Programme

STRATEGIZING IN RUSSIA AND IN THE WORLD: WAGERING ON THE INDIVIDUAL

Realizing Russia's Competitive Edge
Panel Session
Pavilion 5, Business Breakfast Hall 5.4


A discussion of the key issues facing Russia’s economic development; the increased role played by regions under conditions of slower economic growth and an uncertain business environment as a result of foreign policy challenges and other limitations experienced by Russia abroad; and the strengthening of the individual’s role as the key factor in economic and social development.


Moderator:
Vladimir Kvint , Chair of Financial Strategy Department, Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences

Panellists
Abel Aganbegyan , Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences
Victor Ivanter , Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Anatoly Kotov , Chair, Committee for Economic Policy and Strategic Planning, St. Petersburg
Valery Makarov , Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladimir Okrepilov , Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences; General Director, State Regional Centre for Standardization, Metrology, and Testing in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region
Georgy Poltavchenko , Governor of St. Petersburg
Igor Slyunyaev , Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation

Broadcast

Key moments

"The ultimate goal of any strategy is to improve the quality of life".
Igor Slyunyaev
"The only way to develop our city’s economy in the short term is to build a knowledge economy".
Georgy Poltavchenko