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Edward Crawley is the President of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech). He received an S.B. and an S.M. in aeronautics and astronautics and an Sc.D. in aerospace structures (1981), all from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His recent research has focused on the architecture, design, and decision support in complex technical systems. He is currently working with the NASA to design human exploration and earth observing systems. Professor Crawley has served as chairman of the NASA Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee, as a member of the NASA Advisory Committee and the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Space Station Redesign. From 2003 to 2006, he was the Executive Director of the Cambridge-MIT Institute, a joint venture with Cambridge University; the institute’s mission was to understand and generalize how universities can act effectively as engines of innovation and economic growth. Previously, from 1996 to 2003, he was head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. In 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB). He is founder of ACX, a product development and manufacturing firm; BioScale that develops biomolecular detectors; Dataxu, a company in internet advertising matching; Ekotrope that supplies energy portfolio analysis to businesses and consumers. Professor Crawley has won numerous teaching awards, and in 1992, he was elected a member of the first class of MacVicar Faculty Fellows at MIT. He was awarded the NASA Public Service Medal. He has served as founding co-director of an international collaboration on the reform of engineering education. For his work in CDIO, he received the 2011 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering Education from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Professor Crawley is a Fellow of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), and the National Academy of Engineering (US). He is the author of numerous papers. Prof. Crawley (who is conversant in Russian) has spent time as a visitor at the Moscow Aviation Institute, as well as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, and Cambridge University.

<p> Born in Moscow, Russia on 27 August 1979.Graduated from the State University “Higher School of Economics”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration.Since 1995 in Healthcare and Pharmaceutics.R-Pharm Founder. President of All-Russia Business Association “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”), actively participating in the improvement of investment climate in the Russian Federation and the establishment of the regional investment standard.Member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.Member of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Head of Commission on Investment Climate.Representative (public ombudsman) of the Commissioner of the Presidential Council on the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs on issues related to the protection of the rights of foreign investors.Board-member and Co-chairman of Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on pharmaceutical and medical industry.Co-Chairman of the National Rating CommitteeMember of the Public Council under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and technologies).Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives". </p>

Marthin De Beer, Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, is responsible for the company’s efforts around end-to-end video and collaboration. Video and Collaboration are two of Cisco’s five corporate priorities and key growth drivers for the networking business. Under his leadership, Cisco’s TelePresence business has grown from an emerging technology to become the market leader. During his more than 16-year tenure at Cisco, De Beer has held various leadership positions, including responsibility for Cisco’s global enterprise IP communications solutions and leading the introduction of Cisco’s Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID) solution. He was instrumental in taking Cisco’s IP communications business from inception to a nearly $1 billion business. De Beer is on the Board of Directors for the US Russia Business Council and is a member of the selection committee for the World Economic Forum, Technology Pioneer Community. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

As corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector organization, Laura Ipsen leads a team of more than 1,900 sales and marketing professionals serving government, education, and non-privatized healthcare customers in more than 100 countries. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ipsen served as senior vice president and general manager of Connected Energy Networks at Cisco, where she led the effort to use the network as the platform to transform how the world manages its energy, building smart grid solutions for Utilities globally. Previously, Ipsen established and managed Cisco's Global Policy and Government Affairs division for 13 years and was responsible for developing Cisco's public policy agenda and advancing governmental policies. Ipsen holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs at University of Virginia and studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Jordan. She is also a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley Chapter.

<p> Born in Moscow, Russia on 27 August 1979.Graduated from the State University “Higher School of Economics”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration.Since 1995 in Healthcare and Pharmaceutics.R-Pharm Founder. President of All-Russia Business Association “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”), actively participating in the improvement of investment climate in the Russian Federation and the establishment of the regional investment standard.Member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.Member of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Head of Commission on Investment Climate.Representative (public ombudsman) of the Commissioner of the Presidential Council on the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs on issues related to the protection of the rights of foreign investors.Board-member and Co-chairman of Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on pharmaceutical and medical industry.Co-Chairman of the National Rating CommitteeMember of the Public Council under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and technologies).Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives". </p>

Diploma in Economics, Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov. In 1992 Yaroslav Kuzminov and Evgeny Yasin came forward with the project of a new type of university specializing in Economics. In 2011 Y. Kuzminov headed the Expert Group “Labor market, Professional Education, and Migration Policy” in the framework of the development of the Russian Federation “Strategy 2020”. Yaroslav Kuzminov is Deputy Head of the National Coordination Council for Supporting Young Gifted People; member of presidium of Presidential Economic Council; member the Presidential Commission on for Civil Service and Management Personnel Pool established; member of the Government Commission for the Coordination of the Open Government; member of the Government Commission on Economic Development and Integration et etc. Professor Kuzminov is an author of more than 100 academic works published in Russia and abroad, and a co-author of over 10 monographs and textbooks. He has been also regularly writing for leading Russian and foreign periodicals. By decrees of the President of the Russian Federation Y. Kuzminov has been awarded the Order For Merit to the Fatherland (2012) of the IV class and the Order of Honour (2002).

Appointed May 21, 2012 by order of the Russian President. Born: February 15, 1967 in Moscow. 1990: graduated with distinction from the Physics and Chemistry Department, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, specializing in Physics of Metals. 2003: graduated from Moscow State Law Academy specializing in Jurisprudence. 1990–1992: full-time post-graduate studies at National University of Science and Technology (MIS&S) and defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation in physical and mathematical sciences, specialty 01.04.07 – Solid State Physics. 1992–2000: scientific associate and senior scientific associate at Research Laboratory of synthesis of MIS&S; associate professor in the department of theoretical physics at MIS&S. 1997: defended his Doctor of Science (Phys.Mat.) thesis in Solid State Physics. 1997–2000: Vice-Rector of MIS&S for scientific work. 2000–2004: Pro-rector for international co-operation; Professor, theoretical physics department, MIS&S. 2004–2005: Director, Department of State Scientific, Technical and Innovation Policy, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. 2005–2007: State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Since April 2007: Rector of the National University of Science and Technology (MIS&S). 2009: listed among the Top 100 management personnel reserve under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation. Author of 55 scientific works, including 49 printed abroad; a higher educational institution textbook Physics of Metals, 2006. His scientific works have covered: transport characteristics of metals; fluctuation phenomena in superconductors; physical characteristics of low-dimensional and amorphous metal systems. Doctor of Science (Phys.Mat.), Professor. Awarded the RAS Gold Medal for young scientists (2000), Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation 2011 in the sphere of education. Married with three children.

A graduate of the Speransky School of Law of the Academy of National Economy under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in political law, Alexander has an MBA in international business development and venture capital from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is an expert in online education technology and a member of the Expert Council of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Promotion of Russian Language and Russian Language–Based Education. He has a successful track record of implementing web-based projects both in Russia and in Western markets. He was the driving force behind and co-founder of Grammarly.com, a service checking texts for grammatical correctness and authenticity, MyDropBox.Com, a plagiarism recognition system, and a number of other online startups. Since 2010 UNIWEB, led by Alexander, has been working with Russia’s leading universities to adapt their curricula for distance learning on the uniweb.ru platform.

Dmitry Peskov was born in Voronezh in 1975. In 1998 graduated from Voronezh State University. In 1999 received an MA in political science from the University of Manchester. Since 2000 worked at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, was responsible for university development strategy. Left the university at the position of the Innovations Director, Deputy Vice-President on science. In 2008 created Metaver, a company that designs new education forms on the suture of education and venture economics. In 2009 became head of Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. In 2011 became the Director on Young Professionals Direction at Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Member-Expert Council of Government of Russia. Member of the board of trustees of the agency on professional development WorldSkills Russia. Member of the council of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on development of young, innovative and small entrepreneurial activity. Head of the work group on Best Professional Practices Support at the Presidential Professional Qualifications Council. Member of the commission on 2020 Innovation Strategy implementation. He is on the Board of Directors at Aeroflot-Russian Airlines PJSC, RVK PSC, boards of trustees for Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics and Support Foundation for Visually and Hearing Impaired. Holds various state awards, including the Order ”For Merit to the Fatherland”, 2nd Degree.

In 1957 he graduated from the Odessa Institute of Civil Construction, and in 1963 from the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Economics. In 1968 he defended his thesis for the degree of the Candidate of Science. In 1976 - Doctor of Economics, and since 1979 - Professor. In 1989 Evgeniy Yasin led a Department on Economic Reform in the State Commission of the USSR Council of Ministers. He was one of the key authors of a number of programmes of the transition to a market economy, including the well-known programme ‘500 days'. In 1991 he went from the USSR Government Office to the Scientific and Industrial Union of the USSR - today called the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) (RSPP) - as Director for Economic Policy. In November 1991 he created the Expert Institute as part of this organization and became its head. In 1993 he was appointed Head of a work group under the Chairman of the Government of the RF and actively participated in the development of economic programmes. In April 1994 he became Head of the Analytical Center under the President of the RF. In November 1994 Evgeniy Yasin was appointed Minister of the Economy of the Russian Federation, and in April 1997 - Minister of the Russian Federation. From October 1998 to present - Academic Advisor of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics, President of the Expert Institute. Since 2000 - President of the ‘Liberalnaya Missiya' (‘Liberal Mission') Foundation.