Business programme

The 21st century economy is a knowledge economy. According to the World Bank studies, human capital accounts for 10% to 30% of the difference in per capita GDP between countries. The quality of school education plays an important role in its development. Increasing the educational results of students in the long run gives an increase in GDP by 0.2-0.7%, depending on the scenario. Thus, improving the efficiency of school education creates direct prerequisites for economic growth. In 2021 a large-scale program of building new schools was launched in Russia. By 2024 at least 1,300 modern schools for 1 million places will be created with the support of VEB. This is not just an infrastructural project: the creation of a modern educational environment leads to a 16% increase in the educational results of students, and thus increases the quality of human capital. What should the new educational environment be like? How can we make learning truly fun? What is a textbook for the 21st century? How can we make education a soft power of Russia at the international level?

Panellists
Sergei Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Uzun, President, Prosveshcheniye Group of Companies
Igor Shuvalov, Chairman, VEB.RF

Sergei Kravtsov

Minister of Education of the Russian Federation

Born on March 17, 1974 in Moscow.
Married, has two children.
Education:
Graduated with honors from the Moscow State Open Pedagogical University with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher (1996) and the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs (University) of the MFA of Russia specializing in State and Municipal Management with foreign language skills (2000).
Professional Experience and Scientific Work:
Senior Researcher, Head of Laboratory in the Institute of Education Management of the Russian Academy of Education;
Education Officer in the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation;
Assistant to the Head of the Federal Agency for Supervision in Education and Science;
Director of FGA “Federal Testing Center”
Director of the Institute for Educational Management of the Russian Academy of Education;
Director of the Department of Regional Development of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation;
Director of the Department of Program Management and Tendering Procedures of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation;
In August 2013 he was appointed Head of the Federal Agency for Supervision in Education and Science
21 January 2020 - Minister of Education of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Education, Associate Professor.
State Councilor of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Uzun

President, Prosveshcheniye Group of Companies

Vladimir Uzun (25 December, 1967, Kishinev) – Russian publisher, entrepreneur, Ph.D. in Economics.
In 1991 – graduated from Moscow State University with honors. In 1994 – passed Ph.D. defense on the topic “Mechanism of price determination at the publishing market”.
In June 1991 together with his business partner established OLMA-Press Publishers (later OLMA Media Group) which in the course of time became one of the largest in Europe. From 1991 to 1999 – General Director of OLMA-Press Publishers. From 1999 to 2005 – CEO of printing firm Krasnij Proletary. From 1999 to the present day – Chairman of Board of Directors and president of OLMA Media Group, member of Board of Directors of Commercial Bank SDM-BANK .
Since 2013 to the present day – President of joint stock company Prosveshcheniye Publishers.

Igor Shuvalov

Chairman, VEB.RF

Born on 4 January 1967 in Bilibino, Magadan Region.

1993, Lomonosov Moscow State University, degree: Lawyer; major: Jurisprudence.

Professional Background:
1984–1985, laboratory technician, Ekos Research Institute.
1985–1987, compulsory military service in the Soviet Army.
1993, attaché, Legal Department, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1993–1995, Senior Legal Adviser, ALM Consulting; from 1995, Managing Partner, ALM.
1997, Head of the Department for the State Register of Federal Property, Russian State Committee for State Property Management.
1998, Deputy Minister of State Property.
1998–2000, Chairman of the Russian Federal Property Fund.
2000–2003, Minister of the Russian Federation as the Government Chief of Staff.
2003, Aide to the Russian President.
2003–2004, Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation.
2004, Aide to the Russian President.
From 2005, sherpa for the G8.
From 2008, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
On 24 May 2018 Igor Shuvalov was appointed as Chairman of Vnesheconombank.

Front row participants
Alikhan Dinaev, Winner, All-Russian Сompetition "Teacher of the Year of Russia - 2018"
Nikita Rakitin, Head of Murino School №3

Alikhan Dinaev

Winner, All-Russian Сompetition "Teacher of the Year of Russia - 2018"