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Eric Auchard is chief technology correspondent for Reuters News in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in Frankfurt, he travels frequently, covering stories about technology trends and companies in the region, from major names to the latest start-ups, as well as the impact of global technology trends on industry and society. Mr. Auchard has worked as a technology reporter, columnist, editor and web developer at Reuters since 1993. He’s covered the rise of many of the of the world’s biggest tech and Internet phenomena and personalities from bureaus in San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York, London and Vienna. He acted as Reuters global technology correspondent from 2000 to 2004. Eric grew up in what the world now knows as Silicon Valley.

Jon Fredrik Baksaas is the Chairman of the GSMA. He was President and CEO of Telenor Group from June 2002 to August 2015. During that period, the total number of subscriptions in Telenor Group’s mobile operations increased from 21 million to approximately 189 million. Telenor Group has mobile operations in 13 markets and in additionally 14 markets through the ownership in VimpelCom Ltd. Prior to becoming the President and CEO, Baksaas served as Telenor’s Deputy CEO, CFO and Executive Vice President with the overall responsibility for Telenor’s networks and communication services in Norway, one of the world’s most advanced countries in ICT usage. Before joining Telenor in 1989, he served as CFO in Aker AS, CFO in Stolt-Nielsen Seaway and held finance related positions in Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in Norway and Japan. Baksaas is currently a board member of the GSMA Association, Svenska Handelsbanken AB, and the Advisory Council of Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Mr. Baksaas holds a Master of Science degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and has additional qualifications from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is married with three children.

August 11, 1964: born in Chelyabinsk.1987: graduated from Chelyabinsk Medical University.1987–1996: work in the medical sphere.1998–1999: counsel to the Chairman of the Management Board of RIA Vesti.1999–2004: press secretary of the Minister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation.January 2004: defended his Candidate of Science thesis on “Propaganda of a healthy lifestyle”.2004–2006: assistant and then press secretary of the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.2006: graduated from the Russian President Academy of Public Administration, Law Department.2006–2007: Deputy General Director of Federal State Unitary Enterprise All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.2007–2008: Director of the Department of the Press Service, Information and Protocol of the Government of the Russian Federation.2008: appointed Deputy Minister of Communications and the Media of the Russian Federation.By directive of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin No. 702-r dated May 3, 2012, appointed Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Informational Technology, and Mass Media.Speaks English and French.Married with six children.

Gherman Klimenko was born December 7, 1966 in Moscow. Served in the military between 1983 and 1990. 1988 graduated Military Engineering School and Higher School of Economics in 1995. Between 1990 and 1993 occupied various senior management positions in ELEKS computing center and IT-center of International Fuel and Energy Association. In 1993-1994, Mr. Klimenko worked as an engineer, chief of credit department and acting chief of Moscow branch of Starbank. In 1994-1998 – chief of credit department, deputy manager and then Cheremushki branch manager for Rossiysky Kredit Bank. Between 1998 and 2000 Mr. Klimenko was CEO of Elika design bureau, in 2000 became chief of Elika branch Tulsky Promishlennik and CEO of List.Ru. Between 2000 and 2008 was CEo of Kvota Bank, 2008 to 2016 was strategic planning specialist at Laboratoria Poiskovikh I Strategicheskih Resheniy. In February 2015 Mr. Klimenko was appointed Chairman of IRI council, as of January 2016 he is an advisor to the President of Russian Federation. Married, has two sons and two daughters.

Stanislav K. Kuznetsov was born on July 25, 1962, in Leipzig (GDR). In 1984, he graduated from the Military Institute with a Military and Political Specialization including the study of foreign languages (German and Czech), and in 2002 he graduated from the Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a specialty in Law. PhD in Law. In 1979-2002, he served in the Russian Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies. In 2002-2004, he was the head of the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. In 2004-2007, he was appointed head of the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. From April 2007 to December 2008, he was Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. In January 2008, he became the Senior Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of Sberbank. Since October 2010, he has been a Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank. Supervises the work of the Administrative Unit, the Administrative Support Centre, and the Moscow Regional Directorate of the Cashflow Management Centre. Coordinates the work of the Bank's security subdivisions. Awarded the Order of Merit for Service to the Fatherland, 4th Class, the Order of Honour, the Order of Friendship, and the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Honoured with the acknowledgement of the President of the Russian Federation. Awarded the Certificate of Honour of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Sang-jin Park is the President of Samsung Electronics. Prior Mr. Park served as President & CEO of Samsung SDI from Dec 2010 to Dec 2014; President & CEO of Samsung Digital Imaging from 2009 to 2010; President of Samsung Electronics South-East Asia HQ from 2004 to 2008; Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics responsible for Mobile Business Division from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Park has also served as President of Samsung Electronics Spain & Portugal from 1996 to 1999, and President of Samsung Electronics France from 1993 to 1996. For the past 37 years, Mr. Park′s leadership and in-depth technology expertise have helped build Samsung into the world largest electronics company and energy solution provider. He is widely credited with the success of Samsung Electronics mobile and digital imaging business and Samsung SDIs energy solution business. Mr. Park was honored with the Order of Industrial Service Merit Award. Mr. Park serves as Vice Chairman of Seoul Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Korea-Japan Economic Association, President of Asian and Korea Equestrian Federations. Mr. Park graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s degree in International Trade.

Ilya Sachkov is the founder and CEO at Group-IB, the leading Russian company in cybercrime prevention and investigation. Ilya has held his position since 2003. Ilya Sachkov is a member of cybercrime expert committees such as: the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE. He is also a member of various international associations, including the International Information Systems Forensics Association (IISFA), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and the Honeynet Project. Additionally, Ilya is a member of the Russian Information Systems Security Professional Association (RISSPA), the Coordination Center for TLD RU, and the PIR Center EKS Working Group on International Information Security and Global Internet Governance, as well as a co-chair of the Cybercrime Committee at the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC). In 2010 Ilya Sachkov became the first Russian to win the Digital Crimes Consortium award for his contribution to international exchange of experience in the field of computer forensics. In 2015, he received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Award in the “Telecommunications” category and Special “Business Internet Choice” Prize. In 2016, Group-IB CEO was ranked among the brightest young entrepreneurs under 30 according to Forbes magazine.

Ruslan Yunusov has 10 years of experience as CFO and CEO of innovation, investment, oil and gas companies and currently is the CEO of the Russian Quantum Center (RQC). RQC is a leading scientific organization in Russia conducting research and development the field of quantum physics and quantum technologies. Ruslan is candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences who has authored a number of scientific publications in physics and economics.

Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco is Director of the Institute for Complex Quantum Systems at Ulm University and of the Centre for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST) at the Universities of Ulm and Stuttgart and the Max-Planck Institute for Solid-State Research.. He received his PhD at the University of Ferrara in 1998, and started to work as a postdoc in the group of P. Zoller at the University of Innsbruck. He was appointed as a Senior Researcher at the BEC Centre in Trento (2004) and finally as a Professor for Physics at the University of Ulm in 2007 (with tenure since 2009). He is the author of more than 100 publications in refereed journals and the recipient of two EC Marie-Curie Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship and the E. Wallnöfer Prize of the Tyrolean Industrialists’ Association. He is currently the chairman of the Advisory Board of the Quantum Technologies European scientific community, the coordinator of the Integrated Projects SIQS and RYSQ and the chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board of the ERA-Net QuantERA. He has pioneered the application of quantum optimal control methods to quantum computation and to many-body quantum systems.

Tim joined PwC in Moscow in 2015. Prior to Russia, Tim spent 9 years with PwC in Hong Kong and China and 10 years with PwC in London. He is currently responsible for developing our market leading Risk Assurance practice which assists clients to effectively identify and optimally respond to a broad range of risks. Tim's primary areas of expertise cover technology risk, information security, process and controls, risk management, internal audit, corporate governance, performance assurance, regulatory compliance, data and external audit. His work enables clients to make informed decisions, stay ahead of the pack, remain compliant with regulations and laws and to be trusted by customers, investors and other stakeholders. Tim has extensive experience of working with global, regional and local financial institutions in Russia, Hong Kong and China and large telecommunication and technology companies in Hong Kong, the UK and Russia.

Håkon Wium Lie is Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software. Before joining Opera in 1999, he worked at W3C where he developed Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), a language he proposed while working with Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1994. He holds a MS from MIT's Media Lab, and a PhD from the University of Oslo. In addition to technology, Håkon is an apple farmer. Apple juice is his favorite drink, next to kvass.

A graduate of the International Law Department of MGIMO under the MFA of the USSR, Mr. Yakushev served as diplomat of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later as an official of the Russian Ministry of Information and Telecommunications. From the mid-1990s, he was one of the most prominent experts in Russia and the CIS in information law, Internet administration and information security. He represented the Russian Federation on the G8 DOT-Force Workgroup (2000–2001), the Workgroup under the UN General Secretary for Internet Administration (2004–2005) and the Special Commission of the Council of Europe on Problems of Transboarder Data Flows (2010–2011). He spearheaded the legal services of Russian representatives in Global One / Equant, Microsoft and SAP; in 2010–2012, he was Vice-President of the Mail.ru Group. In 2014, Mr. Yakushev was appointed Vice-President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He has written numerous research works on the theory of law, information law and Internet administration.