Programme

Today, the competitiveness of science in Russia is vital to ensuring the independence and global competitiveness of the country. Unique research and innovation centres and mega science facilities are needed to respond to the significant challenges laid out in the Scientific and Technological Development Strategy of the Russian Federation. These research centres will ensure the transition to a fundamentally new domestic economy. A synchrotron and neutron research programme for 2019–2027 is currently being developed, with the aim of making a scientific breakthrough in this area. This unique research infrastructure is set to become a focal point for developing the intellectual potential of the nation. It will help create the right conditions for the influx of knowledge and technologies from global markets. International scientific and educational mega-clusters can be established at these research and innovation centres, which would attract talented young people from Russia and abroad, as well as Russian and foreign scientists and engineers. What should be the priority area of focus of synchrotron and neutron research to achieve breakthrough results? Which industries are in particular need of advanced infrastructure development programmes? What is the current status and prospects for international cooperation in the realm of synchrotron and neutron research?

Moderator
Mikhail Kovalchuk, President, Kurchatov Institute National Research Centre

Mikhail Kovalchuk

President, Kurchatov Institute National Research Centre

Panellists
Талал Abu-Ghazaleh, Founder, Chairman, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global)
Valery Buhtiyarov, Director, Federal Research Center "Institute of Catalysis named after G.K. Boreskov of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences"
Aydar Ishmukhametov, Director General, Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune and Biological Products of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Alexey Rakhmanov, President, United Shipbuilding Corporation
Andrey Fursenko, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Талал Abu-Ghazaleh

Founder, Chairman, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global)

Valery Buhtiyarov

Director, Federal Research Center "Institute of Catalysis named after G.K. Boreskov of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences"

Aydar Ishmukhametov

Director General, Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune and Biological Products of the Russian Academy of Sciences

He has graduated (in 1980) the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), where he later worked (1980-2012).
He is the Candidate of Medical Science (1985) and the Doctor of Medicine (2001).
Since 2013 – the Director General of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution «Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research & Development of Immune-and-Biological Product» (FSBSI Chumakov FSC R&D IBP RAS) of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Russia). Since 2017 – the head of the subdepartment of the organization and technology of immunobiological preparations production of the First Moscow State Medical University.
Was chosen as the RAS corresponding member in medical sciences department («Pharmacy Organization» specialty) (2016).
Under the leadership of A.A. Ishmukhametov there was developed a unique methodology for the production of information and analytical systems reflecting the actual state of the pharmaceutical industry. It includes the latest statistical data processing techniques and data extrapolation algorithms adapted to the characteristics of the pharmaceutical market. Creation of a fundamentally new analytical content, enabling multifactor analysis and scientific forecasting of economic phenomena in the pharmaceutical market, makes it possible to more effectively solve the problems of the industry. There are formulated and substantiated the basic principles of creating a unified information environment in the field of circulation of medicines.
In 2014, he proposed and implemented the Chumakov Center development concept, which made it possible to combine the scientific, technological and production aspects of creating and introducing into the circulation the original innovative national immunobiological preparations, such as prevention vaccines for the polio, tick-borne encephalitis, yellow fever, which are included in regional immunization calendars. The reorganization of the enterprise’s business processes has carried out with the introduction of quality management principles in biopharmaceutical enterprises. This has made it possible in the shortest possible time to completely modernize the enterprise, obtain a GMP certificate, solve the problems of import substitution and to develop new biopharmaceutical and immunological preparations, some of which have already passed preclinical and clinical studies. As the result, the company has increased its output and exports of the preparations.

Mikhail Kotyukov

Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Alexey Rakhmanov

President, United Shipbuilding Corporation

Alexey Rakhmanov was born on July 18, 1964. In 1986 he graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 2003 he graduated from the School of Business at the University of Chicago with a degree of Master of Business Administration. In the early stages of his career, he held various positions in the public and private entities. In 1996 he joined international auditing and consulting firm Ernst & Young where he worked until 2002. Between 2002 and 2008 he served as Director for Strategy and Business Development at JSC Severstal-Auto. In July 2008 he was appointed Director of the Department of Automotive Industry and Agricultural Machinery at Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, and in March 2012 – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade. Since June 2014 he has been President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).
Alexey Rakhmanov is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University (SPbSMTU), Chairman of the Shipbuilding Industry and Marine Equipment Committee of the Russian Engineering Union, Member of the Russian Engineering Union Management Board.
Head of the Working Group on improvement of legislation in the field of state defense order at the State Duma Commission on Legal Support of Development of Defense-Industrial Organizations of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Chairman of the Council on Shipbuilding of Russia’s Military-Industrial Commission.
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Sevastopol State University.
Chairman of the Expert Council on the development of shipbuilding industry and marine equipment at the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Vice-President of the Association “League of Support to the Defense Industry Enterprises”.
Member of the Board of Directors of JSC USC, JSC Avrora Research and Production Association, JSC Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center.
Co-Chairman of the Russian - Finnish Business Council.
Chairman of the Russian - South Korean Business Council.
Awarded the Order of Friendship, conferred the title "Honored Mechanical Engineer".

Andrey Fursenko

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Born on July 17, 1949, in Leningrad (now St Petersburg). 1971 – graduated from Zhdanov Leningrad State University; Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. 1971-1991 – junior researcher, laboratory head, deputy director for research, leading researcher at the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. 1991-1993 – Vice President of Advanced Technology Centre, St Petersburg. 1994-2001 – Director of Regional Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development, St Petersburg. From 2000 – Chairman of the Academic Council of the Centre for Strategic Research North-West Foundation. 2001-2002 – Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. From June 2002 – First Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. From December 2003 – Acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. March 9, 2004 – appointed Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Since May 21, 2012 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. State award – Honorary Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Front row participants
Yuriy Balega, Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences
Mikhail Rychev, Distinguished Advisor to the Administrative Director, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH (European XFEL GmbH)
Aleksandr Yanenko, Director, State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of the National Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’

Yuriy Balega

Vice-President, Russian Academy of Sciences

Aleksandr Yanenko

Director, State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of the National Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’