XVI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RUSSIAN REGIONS IN THE FOCUS OF CHANGES

When

November 18 – 20, 2021

Where

Hybrid mode (Online +In-person, Yekaterinburg, Russia)

Registration

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Biggest business event in the Ural region dedicated to the issues of regional development in the context of global economic trends

The conference speakers are leading Russian economists, international experts in economics and finance, top managers of middle businesses and big industrial companies, government representatives, academia and young professionals. 

The events of recent years are attended by guests from various cities of the Russian Federation from Moscow to Vladivostok, as well as European countries, Asia and the CIS. Geographical coverage of attendees of the Сonference 2020  includes 15 countries, such as the USA, Italy, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, China, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, India, Germany, the United Kingdom, etc.

16

years

Coverage of topical economic issues in the Urals, Russia and beyond

700+

Participants
Attend the conference annually

45+

Countries

In geographical coverage of attendees in 2020

100+

Speakers

Share key research and cases at the conference events

the CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

The programme includes business and academic days, which will include:

  • Plenary sessions and round tables
  • Open lectures and workshops from invited experts
  • More than 20 research session and for the scientific community
  • Youth Forum
  • Networking events

Special events within the programme:

KEY TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE 2021

  • Economic development tools in the context of a pandemic: for enterprises, cities and regions
  • Business-education in the New Normal: Digitalization, responsibility and deglobalization
  • Sverdlovsk region strategy 2035 presentation: Smart, digital, green through ESG lenses
  • Research and technological development and the policy of digitalisation: a regional projection
  • Labor market: demographic and generation gaps impacts
  • Human wellbeing in the context of digital transformation of society 
  •  ESG-evolution of the (world) economy and local strategies
  • New urban development: case of a UrFU Digital Transformation Center

THE CONFERENCE FORMAT

The events are planned in hybrid format in accordance with epidemiological guidelines.

Venue: Ekaterinburg,
— November 18 - The Congress Center of the IEC "Ekaterinburg-Expo"
— November 19-20 - the venues of the Ural Federal University

For all key events, an online connection will be organized with the main speakers and participants at the conference venues in Ekaterinburg.

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCE EVENTS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Andrey Klepach

Chief Economist of VEB RF

Andrey Klepach


Valery Fadeev

Advisor to the Russian President, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights

Valery Fadeev


Yaroslav Kuzminov
Academic Supervisor, Higher School of Economics

Yaroslav Kuzminov

Natalia Zubarevich

Professor, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Natalia Zubarevich


Igor Baranov

Acting Rector of Sberbank Corporate University

Igor Baranov


Sergey Afontsev
Deputy Director for Research of IMEMO RAS

Sergey Afontsev

Sergey Pekarski
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, HSE University, Moscow, Russia

Sergey Pekarski

Leonid Limonov
Director General of the Autonomous Noncommercial Organization ICSER Leontief Centre

Leonid Limonov

Alexander Puzanov

Director General of the Fund «The Institute for Urban Economics»

Alexander Puzanov


Yuri Simachev
Director for Economic Policy, NRU HSE

Yuri Simachev

Alexey Zabotkin
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia

Alexey Zabotkin

Nahla Samargandi
PhD, Fiscal Policy Expert, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Nahla Samargandi

Shawkat Hammoudeh
Lead Energy Economist, Drexel University, USA

Shawkat Hammoudeh

Ugur Soytas
professor, Head of Section Climate Economics and Risk Management, Technical University of Denmark

Ugur Soytas

Ilhan Ozturk
professor, PhD Cag University, Faculty of Business and Economics

Ilhan Ozturk

Vladimir Klimanov
Director of the Institute for Public Finance Reform

Vladimir Klimanov

Rustem Mardanov
Head of the Ural Main Directorate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Rustem Mardanov

Victoria Kazakova
Minister for Investment and Development of the Sverdlovsk region

Victoria Kazakova

Viktor Koksharov
Rector of the Ural Federal University

Viktor Koksharov

Dmitry Tolmachev
Director of UrFU Graduate School of Economics and Management, Director of Analytical Center Expert

Dmitry Tolmachev

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