Program

 Openning Remarks

• Igor Maksimtsev, Rector, Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON)
• Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC)
• Henning Voepel, Director, Hamburg Institute for International Economics (HWWI)
• Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, Frenkel-Zuckerman Institute for Global Economics, Chairman Board of Trustees G30

How Covid-19 is changing the World Economy?

• Chair: Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, Frenkel-Zuckerman Institute for Global Economics, Chairman Board of Trustees G30
• Andrei Klepach, Chief Economist, State Development Corporation “VEB.RF”
• Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Director of the Cañada Blanch Center, the Princess of Asturias Chair, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
• Richard Koo, Chief Economist, Nomura Research Institute
• Qiao Yide, President, Shanghai Development Research Foundation
• Jacques Sapir, Research Supervisor, The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), Director, CEMI

BRICS Сountries at 20- Prospects for Acceleration?

• Chair: Sofia Rekord, Professor, Head of the Department of World Economy and International Economic Relations, Saint- Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON)
• Michael Buchanan, Head Portfolio Strategy&Risk Group, Macro Strategy, Temasek International Private Limited
• Yaroslav Lisovolik, Head of Research, Sberbank
• David Daokui Li, Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics, Director, Center for China in the World Economy, Tsinghua University
• Logan Rangasamy, Academic Director and Adjunct Professor, Wits Business School
• Alexander Losev, Director General, JSC “Management company Sputnik – capital management”

Eurasia: Economic Outlook and Accelerating Regional Integration

• Chair: Stefan Fule, Former European Commissionner for Enlargement
• Jihad Azour, Director Central Asia and Middle East Department, International Monetary Fund
• Igor Maksimtsev, Rector, UNECON, Chairman of the IPA CIS Economic Expert Council
• Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor, Astana International Financial Centre, Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Aleksander Liberov, the President of Siemens AG to the Russian Federation
• Mengya Li, Director of Global Affairs, Shenzhen Thousand Cities Strategic Algorithms Cloud Technology Co., Ltd (TCSA)
• Qi Wenhai, Professor, Director of Eurasian Scientific Research Institute of Development, Heilongjiang University, China
• Natalya Volchkova, Senior Lecturer, New Economic School; Director, Center for Economic and Financial Research, Vice-rector, Russian Foreign Trade Academy

The Future of International Finance and Trade Architecture Post-COVID 19

• Chair: Carsten Mumm, CFA, is chief economist at DONNER & REUSCHEL AG
• Yakov Mirkin, Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of International Capital Markets, Institute of World Economy and International relations RAS
• Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• Elina Ribakova, Deputy Chief Economist, Institute for International Finance
• Oleg Solntsev, Head of the division for analysis and forecasting of macroeconomic process, Center for macroeconomic analysis and short-term forecasting
• Alfonso Iozzo , Vice Chairman, Triffin Foundation

Central Bank Digital Currencies, The Digitalisation of Money and its Meaning for the International Monetary System

• Chair: Ousmene Mandeng, Senior Advisor, Accenture
• Elina Sidorenko, Head of the Working Group on Estimated Risk of Cryptocurrency, State Duma of the Russian Federation
• Chuanwei David Zou, Chief Economist of Wanxiang Blockchain, China
• Binur Zhalenov, Advisor to the Governor of National Bank of Kazakhstan
• Mikhail Khazin, Economic Research Foundation MH

Global Connectivity Agenda

• Chair: Ekaterina Kozyreva , President, IEC International
• Xavier Wanderpepen, Director of Development, The New Silk Road for Railway Freight Forwarding activities of Forwardis, the subsidiary of SNCF Group
• Leslie Maasdorp, Chief Financial Officer, New Development Bank
• Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Honorary Director General, International Union of Railways (UIC)
• Richard Morton, Secretary General, International Port Community Systems Association
• Gennady Bessonov, Secretary General, CCTT – Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation

Livable Cities

• Chair: Dmitry Vasilenko, Vice-rector for International Relations, UNECON

Keynote Speech

• Carlos Moreno, Chair “ETI, Entrepreneurship, Territory, Innovation” at IAE-Paris, University Panthéon Sorbonne

Panel

• Nigel Jollands, Associate Director, EBRD
• Pekka Timonen, Mayor of Lahti, European Green Capital 2021
• Anjes Tjarks, Senator of Ministry of Transport, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• Xuejin Zuo, Research Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
• Rudiger Ahrend, Head of Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Pathways to a Low Carbon and Sustainable Economies

Keynote Speech

• Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute

Panel

• Chair: Henning Voepel, Director, Hamburg Institute for International Economics(HWWI)
• Ding Yifan, Associate Dean, Hainan Green Finance Research Institute
• Rae Kwon Chung, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Chairman of the International Award Committee of Global Energy Prize; Professor Emeritus, Incheon National University
• Cheng Lin, Deputy Director, Research Center of Green Finance Development, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University
• Andy Calitz, FutureEnergy/ Secretary General Elect, the International Gas Union
• Boris Porfiriev, Scientific Director, the Institute of Economic Forecasting, the Russian Academy of Sciences