Programme

Russia’s Winning Strategy in the Eastern and Western Digital Race

EMBRACING TECH DISRUPTORS
Panel Session
Pavilion G, Conference Hall G7

As the competition between US and European-centric IT firms and their Chinese and Asian counterparts increases, Russia has a unique opportunity to borrow and barter with best-in-breed solutions to strengthen its own position in the sector. What are the dynamics, differences, and features that characterize Eastern and Western models of IT development, and how is Russia embracing these trends? What additional steps should be taken? What is the prognosis for the Russian IT sector over the coming decade?

Moderator:
Edwin Van der Ouderaa , Senior Managing Director, Global FS Digital Lead, Accenture

Panellists
Markus Borchert , Senior Vice President, Market Europe, Nokia
Stephen Brobst , Chief Technology Officer, Teradata
Shlomo Weber , Rector, Academic Head, Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School; Professor, Southern Methodist University
Dmitry Kostygin , Сhairman of the Board of Directors, Ulmart
R. Preston McAfee , Corporate Vice President, Chief Economist, Microsoft
Pavel Eyges , General Director, Open Mobile Platform

Broadcast

Key moments

Digital companies grow six times faster than non-digital.
Markus Borchert
Senior Vice President, Market Europe, Nokia
I would opt for creating Centres of Excellence, with a triangle of universities and students, industry and municipal participation.
Shlomo Weber
Rector, Academic Head, Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School; Professor, Southern Methodist University
The digital economy consists of two key issues: products and infrastructure. For example, mobile internet helped in receiving a colossal number of new products.
Pavel Eyges
General Director, Open Mobile Platform
Absence of a positive image of an entrepreneur, this is what stops Russia from moving forward.
Shlomo Weber
Rector, Academic Head, Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School; Professor, Southern Methodist University
You got the skills, you got the computer science, and you got the creativity. What is missing is that Russian companies are afraid to fail, it is a cultural difference.
Stephen Brobst
Chief Technology Officer, Teradata
From what is missing, I would highlight the investment and the investment infrastructure.
Markus Borchert
Senior Vice President, Market Europe, Nokia
Russia has great strengths but you need all those pieces to work together. Those pieces are big companies, including the state owned enterprises, government, universities that are the source of human capital, many ideas of the students, who can lead start-ups.
R. Preston McAfee
Corporate Vice President, Chief Economist, Microsoft