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Intellectual property is a key factor in the development of a high-tech economy. In recent years, amidst intense market competition and the need to achieve the country’s technological independence, this understanding has come to the forefront. This is demonstrated, among other things, by governmental efforts aimed at transforming the business climate, the introduction of new support measures to stimulate innovation and the commercialization of new inventions. Furthermore, there has been a significant increase in investment in intellectual property and an increase in the volume of intangible assets held by Russian companies. What changes in regulation and practices are currently needed at the current stage? Which sectors will need structural transformation and investment to ensure positive indicators for innovative development, technological sovereignty of the country, global fame, and sustainable demand for Russian brands?

Moderator
Yury Zubov, Head, Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)

Yury Zubov

Head, Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent)

Born on 20 April 1979 in Moscow.
In 2001 Mr. Zubov graduated from the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Faculty of Management and Social Information Technologies, the specialty in Information Systems in Social and Cultural Field. Candidate of pedagogical sciences.
From 2000 to 2008 he held management positions related to business development in LLC "Trading House BIBLO-GLOBUS" and was a member of the Supervisory Board of "BIBLIO-GLOBUS" Holding Group.
From 2008 to 2012 he served as Head of Division for Science, Innovation and Information Technology in the Department for Science and Education of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
In 2009 Mr. Zubov was promoted to the rank of Third Class State Civil Service Councellor of the Russian Federation.
In 2013 he served as Deputy Head of Department and Head of Division for Monitoring Quality Assessment of Vocational Education in the Department of Public Services of the Federal Service for the Supervision of Education and Science (ROSOBNADZOR).
From 2013 to 2016 Mr. Zubov served as Deputy Head of Division for Information Technologies in the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main Production and Commercial Administration for Diplomatic Corps Services at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation".
From 2016 to 2018 he worked as Director of the Federal State Budget Institution "Federal Institute of Industrial Property" (FIPS).
From 2018 to 2022 he served as Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent).
In 2020 he was promoted to the rank of Third Class Active State Counsellor of the Russian Federation.
In February 2022 he was appointed as Head of Rospatent.

Panellists
Aleksey Dukhanin, Executive Director, Wildberries
Maxim Kolesnikov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Alexander Krainov, Director for Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Yandex
Dmitry Livanov, Rector, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
Ivan Podbereznyak, Chairman of the Board, SME Bank
Alexey Repik, Chairman, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Denis Sekirinsky, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Alexey Semenov, Chairman of the Management Board, Geoscan Group

Aleksey Dukhanin

Executive Director, Wildberries

Dukhanin Alexey
CEO Wildberries
(33 y.o.)

Education:
● BA in Economics ( Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation)
● BA in International Commerce (Russian Foreign Trade Academy)
● MBA

Experience:
● 2015: Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
● 2017: Russian Embassy in Slovakia (Commerce Chamber)
● 2020:
● 2023: Deputy CO Wildberries
● 2024: CEO Wildberries

Maxim Kolesnikov

Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Alexander Krainov

Director for Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies, 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.

Dmitry Livanov

Rector, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)

Education
1990 - Graduated with honours from the Department of Physics and Chemistry of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS), specialising in the physics of metals.

1992 - Defended his PhD thesis on "Heat Transfer by Interacting Electrons in Superconductors and Normal Metals”.

1997 - Defended his doctoral thesis on "The Thermoelectric Effect and Heat Transfer in Electronic Systems with Interactions”.

2003 - Graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy with a degree in law.


Professional experience
1992-2000 - Researcher, Senior Researcher at Synthesis Laboratory; Associate Professor of the Chair of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Chemistry, MISIS.

1997-2000 - Deputy Vice Rector for Science at MISIS.

2000-2004 - Vice Rector for International Cooperation, Professor of the Chair of Theoretical Physics at MISIS.

2004-2005 - Director of the Department of State Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

2005 -2007 - State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

2007 - 2012 - Rector of MISIS.

2012 - 2016 - Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

2016 - 2018 - Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Trade and Economic Relations with Ukraine

Since 16 June 2021 - Rector of MIPT.

Ivan Podbereznyak

Chairman of the Board, SME Bank

Alexey Repik

Chairman, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)

Born in Moscow, Russia on 27 August 1979.Graduated from the State University “Higher School of Economics”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration.Since 1995 in Healthcare and Pharmaceutics.R-Pharm Founder. President of All-Russia Business Association “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”), actively participating in the improvement of investment climate in the Russian Federation and the establishment of the regional investment standard.Member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.Member of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Head of Commission on Investment Climate.Representative (public ombudsman) of the Commissioner of the Presidential Council on the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs on issues related to the protection of the rights of foreign investors.Board-member and Co-chairman of Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on pharmaceutical and medical industry.Co-Chairman of the National Rating CommitteeMember of the Public Council under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and technologies).Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives".

Denis Sekirinsky

Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Alexey Semenov

Chairman of the Management Board, Geoscan Group