Территория инноваций

The current situation is becoming a window of opportunity for domestic software and hardware developers. 20 billion roubles have been allocated by the Russian Government to support investment projects dealing with the development of promising technologies and manufacture of products for industry. According to preliminary estimates, we are talking about 50 projects that are capable of replacing foreign analogues.
To strengthen the country's technological sovereignty, it is important to support existing domestic products as well as encourage businesses to develop new solutions that the domestic industry desperately needs. It is equally important to achieve a change in the consciousness of people themselves, shifting previous dogmas towards acceptance and trust in Russian products.
• How to increase confidence in domestic IT products?
• What non-obvious techniques can be used to address the thorny issues of software and hardware import dependency?
• How can we make the transition to Russian solutions as seamless as possible?

Moderator
Oleg Teplov, Chief Executive Officer, VEB Ventures

Oleg Teplov

Chief Executive Officer, VEB Ventures

Oleg Teplov is the Chief Executive Officer of VEB Innovations, a subsidiary of Vnesheconombank (VEB) Group, a Russian economist, banker, and financier. He is one of the creators of the National Technology Initiative state program.

Oleg Teplov has been working in the finance industry and public sector for about 20 years, specializing in technological development of the Russian economy. Before joining VEB Innovations, Oleg held the position of referent at the Expert Directorate with the President of the Russian Federation, where he was involved in the development and implementation of the National Technology Initiative (NTI) and drafting the Digital Economy of Russia state program. As a referent at the directorate, he created the system of NTI governance and expansion and developed the National Ranking of Investment Climate in the Constituent Territories of the Russian Federation.

Oleg also leads the Strategic Planning Unit of the Economy and Finance Department at the Executive Office of the Government of Russia, as well as the Strategic Planning Department at the Ministry of Economic Development, where he coordinated the activities of the Strategic Initiatives Agency, Industrial Development Fund, Roseximbank, MSP Bank, and Russian Direct Investment Fund. He also held executive positions in major Russian banks and the global “Big Four” auditing firms.

At present, VEB Innovations under Oleg Teplov's management makes high-risk direct investments in technology-related projects, creates venture funds jointly with major Russian corporations and global partners, as well as fostering investment and technology cooperation with R&D centers, major businesses, and development institutions.

Special attention in his activities is paid to high-potential ICT (information and communication technology) and other projects for the space industry, vertical marketplace initiatives, as well as investments in artificial intelligence, robotics, online education services, and telemedicine. Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and new energy-related technologies are prioritized as well.

Speakers
Pavel Gontarev, Managing Director, VK Digital Technologies
Evgeniy Kovnir, General Director, Digital Economy
Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technology, Rostelekom
Igor Milashevsky, Chief Executive Officer, GLONASS
Aleksey Parabuchev, CEO Moscow Innovation Cluster Foundation
Pavel Rastopshin, Managing Director, Zyfra
Ivan Turinge, CEO of Urent

Pavel Gontarev

Managing Director, VK Digital Technologies

In September 2018, he joined the team as Head of B2B. In April 2019, he assumed responsibility for a new division of the company, VK Digital Technologies.

Pavel Gontarev has been working in the field of information technology and management consulting for over 15 years. Since 2005, he has worked at SAP and has been responsible for industry-specific business development and supervised the digital transformation projects of major customers. Since 2016, he has acted as Director General of SAP CIS.

Pavel Gontarev graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University with an academic concentration in finance and credit.

Evgeniy Kovnir

General Director, Digital Economy

Igor Milashevsky

Chief Executive Officer, GLONASS

Igor Milashevsky has been CEO of JSC GLONASS since July of 2018.
He is graduate of the Kiev Radio Engineering Higher School and postgraduate of the Ministry of Defense, PhD in Technical Sciences. He also graduated the Higher Business School of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of Russia – IEMI (European Institute of International Management, Paris), where he got an MBA diploma.
He worked as Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, headed the Department of State Policy for Information Technologies and Informatization Coordination of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia. He is also ex Minister of Transport and Communications of the Chechen Republic, member of the Government of the Chechen Republic. Before that, he worked as director of operations development service, commercial director, vice president for marketing and sales at VimpelCom JSC and subsidiaries of VimpelCom Group. He was awarded with a letter of acknowledgment by the President of the Russian Federation.

Pavel Rastopshin

Managing Director, Zyfra

Pavel Rastopshin is a Certified Manager of IT services with over 20 years experience. He possesses many years of experience in IT management in such industries as industry, energy, telecommunications, FMCG, banks. He is an expert in ERP systems and business applications, ITIL / ITSM, and IT outsourcing.
Before joining ZYFRA, Pavel worked as Executive Vice President of MAYKOR (Top?100 Global Outsourcing IAOP) and was responsible for promotion and provision of outsourcing services in all sectors of the Russian economy. In 2014 Pavel provided a sevenfold increase in "cloud revenue", heading the cloud technology and business solutions department in SAP CIS. Before that, Pavel worked as a Business Development Director at Triangle Consulting (exclusive partner of Capgemini in Russia), heading marketing and sales in the areas of Management and IT Consulting, ERP. From 2009 to 2011, he was head of the Russian branch of the IT Service Management Forum.
Pavel graduated from Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. He has the MBA degree from Stockholm School of Economics regarding the program "strategic marketing".