Business programme

Digital Commerce: From Adaptation to Innovation

07 Jun , 09:00–10:00
The Transition to a Multipolar World Economy
Congress Centre, zone E, conference hall E11

Digital technologies are transforming every aspect of the global economy, and international trade is no exception. Legal entities and individuals are buying more and more goods and services with various digital technologies, and numerous services that previously required physical interaction are now being provided remotely. For their part, online platforms are playing an increasingly important role both in correlating supply and demand and facilitating transactions between all parties. This situation is also being seen in the Eurasian Economic Union. In a broad sense, digital trade includes both the traditional digitalization of trading activities (payments, electronic documents, and document flow), e-commerce, and new areas of interaction, namely the expanded use of artificial intelligence and the active introduction of digital solutions in all areas of trade. Given that the further evolution of digital trade creates both opportunities and certain risks for the development of the economy, the EAEU needs to urgently determine the main contours and rules for how it will function. What prospects exist for the development of the digital goods market, digitalization of document flow in B2B and B2C trade, the digital settlement of trade disputes, and the use of artificial intelligence? What methods are being used in the EAEU to support the development of digital technologies?

Moderator
Vladimir Gerasimov, Deputy General Director, Interfax Information Services Group

Panellists
Mario Apostolov, Regional Adviser, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (online)
Igor Bailen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation
Elena Baturova, Deputy Chairman of the Board, Russian Agricultural Bank
Sergey Grebennikov, Director, Russian Association for Electronic Communications
Iliya Dimitrov, Executive Director, Association of Electronic Trading Platforms (AETP); Chairman of the Board of Directors, Analytical Center
Nikolay Polyakov, General Director, SOKOLOV
Andrey Slepnev, Member of the Board, Minister in Charge of Trade, Eurasian Economic Commission
Artem Sokolov, President, The Association of Internet Trade Companies

Front row participant
Aleksey Dukhanin, Executive Director, Wildberries

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