Business programme

Today, one of the defining characteristics of youth mobility is the appeal of settling down in the regions, which boast a wide range of opportunities to satisfy young people’s basic needs and aspirations. Why are young people leaving their home regions, and should anything be done about this? Should the government get involved in addressing this issue, and what can be done to incentivize young people to stay in their home regions?

Moderator
Aleksandr Vaino, Head of Youth Initiatives Center, Agency of Strategic Initiatives (ASI)

Aleksandr Vaino

Head of Youth Initiatives Center, Agency of Strategic Initiatives (ASI)

Panellists
Pekka Viljakainen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skolkovo Ventures
Darya Kozlova, First Vice-Rector, ITMO University
Irina Makieva, Chief Managing Partner for Urban Development, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF"; General Director, Monotowns Development Fund
Konstantin Markelov, Vice President, Director of Business Technologies, Tinkoff Bank
Tatyana Mineeva, Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow

Pekka Viljakainen

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skolkovo Ventures

Darya Kozlova

First Vice-Rector, ITMO University

Irina Makieva

Chief Managing Partner for Urban Development, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF"; General Director, Monotowns Development Fund

Konstantin Markelov

Vice President, Director of Business Technologies, Tinkoff Bank

Konstantin Markelov is responsible for implementing new technologies at Tinkoff, as well as for business analytics, partnerships with technical universities, talent acquisition and educational programmes. He has been with the Company since 2007, starting out as an analyst and taking an active part in its development. He launched several important projects and led the Company to employ business analysts (technologists). In 2012, he was appointed Vice President.

Tatyana Mineeva

Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow

Mineeva Tatiana Vadimovna graduated from Astrakhan State Technical University in 2004, PhD in economics.
2005-2012 - worked in the Government of the Astrakhan region.
2012 - 2013 – Head of a program at ANO «Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects».
2013 - 2019 - Vice President of the All-Russian public organization "Business Russia". In December 2017, she was appointed Head of the Executive committee of the Moscow regional branch of Business Russia.
Since 2019 – the Business ombudsman of the city of Moscow in the Government of Moscow.
In her work as an Ombudsman, she built almost from scratch the infrastructure for the protection of business rights in Moscow – more than 500 businessmen, experts and lawyers were involved on a voluntary basis, 24 public reception offices were opened throughout the capital. Thus, for the first time in Russia, it was formed the integrated community of public businessmen structures called - the Ecosystem of the Business ombudsman of the city of Moscow.
In 2020, 140 victories were achieved in restoring the rights of entrepreneurs, 77 legislative initiatives of the business support for the period of COVID-19 pandemic and 13 system business environment legislative initiatives were implemented. As a result of the work, the second part of the book "How to be friends with the state?" was written and published.
Tatiana is a winner of the open competition «Leaders of Russia. Politics 2020».