‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’

Moderator
Anatoly Nikolaev, Rector, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University

Anatoly Nikolaev

Rector, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University

He was born on February 13, 1968 in a village Namtsy of the Verkhnevilyuisk district of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1994, he graduated with honors from the faculty of Biology and Geography of the M.K. Ammosov Yakutsk State University as a teacher of biology and chemistry.
1995-1996 - Assistant of the Department of Botany of M.K. Ammosov YSU’s Biology and Geography Faculty.
In 1999, he defended his thesis in the dissertation council of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Krasnoyarsk) on topic "The influence of climate on the spatial and temporal variability of the radial growth of conifers in northern and central Yakutia".
1999-2001 - Researcher of the group of forest studies of the Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
2001-2011 - Senior Researcher, P.I. Melnikov Institute of Permafrost, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
2011-2013 - Dean of the M.K. Ammosov NEFU Biology and Geography Faculty.
In 2011, he defended his doctoral thesis on topic "Dendrochronological analysis of natural processes in the cryolithozone (on the example of Central Yakutia)".
Since 2013 - Director of NEFU Institute of Natural Sciences.
From 2018 - Vice-Rector on Natural Sciences and Mathematics, from 05.09.2018 – Vice-Rector for Natural and Technical Sciences of the North-Eastern Federal University.
Since 1995 - Member of the Russian Botanical Society.
Since 2001 - Member of the Russian Geographical Society.
From 2012 to 2014 – Chairman of the public environmental council at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Since 2012 - Member of the Board and member of the Scientific and Technical Council at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Since 2012 - Member of the Joint Scientific Council on Biomedical and Chemical Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Since 2017 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Since 2018 - Member of the Council for the Arctic and Antarctic at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Since 2019 - Member of the Expert Council on Biological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Speakers
Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Russian Federation
Kirill Bychkov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Vladimir Vasiliev, Rector, ITMO University
Natalia Vyahireva,
Maxim Dankin,
Julia Zaika,
Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation
Petr Karakchiev, Head of International Relations Department, ALROSA
Nikolay Korchunov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council
Grigory Ledkov, President, Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East
Vladimir Lobyntsev,
Roman Pankratiev, Commercial Director, BURLAK OFFROAD
Vladimir Panov, Special Representative for the Development of the Arctic, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Vasiliy Savvinov, Vice Rector for Strategic Development, North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Kseniya Trinchenko, Director of Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Valery Fedorov, General Director, Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Zhang Hanhui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation

Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Russian Federation

Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares, born in 1963, in Rio de Janeiro, is, since September 2021, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

He graduated in Law from the Centro de Ensino Universitário de Brasília (CEUB), in 1986, and concluded a Specialization Course in International Relations from the American University, Washington/DC, and a Post-Graduation in Public Administration from the National School of Administration in Paris.

He joined the Foreign Service in 1987 following a strict recruitment process and was promoted to the position of Ambassador in 2015. During his career, besides holding senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the Presidency of the Republic, he served in the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, and in the Brazilian embassies in Paraguay, France, and Argentina. He was also appointed ambassador of Brazil to Mozambique and Peru.

Abroad, he represented Brazil on several occasions as delegate and as head of delegation in international meetings and negotiations and taught as guest professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris ("Sciences-Po") and at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. He was decorated, among others, with the Order of Rio Branco - Brazil, Ordre du Mérite - France, Order of Infante D. Henrique - Portugal, and the Order of the Cedar - Lebanon.

Kirill Bychkov

First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Vladimir Vasiliev

Rector, ITMO University

Dr. Vladimir Vasilyev (born on April 1, 1951) has been the Rector of ITMO University since 1996 when the Conference of University Employees elected Dr. Vladimir Vasilyev as ITMO University Rector for the five-year term. He's been reelected four times, in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. He is an active corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education. He’s been the head of the Council of St. Petersburg Rectors since 2004, vice president of the All-Russian Council of Rectors, and a member of the St. Petersburg Governor's Technical Council.
After graduating from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, in 1983, Dr. Vasilyev joined the Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, which later became ITMO University. In 1991 he became the head of the new department of Information Technologies. His leadership style and vision for innovation, multidisciplinary approach and the importance of partnerships with the industry earned him a prominent position within the university and the scientific community in Russia and beyond. In his capacity as the Rector, he continues to promote those values through creating a unique environment for cutting edge research, international collaboration and education for the modern world.
Dr. Vasilyev is a prominent scientist in the fields of computer telecommunications and mathematical modeling of information systems and multifunctional equipment complexes. He is one of the creators of Russia’s joint scientific educational information environment and the “Electronic Russia” program. Dr. Vasilyev is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the 2003 and 2005 President of the Russian Federation Award for Excellence in Education and the 2000 and 2008 Government of the Russian Federation Award for Excellence in Education. He is the Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (2002), Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation (2010), and the recipient of Golden Medal of the Russian Academy of Education “For Scientific Achievements” (2011).

Maxim Dankin

Deputy Director for Regional Development at the Information and Analytical Centre of the State Commission for Arctic Development, an autonomous non-profit organization.
Born on 28 May 1989 in Bryansk, Bryansk Region.
Graduated from Bryansk State Technical University in 2011 with two degrees in economics and management, and engineering.
From 2011 to 2013, he worked as an engineer at Bryanskenergo, a branch of MRSK Centre (Rosseti).
Since 2013, he has been involved in regional development in various positions: in the civil service of the Bryansk Region, in the non-profit Monotowns Development Fund (MONOGORODA.RF of the VEB.RF Group), and in the JSC Corporation for Development of the Far East and the Arctic. Since 2020, he has been the Deputy Director for Regional Development of the Information and Analytical Centre of the State Commission for Arctic Development.
He participated in the preparation of several strategic planning documents at the municipal, regional and federal levels, including the preparation of the priority programme of the Russian government’s project “Integrated Development of Monotowns”, the Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic until 2035, the Strategy of Development and National Security of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation until 2035, and the Russian state programme “Social and Economic Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation”.

Nikolay Korchunov

Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council

Grigory Ledkov

President, Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East

Vladimir Panov

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

Vasiliy Savvinov

Vice Rector for Strategic Development, North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)

1989: graduated from the Geography Faculty, State Leningrad Herzen Pedagogical Institute, as a geography teacher;1996: graduated from the Polar Academy in state and municipal management and defended his Candidate of Sciences thesis on “Management of the Development of Territorial Educational Systems (using the example of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)).From 1989: taught geography at Vilyusk secondary school No. 3 and the Vilyusk Lycee. Specialist and deputy head of the Vilyusk education administration. 2000: head of Strategic Analysis Department, then head of the Public Education Administration, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Deputy Director, Physics and Mathematics Forum “Lensky Krai”. From 2008: Vice-Principal for scientific work, Sakha State Pedagogical Academy, Senior Deputy Head, State Education and Science Control and Supervision Service under the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).2011: headed the newly established Institute of Promising Technologies, North-Eastern Federal University.2012: head of Strategic Development Department.Merited Public Education Worker of the Russian Federation, Outstanding Representative of Education of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Kseniya Trinchenko

Director of Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Valery Fedorov

General Director, Russian Public Opinion Research Center

Started his career in the Institute of Mass Political Movements at the Russian-American University (1991-93). In 1993 he joined the Center for current policy (CCP) as a researcher and in 2003 became a Director General.
In 2003 Valery Fedorov became a head of Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). Mr. Fedorov is the member of VCIOM Board of Directors and also heads Expert Council.
He keeps active scientific and teaching life. In the leading universities of Russia (MGIMO, HSE and etc.) Mr. Fedorov heads VCIOM Departments. He is also the Chief Editor of the "Monitoring. Social and Economic Changes" scientific journal.
In 2008 Valery Fedorov was awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for Motherland II class.
Since 2012 - Advisor to the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office.

Zhang Hanhui

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation