Территория инноваций

Technological sovereignty of Russia is one of the priorities of state and business development. Today, the solution of challenges of import substitution, creating a robust workforce, and implementing national projects amidst various constraints and obstacles depends on ability to effectively support educational institutions, young scientists, business, and industries.
What facilities and industrial infrastructure are required by the highly technological enterprises, can modern cities embrace industrial areas? What new centres of attraction for scientists, technological start-ups, and industrial enterprises are emerging across Russia’s map?
Where are the technological alliances and agglomerations that bring together inventors and manufacturing companies already in place, and what measures are necessary to fully realize their potential?

Moderator
Sergey Krasnov, Host, RBC TV

Speakers
Dmitry Azarov, Governor of Samara Region
Alexey Besprozvannykh, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Ignatius Danilidi, CEO of A101 Group of Companies
Aleksandr Isayevich, General Director – Chairman of the Management Board, Russian Small and Medium Business Corporation
Vladislav Ovchinsky, Head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow
Lyudmila Scherbakova, president of Bright Way

Dmitry Azarov

Governor of Samara Region

Born on August 9, 1970 in Kuibyshev (Samara).
1987 - finished secondary school in Kuibyshev.
1992 – graduated from Samara State Technical University
1994 – graduated from Buzuluk college for Finance and Economics, then worked as an IT-engineer.
1995-1998 – deputy director (economic sector), Samara boilers, auxiliary equipment and pipelines plant.
1998 – 2001 – deputy director (economics and preproduction sector), SINTEZKAUCHUK plant, then worked for production association “Volgapromkhim”.
2001 – 2006 – director general, JSC “Srednevolzhskaya Gazovaya Compania” (“The Middle Volga Gas Company”).
2006 – 2008 – first deputy of Samara City Mayor. Supervised finance and economic development department, department for municipal services and ecology issues, department for industrial policy, business and communications.
2008 – 2009 – Samara Region Minister for natural resources management, forestry and ecology.
2009 – enlisted into the President’s top-100 of high potential employees.
2010 – elected Samara City Mayor (66,94% votes).
2014 – appointed to the Federation Council of the Russian Federation as a senator to represent Samara Region.
September 2017 – appointed interim Governor of Samara Region.
September 2018 – elected Governor of Samara Region.
Married with two children.

Alexey Besprozvannykh

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Born in 1979 in Leninogorsk (Kazakhstan).
In 2002 graduated from Polzunov Altai State Technical University majoring in technology, equipment and automatization in machine building. Has a Master’s degree in Technical Studies and Technology. Same year got a received a second diploma in Economics and Management in Machine Building at the same University.
2009-2010 – competed Executive MBA in Skolkovo.
2002-2003 – ERP consultant, Byte Soft (Barnaul).
2003-2004 – Head of Subscriber Equipment Section, MTS-Barnaul.
2004-2005 – Head of Department, Regional Division, MTS Office in Siberia.
2005 – Director for Key Customers, MTS Office in Siberia.
2008 – Marketing Director for Business Market, MTS Office in Siberia.
2009-2012 – Director, MTS Office in Voronezh.
August, 2012 – Deputy Chairman of the Government, Voronezh Oblast/ Head of Industry and Transportation Department, Voronezh Oblast.
June 2013 – Deputy Chairman of the Government, Voronezh Oblast.
May 2016 – Director, Regional Industrial Policy Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
December 2017 – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Married, with two children.

Aleksandr Isayevich

General Director – Chairman of the Management Board, Russian Small and Medium Business Corporation

Vladislav Ovchinsky

Head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow

Lyudmila Scherbakova

Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Velpharm; Member of BRICS Women’s Business Alliance Russia Chapter