Aval’ in Nizhniy Novgorod (1992-2000).
Mr. Likhachev graduated from Gorky State University and started his career as an engineer in the Gorky Research Institute of Instrumentation (1985-1987). In 1998 he graduated from the Economic Faculty of Nizhniy Novgorod State University with a Ph.D. in economics.

Pavel Malkov

Governor of the Ryazan Region

Maksim Oreshkin

Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation

Born on July 21,1982 in Moscow.
2002
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Higher School of Economics.
2004
Master’s Degree in Economics, Higher School of Economics.
2002–2006
Economist, 1st class; Leading Economist; Chief Economist; Sector Head at the Balance of Payments Department at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).
2006–2010
Senior Manager; Director; Managing Director at Rosbank.
2010–2012
Head of the Analytical Unit at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Russia and the CIS.
2012–2013
Chief Economist for Russia at VTB Capital.
2013–2015
Director of the Long-term Strategic Planning Department at the Russian Ministry of Finance.
2013
included in the management personnel pool under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.
2015–2016
Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
2016–2020
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
2017
Since March 14 – Presidential Special Representative for Trade and Economic Cooperation with Japan.
2018
Chairman of the Board, at the Centre for Strategic Research.
2020
Since January 24 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
Married, with one child.

Mikhail Razvozhayev

Governor of Sevastopol

Mikhail Razvozhayev was born on December 30, 1980 in Krasnoyarsk

Education:
2002: Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University, Department of History

2016-2017: Management Reserve Training and Retraining Program at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
2018: Management Reserve Development Program


Career:
Mikhail Razvozhayev started his professional career in February 2002 in the students' trade union organization of Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University
After graduation, he worked in various commercial companies
April 2003-October 2008: State civil service in the Executive Office of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
October 2008-August 2012: Senior positions in the Executive Office of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
August 2012-July 2014: Deputy Head of the Executive Office of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
July 2014: Appointed Advisor to the Minister of the Russian Federation of North Caucasus Affairs
October 1, 2014: Appointed Deputy Minister of North Caucasus Affairs
October 3, 2018-November 15, 2018: Acting Head of the Republic of Khakassia - Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Khakassia in accordance with the Presidential Executive Order No. 567 of October 3, 2018
November 29, 2018: Elected to the Central Headquarters of the nationwide public movement Popular Front for Russia at its convention
December 18, 2018-present: Head of the Executive Committee of Popular Front for Russia
July 11, 2019: Appointed Acting Governor of Sevastopol on the Presidential Executive Order On the early termination of powers of the Governor of Sevastopol
September 13, 2020: Elected Governor of the city of Sevastopol
October 2, 2020: Took office as the Governor of Sevastopol

Other information:
Reserve Officer, Lieutenant. Full State Counselor of the Russian Federation, second class
Married, with two children