Programme

Training a sufficient number of high-calibre specialists is a serious challenge and a catalyst for growth in the domestic design industry. Design permeates every sector of the creative economy, constituting a vital aspect of the tourism, fashion, advertising, IT, game development, music, and manufacturing industries. The state and business are ready to allocate substantial resources for the training of sought-after specialists, but in order for the result to exceed expectations, innovations are needed in their educational process. How can business opportunities be maximized to overcome staffing shortages in different sectors of the economy?

Moderator
Vitaly Stavitsky, President, Union of Designers of Russia

Vitaly Stavitsky

President, Union of Designers of Russia

Panellists
Mikhail Ilyichev, General Director, Zvuk
Anna Kislitsyna, Rector, A.L. Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry
Vadim Lobov, President, Synergy Corporation; Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the Direction of "Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"
Oleg Mansurov, General Director, Success Rockets
Nadezhda Surova,

Mikhail Ilyichev

General Director, Zvuk

Anna Kislitsyna

Rector, A.L. Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry

Vadim Lobov

President, Synergy Corporation; Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the Direction of "Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"

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Oleg Mansurov

General Director, Success Rockets

Nadezhda Surova

Head of the Management and Social Economic Projects Institute at the Russian Economics University named after G.V. Plekhanov, PhD, head of the Management Human Resources Association. N. Surova in as expert is a novel area for research in Russia: social project and social entrepreneurial activity. She’s a member of the expert council of the Federation Council on Regional Politics and Local Self-Governance, expert council of the State Duma, expert council of the Government of the Russian Federation on Social Policy and Social Services Improvement, councils at the Ministery of Economic Development, Committee of Public Communications of the city of Moscow,etc. Since 2003 takes active part in the development of the non-government sector in the social sphere in Russian Federation. Authored over 400 publications on project, political, social, innovative, investment and tax management. Author of the first textbook on project management in social sphere (2015) and social entrepreneurial activity (2017). In 2015 Plekhanov University opens a research facility called Institute of Social Projects for her research. The institute developed together with Nashe Budushee foundation Social Entrepreneurial Activity programs, course materials and acceleration programs.In 2016 the institute expanded to Management and Social Economic Projects Institute and currently is the only educational facility in Russia that prepares young social entrepreneurs as leaders of the social change in Russia.