The focus on digitalizing urban environments has long been under way in the world’s major cities: Paris, Shanghai, Moscow, and Dubai are all home to ‘smart’ car parks, lighting and video surveillance systems, and rubbish collection. All of this helps to make city life better and safer. Using new ‘smart’ tools means reducing average travel time, greenhouse gases and even mortality rates. According to forecasts by analysts, the potential for businesses stemming from the development of ‘smart cities’ will be valued at over USD 2 trillion by 2025. And as a result of the digitalization of the economy, Russia’s GDP may increase by 19 to 34%. Nowadays, intelligent systems are not just for big cities. The ‘smart city’ project – part of the national project entitled ‘Housing and the urban environment’ and the national programme entitled ‘The digital economy of the Russian Federation’ – has covered 209 cities and administrative centres with a population of more than 100,000 people. Russian and French companies are preparing to implement joint projects in this area. How is industrial transformation changing our cities and homes, and improving every aspect of our lives, from our health to living and working conditions? How can we ensure that the commercialization of innovative solutions is designed to bring benefits for society above all else? How can we make our cities energy secure, thus promoting sustainable economic development? Can we improve quality of life while still achieving the production figures we need? Why is international cooperation in both countries so important to achieve state objectives and fulfil promises made to citizens in the sphere of industrial development?
Moderator Philippe Pegorier,
Correspondent in Russia, MEDEF International; Member of the Management Board, Association of European Businesses (AEB)
Philippe Pegorier
Correspondent in Russia, MEDEF International; Member of the Management Board, Association of European Businesses (AEB)
Philippe Pegorier has been President and General Director of Alstom Russia since January 2011. Alstom is a global leader in power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure equipment and services. Mr. Pegorier started his career 30 years ago in Moscow after graduating from KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux. He subsequently held positions in the Ministry for the Economy and Finance of France in Paris, Teheran, Kiev and Moscow. He also served as diplomatic advisor to Christine Lagarde during her term as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade of France. Philippe Pegorier holds the title of Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Panellists Oleg Belozerov,
Chief Executive Officer – Chairman of the Executive Board, Russian Railways Philippe Joseph Olivier Brochard,
President, Auchan Russia Victor Vekselberg,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SkolTech); Chairman of the Board of Directors, Renova Group Emmanuel Quidet,
President, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Pierre Levy,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in the Russian Federation Patrick Pouyanne,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, TotalEnergies Maksim Reshetnikov,
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Jean-Pascal Tricoire,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric Frederic Oudea,
Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale
Oleg Belozerov
Chief Executive Officer – Chairman of the Executive Board, Russian Railways
Born on 26 September 1969. Graduated from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance in 1992, majoring in economics, industrial planning.
1998-2000 – OJSC Lenenergo, Deputy Commercial Director, Commercial Director, Head, Department of Equipment & Technical Procurement and Transport. 2000-2000 – OJSC Freight Motor Company No.21, Deputy Director. 2000-2001 – Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West Federal District, Head of the Financial and Economic Department. 2001-2002 – OJSC LOMO, Deputy Director, Management of Corporate Property. 2002-2004 – OJSC Russian Fuel Company, Managing Director. July 2004-November 2004 – Deputy Head, Federal Road Agency. November, 2004-March, 2009 – Head, Federal Road Agency. March 2009 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation August 2011 – Assigned Class Rank – Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation 1 class. 2015 – Appointed First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation in accordance with Decree No. 844-r issued by the Government of the Russian Federation on 11 May 2015. 2015 – Appointed President of OJSC Russian Railways in accordance with Decree 1606-r issued by the Government of the Russian Federation on 20 August 2015. 2017 – Chief Executive Officer – Chairman of the Executive Board.
Recognised for his services by numerous state and industry awards: 2003 – Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg"; 2004 – Badge "Honorary Worker of the Fuel and Energy Complex"; 2005 – Medal "In memory of the 1,000th anniversary of Kazan"; 2006 – Thanks from the President of the Russian Federation; 2006 – Medal of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" 1st Class; 2009 – Jubilee Lapel Badge "In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Office of Water and Land Communications"; 2010 – Medal of Honor; 2011 – Honorary Diploma of the Executive Office of the Government of the Russian Federation; 2012 – Badge of Merit "For Services in Strengthening Cooperation with the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation"; 2012 – Lapel badge "Honorary Road Builder of Russia"; 2013 – Honorary Certificate of the Chamber of Accounts of the Russian Federation; 2014 – Badge "Honorary Worker of Transport of Russia"; 2014 – Medal "The Federation Council. 20 Years"; 2014 – Order "For Services to the Fatherland" IV Class; 2014 – Honorary Certificate of the President of the Russian Federation; 2016 – Medal of the Order of Glory and Honour of the Russian Orthodox Church I Class; 2019 – Order "For Services to the Fatherland" III Class; 2019 – Gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation for "the labour success achieved and many years of conscientious work".
Oleg Belozerov is: • the Member of the Board and the Member of Board Office of • the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; • the Chairman of the Commission on Transportation and Transport Infrastructure of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; • the Co-Chairman of the Business Cooperation Council Russia - France; • the Chairman of the Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation (CCTT) International Association; • the Chairman of the Commonwealth of Independent States Council for Railway Transport; • the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GEFCO; • the Member of Conference of General Directors (authorized representatives) of the Organization for Co-operation between Railways (OSJD); • the Member of the guardian council of the Russian Geographical Society.
Philippe Joseph Olivier Brochard
President, Auchan Russia
Victor Vekselberg
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SkolTech); Chairman of the Board of Directors, Renova Group
Born in 1957. Graduated with honors from the faculty of automation and computer engineering of the Moscow Railway Transport Engineering Institute (MIIT). In 1990 Viktor Vekselberg founded Renova, an asset management company. Mr. Vekselberg currently holds office as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova Group of companies. In 1996 he founded SUAL Group and served as its President until 2003 when he eventually chaired the Board of Directors of the Group. Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Tumen Oil Company from 2002 until 2003. Member of the Board of Directors of TNK-BP from 2003 until 2013. Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Company Rusal (UC Rusal) from 2007 until March 2012. In March 2010, Viktor Vekselberg was appointed as Head of the Skolkovo Innovation Center project. Viktor Vekselberg has been President of the Skolkovo Foundation since June 2010.
Emmanuel Quidet
President, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Emmanuel Quidet graduated from the European Business School in Paris in 1985 and began his career in the French office of EY. Before joining the EY CIS in 1994, he worked eight years in Paris and one year in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. For more than two years during his work in Paris, he managed the company's operations in Africa and the Middle East. Emmanuel is an audit partner at the French Business Center of EY CIS in Moscow. He is in charge of one of the most important Russian clients in the Moscow office. In 1997, he co-founded the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which he heads since 2007. He also co-founded ‘Le Courrier de Russie’, a French-language newspaper which is published fortnightly in Russia with a circulation of 25,000 copies. In addition, he is one of the founders of Samusocial Moskva (2004), which is headed by Dr. Xavier Emmanuelli and Professor Leonid Roshal. In 2012, he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor. In 2015, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov awarded him a Badge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation "For Contribution to International Cooperation".
Pierre Levy
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in the Russian Federation
Patrick Pouyanne
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, TotalEnergies
Born on June 24, 1963. A graduate of École Polytechnique and a Chief Engineer of France’s Corps des Mines, Mr. Pouyanné held, between 1989 and 1996, various administrative positions in the Ministry of Industry and other cabinet positions (technical advisor to the Prime Minister – Édouard Balladur – in the fields of the Environment and Industry from 1993 to 1995, Chief of staff for the Minister for Information and Aerospace Technologies – François Fillon – from 1995 to 1996). In January 1997, he joined TOTAL’s Exploration & Production division, first as Chief Administrative Officer in Angola, before becoming Group representative in Qatar and President of the Exploration and Production subsidiary in that country in 1999. In August 2002, he was appointed President, Finance, Economy and IT for Exploration & Production. In January 2006, he became Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production and was appointed a member of the Group’s Management Committee in May 2006. In March 2011, Mr. Pouyanné was appointed Deputy General Manager, Chemicals, and Deputy General Manager, Petrochemicals. In January 2012, he became President, Refining & Chemicals and a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.
On October 22, 2014, he became Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL S.A. and Chairman of the Group’s Executive Committee. On May 29, 2015, he was appointed by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting as director of TOTAL S.A. for a three-year term. The Board of Directors of TOTAL appointed him as Chairman of the Board of Directors as of December 19, 2015. Mr. Pouyanné thus became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL S.A. Following the renewal of Mr. Pouyanné's directorship at the Shareholders' Meeting on June 1, 2018 for a three-year period, the Board of Directors renewed Mr. Pouyanné's term of office as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for a period equal to that of his directorship. Mr. Pouyanné is also the Chairman of the Association United Way - L'Alliance since June 2018, having accepted this office as TOTAL S.A.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Ecole Polytechnique (since September 2018), of the Institut Polytechnique of Paris (since September 2019) and of the Association Française des Entreprises Privées (French Association of private companies) (since 2015).
Maksim Reshetnikov
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Born on July 11, 1979, in Perm. 2000 — graduated from Perm State University by the major Mathematical Economist. 2002 — acquired the speciality of Translating Language Expert. 2000 - 2005 — Head of the Budget Revenue and Expenses Planning Department, Head of the Regional Finance and Investment Department, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Economy of the Perm Region Administration. 2005 - 2007 — First Deputy Chairman of the Planning Department of the Perm Region, First Deputy Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration. 2007 - 2009 — Deputy Director of the Inter-Budget Relations Department, Director of the Department for Monitoring and Evaluating Effectiveness of State Governments of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation. 2009 — Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration. 2009 - 2010 — Director of the Department for State Administration, Regional Development and Local Self-Government of the Government of the Russian Federation. 2010 - 2011 — First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Moscow City Mayor and Government. 2012 - 2017 — Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head of Department for Economic Policy and Development of Moscow city. 09.2017 - 01.2020 — Governor of the Perm Territory. Since January 21, 2020 — Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Awarded the Letter of Acknowledgement of the President of the Russian Federation and Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation. PhD in Economics.
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric
Jean-Pascal Tricoire joined Schneider Electric in 1986. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006 and named Chairman & CEO in April 2013. His career at Schneider Electric has developed largely outside France in operational functions in Italy, China, South Africa and USA. Within the General Management, he served as Vice Executive President of the International Operating Division from 2002 before being appointed in 2004 Chief Operating Officer (COO). Moreover, Jean-Pascal is President of the France-China Committee since 2009. Jean-Pascal holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a MBA.
Frederic Oudea
Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale
Frédéric Oudéa is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale d’Administration. From 1987 to 1995, he held a number of posts in the French senior civil service, Audit Department of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Budget Ministry and Cabinet of the Ministry of the Treasury and Communication. He joined Societe Generale in 1995 and went from being Deputy Head to Head of the Corporate Banking arm in London. In 1998, he became Head of Global Supervision and Development of Equities. Appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Societe Generale Group in May 2002. Appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2003. Appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group in 2008 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale from May 2009 to May 2015. In May 2015, the Board of Directors separated the offices of Chairman of the Board of Directors and of Chief Executive Officer, and appointed Frédéric Oudéa Chief Executive Officer.
Front row participants Francois Jackow,
Executive Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee, Air Liquide SA Dmitry Korobkov,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, ADV Francois Martin,
President, Credit Agricole CIB
Christophe Pelissie Du Rausas,
Vice President, Development President of the Group of Companies, VINCI; Chairman of the Management Board, VINCI Railways Jean-Pierre Thomas,
President, Thomas Vendome Investment Vladislav Shapsha,
Governor of Kaluga Region Alexander Shokhin,
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Francois Jackow
Executive Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee, Air Liquide SA
Dmitry Korobkov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, ADV
Dmitry Korobkov (born 26 January 1969; Moscow) is an angel investor, primarily interested in marketing and advertising technologies (MAdTech), as well as Big Data and AI; his list of investments includes companies, funds and accelerators in Silicon Valley and UK. Founder and Chairman of ADV – marketing communications group representing Havas and Interpublic Group of Companies in Russia. Dmitry is an alumni of Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a degree in marketing, history and economics. He speaks three languages, among which are English, German and French. In 2007 he opened “ADV – Marketing Communications” academic department in association with MGIMO, where he is still Head of Department. In 2016 he initiated the first MAdTech Contest in Russia “Go to AdTech”. Married, has five children.
Francois Martin
President, Credit Agricole CIB
Christophe Pelissie Du Rausas
Vice President, Development President of the Group of Companies, VINCI; Chairman of the Management Board, VINCI Railways
Jean-Pierre Thomas
President, Thomas Vendome Investment
2013: creation of his own company “THOMAS VENDÔME INVESTMENT”: private Equity, Real Estate Investments and advisory especially for European and Russian companies. 1998 – 2013: LAZARD partner. Former representative of French President Nicolas Sarkozy – French – Russian economic cooperation. March 2012: report on the creation of an economic Euro – Russian area. Appointed by the French Ministry of the Economy to follow cross-boarder investments and programme of privatizations between France and Russia within C.E.F.I.C. (Conseil Economique, Financier, Industriel et Commercial). Political career. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: one of the leaders in Republican Party. Member of Finance Committee : spokesman on the Economy and the Budget, Special Finance Committee reporter. Author of the Thomas Law (March 1997) for creating pension funds in France. The Euro : Representant of the Parliament at the Euro Committee. Privatisations: in 1998, as a Member of the Parliament, he wrote a book “Les privatisations”. Member of the International Advisory Board of RUSAL, member of the board of RECYLEX Group. Advisor of SANOFI. Senior Advisor of the president of AMUNDI. Member of the “Cercle de l’Union Interalliée”. Born in 1957 in Vosges (France).
Vladislav Shapsha
Governor of Kaluga Region
Alexander Shokhin
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Alexander N. Shokhin was born 25 December, 1951. Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1974. Doctor of Economics, Professor. Twice, in 1991-1994 and in 1998, Mr. Shokhin held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. In 1991-1994 he also held positions of Minister of Labor, Minister of Economics, Chairman of the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development. From 1994 to 2002 – Deputy of the State Duma, with the posts of First Vice Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the Duma party bloc 'Our Home is Russia', Head of the Duma Committee on Credit Institutions and Capital Markets. Since 1995 - President of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. From 2002 to 2006 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Group "Renaissance Capital". From 2005 to 2009 – member of the RF Public Chamber. Since 2005 – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Mr. Shokhin is a member of several deliberative bodies under the Russian President and Government. He is also an independent director on the Boards of several companies, including ALROSA, Russian Railways, TMK and others.
