Business programme

BRICS countries play a crucial role in the world economy given the current level of globalization and economic instability. Joint efforts to harness the organization’s workforce capacity could significantly bolster the positions of these countries on the world stage and contribute to sustainable economic growth and development. Each BRICS country has unique demographic and educational resources. For example, India and China have enormous youth potential and highly developed education systems, specifically for technology and engineering. Russia, for its part, is well known for its scientific schools and highly skilled professionals. Combining these resources could create a synergistic effect that enhances competitiveness in the global market. For major industrial companies in Russia, this discussion is particularly important in light of the current staff shortages. Joint projects with specialists from BRICS countries could lead to the development and introduction of new technologies, which is crucial to the modernization of Russian industrial enterprises. This would increase labour productivity, improve product quality, and reduce costs. What key competencies and skills of BRICS specialists could be most in demand in the Russian economy? What are the main obstacles to attracting foreign professionals to Russia and how can we overcome them? What support measures are needed to create favourable conditions for visiting foreign specialists to work in Russia? What successful examples already exist of Russian companies using the workforce capacity of BRICS?

Moderator
Irina Bykhovskaya, Partner, Head of International Business, B1 Group

Irina Bykhovskaya

Partner, Head of International Business, B1 Group

Panellists
Kirill Kravchenko, Member of the Board, Gazprom Neft PJSC
Dmitry Platygin, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Alexey Sitnikov, Vice President for Strategic Communications, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Vitaliy Terentyev, Director of Government Relations, HeadHunter
Julia Uzhakina, Director General, Rosatom Corporate Academy
Robert Urazov, General Director, Skills and Professions Development Agency
Huang Chunxia, Chairman, Sichuan Chunhui Cross-Cultural Exchange Corporation

Kirill Kravchenko

Member of the Board, Gazprom Neft PJSC

Dmitry Platygin

Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation

Alexey Sitnikov

Vice President for Strategic Communications, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Vitaliy Terentyev

Director of Government Relations, HeadHunter

Julia Uzhakina

Director General, Rosatom Corporate Academy

Education:
1994: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Major: Geophysical Methods of Prospecting and Exploration
2010: Executive MBA from the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the Government of the Russian Federation

Career and achievements:
Yulia Uzhakina has been working in HR for more than 15 years (director of the Trainings.ru portal, managing partner of Amplua and Malakut HR Solutions and Research)
2013: Joined Rosatom State Corporation as Deputy Director of Department - Head of Personnel Evaluation and Development
April 2015: Appointed Director General of Rosatom Academy

Professional expertise: Building corporate training systems, design and evaluation of training and personnel development systems, development of programs for developing leadership potential and management training

Robert Urazov

General Director, Skills and Professions Development Agency

Urazov is a member of:

 the Supreme Council of the United Russia Party;

 the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education;

 the National Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Professional Qualifications;

 the Public Council of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;

 the commissions of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the areas of construction, housing and communal services, and urban environment, energy, youth policy, small and medium-sized businesses, industry, agriculture, investments;

 Coordinating Council for the development of the system of secondary vocational education and advanced training in the Russian Federation.

As part of the implementation of the May decrees of the President of Russia and the instructions of the Government of the Russian Federation, the work of the WorldSkills Russia Agency under the leadership of Urazov is carried out with the view of the national projects "Demography", "Education" and “Labour Productivity".

Robert Urazov is a graduate of the fourth intake of the Managerial Personnel Reserve Programme at the RANEPA Graduate School of Public Management under the President of the Russian Federation. In 2001, he graduated with honours from Kazan State University with a degree in management. In 2006, Urazov received a PhD in Economics. In 2011, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (“Master of Public Administration” programme), in 2012 he graduated from the Academy of Labour and Social Relations with a degree in Jurisprudence. He completed additional programmes – “Innovation Management” and “Organizational and Technological Aspects of Public Services.”

In 2011–2013, he was a member of the expert council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. In 2013–2014, he was Assistant to the Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East. Since 2014, he has been the General Director of the Union “Agency for the Development of Professional Communities and Workforce “WorldSkills Russia”, now the Agency for the Development of Professional Skills (WorldSkills Russia).

In 2019, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Robert Urazov was awarded the Order for Service to the Fatherland (II degree), for his services in preparing the national team of the Russian Federation in professional skills for the EuroSkills 2018 European Championship in Budapest, where the team won first place both in points and medals among 29 participating countries.