Today, data is the new oil of the digital economy and countries must know how to properly work with it to ensure their technological leadership. For Russia, data is a value that can and should become a foundation for economic growth: industry experts agree that the data market in Russia could be worth as much as RUB 1.6 trillion in two years. For this process to be a success, a confident foundation is needed, namely the synchronized industry-wide position of business and experts. This includes such issues as embedding AI in industries, data-centric public administration, the development and expansion of platforms and ecosystems, the creation of a research track and personnel for AI, the regulation and ethics of the data economy, trusted infrastructure for processing, storing, collecting, and transmitting data, quantum technologies, information security, and more. What do businesses need to do today to further develop the digital economy, as well as build a holistic mechanism for collecting, transmitting, storing, and analysing information, while also maintaining the highest security standards. What kind of help is needed from the government? What kind of data market regulation helps or hinders its development. What measures need to be taken? What infrastructure could serve as the foundation for the development of the digital economy and big data. What changes have occurred in the market over the past three years? It is essential to talk about the protection of personal data and combatting leaks. What has changed? Are companies ready to export and when can they expect to achieve technological leadership?
Moderator Sergey Grebennikov,
Director, Russian Association for Electronic Communications
Sergey Grebennikov
Director, Russian Association for Electronic Communications
Mr. Grebennikov graduated from the International Academy of Business and Management (MUBIU), faculty «Institute of Modern Communication Systems and Technologies» (2003-2008), specialization - "exhibition business and advertising". He worked as a PR-specialist in different companies such as Rasprodaga.ru, Webalta, Retail Media - Rasprodaga.ru. Since 2007 - Deputy Executive Director of ROCIT. Since 2010 - Deputy Director of the Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC). Since December 2014 - Director of the Russian Public Center for Internet Technologies (ROC-IT) For many years Sergey has been the organizer of Russian Internet conferences, forums and awards, such as: RIF + CIB, Russian Internet Week, Runet Award, etc. Since 2022 - Head of Russian Association for Electronic Communications.
Panellists Andrey Vorobiev,
Director, Coordination Center for Top Level Domain RU Dmitry Grigoriev,
General Director, CIAN Anton Dumin,
Head of the Department of Information Technology, Automation and Telecommunications, Gazprom Neft Aleksandr Egorov,
General Direcor, Reksoft Alexander Krainov,
Director for Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Yandex Andrey Kuzmichev,
General Director, RU-CENTER; President, Foundation for the Development of Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Valentin Makarov,
President, RUSSOFT Association Lev Matveev,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, SearchInform Tatyana Matveeva,
Head of the Presidential Directorate for the Development of Information and Communication Technology and Communication Infrastructure of the Russian Federation Boris Nuraliev,
Founder, Director, 1C Sergey Plugotarenko,
General Director, Digital Economy Ilya Sivtsev,
Chief Executive Officer, PJSC Astra Group Mikhail Srodnykh,
General Director, SKB Kontur Vladimir Troyanovsky,
Deputy General Director, National Payment Card System Alexey Fetisov,
General Director, T1 Darii Khalitov,
Senior Vice President for Information Technology, Rostelecom Alexander Khinshtein,
Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications Maksut Shadaev,
Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Andrey Vorobiev
Director, Coordination Center for Top Level Domain RU
In 1999, Andrei Vorobyov graduated with honors from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT) as an engineer-technologist of transport machine building. In 2006, he received a second degree from Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property, the faculty of law (“Legal protection of intellectual property”). In 2008-2009, he received additional professional education in economy at International Academy of Appraisal and Consulting. He studied on the faculty of Business Appraisal and specialized in Appraisal of Intellectual Property. In 1998, Andrei Vorobyov started working on television in Troitsk. He had a great career progress from a correspondent to Chief Information Officer. From 1999 to 2000 he was the press secretary of the Mayor of Troitsk. He started working in domain industry in 2001 at the Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN). After a unit of RIPN that dealt with domain registration was unbundled, Andrei Vorobyov became the director of public and government relations of RU-CENTER domain registrar. In 2015, Andrei Vorobyov has become the Director of Public Relations at Internet Development Institute. In October 2015, he has become the Director of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ. Over the years, he has become a well-known expert in Internet projects PR and legal support. He has several scientific publications devoted to the protection of rights of Internet intellectual property owners and issues of information security. In 2012, Andrei was elected co-chairman of the RAEC Commission of hosting providers and registrars. Since 2014 he has been a member of ROCIT’s board.
Dmitry Grigoriev
General Director, CIAN
Anton Dumin
Head of the Department of Information Technology, Automation and Telecommunications, Gazprom Neft
Aleksandr Egorov
General Direcor, Reksoft
Alexander Egorov co-founded one of the TOP 5 software outsourcing companies in Russia, Reksoft (http://www.reksoft.com), in 1991 and has served as CEO from its inception. Along with his duties at Reksoft Mr.Egorov co-founded and served as a member of the board in a number of successful IT ventures such as Ozon.ru (1998, the largest Russian online-bookstore) and Assist (1999, Russia's leading Internet Payment Gateway). Mr. Egorov repeatedly enters the “IT TOP 100” rating presented by the largest Russian nation-wide business newspaper “Kommersant”. In April 2003 - February 2004 he served as a Chairman of the Board of Russian Software Development Association RUSSOFT and is a constant member of the Board since that. Mr. Egorov is a frequent speaker in the world’s famous IT-related events hosted by Gartner Group, Forrester Research, ETRE and The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. Mr. Egorov holds an MBA degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.
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.
Andrey Kuzmichev
General Director, RU-CENTER; President, Foundation for the Development of Internet Technologies and Infrastructure
Valentin Makarov
President, RUSSOFT Association
Makarov Valentin was born 16.04.1955 in Leningrad, Russia. Graduated from the Leningrad Aircraft Instrumentation Institute in 1978, in 1978-1985 he had been working in the Defense Industry. In 1985 entered the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. Since “perestroika” time he has got good experience of organizing international cooperation (1988-1992 – secretary in the Russian Delegation to UNESCO, in 1996-2000 as deputy Chairman of International relations’ Committee of Administration of St Petersburg). He has also got extended managerial experience in private business (1992-1996 – in Interprivatization Foundation and in the EuroConseil Rusian-French JV consulting company). President of RUSSOFT Association (earlier Fort Ross) since its foundation on 9.9.99, he has been organizer of lobbying campaigns in the Government and Chairman of numerous IT-events in Russia and abroad (RUSSOFT Forum, Software Outsourcing Summit, Mobile Software Forum, Russian IT-seasons). Chief-editor of the annual Russian export software industry survey since its beginning in 2003. Representative of Russian IT Association (APKIT) in WITSA in 2004-2006, 2012. Invited speaker at numerous international conferences and author of dozens of articles on IT in Russia.
Lev Matveev
Chairman of the Board of Directors, SearchInform
LEV MATVEEV: Mr. Matveev graduated from Minsk Radio Engineering Institute in 1993 as a software engineer. He authored a number of patents in unstructured information processing. At different stages of his career, he headed IT companies with 30 to 500 employees. In 1995, he founded his own company. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors at SearchInform. He is a speaker at IS events and founder of the annual SearchInform Road Show, a series of educational conferences for IS professionals. Lev Matveev is a member of the Board of RUSSOFT and founder of the IS Committee within RUSSOFT. He is also a member of the General Council of the all-Russian public organization Delovaya Rossiya, Domestic Software, and ISDEF (Independent Software Developers Forum).
Tatyana Matveeva
Head of the Presidential Directorate for the Development of Information and Communication Technology and Communication Infrastructure of the Russian Federation
Boris Nuraliev
Founder, Director, 1C
Born in Moscow in 1958. Married with three children. Graduated with honours from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics (MESI) with a degree in Automated Control System in 1980. Holds a PhD in Economics, dissertation on the automation of system design for computer processing of economic information. Worked at MESI as an engineer since 1980, then started working as a junior researcher. Worked at the Scientific Research and Design Institute for Industrial Technology of the Central Statistical Administration of the USSR (now Statinform of the Federal State Statistics Service) as a senior researcher, sector manager, department manager and head engineer since 1987. Headed up 1C Company, which specialized in the development, distribution and support for computer programs, in 1991. 1C is most famous for 1C:Enterprise programs, which are used by millions of employees in commercial and public organizations every day in order to increase management and accounting. The company is also famous for products developed for home computers and the sphere of education. 1C:Enterprise includes integrated ERP-class solutions for asset management of industrial, commercial and service organizations; products for financial management and accounting of holding companies and individual organizations; products for the organization of electronic document management, electronic document exchange between organizations and delivery of electronic reporting to regulatory authorities; payroll and personnel management; for the automation of state and municipal agencies; and a variety of industry-specific solutions developed by 1C, its partners and independent organizations. Since 2013, 1C has been included in the Forbes Russia’s 200 largest private companies rating.
Sergey Plugotarenko
General Director, Digital Economy
Mr. Plugotarenko graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Department of Physical and Quantum Electronics (1993–1996) and Department of Control and Applied Mathematics (1996–1999), certified as Physical Engineer specializing in Applied Mathematics and Physics.From 2002, he was leading ICT specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. In 2004–2006, he was executive director and, from 2007, director of the Runet Awards competition. Since 2005, he has served as coordinator of programme committees for some high-profile sectoral conference events, including the Russian Internet Forum (RIF), Russian Interactive Week (RIW) and others.In 2005–2007, he served as deputy executive director of the Regional Non-government Centre for Internet Technologies – the oldest NGO engaged in expert evaluation, promotion and development of the ICT segment in the Russian Federation, upholding the interests of Internet users. In 2007, he was elected executive director of ROCIT. From 2005 he was ideologue and founder of the Russian Association for Electronic Communications, promoting the interests of Russian Internet players. From 2006, he was deputy general manager of NP RAEC.In 2011–2013, Mr. Plugotarenko was member of the Council of Coordination Centre for National Top Level Domains RU/RF. Since 2010, he has been director of The Russian Association for Electronic Communications (NP RAEC). Since October 1, 2022 – General Director, Digital Economy
Ilya Sivtsev
Chief Executive Officer, PJSC Astra Group
Mikhail Srodnykh
General Director, SKB Kontur
Vladimir Troyanovsky
Deputy General Director, National Payment Card System
Alexey Fetisov
General Director, T1
Alexey Fetisov was born on May 24, 1984. In 2007, he obtained a Master's degree from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in the field of "Automated Design Systems." Since 2006, he worked at Luxoft, where he progressed from a software developer to a global vice president of digital technology development. Alexey was involved in the implementation and launch of the ERA-GLONASS system in the software segment, participated in the creation of production systems for Boeing, was responsible for the execution of large-scale IT turnkey initiatives for Russian Post, Gazprombank, the Federal Tax Service, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI), the Emergency Control Ministry of Moscow, DHL, and others. From 2019 to 2023, Alexey Fetisov held the position of the head of the department of technological development for retail business – senior vice president of VTB Bank, where he was responsible for the digital transformation of retail business. During his tenure, he managed to completely convert all products and services of retail banking to proprietary software. Under the leadership of Alexey Fetisov, the "Omnichannel" program was implemented, which produced the greatest economic effect within the framework of the bank's digital transformation. In October 2023, he was appointed as the CEO of T1 Holding.
Darii Khalitov
Senior Vice President for Information Technology, Rostelecom
Alexander Khinshtein
Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications
Maksut Shadaev
Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Born in 1979 in Moscow
2004: Graduated from Moscow State Social University, now Russian State Social University
1999-2004: Held managerial positions in the IT and communications sector, including at IBC Group where he headed the internet solutions division’s business development department and also worked as Director for Business Development.
2004: Advisor to the Minister and Director of the Department of State Programmes, Infrastructure Development and Use of Constrained Resources at the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation.
2008: Assistant to the Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation. Oversaw the organisation of the work of the Russian Presidential Council for Information Society Development.
February 2009: Listed among the top 100 members of the Management Personnel Pool under the Russian President’s Patronage.
2012: Advisor to the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
2014: Minister of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region.
2016: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region.
September 2018: Vice President for Digital Platforms at Rostelecom.
February 2019: Combined this position with that of RT Labs Director General.
21 January 2020: Appointed Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation by Presidential Executive Order.
