SPIEF Starting Day (5 June)

During the pitch session, creative industry leaders will present their projects to enhance the investment appeal of the regions and receive feedback from invited experts.

Moderator
Ekaterina Cherkes-zade, Director of the Center for the Development of Creative Economy, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects

Ekaterina Cherkes-zade

Director of the Center for the Development of Creative Economy, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects

Ekaterina Cherkes-zade is a head of Universal University, which joint leading educational institutions representing first-class education in the creative industries sphere: British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow Film School, Scream School, MARCH Architectural School, Moscow Advanced Communications School, Moscow Music School and other projects.Graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts (the faculty for publishing and journalism), and International Visitor Leadership Program from Graduate School USA. Worked on various projects in the media and publishing industries. Since 2009 Ekaterina Cherkes-zade has engaged in the education in the field of creative industries.

Panellists
Alexey Baranov, Head of the Industry Relations Department at the Institute of Business and Design B&D
Aleksandr Gofman, Head of the Strategic Project, Director of the Center Createch, Bauman Moscow State Technical University FSBEI HE
Pavel Zinovyev, First Deputy CEO, Smirnov Design (Russian code in the industrial design of domestic products)
Anna Kabirova, Artist; Teacher, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Vladislav Onishchenko,
Georgy Rostovshchikov, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Fashion Hub Russia; President, International Buyer Association International Buyer Hub

Alexey Baranov

Head of the Industry Relations Department at the Institute of Business and Design B&D

Vladislav Onishchenko

Graduated from Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
1995–1998 – Head of the Analytical Department of the PRIME-TASS business news agency;
1997–2000 – Senior Expert with the economic expert group of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;
2001–2012 – Manager of projects introduced by the Government Executive Office, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of the Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and international projects in the CIS countries;
2012–2018 - First Deputy Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation.
On 18 August, 2018 he was appointed as the new Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation.
On September 18, 2020, he was elected president of the Center for Strategic Research Foundation.

Georgy Rostovshchikov

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Fashion Hub Russia; President, International Buyer Association International Buyer Hub

Front row participants
Gulnara Agamova, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Industries Agency
Borislav Volodin, Director, National Open Championship of Creative Competencies Art Masters
Natalya Kremneva, Director, Social Projects Support Fund; Deputy Director, Social Projects Direction, Agency for Strategic Initiatives
Yulia Muzyka, Head, Rustrends
Oleg Rakitov, Director-Coordinator of Social and Cultural Programs, VEB.RF
Anatoly Semenov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Maria Sitkovskaya, Director, Universal University
Timur Temirgaliv, Managing Director, Business Unit, VEB.RF
Dmitrii Timurshin, General Director, Freedom Concept
Evgeny Shultyayev, Director of Russian-North Korean Cross-Cultural Projects

Gulnara Agamova

Chief Executive Officer, Creative Industries Agency

Borislav Volodin

Director, National Open Championship of Creative Competencies Art Masters

Natalya Kremneva

Director, Social Projects Support Fund; Deputy Director, Social Projects Direction, Agency for Strategic Initiatives

Graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation in Finance and Credit.
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives develops private sector social action, including social entrepreneurship and comprehensive project analysis.
2015–2016: Deputy CEO of Fond Razvitiya Monogorodov (a non-profit organization, part of the Vnesheconombank group), where, among other things, she was in charge of financial aid for investment projects in single-industry cities in Russia and the performance of the Project Office.
2012–2015: deputy head of department in the Ministry for Economic Development, where she supervised investment potential assessment and budget performance, as well as performance of financial development institutions and government guarantees.
2008–2012: management positions in private companies and was in charge of drafting financial feasibility studies and analytics for government agencies.
2003–2008: employed at the Ministry for Economic Development and supervised regulations for financial development institutions and banks.

Yulia Muzyka

Head, Rustrends

Oleg Rakitov

Director-Coordinator of Social and Cultural Programs, VEB.RF

Anatoly Semenov

Minister of Innovations, Digital Development and Communication Technologies of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Maria Sitkovskaya

Director, Universal University

Dmitrii Timurshin

General Director, Freedom Concept