Programme

In line with the Development Strategy of the Russian Federation, academics, politicians, and entrepreneurs are currently examining various large-scale projects designed to effectively confront critical social, economic, and political challenges, and to neutralize geopolitical threats. The process of selecting projects like these is inevitably accompanied by a degree of uncertainty, and the scale involved requires a realistic evaluation of effort, expenditure, resources, and rate of return. As far as Russia is concerned, against a backdrop of increasing integration within the Eurasian space and the development of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, such projects could include data centres and road infrastructure in the country’s Asian territories, driverless vehicles, automated production management systems, and much more. Does Russia have the leadership potential required to launch major infrastructure projects in the Eurasian region? What would the consequences of this shift in development strategy be for the country and for the Eurasian Union? How should infrastructure projects be selected and assessed in terms of their worth to the economy of the entire Eurasian region?

Moderator:
Elena Aksenova , Deputy Chief Academic Secretary of the Presidium, Russian Academy of Sciences

Panellists
Leonid Altukhov , President, Group of Companies Netkom-IPC
Igor Malygin , Director, Solomenko Institute of Transport Problems of theRussian Academy of Sciences
Ivan Starikov , Professor, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Boris Titov , Presidential Commissioner of the Russian Federation for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights
Vladimir Yakunin , Chairman of Supervisory Board, DOC Research Institute; Doctor of Political Science
Dmitry Azarov , Chairperson, Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Committee on the Federal Structure, Regional Policies, Local Self-Governance, and Affairs of the North

Leonid Altukhov

President, Group of Companies Netkom-IPC

Leonid Altukhov was born on May 24, 1964 He graduated from the Moscow Energy Institute, Department of Automatics and Telemechanics, Faculty of Automatics and Computational Engineering, qualifying as a mathematical engineer). Open University MBA (London) 1999–2002. 1987 to 1994: academic activities at the Computation Centre of the Moscow Energy Institute. Since 1995, Leonid’s career and life have been closely linked to the company IBM. He began his professional career as a technical consultant and rose to the position of sales director for Unix systems and later, in 1999, sales director for IMB software products. 2001 and 2002: headed a united department selling IBM and Lotus software products. 2002: Software Sales Director of IMB East Europe/Asia. Under him, the software sales department demonstrated significant growth and expansion, with its sales in Russia and the CIS rising. 2010: Vice-President and Director for Regional Development of IBM in Russia and the CIS. His professional qualities have been acknowledged with diplomas and letters of gratitude from the IBM CEE administration; in particular, twice, in 2002 and 2004, with the diploma “Best Sales Department of IBM Products”. The performance of the IBM East Europe/Asia under him was highly appraised by both corporate clients and the federal authorities. May 2012: invited to join SAP as Vice-President for Russia and the CIS. In the renewed structure of SAP’s Moscow branch, he oversaw the company’s priority areas: public and financial sectors, headed the Strategic Industries Department and was also responsible for sales of discrete parts, including machinery and equipment. 2014: President of Interprocom, a leading company on Russia’s IT market. Interprocom is a system integrator, developer and distributor of software and hardware products of the world’s major vendors Anaplan, Arcserve, CA, Commvault, Microsoft, NetIQ, Novell, Quantum, SugarCRM, SUSE and Violin Memory. Since 1996, Interprocom has been an IBM Premier Business Partner. In 2015, the company’s status was confirmed as IBM’s certified bronze and gold partner for the platforms IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, IBM TRIRIGA and IBM Maximo Asset Management. The company has successfully implemented major IT projects for private companies and government organizations at the federal and regional levels. Its customers include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, Sberbank of Russia, Gazprombank, MTS Bank, Uralsib, Alfa Bank, the Russian companies of Gazprom, Transnefteproduct, Slavneft, Russian Post, Russian Railways, Domodedovo Airport, and others. Interprocom’s key business consists in development of information systems to boost the efficiency of clients’ enterprises and organisations. Hobbies: alpine skiing, sailing, hiking tours.

Boris Titov

Presidential Commissioner of the Russian Federation for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights

Boris Titov was born on December, 24, 1960 in Moscow. He is a graduate of the Moscow state institute for international relations in 1983. In 1983-1989 worked for the foreign trade association “Soyuznefteexport”. 1989-1991 – chemistry department chief at the soviet-dutch joint enterprise “Urals”. 1991-2012 - executive director of Solvalub group of companies. 2001-2002 – the president of the JSC “Agrochemical corporation “Azot”. 2006-2012 – chairman of board of directors, general director of “Abrau-Durso” wine producing company. 2000-2005 – member of the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. 2004-2012 – chairman of the All-Russia public organization “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”). 2006-2009 – member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. In June 2012 was appointed the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneur’s rights. Member of the Presidential Economic Council since July 2012. In April 2014 was appointed the Chairman of the Russian part of the Russia-China Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development Elected as the chairman of board of directors of the Association of Managers of Russia (AMR) in September 2014 In February 2016 became the official leader of the political party “The party for growth” Awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, I degree and the Stolypin Medal, II degree, Order of Honor of the Russian Federation, Chevalier of the Legion of honor

Vladimir Yakunin

Chairman of Supervisory Board, DOC Research Institute; Doctor of Political Science

In 1972 Mr. Yakunin graduated from Leningrad Mechanical Institute. He holds a DSc in Political Science. He began his career as Junior Research Associate at the State Institute of Applied Chemistry. After serving in the Army, he worked as engineer and senior engineer at the State Committee for International Trade of the Council of Ministers and Head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute under the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1985 to 1991: in diplomatic service (Second and later First Secretary of the Diplomatic Mission of the USSR to the UN). In subsequent years, he was Head of the Government Accountability Office’s Northwest Region Inspectorate . From October 2000: Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. From February 2002: First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of Russian Federation From October 2003: Senior Vice-President of Russian Railways June 2005 to 2015: President of Russian Railways Mr. Yakunin is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, National Glory Centre and St. Andrew the Apostle Fund; Co-President of the Franco-Russian Dialogue Association; Head of the Public Politics Department in the Political Science, Faculty at Moscow State University; Visiting Professor at Stockholm School of Economics; Doctor Emeritus at the Diplomatic Academy under Russia’s MFA. He has received a Russian Government award for contribution to science and technology.

Dmitry Azarov

Chairperson, Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Committee on the Federal Structure, Regional Policies, Local Self-Governance, and Affairs of the North

Educational background: 1992 – graduated from Samara Polytechnic Institute. Major: systems engineering. PhD in Economics. Position prior to election: Head of Samara Municipality

Front row participants:
Vladimir Klimanov , Director, Institute for Public Finance Reform (IPFR)

Vladimir Klimanov

Director, Institute for Public Finance Reform (IPFR)

Graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (economic geography). Mr. Klimanov worked as specialist in regional policy and federal relations at some federal ministries from 1997 to 2000. Since the early 2000s, he is involved in research and consulting activities. Since 2002, director of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization ‘Institute for Public Finance Reform’, project manager of some dozens successfully implemented projects on public finance, regional and municipal development. He has traveled across 60 Russian regions with lectures and consulting their authorities. In 2003, Mr. Klimanov defended his thesis as Doctor of Sciences in Economics in the Institute for System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2010, Head of the Department of State Regulation of Economy at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. www.klimanov.ru