KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY – A STRATEGY FOR GETTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Russia is weighing a strategy to develop a long-term economic model that shifts emphasis to value-added, knowledge based production, potentially changing the way the economy functions. Can Russia transform its economic model to support more innovation, knowledge-intensive production? How can the economy get there while avoiding major disruptions? What sectors stand to benefit most from such an approach?
Moderators
Alexey Kovsh ,
Executive Vice-President, Optogan Group
Leonid Melamed ,
Chairman of the Board, Team Drive; Member of the Board of Directors, RusnanoMedInvest and NovaMedica
Panellists
Igor Agamirzian ,
Chief Executive Officer, RVC
Abel Aganbegyan ,
Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladimir Vasiliev ,
Rector, St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
Ilya Golubovich ,
Managing Partner, I2BF Global Ventures
Oleg Goshchansky ,
Chairman and Managing Partner, KPMG in Russia and the CIS
Alexander Kashirin ,
Head of Innovation and Strategic Development, Russian Technologies State Corporation
Vladimir Kvint ,
Chair of Financial Strategy Department, Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
Georgy Poltavchenko ,
Governor of St. Petersburg
Andrei Fursenko ,
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation