Programme

The Interstate Program on Innovative Cooperation among CIS Member States is being implemented in the post-Soviet space. Countries are training specialists in the professions of the future, introducing new educational and research technologies, creating intergovernmental networks of skills and the joint application of high-precision equipment, and contributing to building an economy in sync with the new wave of innovation. What are the opportunities for international cooperation within the framework of the digital agenda today? How is the labour market transforming in the realities specific to the CIS? What are the priorities for funding intergovernmental projects that aim to prepare for the economy of future? What role can industrial subcontracting, cooperation, and technology transfer play within the CIS? Is there a future for interstate high-tech clusters?

Moderator
Sergey Malenko, Authorized Representative of Commissioner and Coordinator of the Interstate Programme for Innovative Cooperation between the CIS Countries up to 2020

Sergey Malenko

Authorized Representative of Commissioner and Coordinator of the Interstate Programme for Innovative Cooperation between the CIS Countries up to 2020

Panellists
Gevorg Vardanyan, Director, National Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Chairman, Interstate Coordinating Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
Sergey Ivanov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Marat Kapelyushnik, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Astelion
Stanislav Korolev, Deputy Secretary General, International Union Eurasian Peoples' Assembly
Eleonora Mitrofanova, Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation
Yury Saprykin, Vice President for Regional and International Development, Skolkovo Foundation
Aleksei Iuzhakov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Promobot

Gevorg Vardanyan

Director, National Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Chairman, Interstate Coordinating Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2005–2008 Dr. of Physics
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia)
PhD thesis: Photoelectric properties of transitions nInSb-nCdTe and InSb-nPbTe-nCdTe, fabricated by pulsed laser deposition

2003–2005 MA in Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronics
Faculty of Radio Physics and Electronics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan (Armenia)

1999–2003 BA in Radio Physics and Electronics
Faculty of Radio Physics and Electronics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan (Armenia)

WORK EXPERIENCE
2017–Present Chairman
Interstate Coordination Council for Scientific and Technical Information (International), http://www.mksnti.ru


2014–Present Director
National Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Yerevan (Armenia)
http://www.innovcentre.am

2013–2016 Head of Department
Department of marketing and innovation activities of Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology, National Academy of Sciences, (Armenia)

2013–2014 Director
Russian-Armenian Center for Innovative Cooperation, Yerevan (Armenia)


2010– Present President of Council
Council of Young Scientists of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia)

2007–2018 Research Associate
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Laboratory "Semiconductor Electronics", Yerevan (Armenia)

2005–2007 Research Associate
Republican target program "Semiconductor Nanoelectronics", Yerevan (Armenia)

2005 Laboratory assistant
Department of Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronics of the Faculty of Radio Physics and Electronics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan (Armenia)


Memberships

2015-Present
Board member
“Association of young scientists and innovators” NGO.
2012-Present Board member
Young scientists’ support programme

Public Activities
2008 - 2014. General Coordinator, Armenian youth movement "Miasin"
2003 - 2005. President of Student Council of the Faculty of Radio Physics and Electronics, YSU

Sergey Ivanov

Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Marat Kapelyushnik

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Astelion

Marat Kapelyushnik, international expert with more than 20 years of executive experience in management and development of innovation ecosystems, corporate venturing, startups and multinational initiatives. He is a serial entrepreneur who has served on the Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards of many startups, corporations and multilateral working groups including international funding instruments. He bridges worlds, bringing together all elements of innovation ecosystems, connecting both East and West with specialization in Israeli, US, Europe and Russian markets.
Founder & CEO at Astelion, a global advisory and consulting firm working with all players in the innovation ecosystem, including entrepreneurs, startups, investors, international corporations, universities, government institutions and various service providers.

Stanislav Korolev

Deputy Secretary General, International Union Eurasian Peoples' Assembly

Eleonora Mitrofanova

Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation

Born in Volgograd

Education
Graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of MFA USSR (MGIMO)
Doctor of economics

Work experience
1993 – 1995 – Deputy of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation
1995 – 2001 – Auditor of the Accounting Chamber of the Russian Federation
2001 – 2003 – Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for the administration
2003 - 2004 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
2004 – 2009 – Director of the Centre of Russia for the Scientific Cooperation and Cultural Department of the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation (Roszarubezhcentre)
2009 – 2016 – Permanent Delegate of Russian Federation to UNESCO
2016 – 2017 – Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2017 – Head of Rossotrunichestvo (by the Presidential decree 604 from 19.12.2017 “On the head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation)


State Counsellor the 3rd grade
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Decorations:

The order of Honours, the medal of the order “For merits before Fatherland” II degree, the order of Friendship, the Russian government Certificate of merit

Fluency in English, Spanish and French

Married, 3 children

Yury Saprykin

Vice President for Regional and International Development, Skolkovo Foundation

Yuriy Saprykin graduated from Department of Applied Mathematics at Kuban State University in Systems Programming. He was a Deputy to the Krasnodar Territory Legislative Council, where he was a member of the Science and Education Committee. In this position, he focused on legislation on science and innovation, communications between institutes and research facilities and innovation infrastructure.
2013: Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs under the Ministry of Education and Science, where he oversaw innovation and information projects, as well as volunteering in sports etc. 2014: joined Skolkovo Technopark as Deputy CEO. He was appointed Vice-President Development of Russian Far East in 2016 and Vice-President for Regional and International Development in 2016.

Aleksei Iuzhakov

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Promobot

Chairman of Promobot company. Autonomous service robots Promobot are in demand in 35 countries around the world, replace and complement people in the service sector. Alexey is a serial entrepreneur in the field of innovation. Entered the list of the most influential people of Russia according to the magazine GQ.