December 19 Fund "Skolkovo" Skolkovskoe Institute of Science and Technology (Skolkovoteh) and the business newspaper "Vedomosti" organizing an international forum"Support for education, research and innovation in Skolkovo: partnership of business, society and state."

Venue - The Moscow School of Management (LNA), Skolkovskoe highway d.100,beginning at 10.00.

PROGRAM

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Registration of participants

11:00 – 12:00 a.m. Forum’s Opening.

11:05 - 11:15 - Signing with Kirov region

11:15 - 11:30 - The signing of an agreement with the National Business Center APEC.

11:30 - 11:55 - Ceremony residency Fund "Skolkovo"

12:00 a.m. – 02:00 p.m. Plenary session.

Moderator: Alexander Gubsky, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Vedomosti

Opening speech

Victor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation, Member of Board of Trustees, Skolkovo Tech

Professor Edward F. Crawley, President, Skolkovo Tech

Presentation of the project “Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technologies” (Skolkovo Tech)

Discussion. The role of government and business in support of education, research and innovation: venture Skolkovo, new legislative initiatives and programs

• The state's role in supporting education, research and innovation: the experience of Skolkovo, new legislative initiatives and development programs

Speakers

Alexander Abramov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, "Evraz"

Valery Chereshnev, Chairman of the Committee for Science and High Technology, the State Duma, member of the Advisory Research Council, the fund "Skolkovo"

Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the board, "RUSNANO"

Arkady Dvorkovich, Aide to the President of the RF

Alexander Gorbatsevich, Corresponding Member of RAS

Andrei Kokoshin, First Deputy Head of Committee of State Duma for Sience and High Technology

Vladislav Surkov, First Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration

Roman Trotsenko, President, OJSC “Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation”

Victor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation, Member of Board of Trustees, Skolkovo Tech

• Foreign experience in establishing and managing endowments. Examples of the best investment strategies

Speakers

Kenneth A. Goldman, Manager, Corporate Relations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• Business tasks in the establishment of university endowments

Speakers

Igor Drozdov, Director of Legal Affairs Fund "Skolkovo"

Vladimir Evtushenkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, AFK Sistema

02:00 – 02:45 p.m. Lunch

02:45 – 04:15 p.m. Session 1. Experience of Russian and international institutes of higher education in establishing and managing foundations

Moderator: Alexey Sitnikov, Vice-President for Administration and Development, Skolkovo Tech

• Successful experience of Russian institutes of higher education (IHE) in establishing and managing endowments

Speakers

Evgeny Biryukov, Executive Director, MGIMO Fund Development

Oleg Kharkhordin, Rector, European University in St. Petersburg

Andrei Volkov, Dean, Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo"

• Foreign experience in managing endowments

Speakers

Natalia Berloff, Professor, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Head of quantum fluids, Cambridge University

Elizabeth M. Ogar, Recording Secretary & Executive Director, MIT

Vladimir Zelman, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

04:15 – 04:45 p.m. Coffee Break

04.45 – 06.00 p.m. Session 2. Investing in education, research and innovation in Skolkovo: opportunities for business

Moderator: Alexander Lupachev, Investment Officer, Fund "Skolkovo"

• What areas of cooperation with universities are the most interesting for Russian business in the establishment of endowments. Dialog of business and university representatives

Speakers

José Estabil, Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Alexander Galitsky, a member of the board of the fund "Skolkovo", managing partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Mikhail Kozlov, director of innovation and renewable energy, "RusHydro"

Vladimir Miklushevsky, President, Far Eastern Federal University

Alexey Sitnikov, Vice-President for Administration and Development, Skolkovo Tech

Natalie Tretiak, First Vice-Chancellor, MISA (Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys)

Roman Trotsenko, President, OJSC “Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation”

• How to choose correctly the investment strategy in the management of an endowment. Russian practice and foreign experience

Speakers

Yaroslav Lissovolik, a member of the Board, Chief Economist, Head of Research Department, Deutsche Bank in Russia

Anatoly Milyukov, Executive Vice President, Gazprombank

Natalia Plugar, CEO, "VTB Capital Asset Management"

Vladimir Potapov, Head of the business of portfolio investments, "VTB Capital Asset Management"

Andrew Zokin, vice president, Gazprombank

• Foreign experience in raising and managing endowment funds

Speakers

Carmen A. Puliafito, Dean, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Daniel Satinsky, Founding Partner, Russia Innovation Collaborative