SPIEF.Junior Forum

Universities are interested in training graduates who are in high demand so that they can find a job as quickly as possible, preferably in their area of expertise, and rapidly climb the career ladder. Numerous higher education rankings assess the success of university graduates. Companies are also interested in trained specialists who quickly adapt to their new jobs. How can we unite the goals of universities and companies? How can the time-to-operate for graduates be reduced? What effective formats are universities and companies employing right now that you can deploy tomorrow?

Moderator
Anton Stepanenko, Partner, BCG

Anton Stepanenko

Partner, BCG

Speakers
Vladimir Vasiliev, Rector, ITMO University
Valentina Vatrak, Human Resources Director, MegaFon
Ruslan Vesterovsky, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia
Olga Dergunova, Director, Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University
Alexander Krainov, Director of AI Technology Development, Yandex
Natalya Tretyak, First Vice President, Gazprombank
Nina Yanikina, Rector, University of National Technology Initiative 2035

Vladimir Vasiliev

Rector, ITMO University

Dr. Vladimir Vasilyev (born on April 1, 1951) has been the Rector of ITMO University since 1996 when the Conference of University Employees elected Dr. Vladimir Vasilyev as ITMO University Rector for the five-year term. He's been reelected four times, in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. He is an active corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education. He’s been the head of the Council of St. Petersburg Rectors since 2004, vice president of the All-Russian Council of Rectors, and a member of the St. Petersburg Governor's Technical Council.
After graduating from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, in 1983, Dr. Vasilyev joined the Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, which later became ITMO University. In 1991 he became the head of the new department of Information Technologies. His leadership style and vision for innovation, multidisciplinary approach and the importance of partnerships with the industry earned him a prominent position within the university and the scientific community in Russia and beyond. In his capacity as the Rector, he continues to promote those values through creating a unique environment for cutting edge research, international collaboration and education for the modern world.
Dr. Vasilyev is a prominent scientist in the fields of computer telecommunications and mathematical modeling of information systems and multifunctional equipment complexes. He is one of the creators of Russia’s joint scientific educational information environment and the “Electronic Russia” program. Dr. Vasilyev is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the 2003 and 2005 President of the Russian Federation Award for Excellence in Education and the 2000 and 2008 Government of the Russian Federation Award for Excellence in Education. He is the Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (2002), Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation (2010), and the recipient of Golden Medal of the Russian Academy of Education “For Scientific Achievements” (2011).

Ruslan Vesterovsky

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia

Career:
2000-2001: President-Chairman of the Board of City Students Association, Ulan-Ude
2001-2002: Chairman of the Committee of Buryat Regional Representation of the Union Civic Chamber, Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia; Chairman of the Committee of the Coordination Council of Representations of the Union Civic Chamber, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia in Siberian Federal District, Ulan-Ude
2002-2003: Assistant director, manager on public relations and personnel, Yukos-M Trading House LLC, Ulan-Ude
2003-2004: Recruitment and training specialist at Yukos-M Trading House (office of the regional director for Siberia and the Far East), Irkutsk
2004-2005: Deputy General Director for Personnel Management at Buryatnefteproduct, Ulan-Ude
2004-2005: Deputy General Director for HR at Buryatnefteproduct, Ulan-Ude
2005-2007: HR Director of Arnest Company, Nevinnomyssk
2007-2008: Head of HR Department, Arnest Company, Nevinnomyssk
2007-2008: Head of the HR Department, Wimm-Bill-Dann, Moscow
2008-2011: Director of Human Resources, Wimm-Bill-Dann, Moscow
2011-2015: HR Director, Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS, Moscow
2015-2017: Director of HR Policy and Human Resources Department, Bank of Russia, Moscow
2017-present: Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia (appointed October 10, 2018)

Olga Dergunova

Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank

Olga Dergunova has a degree in Economic Cybernetics and Computer Science from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
Ms. Dergunova started her career in the IT sector. In 1994 she joined Microsoft and stayed with the company for 10 years. In 2004-2007 Ms. Dergunova, as the President of Microsoft, Russia & CIS, focused on developing and implementing long-term corporation strategies, intellectual property protection issues and IT education in Russia.
In 2007 Ms. Dergunova left Microsoft to join the Management Board of VTB Bank to apply her IT expertise in banking. During her time with VTB Bank she was responsible for and supervised the following areas:
• Corporate Banking Division (banking services for corporate clients from various commodities industries, IT, communications and infrastructure sectors)
• VTB affiliate banks in CIS, Europe, Asia and Africa (strengthening VTB Group’s position as a global provider of financial services and raising business effectiveness).
In 2012 Ms. Dergunova changed the scope of her activities and accepted an offer to work for the Government of the Russian Federation as Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management. Under her leadership a new concept of federal property management was approved, including the development of an effective management indicator system and creation of a unified public registry for state property management.
In 2016 Ms. Dergunova re-joined VTB Bank as Deputy President and Chairman of the Board. She now focuses on technological transformation, business integration, development of digital channels and data analysis tools along with creation of an integrated system for streamlining and automating processes.

Alexander Krainov

Director of AI Technology Development, Yandex

Head of the Machine Intelligence Laboratory, Yandex, in charge of Pilot Products and AI Technologies Sector.
Before that, for nine years, he headed the development of computer-enabled vision products and algorithms at Yandex.
Before Yandex, he worked at SPIRIT DSP and its subsidiary SeeStorm in the position of Product Director. He was engaged in the development of audio and video compression and transmission algorithms, speech recognition, video conferencing technologies, computer-enabled vision and 3D modelling.
He worked in Port.Ru, one of the Russian Internet pioneers, where he created a cataloguing system for Russia’s first online marketplace.
The first job was a temporary scientific team Supermatrix, where he was engaged in computer-aided design of the topology of superconducting matrices.
He graduated from MIREA (Russian Technological University).
Party to the development of a national strategy for AI development.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Moscow GO Federation.

Natalya Tretyak

First Vice President, Gazprombank

1993 - 2004 - the Committee for education of St. Petersburg.
2004 - 2008-Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation.
2008 - 2012-first Vice-rector at the Moscow Institute of steel and alloys.
2012 – Chairman of the education Committee of St. Petersburg.
2012 - 2013 - Deputy Minister of education of the Russian Federation.
2013 - 2016 - the First Deputy Minister of education of the Russian Federation.
2016 - 2018 – Deputy General Director of SGM.
2018 – First Vice President Of Gazprombank.
Member Of the Board of the Russian bar Association
Education.
In 1997-graduated from St. Petersburg state University, faculty of law.
In 2002-graduated from the North-West Academy of public service, specialty: state and municipal management.
In 2016, the Corporate University of Sberbank
PhD in law.
Awards, honorary titles.
Included in the personnel reserve of the President of the Russian Federation.
She was awarded the badge " Honorary work.