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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.

Grigory Bubnov (born 9 March 1970, Moscow) is the rector and president of Moscow Technological Institute, president of Moscow Business School, director of the MIPT Higher School of Systems Engineering, PhD, first president of IMD Alumni Club of Russia, "MIPT-Soyuz" board member, member of the Expert Committee for international affairs at Education Committee at the Russian Federation’s State Duma. Biography In 1993 he graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, Russian State University) majoring in Applied Physics and Mathematics, Physics Engineer. In 1997 he defended his thesis on "Entrepreneurship in the developed economies and in the transition period". In 2002 he defended his doctoral thesis on the topic "Entrepreneurship and its role in the economic revival of Russia". In 2006 he completed the EMBA program at IMD (Lausanne). In 2010 he completed the Exponential Technologies Executive Program at Singularity University. Professional career Over the past 15 years Grigory Bubnov has been taking charge in more than 20 commercial financial and non-profit organizations, as well as managing more than 30 organizations such as Moscow University named after Witte, Moscow Technological Institute, "Fiztekh XXI", MIPT Higher School of Systems Engineering, SPE "Medolit", etc. Works Author and co-author of over 20 scientific books, articles and monographs.

Fabio Cacciatori is an Italian Entrepreneur with MBA in economic. Founder and CEO of an ecosystem of 8 enterprises specialized in consulting and digital transformation with offices in Turin, Milan, Rome, Palermo, Moscow. In this group of companies are working more than 60 managers (80 people all together) with different specializations (strategy, organization, finance, information systems, human resources, governance and control, company evaluation and M&A, …). Through these companies since 1988, he has been leading complex management consulting projects for major Italian and International companies. Since 2005 he has been operating in the virtual and augmented reality industry, first as CEO of the Virtual Reality & Multi Media Research Park and then as founder of Illogic (in Italy) and Intelligent Ideas (in the Russian Federation), with projects delivered on an international level (Europe, Russian Federation and USA). Former he was Executive Chairman of Versace, Finpiemonte Holding, Bitronvideo, Board Executive Member of Film Investment Piedmont, De Tomaso Automobili, Dry Port of Alessandria and other assignments. As a professional “hobby” he is one of the major film producer / investor in Italy with more than 30 productions done.

Leonid Reiman in 1979 graduated from the M.A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute of Communications (nowadays SPbGUT – St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications and IT). After graduation, he worked as an engineer and Head of Department at the Leningrad city international telephone station. In 1985-1999 Leonid Reiman held leading positions in the Leningrad City Telephone Network (LGTS) (nowadays: St. Petersburg City Telephone Network (PTS). From July 1999 he was state secretary, first deputy chairman, chairman of the State Committee for Telecommunications (Gostelecom). In 1999 Leonid Reiman was appointed Minister of Information and Communications of the Russian Federation, from 2004 to 2008 Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation. 2008-2010 - Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Secretary for Presidential Council of Information Society Development. In the period from 2000 to 2010 he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Svyazinvest. PhD in economics (2004). Nowadays, Chairman of the Board, Angstrem group of companies. Married with four children.

Sergey Solonin was born on November 28, 1973 in Moscow. Currently he holds positions of CEO of The FinTech Association, co-head of the working group FINNET (Agency for Strategic Initiatives), CEO of QIWI Group. Mr. Solonin has been actively participating in the financial and technological development of Russia, occupying key positions in organizations whose activities are aimed at creating and maintaining a high-tech environment for the functioning of business and government institutions. Also his activity focuses on the development of new educational initiatives and institutions in Russia, providing systematic investment support for federal projects in the development of modern alternative education. For example, Mr. Solonin is a co-investor of the Creative Thinking School of ICRA, the British Higher School of Design, the Moscow Film School, the School of computer technologies — Scream School, the MARCH Architectural School, and the founder of the Center for the Promotion of Innovations in Education. Education: 1996 - Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, majoring in Finance and Credit. 2012 - certificate of completion of the Stanford Executive Program. Career: 1998 - Chairman of the Board of Directors, shareholder of the Investment and Banking Group "Russian Investment Club". 2004 to present - shareholder, member of the Board of Directors of QIWI Group. 2012 to present - CEO of QIWI Group, shareholder. 2017 to present - General Director of the FinTech Association. He is married with 5 children.

Ruslan Yunusov has 10 years of experience as CFO and CEO of innovation, investment, oil and gas companies and currently is the CEO of the Russian Quantum Center (RQC). RQC is a leading scientific organization in Russia conducting research and development the field of quantum physics and quantum technologies. Ruslan is candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences who has authored a number of scientific publications in physics and economics.