Business programme

Russia and the world in general have seen a steady trend towards public use of audiovisual services as a primary viewing and entertainment platform. The unique diversity of content from around the world can suit anyone’s needs. On the one hand, a giant audience and access to users from around the world provides local content creators with the opportunity to make their mark and enter new markets. On the other hand, the rules on these platforms are transnational and declared universal for all users, frequently failing to take local specifics into account. These platforms’ enormous financial resources, sometimes surpassing not only the means of local platforms, but even entire countries, allow them to dictate priorities in the production and purchase of content by local creators and allows them to spend significant amounts of money on amassing and retaining consumers. What are the optimal forms of support for national content creators? What methods can be used to ensure equal opportunities for the distribution of global and local content?

Moderator
Alexey Goreslavsky, General Director, Dialog ANO

Alexey Goreslavsky

General Director, Dialog ANO

Alexey Goreslavsky was born in Moscow in 1977.
He graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University in 1999 and from the postgraduate school of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2002.
He worked for Moskovsky Komsomolets and Sovershenno Sekretno. Versia newspapers starting 1995.
He served as editor-in-chief of the Internet newspaper Vzglyad from 2005 to 2007, director of online projects at the Interfax news service from 2007 to 2010, and as head of communications of AgencyOne from 2011 to 2013.
He became deputy general director of Rambler&Co in 2013.
Alexei Goreslavsky was appointed editor-in-chief of Lenta.ru in March 2014.
He is married and has a daughter.

Panellists
Erik Barmack, Founder, Wild Sheep Content (online)
Anton Gorelkin, Member of the State Duma of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications
Irina Gofman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Viasat World Limited
Anton Klyuchkin, General Director, Internet Development Institute (IRI)
Vyacheslav Murugov, General Director, CTC Media; Deputy General Director for Entertainment Broadcasting, National Media Group; President, NMG Studio
Elena Rovenskaya, Program Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Oleg Tumanov, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, IVI
Dzhanik Fayziev, General Producer, Okko (online)

Erik Barmack

Founder, Wild Sheep Content

Erik Barmack has worked in television production, distribution
and digital media development for 25+ years.
Most recently, he founded Wild Sheep Content, a production and
packaging company that has sold seven projects to five global
partners over its first six months of operation.
Previously, he has served in a variety of senior executive
roles at Netflix focusing on the production and distribution of
international content, with oversight over multi-billion dollar
budgets and large, international teams, which made shows such as THE WITCHER, CASA DE PAPEL,
KINGDOM, and SACRED GAMES.
In addition, Erik created the original anime initiative at Netflix.
In his 8+ years at Netflix, he has also served as Vice President, Head of International Originals.
Wild Sheep has now sold 14 projects to 9 different partners over its first year of operation, and produced one finished film.

Anton Gorelkin

Member of the State Duma of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications

Irina Gofman

President, Chief Executive Officer, Viasat World Limited

Irina Gofman was appointed as President and CEO of Viasat World in January 2016. Previously, Irina spent more than seven years at international media house Modern Times Group, serving as EVP of the Group’s Russian & CIS broadcasting operations and Pay TV Emerging Markets. Irina was also a CEO of Rambler Media Group between 2004 and 2007, taking it public in 2005. She held a number of executive and board positions within the broadcasting, digital and publishing industry, and has worked with private equity funds as a partner and advisor. Irina is also a Founding Trustee of a social entrepreneurship foundation Reach for Change Russia and a member of International Advisory Board of London Philharmonic Orchestra. Irina has graduated from School of Journalism of Moscow State University and where she also earned a Ph.D. in Philology. She also holds an MBA degree in Entrepreneurship from Babson College (USA).

Vyacheslav Murugov

General Director, CTC Media; Deputy General Director for Entertainment Broadcasting, National Media Group; President, NMG Studio

Elena Rovenskaya

Program Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Elena Rovenskaya is the Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Program Director at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. She is also a research scholar at the Optimal Control Department of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Her scientific interests lie in the fields of optimization, decision science, and mathematical modeling of complex socio-environmental systems. Rovenskaya authored and co-authored more than 40 publications in reputable academic peer-reviewed journals including Nature Communications, Nature Plants, Scientific Reports, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Sustainability, Ecological Economics, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Ecological Modelling, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, and Journal of Risk Research.
Rovenskaya graduated in 2003 from the Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. She received her PhD in 2006 at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. In different capacities Rovenskaya has been working at IIASA since 2006. She was appointed a newly created ASA Program Director from January 2021. Currently, this Program includes 85+ scientists and aims to identify, develop, and deploy new systems-analytical methods, tools, and data to help address the most pressing global sustainability challenges with greater agility.

Oleg Tumanov

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, IVI

Born on February 17, 1965. In 1986 graduated from Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance. In 1996 completed a training program for top managers in Wharton School and a Financial Management Program in Harvard Business School. PhD in Economics.
1990 – Deputy Chairman, Mosbusinessbank.
1994 – worked in financial organizations in the US and Switzerland.
2001 – Deputy Managing Director, Alpha-Bank
2005 – Managing Director for Russia and CIS, Access Industries.
2009 till present – Founder and CEO, ivi.ru

Dzhanik Fayziev

General Producer, Okko

Born 30.07.1961 in Tashkent.
Education: 1983-The All-Russian Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), (theatre acting and cinema). 1991 – VGIK (director-producer). Director and producer of the films: Kya-dya (1986) Siz kim siz? (1989), Kammi, (1991), Stop on Request (series 2000-2001), The Turkish Gambit (2005), and directed and produced the film August. Eighth. (2012), directed and produced the video at the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in 2014, called Russian Odyssey.
He is the producer of the following films; Ice Age (series, 2002), Russians in the City of Angels (series 2002), Saboteur (series, 2002), Admiral (2008), High Security Vacation (2009), Et tu, Brute? and A global History of Betrayals (series 2009).
He has directed the following programmes: Kinopanorama (1995), Intercept (1997), The Other Day 61-91, Our Era (1997), 10 Songs about Moscow (1997), Lord of Taste (2003).
He has received the following awards and prizes: the All-Union Film Festival “Youth”, (Kya-dya 1988, Siz kim siz? 1989), the Debut Film Festival: prize for best film (Siz kim siz? 1989), the International Film Festival in Tel Aviv: the special jury prize (Kya-dya 1990); the Russian Federation State Prize in educational activity for the television programme Formula of Power (2002); the Golden Eagle Prize for best television series or mini-serial (Saboteur, 2008), the TEFI Award in the category of producer of a film/series (Et tu, Brute?, 2009), and the Georges Prize for August. Eighth (Russian Action of the Year, 2012).
He is a member of the advisory board of the Federal Fund for Social and Economic Support of Russian Cinematography. He is also a member of the Russian Federation Minister of Defence Public Council.

Front row participant
Sophia Kvashilava, Communications Director, Gazprom-Media Holding