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Oleg Kharkhordin is a graduate of the Department of Economics, Leningrad State University (1985). He studied for his doctorate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, USSR Academy of Sciences, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a PhD in Political Science (1996). Oleg Kharkhordin was a member of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (1996–1998). He also taught as a visiting professor at the Department of Political Science at Yale University (2002), at the Department of Government at Harvard University (2002–2003), and at Sciences Po, Paris (2005, 2006, 2008). Oleg Kharkhordin is a member of the Presidential Council for Science and Education.

Dr. Balzer earned a Ph.D. degree in History from the University of Pennsylvania. He has held fellowships at the Harvard University Russian Research Center, the US Institute of Peace and at MIT's Program in Science, Technology and Society, and has taught at Boston University. He is Associate Professor at Georgetown University, where he served as Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies from 1987 to 2001. Since 1997 Dr. Balzer has been a member of the Governing Council of the Basic Research and Higher Education Program for Russian universities, administered by the Civilian Research and Development Foundation with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York and Russian Ministry of Education. The program currently supports 16 centers for research and education at universities in 15 cities across Russia. Dr. Balzer is a renowned expert on Russian studies, US-Russian relations, education, science and technology. He is currently completing work on financing higher education in The Russian Empire, the USSR, and the Russian Federation. He also deals with a comparative analysis of Russian and Chinese integration with the global economy.

James D. Wolfensohn is Chairman of Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and an advisor to corporations and governments. Sir James became Chairman of Citi International Advisory Board in 2006. He is also advisor to Citi’s senior management on global strategy and on international matters. Sir James was the ninth president of the World Bank Group (1995–2005) and the third president in the World Bank’s history to be reappointed for a second five-year term. As President of the World Bank, he travelled to more than 120 countries in order to pursue the challenges facing the World Bank in regard to poverty and environmental issues. He led successfully initiatives on debt reduction, banking and finance, environmental sustainability, anti corruption programs, and AIDS prevention and treatment. He developed activities on religion and culture. Throughout his career Sir James has also closely involved himself in a wide range of educational initiatives. Sir James has served as Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University for the last 18 years. He is also an Honorary Trustee of the Brookings Institution.

John J. DeGioia became Georgetown’s 48th president in 2001. Under his leadership, the university has completed a $1-billion capital campaign; launched the largest expansion of campus facilities in the institution’s history; significantly increased student financial aid; and strengthened endowments for faculty research. DeGioia has also helped to expand and deepen Georgetown’s engagement with the global community, supporting initiatives on a range of issues from interreligious dialogue to global health to emerging economies. Beyond the Georgetown hilltop, DeGioia is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Chair of the Board of Campus Compact; a member of the executive committee of the Council on Competitiveness; a board member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; a board member of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education; and a board member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Most recently, DeGioia was honored as a Washingtonian of the Year 2008 by Washingtonian magazine. He earned his B.A. in English and his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Georgetown.

Henry Rosovsky, is the Geyser University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. His fields are economic history, Japanese economic growth, and higher education. He served as Chairman of the Economics Department at Harvard from 1969 to 1972, as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1973 to 1984, and again from 1990 to 1991. He was also a member of the Harvard Corporation (“Fellow of Harvard College”) from 1985 to 1997, and Acting President in 1987. In 2000 he co-chaired the Task Force On Higher Education and Society sponsored by the World Bank and UNESCO. Its report was published as Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise. Rosovsky is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on Japanese and Asian economic development. His publications on higher education include The University: An Owner’s Manual (1990).

Konstantin Severinov, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Also heads research laboratories in the Russian Academy of Sciences Institutes of Molecular Genetics and Gene Biology in Moscow. Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Senior Fulbright Scholar. Member of the Scientific Council of Russian State Corporation Rusnano. Scientific interests include the mechanisms of genetic regulation in bacteria. Received predoctoral training with Alex Goldarb in Columbia University and postdoctoral training with Seth Darst at the Rockefeller Universitry. Dr. Severinov authored and co-authored more than 150 research papers in premier scientific journals. He is also a holder of four international patents. Upon his partial return to Russia in 2005, Dr. Severinov has taken an active posiition on reform of the Russian scientific establishment promoting the need for efficient peer-reviewed grant system in numerous public appearances on TV and in interviews in national press.

Born in 1970, Leningrad. Graduated from the St. Petersburg State University in 1992 and received Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1996. Smirnov spent an important part of his career in Stockholm, Sweden, where he came in 1998. After holding a Gibbs instructorship at Yale University and short time positions at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton and Max-Planck-Institut Bonn, moved to Stockholm. In 1998–2005 worked at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Since 2003 he is a professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2010 he is the Director of the Chebyshev Laboratory at the St. Petersburg State University. Mr. Smirnov’s interests lie within various areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. He received several prizes for his studies, including the Fields medal (2010).

<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>

Born on July 17, 1949, in Leningrad (now St Petersburg). 1971 – graduated from Zhdanov Leningrad State University; Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. 1971-1991 – junior researcher, laboratory head, deputy director for research, leading researcher at the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. 1991-1993 – Vice President of Advanced Technology Centre, St Petersburg. 1994-2001 – Director of Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development, St Petersburg. From 2000 – Chairman of the Academic Council of the Centre for Strategic Research North-West Foundation. 2001-2002 – Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. From June 2002 – First Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. From December 2003 – Acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. March 9, 2004 – appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Since May 21, 2012 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. State award – Honorary Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.