Programme

The Future Being Born Today: Integration and Infrastructure Projects in Eurasia

DYNAMICS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Panel Session
Pavilion G, Conference Hall G4

In line with the Development Strategy of the Russian Federation, academics, politicians, and entrepreneurs are currently examining various large-scale projects designed to effectively confront critical social, economic, and political challenges, and to neutralize geopolitical threats. The process of selecting projects like these is inevitably accompanied by a degree of uncertainty, and the scale involved requires a realistic evaluation of effort, expenditure, resources, and rate of return. As far as Russia is concerned, against a backdrop of increasing integration within the Eurasian space and the development of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, such projects could include data centres and road infrastructure in the country’s Asian territories, driverless vehicles, automated production management systems, and much more. Does Russia have the leadership potential required to launch major infrastructure projects in the Eurasian region? What would the consequences of this shift in development strategy be for the country and for the Eurasian Union? How should infrastructure projects be selected and assessed in terms of their worth to the economy of the entire Eurasian region?

Moderator:
Elena Aksenova , Deputy Chief Academic Secretary of the Presidium, Russian Academy of Sciences

Panellists
Leonid Altukhov , President, Group of Companies Netkom-IPC
Igor Malygin , Director, Solomenko Institute of Transport Problems of theRussian Academy of Sciences
Ivan Starikov , Professor, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Boris Titov , Presidential Commissioner of the Russian Federation for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights
Vladimir Yakunin , Chairman of Supervisory Board, DOC Research Institute; Doctor of Political Science
Dmitry Azarov , Chairperson, Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Committee on the Federal Structure, Regional Policies, Local Self-Governance, and Affairs of the North

Front row participants:
Vladimir Klimanov , Director, Institute for Public Finance Reform (IPFR)

Broadcast

Key moments

Today, we are at the stage of elaborating a socioeconomic development strategy; its framework will determine the regions’ sectoral specifics so that they might gain a new impetus and development vector.
Dmitry Azarov
Chairperson, Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Committee on the Federal Structure, Regional Policies, Local Self-Governance, and Affairs of the North
Infrastructure development drives the development of Russia’s economy and social sphere.
Igor Malygin
Director, Solomenko Institute of Transport Problems of theRussian Academy of Sciences
We should not repeat what has already been done by others; we should do something new.
Leonid Altukhov
President, Group of Companies Netkom-IPC
The Silk Road Project is not a new colonial policy; it is a friendly entryway to our partners, designed to help the economy and create the infrastructure. We are ready for very close cooperation.
Boris Titov
Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights
The crisis mankind is going through today is anthropological in nature.
Vladimir Yakunin
Chairman of Supervisory Board, DOC Research Institute; Doctor of Political Science
We need to shift to a new model for managing the country’s transit potential through technological hubs; we need an opportunity to implement one of the strategic priorities in positioning Russia on the global transport market.
Igor Malygin
Director, Solomenko Institute of Transport Problems of theRussian Academy of Sciences
It is quite apparent that the growth centres of economic and political influence have shifted from the Western hemisphere to the countries of the Pacific region.
Vladimir Yakunin
Chairman of Supervisory Board, DOC Research Institute; Doctor of Political Science