Business programme

In his address to the Federal Assembly, the Head of State made a number of conceptual proposals for the modernization of the higher education system, taking into account the best of the Soviet educational system and the experience of recent decades. The goals and tasks of all levels of professional education will be adjusted and each of them will be given its own place in the system of personnel training. As well as preserving fundamentality and interdisciplinarity, it is also important to ensure the rapid entrance of specialists into the labour market and the opportunity for their continuous professional development. What will the new structure of levels of vocational education and educational programmes look like? How will this system respond to the demands of the country's industrial, scientific and technological development? Will the Russian higher education system remain in sync with the international educational space? How can it be ensured that education and qualifications obtained in Russia are comparable and mutually recognized in Russia and abroad?

Moderator
Andrey Fursenko, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Andrey Fursenko

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Born on July 17, 1949, in Leningrad (now St Petersburg). 1971 – graduated from Zhdanov Leningrad State University; Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. 1971-1991 – junior researcher, laboratory head, deputy director for research, leading researcher at the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. 1991-1993 – Vice President of Advanced Technology Centre, St Petersburg. 1994-2001 – Director of Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development, St Petersburg. From 2000 – Chairman of the Academic Council of the Centre for Strategic Research North-West Foundation. 2001-2002 – Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. From June 2002 – First Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. From December 2003 – Acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. March 9, 2004 – appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Since May 21, 2012 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. State award – Honorary Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Panellists
Mikhail Gordin, Rector, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Sergey Kogogin, Director General, KAMAZ
Dmitry Livanov, Rector, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
Anatoly Torkunov, Rector, MGIMO University
Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Alevtina Chernikova, Rector, MISIS University

Mikhail Gordin

Rector, Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Sergey Kogogin

Director General, KAMAZ

Born on November 16, 1957 in the village of Bolshiye Klyuchi in the Zelenodolsky District, Tatarstan, Sergey Kogogin began his professional career in 1976 as a milling machine operator at the Kazan Engine Building Plant. He graduated from the Kazan Aviation Technical College in 1977 and received a degree from the Physics Department of the Kazan State University in 1982. Sergey Kogogin worked as a tuning engineer at the Era company in 1982–1985 and as a senior engineer, bureau chief, deputy chief mechanical engineer and chairman of the trade union committee at the Zelenodolsky Machine Engineering Plant from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to 1994 he managed the Zelenodolsky Machine Engineering Plant and in 1994–1999 was head of the Zelenodolsky District Administration, before being appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Sergey Kogogin has been a member of the Board of Directors of KAMAZ since June 1999 and General Director of KAMAZ since April 26, 2002.
Since January 2006, he has headed the Association of Russia’s Automakers non-profit partnership as its Chairman of the Board.
Sergey Kogogin has a PhD in Economics and holds numerous government and public awards and honorary titles.

Dmitry Livanov

Rector, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)

Education
1990 - Graduated with honours from the Department of Physics and Chemistry of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS), specialising in the physics of metals.

1992 - Defended his PhD thesis on "Heat Transfer by Interacting Electrons in Superconductors and Normal Metals”.

1997 - Defended his doctoral thesis on "The Thermoelectric Effect and Heat Transfer in Electronic Systems with Interactions”.

2003 - Graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy with a degree in law.


Professional experience
1992-2000 - Researcher, Senior Researcher at Synthesis Laboratory; Associate Professor of the Chair of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Chemistry, MISIS.

1997-2000 - Deputy Vice Rector for Science at MISIS.

2000-2004 - Vice Rector for International Cooperation, Professor of the Chair of Theoretical Physics at MISIS.

2004-2005 - Director of the Department of State Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

2005 -2007 - State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

2007 - 2012 - Rector of MISIS.

2012 - 2016 - Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

2016 - 2018 - Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Trade and Economic Relations with Ukraine

Since 16 June 2021 - Rector of MIPT.

Anatoly Torkunov

Rector, MGIMO University

Anatoly V. Torkunov is the Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University). He holds an MA and two doctoral degrees in History and Political Science.
Prof. Anatoly V. Torkunov is a leading expert on Russian foreign policy, regional subsystems in Asia-Pacific Region and North-Eastern Asia, history of Korea, history of diplomacy. He is the author of more than 200 publications, including 9 individual monographs. Several of them were published in the USA, South Korea, Japan, Poland and other countries.
Professor Torkunov also holds positions of the Chairman of the Russia-UN Association; President of the Russian International Studies Association; Member of the Academic Council at the Security Council of Russia; Member of the Board of the Russian Diplomatic Association; Chairman of the Curricula Development Association of Russian Schools of International Relations, Co-Chairman of Russian-Polish Group on Difficult Matters, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Channel One.

Valery Falkov

Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Born 18 October 1978 in Tyumen, Russia.
1995–2003 – Studied Law at the University of Tyumen, PhD in Law.
2003–2012 – Occupied various positions (Department Head, Deputy Director of the Institute of State and Law, Vice-Rector for Additional Education, Director of the Institute of Law, Economics, and Management) at the University of Tyumen.
2012–2020 – Rector of the University of Tyumen.
2006–2013 – Member of the Tyumen Region Election Commission with a casting vote.
2009–2011 – Chairman of the Tyumen Region Council of Young Scholars and Specialists.
2013–2016 – Deputy of the Tyumen City Duma, Chairman of the Standing Commission for Urban Development and Land Use.
2016–2020 – Deputy of the Tyumen Regional Duma, Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy.
2015–2020 – Council of University Rectors of Tyumen Region.
21 January 2020 – Appointed Minister of Science and Higher Education by the President of the Russian Federation.
Awards and Honours:
Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (2003); Tyumen Regional Duma Honorary Badge (2009); Certificate of Honour from the Governor of Tyumen Region (2013); Diploma from the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation (2014); Certificate of Appreciation from the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Ural Federal District (2015); Certificate of Appreciation from the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (2017).

Alevtina Chernikova

Rector, MISIS University

Front row participants
Andrey Bezrukov,
Eduard Galazhinsky, Rector, National Research Tomsk State University
Rafik Dzhamalov, Vice Rector for International Relations, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University
Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy, Vice President, Member of the Management Board, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Larisa Sivolap, Acting Rector, Mariupol State University named after A. I. Kuindzhi

Andrey Bezrukov

President, Technological Sovereignty Exports Association; Professor, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Andrey Bezrukov currently serves as Professor at MGIMO - the preeminent Russian school of Foreign Service. He is also an Advisor to the CEO of “Rosneft” – the largest public oil company in terms of reserves and production.
Among his areas of focus are geopolitics, information security, future studies and international corporate strategy, with particular interest in USA and Eurasia.
Prior to working for “Rosneft” Andrey Bezrukov had a career with Russian government and international consulting companies. He has lived and worked in the USA, Canada and France.
Andrey holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, an MBA from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees in France, a degree in International Economics from Canada and a degree in History from Tomsk University.
Andrey Bezrukov is an author of books and articles on strategy, international relations and future studies. He is a Member of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and an expert of the Valdai Club. He regularly appears on the most watched Russian news programs.

Eduard Galazhinsky

Rector, National Research Tomsk State University

The Rector of the National Research Tomsk State University (TSU). The Vice President of the Russian Academy of Education. A full member (an academician) of the Russian Academy of Education, a Doctor of Psychology, a Professor.
Supervises projects supported by the leading Russian scientific funds and federal special-purpose programs.
Since 2013 under his leadership TSU has been improving its position in the world rankings annually. Its growth dynamics is one of the strongest among Russian universities.
Professional interests range from issues of transformation of the higher education system in Russia and the world to university management and professionalisation of university governance. Prof Galazhinskiy’s approaches are highly appreciated in the Russian and the world expert communities.

Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy

Vice President, Member of the Management Board, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs