Programme

The world is going through a major transformation, with deep changes affecting nearly all spheres of life. Entire industries are being restructured on account of blockchain – a new technology that is influencing the global financial system and bringing us to the verge of a new economic reality. The key question for the near future is how ready financial institutions are to become technological companies and what potential underlying problems are associated with blockchain. How is this technology implemented in global practice today? What are the prospects for this new technology in the Russian B2B and B2G sectors? How will financial institutions be transformed in the new reality?<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/vWqlEAUaKPU" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vWqlEAUaKPU</a>

Moderator:
Sergey Gorkov , Chairman, Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)

Sergey Gorkov

Chairman, Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)

Born December 1, 1968, in the Orenburg Oblast.In 1994, graduated from the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia with a specialization in Law. In 2002, graduated from the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics with a specialization in Finance & Credit.1994-1997 — Deputy Head and Head of the HR Department at Menatep Bank.1997-2005 — held senior positions at the HR departments of Yukos and Yukos Moscow oil companies.2008-2010 — Director of the HR Policy Department of Sberbank of Russia2010-2016 — member of the Executive Board and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank.From February, 2016 — State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)”, Chairman.Has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd class and the Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Panellists
Vitalik Buterin , Founder, Ethereum
Valery Vavilov , Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Board, The BitFury Group
Aleksandr Ivanov , Chief Executive Officer, Waves Platform
Brett King , Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Movencorp Inc.
Kyriakos Kokkinos , Executive Director, Partner, IBM Europe; Member of the Board of Directors, Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency
Marc Luet , Country Officer, Russia, Division Head, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Citi
Nikolay Nikiforov , Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Olga Skorobogatova , Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Russian Federation
Igor Shuvalov , First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Valery Vavilov

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Board, The BitFury Group

Valery Vavilov is the CEO and founder of The Bitfury Group – the world’s leading full service Blockchain company. Vavilov’s entrepreneurial experience and passion for Blockchain technology led him to found the company in 2011, when Blockchain technology was just beginning to capture the world’s attention and imagination. A native Latvian who experienced first-hand the challenges resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union, Valery was inspired by Blockchain technology and saw an opportunity to build technological solutions that could improve the lives of people all over the world. Valery focused first on the hardware solutions that would ensure security and trust in the Bitcoin Blockchain, leading The Bitfury Group to develop five generations of cutting-edge mining chips and state-of-the-art data center designs. Under his leadership, the company has expanded its focus to provide custom-designed software, consulting solutions, and advanced hardware, all while maintaining its position as one of the major public Bitcoin Blockchain security and transaction providers. Prior to founding The Bitfury Group, Valery spent more than 15 years in a variety of technical and leadership positions. He received his MS from Riga’s Transport & Telecommunication University in Latvia.

Aleksandr Ivanov

Chief Executive Officer, Waves Platform

Sasha Ivanov graduated from Moscow State University in 2001, having studied in the Theoretical Physics faculty. He undertook further study at Leipzig University in Germany, and took an early interest in electronic currencies. From 2008-09 he was involved in programming bots to trade on the international forex markets, making use of artificial neural networks, later working on trading operations and neural network trading systems for banks. In 2013 Sasha launched Coinomat.com, the first instant cryptocurrency exchange, and in 2014 created CoinoUSD, the first fiat-backed crypto token. In 2015 he launched Coinoindex.com, the first tradeable cryptocurrency index, and the Cryptoasset.fund blockchain-based venture fund, which held $200K under management. In 2016 Sasha founded custom tokens blockchain platform Waves, which crowdfunded $16M (30,000 BTC).

Brett King

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Movencorp Inc.

Brett King is a bestselling author, a renowned commentator and globally respected speaker on the future of business. He has spoken in over 50 countries, to a million people, on how technology is disrupting business, changing behavior and influencing society. He has advised the White House, FED and the National Economic Council on the Future of Banking in the USA and meets regularly with regulators from London, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Russia, Canada, the EU and the World Bank. He appears regularly as a commentator on CNBC, Fox, ABC, Bloomberg and others. King hosts the world's first and #1 ranked global Fintech radio show called Breaking Banks (140 countries, 3.5 million listeners). He is also the founder of Moven, a globally recognized mobile start-up, which has raised over US$30 million to date, with the world's first mobile-first, downloadable bank account. Named “King of the Disruptors” by Banking Exchange magazine, King was also voted American Banker's Innovator of the Year in 2012, voted the world's #1 Financial Services Influencer by The Financial Brand and was nominated by Bank Innovation as one of the top 10 "coolest brands in banking". He was shortlisted for the 2015 Advance Global Australian of the Year Award for being one of the most influential Australians living offshore. His fifth bestselling book is Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane has topped Amazon bestseller lists in Robotics, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Banking in UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Australia, France, and Japan

Kyriakos Kokkinos

Executive Director, Partner, IBM Europe; Member of the Board of Directors, Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency

Kyriacos Kokkinos is an IBM Executive Director & Partner, IBM Europe, with 30 years of experience in the Information Technology Sector. In his most recent role, he leads the European Team for Cognitive Solutions in the Telecom, Media and Energy & Utilities Industries. His professional domain is Digital Transformation and Cognitive Computing (artificial intelligence). His key disciplines include: Strategic Thought Leadership, strong business acumen, innovation and knowledge creation consultant, trusted business advisor at board level. He is a member of IBM’s Research Institute IBV (Institute for Business Value). Throughout his career, he served in several managerial and executive positions across different European geographical areas. He is distinguished for his entrepreneurial, leadership and consultative qualities and competencies and served in different sectors such as Communication, Healthcare, Public Sector and Banking. Kyriacos Kokkinos is also a Board Member of Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency Invest Cyprus. Invest Cyprus is a non-profit national body and the government’s dedicated partner responsible for the facilitation of investments into Cyprus. In close collaboration with all government authorities, public institutions as well as the private sector and international experts, Invest Cyprus is the investor’s single point of contact. Invest Cyprus takes the lead in attracting and facilitating Foreign Direct Investment in key economic sectors, working with the investor, for the investor. Dedicated to continuously improving the business and regulatory environment, Invest Cyprus advocates reform while providing continuous investor support and aftercare services.

Marc Luet

Country Officer, Russia, Division Head, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Citi

Marc Luet is the Cluster Head for Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan and Country Officer for Russia, based in Moscow. In Russia, Citi is one of the largest and best capitalized banks in the country with more than 3,000 institutional clients and over 600 thousand retail customers served by 3,300 employees in more than 35 branches located in 12 cities across the country. From 2014 until recently, Marc Luet was Citi Division Head for Central and Eastern Europe. He took this role after 3,5 years of serving as a head of Citicorp Consumer and Commercial Banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and an Interim Head for GCMIO when he rejoined Citi back in June 2010. Marc has over 20 years of retail and cards experience. He was previously at Visa, where he served as President for CEMEA, an area covering 80 geographies, from 2008 to 2010. Marc was responsible for Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Legal, Corporate Communications, and Regulatory Affairs for the region. He was also a member of the Operating Committee of Visa Inc. Prior to Visa, Marc was CEO of Consumer Finance and Retail International for Fortis Group from 2005 to 2008 and CEO of Egg France from 2002 to 2005. Prior to 2002, he spent 12 years at Citi where he held several Marketing, Risk and Operations positions in Europe and North America before becoming the Consumer Business Manager in Hungary and then Belgium. Marc has a BSc in Economics from the Panthéon Sorbonne University, is a graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. He is a Board Member of Citibank Europe Plc. Marc is a member of the Executive Board of Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.

Nikolay Nikiforov

Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Nikolay Nikiforov was assigned the role Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation on May 21, 2012. Earlier he took position of Executive Director in the Information Technology Centre of Tatarstan Republic, and later Deputy Prime Minister of Communications in Tatarstan Republic. He has successfully completed a large-scale project on development and integration of electronic government in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Olga Skorobogatova

Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Russian Federation

She was born on June 4, 1969 in the Moscow Region. Education 1990 — Graduated from Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economy with honours. 1995 — California State University, East Bay (USA). МВА in management and economics. Fluent in English. Professional experience Awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, 2nd class, in 2016. 1990–1992 — Engineer and Senior Specialist at the company Customs Terminal within the USSR Customs Committee of the Vneshterminalkompleks All-Union Foreign Economic Association. 1992–1993 — Chief Specialist and Acting Head of the Marketing, Lending, and Exchange Transactions Department at the Currency Office of Inter-Industry Integration Joint-Stock Bank. 1993–1998 — Deputy Head of the Foreign Economic Department, Director of the Currency Office, and Deputy Director of the Client Operations Department at Moscow Regional Joint-Stock Bank. 1998–2003 — Director of the Settlements Department at Avtobank Joint-Stock Bank. 2003–2007 — Director of the Retail Business Development Department, Director of the Operations and Cash Services Directorate, Director of the Remote Service and Bank Card Operations Directorate, Director of the Retail Service Directorate, and Director of the Information Technologies Directorate at Rosbank Joint-Stock Bank. 2007–2014 — Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Management Board, and Chairman of the Bank and Information Technologies Committee at Rosbank Joint-Stock Bank within the Societe Generale Group. 2009–2014 — Chairman of the Board of Directors at United Settlement System NPO. July 2014 — Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (appointed December 2, 2016).

Igor Shuvalov

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Born January 4, 1967, in Bilibino, Magadan Region. 1993: graduated from the Law Faculty of Moscow State University with a degree in jurisprudence. 1984–1985: laboratory assistant at the EKOS Scientific Research Institute. 1985–1987: served in the Soviet Army. 1993: attaché of the Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 1993–1995: senior legal adviser at ALM Consulting. 1995: Director, ALM Law Office. 1997: Head of Department of the State Register of Federal Property, State Committee of the Russian Federation for State Property Management. 1998: Deputy Minister for State Property of the Russian Federation. 1998–2000: Chairman, Russian Federal Property Fund. 2000–2003: Chief of the Government Staff in the rank of Minister. 2003: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. 2003–2004:Deputy Head of Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. 2004: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. 2005: Russian Sherpa in the G8. 2008: First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Married with two sons and two daughters.

Victoria Abramchenko , Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation – Head of Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr)
Gerard Lopez , Chairman of the Board, RISE Capital
Vladislav Martynov , Chief Executive Officer, Yota Devices
Scott Overson , General Manager, Industry Solutions Group EMEA, Intel Corporation

Victoria Abramchenko

Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation – Head of Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr)

In 1998 she graduated from the Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University. In 2004 from the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration. In 1998 – 2000 she worked in the Committee for Land Resources and Land Management of Roskomzem. In 2000 – 2001 she worked in the Federal State Institution "Land Cadastre Chamber". In 2001 – 2005 she held different positions, including the position of Deputy Head of Department in Roszemkadastr and in Rosnedvizhimost. In 2005 – 2011 she held various positions in the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, including the position of Deputy Head of Real Estate Department of the Ministry of Economic Development. In 2011 – 2012 – Deputy Head of Rosreestr. In 2012 – 2015 – Head of the Department of Land Policy, Property Relations and State Property of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. In 2015 – 2016 she worked as State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. By order of the Government of the Russian Federation of 11.10.2016 № 2141-r she was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation – Head of Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Victoria Abramchenko was awarded honorary certificates of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and certificate of acknowledgement of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. Active State Adviser of the Russian Federation, Class 3 (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 10.07.2014 № 498). Married, has a son.

Gerard Lopez

Chairman of the Board, RISE Capital

Date of birth: 12/27/1971 Mr. Lopez is a successful entrepreneur, businessperson and technologist. Gerard Lopez is the Chairman and CEO of Nekton Global and a founding partner of Mangrove Capital having funded some of the world’s most successful tech companies including Skype, Wix, or Nimbuzz. He is also the founder of Genii Capital – active in real estate, automotive and financial investments. The Chairman of Ecotive, CiteeCar companies. Since 2013, Chairman of the Board of Directors of RISE Capital Investment Group. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Miami University Business School and founded the Act Mangrove Charity foundation promoting education for under developed countries. Mr. Lopez also sits on the board of the Royal Theatre of Madrid, one of Europe’s most renowned theatres. He speaks English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Luxembourgish.

Vladislav Martynov

Chief Executive Officer, Yota Devices

Vlad Martynov is, together with Dmitry Buterin, a co-founder of blockchain centric investment fund www.blockgeekslab.com. Vlad has twenty years of highly diversified experience in software and digital technology: As a co-founder, angel investor and CEO of several highly successful start-ups: among others Yota Devices, the developer of the world’s first dual-screen smartphone with an always-on display www.yotaphone.com, global leading SaaS service www.wildapricot.com, digital sport analytics company www.Iceberg.hockey. With the eventual sale of one of his start-ups to Microsoft, as a corporate executive at Microsoft HQ, he ran the implementation of global program to grow ecosystem of developers and software partners. After Microsoft, he became CEO of European PLC (NASDAQ OMX; COLUM). In 2014, Vlad was nominated by Ernst and Young for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Scott Overson

General Manager, Industry Solutions Group EMEA, Intel Corporation

Scott believes in the transformational impact of technology to enrich lives and make companies or organization more competitive or productive. He is the General Manager for Intel’s Industry Solutions Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa, responsible for accelerating break through solutions across all vertical industry segments. Prior to his current role, Scott worked in a broad range of areas including Mexico country manager, vertical solutions marketing, global channel initiates, Intel Labs, product development, and finance. Scott earned his MBA from the University of Oregon and his undergraduate finance degree from Brigham Young University.