‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’

Moderator
Mikhail Kuznetsov, Director, Eastern State Planning Center (FANU Vostokgosplan)

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Director, Eastern State Planning Center (FANU Vostokgosplan)

Speakers
Andrey Grachev, Vice President for Federal and Regional Programs, Norilsk Nickel
Eduard Gudkov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, NOVATEK
Gadzhimagomed Guseynov, First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic
Viktor Evtukhov, State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Alexander Makarov, Director, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Vladimir Panov, Special Representative for the Development of the Arctic, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Igor Tonkovidov, Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, Sovcomflot
Georgy Fotin, General Director, GDK Baimskaya
Sakiko Hataya, Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Andrey Grachev

Vice President for Federal and Regional Programs, Norilsk Nickel

Eduard Gudkov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, NOVATEK

Gadzhimagomed Guseynov

First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Viktor Evtukhov

State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Education:
1993 – Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute with a major in economic cybernetics.
2002 – Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Law.
2004 – Master’s degree from Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of International Relations.
2003 – Defended his post-graduate dissertation and granted the degree of candidate of economic sciences.
2008 – International Management Institute of St Petersburg (IMISP) under the Masters of Business Administration programme.
Professional experience:
1998 – Elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (second convocation) for the 33rd Electoral District (Moskovsky District) and was twice re-elected in 2002 and 2007.
2009 – Appointed member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation – Representative in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Government of St. Petersburg; representative of Saint Petersburg State University in the government and administrative bodies of the Russian Federation.
2011 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.
2012 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2014 – Appointed State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation under an order of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Alexander Makarov

Director, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute

Vladimir Panov

Special Representative for the Development of the Arctic, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM

Igor Tonkovidov

Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, Sovcomflot

Georgy Fotin

General Director, GDK Baimskaya

Sakiko Hataya

Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation