The creation of science and technology parks is a new and unprecedented form of supporting collaboration between science and business in Russia, with an emphasis on the transfer and commercialization of results obtained from joint studies and developments. The Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), which offers a unique platform upon which leading economies from the Asia Pacific can develop close ties, will be able to use its status as a science and technology park to provide competitive conditions for investment and entrepreneurship in the Far East on an ongoing basis. What scientific and high-tech ecosystem is currently taking shape on Russky Island? To what extent are federal and regional authorities, industrial partners and customers, as well as foreign tech companies, involved in this process?

Moderator:
Nikita Anisimov — Rector, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU)

Panellists:
Sergey Vasilyev — Deputy General Director, Director of the Far East Division, RusHydro
Andrey Volkov — Academic Policy Advisor, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
Pavel Zaytsev — Chief Executive Officer, Science and Innovations
Artem Zasurskiy — Vice President for Strategy, JSFC Sistema
Denis Kravchenko — Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Sergey Maksimchuk — Acting Vice Governor of the Primorsky Krai
Artem Shadrin — Director, Department of Social Development Innovations, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Russia is seeing a spike in civil activism and volunteering. In total, 1,299 volunteer projects from the Far East were submitted to the Volunteer of Russia national competition in 2019. The proposals came from both non-governmental organizations and individuals willing to give targeted aid to people and implement comprehensive programmes. How are civil initiatives helping to advance the development of the Far East and unlock human capital? Will social self-fulfilment help stem outward migration from the Far East? What additional support measures should be launched to develop the non-profit sector?

Moderator:
Artem Metelev — Chairman of the Council, Association of Volunteer Centers; Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation

Panellists:
Oksana Bogdanova — President, DaDobro Charitable Foundation
Natalya Gonchar — Head of Information Support and Media Relations Subdivision, Press Secretary, Sakhalin Energy
Roman Kamaev — Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh)
Alexander Logunov — Deputy General Director, Agency for the Development of Human Capital in the Far Eastern Federal District
Tatiana Chernykh — Head, Unlocking Creativity in Small Villages Project; Finalist, Volunteer of Russia 2018 (Republic of Buryatia)

The government of the Russian Federation is considering building a new conference and exhibition centre in Primorsky Territory. Global experience shows that running major international events has a significant effect on the region’s economy. Many countries purposefully establish the relevant infrastructure along with the specific conditions to run events on their soil. The Far East is a priority in the development strategy of the Russian Federation. Modern and well-designed infrastructure in the events sector will allow the region to increase its economic potential while making it more competitive and attractive for investors, both from a national and international standpoint. How should we evaluate the feasibility of building a conference and exhibition centre in the Far East? What criteria must be considered with regard to the centre? What practical steps in promotion and sales must be taken to advance this new platform? From conferences to multi-format events: can the conference and exhibition centre become a focal point in the region? How can we evaluate the effectiveness of the new infrastructure for the economy and its potential to foster interregional cooperation?

Moderator:
Sergey Katyrin — President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

Panellists:
Anatoliy Bobrakov — Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund
Konstantin Bogdanenko — Acting Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory
Mikhail Grudinin — President, Giprogor Project City Planning Institute of Spatial Modelling and Development
Venkatesh Varma Datla Bala — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India in the Russian Federation
Vera Yermilova — General Director, Dalexpocenter LLC
Alexey Kalachev — Chief Executive Officer, Russia Convention Bureau
Alexander Stuglev — Chief Executive Officer, The Roscongress Foundation

Front row participants:
Ma Li — Mayor, Heihe Municipal People's Government
Victoria Panova — Vice-Rector for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU)

In Russia, the deterioration of utilities infrastructure is a significant problem. Work to upgrade obsolete infrastructure and ensure that water supplies and wastewater treatment facilities meet quality standards requires a higher level of financing than the state alone can provide. The costs cannot be borne by the final consumer, while tariffs sometimes do not even cover operating expenses, not to mention the funds needed to provide a return on investment. To address the problem, an integrated approach is needed involving the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities and market participants under the Housing and Utilities Strategy 2035. This programme outlines a key goal to provide high-quality and reliable housing and utilities services at an affordable price. The strategy will consist of several sections: heat supply, water supply and sanitation, housing, investment, and environmental and HR policy. Put together, it will be possible to comprehensively analyse current problems and find solutions. The adoption of long-term and business friendly rules also forms a key component of the strategy. But what does business think about the investment potential of housing and utilities? Are there any opportunities to increase investment in this area, and will the digitalization of the industry help? Will national projects enable additional private investment to be raised to augment programmes to replace the utilities infrastructure? What changes does business consider necessary for the regions to receive the necessary funds, and does the state agree? These issues, approaches, and practices will be discussed by business and regional government representatives with the support of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities.

Moderator:
Lev Gorilovskiy — President, Polyplastic Group

Panellists:
Kirill Bychkov — Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Elena Parkhomenko — Acting Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory
Ekaterina Reznikova — Vise President, Member of the Management Board, Head of the Digital Business Unit, MTS Bank
Vasily Savin — Partner, Head of Power and Utilities, KPMG in Russia and the CIS
Dmitry Tvardovsky — First Deputy General Director, VEB Infrastructure

Front row participant:
Anatoliy Popov — Chief Executive Officer, Primteploenergo

Urban studies play a key role in building sustainable economic models for cities. Zoning and planning which factor in the views and requirements of local residents give builders and designers (both state contractors and commercial property developers) the chance to consider out-of-the-box offers from young architects and designers. The active involvement of young professionals means that new approaches towards building a comfortable urban environment can grow and thrive. What are the roles of the various parties – government bodies, property developers, architects, residents, city activists – in the process of developing an urban environment? What problems may arise in the process of cooperation and the joint quest for solutions? What should the process of correctly coordinating the actions of all parties look like?

Moderator:
David Okpatuma — Coordinator for Africa, Art Shapers; Member, Friends of Cities

Panellists:
Kirill Batanov — Chairman of the Board, Centre for Legal Protection of a Better Quality of Life
Igor Dulnev — Co-founder, Vostochny Luch
Oleg Zorya — Head, All-Russia Organisation Urban Renovations
Mikhail Petrov — Acting Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory
Anton Savenko — Founder, Sam Sebe Velosiped

Providing access to medical services and improving the quality thereof is vital to increasing life expectancy and ensuring citizens’ rights to life and healthcare. Residents of remote and hard-to-access areas in the Russian Far East and Arctic have limited access to medical aid, while the delivery of primary healthcare is especially problematic in small settlements. Access to all types of medical aid can be provided, even for the most remote areas. It requires creating a unified, coordinated regional healthcare system that has enough funding to take the unique needs of the Russian Far East into account. How can the treatment and diagnostic potential of medical organizations be leveraged effectively in order to provide people living in remote areas with primary healthcare? What modern solutions used in northern (Arctic) medicine, telemedicine, and digital technologies can be applied to healthcare in the Russian Far East? What can be done to ensure access to high-quality primary healthcare for people living in small settlements? Is the existing mandatory medical insurance system capable of guaranteeing medical aid to the part of the population living in the Far North and the Arctic?

Moderator:
Victoria Samsonova — Director, Head of Health and Pharma, Russia and CIS, KPMG

Panellists:
Oleg Apolikhin — Director, N.A. Lopatkin Research Institute of Urology and Interventional Radiology, a branch of the National Medical Research Centre for Radiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Sergey Gneushev — Managing Partner, Academic Medical Centre for Information and Analysis
Elena Zhidkova — Head, Central Healthcare Directorate, Russian Railways
Olga Sergeenko — Founder, Great Heart Aid Federation
Vladimir Solodov — Chairman of the Government of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Victor Fisenko — Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory

Panellist:
Svetlana Chupsheva — General Director, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects

Moderator:
Alexey Starichkov — Head, Department of International Cooperation of Primorsky Territory

Key note:
Konstantin Bogdanenko — Acting Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory
Song Cheol-ho — Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City

Panellists:
Alexey Belik — Acting Governor of Sakhalin Region
Shin Dong Hun — Head of Economy and Trade Office, Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Government
Victor Kalashnikov — Deputy Chairman of the Government – Minister of Economic Development of Khabarovsk Territory
Lee Kang-deok — Mayor of Pohang Metropolitan City
Alexander Kozlov — Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic
Roman Kopin — Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Area
Dmitry Kosov — Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Magadan Region
Alexander Krutikov — Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic
Alexander Levintal — Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region
Aysen Nikolaev — Head of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Tatyana Polovaikina — First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Amur Region
Lee Sangdeok — Vice Mayor for International Affairs, Daegu Metropolitan City Government
Marina Subbota — Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kamchatka Territory
Oh Sung Hwan — Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Vladivostok
Alexey Uspenskiy — Minister of Economic Development of the Sakhalin Region
Sergey Furgal — Governor of Khabarovsk Territory
Song Ha Jin — Governor, Jeollabuk-do Provincial Government
Kim Hyokyung — Deputy Director of New Northern Policy Division, Busan Metropolitan City Government
Alexey Tsedenov — Head of the Republic of Buryatia
Yang Joong Mo — Director General of Glocalization Bureau, Governors Association of the Republic of Korea
Mikhail Churkin — Acting Deputy Chairman of the Government, Acting Minister of Investment Development, Government of the Zabaikalsky Territory
Lee Cheolwoo — Governor, Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government
Vera Shcherbina — First Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory

Business styles differ significantly while working across geographies. It is hence no wonder that expected synergies amongst two strong partners may fail to materialize due to the inability to foster cross-cultural adaptability. Being able to tune into a culture without pre-conceived biases or judgment is an imperative skill needed for success in today’s complex, global organizations in order to yield high productivity, successful collaborations and breakthrough innovations. Global leaders with a suite of intercultural skills and knowledge are better placed to harness and manage cross –cultural differences. How to raise the generation of this kind of leaders and managers? How these leaders can coach others to adapt and grow as well?

Panellist:
Gurinder Singh — Professor, Amity University Group Vice Chancellor

2018 marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Singapore. Today, relations have reached the next level: commercial and business exchanges in various economic sectors are gradually increasing, while the level of mutual investment is growing and several high-tech projects in transport, energy, and infrastructure are under way. To fulfil the potential for cooperation and attract investors in Russia and Singapore, there need to be mutual and reliable guarantees regarding investment protection. Negotiations on the establishment of a free trade zone between Singapore and the Eurasian Economic Union are under way, while cooperation in the field of alternative dispute resolution between Russian and Singaporean jurisdictions has been stepped up and preferential regimes in the Russian Far East are being developed in order to attract investment. What do investors in Russia and Singapore need to ensure they have a beneficial investment framework? What particular investment protection mechanisms should be implemented? What other elements are crucial to the success of future relations between Russia and Singapore?

Moderator:
Igor Krasnov — Senior Vice President, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF"

Panellists:
Andrey Gorlenko — Executive Administrator, Russian Arbitration Centre at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration
Dmitriy Dyakin — Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners; Deputy Chairman of the pPesidium, Arbitration Centre, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Nikolay Zapryagaev — Deputy General Director for Residential Policy and Project Management, Far East Development Corporation
Francis Xavier — S.C.; Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore
Kirill Udovichenko — Partner, Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners

In our globalized and fast-changing world, all countries are falling at risk of big economic and social challenges. As one of the rapidly growing emerging powers, India is also significantly affected by those challenges, which cause divides and inequalities. What are they? How is India striving to tackle them? How the entrepreneurial mindset becomes the only way to overcome the challenges of the future and develop the competencies, which are essential nowadays? How important is leadership for an entrepreneurial mindset. What is ethical and altruistic leadership? Why is it essential for reducing universal inequity?

Panellist:
Shiv Vikram Khemka — Vice Chairman, SUN Group