Business programme

Each of us strives to live in the present, but it is impossible to do so without giving consideration to the past and the future. Our past moulds our personality and our future, at least our imagined and desired future. It serves as a vector for our continued growth. Is the notion of "back to the future” illogical or a fantasy? Right now, it seems to us that the past is behind us and we are moving forward into the future. A significant number of experts believe that climate change will profoundly alter life on Earth in the near future. According to their grim forecasts, within the next 30 years, there will be an acceleration of species extinction, widespread occurrence of tropical diseases, destruction of ecosystems, and the flooding of coastal cities. The ramifications of carbon pollution in the atmosphere will have a greater impact on future generations, who bear no responsibility for global warming that began in the late 20th century. By 2050, tens of millions of people will likely experience chronic hunger, while an additional 130 million could be plunged into extreme poverty. Hundreds of millions of people will be at risk from flooding and increasingly frequent storm surges. Approximately 350 million more individuals residing in urban areas will face water scarcity as a result of severe drought. Can we find ways to mitigate this crisis? What lessons can we learn from our history, and how can we shape our future? Will we listen to reason, or will we continue to go backwards?

Moderator
Maxim Safonov, Director, Green Capital Alliance

Maxim Safonov

Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Maxim Safonov is an international affairs expert in economics, and a prominent specialist in the banking services area. He has worked for a long time on the practical problems of developing banking and non-banking financial organizations, located in Russia and abroad. He has several decades of publications on the issues of national economic security, the regulation of financial systems, and anti-crisis management using financial organizations.
Professional experience:
2013-present: advisor/deputy President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2011-2014: doctoral candidate at RANEPA under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation (out of work)
2001-present: senior lecturer/associate professor/professor at the Academy for the National Economy under the auspices of the Russian government/ RANEPA under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation
1999-2002: Chief Consultant of the Board of Directors/ Head of Analysis, Forecasting and Strategic Planning / Head of the Department of Development and Planning of the Bank for Foreign Economic Activities (Vnesheconombank).
1998-1999: director for corporate financing/deputy general director of Unicon/Consulting group
1996-1998: working and training abroad
1994-1996: advisor on specialized projects, City Mayor’s Office, St. Petersburg
1991-1992: general manager, Russian-American joint venture, the Hermitage Marketing Company
Education
1982-1987: Leningrad State University named after A.A. Zhdanov, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Orientalist and historian
1992–1994 : Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, International Affairs, PhD Related Program.
1996–1998: — John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Continuing Education Program, Business to Government Relations
1998-2000: The Banking Management Center/Faculty of Finance and Banking Business, Academy for the National Economy under the auspices of the Government of the Russian Federation, Finances and Credit, Banking Business, economist
2007-2009: Doctoral candidate at the Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian, The global economy and international relations, dissertation theme: “The Development of Approaches to Improve the Competitiveness of the National Economy by Attracting International Capital”.
2011-2014: Doctoral candidate at RANEPA, Management and the national economy sector, doctoral thesis on the “Transformation of the Management of Financial Resources in the National Economy Esing the Example of the Modernization of Public Corporations”.

Panellists
Arutyun Avetisyan, Director, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Aleksandr Bloshenko, Executive Director for Advanced Projects and Science, Roskosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (online)
Dmitry Petelin, (online)
Sergei Prokopiev, (online)
Simon Steele, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (online)
Andrey Fedyaev, Astronaut (online)
Vyacheslav Fetisov, Goodwill Ambassador, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Chairman, All-Russian Society of Nature Conservation
Sergey Shvetsov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board

Arutyun Avetisyan

Director, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Arutyun Avetisyan – Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Director of the Ivannikov Institute for System Programming, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP RAS)
Head of System Programming Departments at Moscow State University, MIPT and HSE
Head of the Scientific School ‘System Programming and Information Security’
Editor-in-Chief ‘Programming’ and ‘ISP RAS Works’ journals
Academic advisor of the ‘System Administrator Journal’

Member of the Presidential Council on science and education
Member of the Coordinating Scientific and Technical Council of the Federal Program ‘Priority Areas Research and Development for the Development of the Scientific and Technological Complex of Russia 2014–2020’
Head of the joint laboratory Samsung ISP RAS, Nvidia Research Centre at ISP RAS
Member of ACM and IEEE CS, HiPEAC, ISO

Aleksandr Bloshenko

Executive Director for Advanced Projects and Science, Roskosmos State Corporation for Space Activities

Alexander Bloshenko was born in 1984 in Chernogolovka, Moscow region. He graduated with honors from the specialized school of science. Then he studied at the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University named after Mikhail Lomonosov. He defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics.

Aleksandr Bloshenko began his career at the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he worked for thirteen years. He has worked his way up from a research engineer to the deputy head of department. He supervised a large number of special applied research and development projects commissioned by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In 2017, Alexander Vitalievich moved to the Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin, where he supervised interaction with the Scientific and Technical Council of the Military Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation, the Advanced Research Foundation, as well as other issues of scientific and technical activities. In 2018, Bloshenko assumed the position of science advisor to Roscosmos CEO.

On April 29, 2019, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin appointed Alexander Vitalievich Bloshenko as executive director for promising programs and science of the state corporation.

By decision of Russian Academy of Sciences President Alexander Sergeyev and Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin, Alexander Vitalievich Bloshenko was appointed executive director for advanced programs and science to head the Coordinating Scientific and Technical Council for programs of scientific and applied research and experiments on manned space complexes on October 30, 2019.

Married, raising a son.

Dmitry Petelin

Sergei Prokopiev

Simon Steele

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Andrey Fedyaev

Astronaut

Vyacheslav Fetisov

Goodwill Ambassador, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Chairman, All-Russian Society of Nature Conservation

Viacheslav Alexandrovich “Slava” Fetisov is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman and coach who earned two Stanley Cups during his time as a player and one as coach with the NHL. He also earned two Olympic gold medals, one silver and one bronze during his hockey career as both a player for the Soviet national team and as manager for the Russian national team. Slava is a currently an acting member of the State Duma of Russia—one of the two bodies that make up the Russian Federal Assembly. After the 2002 Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered him the position as Minister of Sport, a post he held until 2008. Fetisov has become passionate about polar conservation and was a formidable advocate on behalf of the Ross Sea within Russia with a commitment to work for long-term protections through a network of marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean. In 2018 he was appointed UN Environment Patron for Polar Regions.

Sergey Shvetsov

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board

Front row participant
Oleg Khorokhordin, Head of the Altai Republic

Oleg Khorokhordin

Head of the Altai Republic

Born on April, 3, 1972.
In 1999 graduated from the economics department of the Altai academy of economics and law, in 2000 graduated from the government department of the same academy. Graduate of the Presidential Program for Training Management Personnel.
From 2006 to 2011 – held several positions in the Presidential Executive Office.
From 2012 to 2019 – Council chair of the GLONASS non-profit partnership.
From 2012 to 2019 – held several positions in the Executive Office of the Government of the Russian Federation.
On March 20, 2019 President of the Russian Federation appointed Mr.Khorokhordin as the interim Head of the Altai Republic. On September 8, 2019 he was elected as the Head of the Altai Republic.