Business programme

In today’s challenging socio-economic environment, the shift to innovative technologies is a major driver for the development of new industries. Women are at the forefront of the development and integration of new technologies and inventions, driving the global technology market forward. The number of women in high-tech industries is increasing every year, and in this new environment, the development of international cooperation between women in high-tech industries is of particular importance, and has great potential to accelerate economic and social development. How can the Eurasian Women's Forum and international women's associations jointly promote initiatives to increase the participation of women in digital technological and innovation? What initiatives are being implemented at the national and international levels to overcome the digital divide, and how can women's associations help bring women-led projects to the international markets? How can we promote the participation of women in fast-growing sectors of the economy?

Moderators
Guzeliya Imaeva, Chief Executive Officer, NAFI Research Centre
Victoria Panova, Vice Rector, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Russian Federation Sherpa, The Women 20 (W20) (online)

Guzeliya Imaeva

Chief Executive Officer, NAFI Research Centre

Education
• Russian State Social University, Faculty of Sociology
• Moscow international higher businesses school MIRBIS. Presidential Program for the Training of Management Specialists. Specialization in marketing
• Advancia-Negocia business school, Paris, France

Expertise
• Member of the Expert Council on Digital Economy in the State Assembly of the Russian Federation
• Member of the Expert Council on Financial Literacy of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
• Member of the Expert Council of the Deposit Insurance Agency
• Member of ESOMAR
• Member of the Russian Society of Sociologists
• The author of dozens of scientific publications and articles in the field of financial behavior of the population and business. Co-author of the books: 100 Facts about Russians’ financial Behavior, Encyclopedia of Russians’ financial behavior, Financial inclusion in Russia: the demand-side perspective, Children and finance: Safety of Savings and payments, Digital Literacy for the Future Economy, Children and Technology
• The winner of the IX All-Russian Business Women Competition Success, 2013

Victoria Panova

Vice Rector, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Russian Federation Sherpa, The Women 20 (W20)

Latest positions:
2022 – present: Vice Rector of HSE University (in charge of international relations)
2015 – present: Russian Women 20 (W20) Sherpa
2017-2022: Vice President for International Relations of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Vladivostok, Russia
2021-2022: Advisor to the Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS)
2019 – 2020 (Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2020): Scientific Supervisor of the BRICS Russia Expert Council; Managing Director of the National Committee on BRICS Research

Biography:
Since the Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2015, Dr. Panova is Co-Chair for the Civil BRICS process initiated by the Russian civil society; Co-Founder of BRICS Civil Forum and BRICS Academic Forum; member of the BRICS Think Tank Council.
In 2016 – 2017, she was the Dean of the Institute of Oriental Studies - School of Regional and International Studies of FEFU. Prior to that, she occupied the position of the Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia).
In 2003 - 2014, she served as the Regional Director for Russia of the G8 Research Group based at the University of Toronto, Canada. She was member of the National Working Group of the Advisory Council of the Civil G8 project, led by Ella A. Pamfilova in 2005-2007; part of the Common European Security project initiated by High Commissioner J. Solana in 2009.

Research interests:
Dr. Panova holds a PhD in history of international relations from MGIMO-University. Her research focuses on the club governance (G8/G7, G20, BRICS), new technologies and internet governance, sustainable development, global governance.
She publishes in a variety of national and international journals. She was visiting fellow (and now life member) at University of Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, BRICS Policy Center, PUC-Rio. Dr. Panova is also an alumna of the Asian Forum on Global Governance organized by ORF, India and Bucerius School/Zeit Stiftung, Germany.
She is member of the governing board of the Russian International Studies Association (RISA), expert of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and member of the CyberBRICS Advisory Board.

Community activities:
Since 2015, Dr. Panova serves as the Russian Women 20 (W20) Sherpa. In 2018 – 2022, she served as the Head of the Primorsky Region Branch of the Women’s Union of Russia.

Panellists
Liubov Glebova, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building
Ilona Gorsheneva-Dolunts, Director, Owner, InterBiz Trade and Logistics Company
Marina Medvedeva, Member of the Management Board - Managing Director, SIBUR (online)
Sibulele Nomahlubi Poswayo, South African W20 Delegate; Founding Chair, Inequality Movement, Republic of South Africa (online)
Aleksandra Ryabykh, Co-founder, Association of Women in the Nuclear Industry Foundation
Hadriani Uli Silalahi, Indonesian W20 Sherpa; Vice President, Indonesia National Council of Women (KOWANI) (online)
Gulden Turktan, Founding President of W20; Turkish W20 Sherpa; Member, Presidential Council, KAGIDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey) (online)
Nadiya Cherkasova, Vice President, All‑Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium‑Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA

Liubov Glebova

First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building

The Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo).
Doctor of Pedagogical Science, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education, State Councilor of the Russian Federation of 1 class.
State Awards
The Medal of Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” II degree
The order “For Merit to the Fatherland” IV degree
Biography
Born March 7, 1960 in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Region
Education
Graduated from Arzamas State Pedagogical Institute (ASPI) named after A.P.Gaidar
Professional Experience
Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Kiriyenko
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky).
State Secretary- Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation.
Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science.
Representative of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region in the Federation Council.
By the Presidential Decree of 23 March 2015 was appointed as the Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation.

Ilona Gorsheneva-Dolunts

Director, Owner, InterBiz Trade and Logistics Company

Marina Medvedeva

Member of the Management Board - Managing Director, SIBUR

Aleksandra Ryabykh

Co-founder, Association of Women in the Nuclear Industry Foundation

Nadiya Cherkasova

Vice President, All‑Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium‑Sized Businesses OPORA RUSSIA