MOSCOW, February 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
From January 16 to 18, the
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public
Administration (RANEPA) in Moscow
hosted the Ninth Gaidar Forum, this year's first
major international expert conference on the global economy. The
event annually gathers Russian and foreign experts, leading
international academics and practitioners. Its speakers include
politicians, economists, and representatives of financial and
business elites.
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The discussions focus on important current problems and most
important issues in the social and economic sphere. The Forum was
established in 2010 in tribute to the memory of outstanding Russian
economist Yegor Gaidar and is
traditionally supported by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Participation is open to anyone
who has influence on the global world order through their advanced
achievements in economics.
The following prominent experts spoke at the forum in different
years: President of the European Central Bank (2003-2011), Chairman
of the Group of Thirty, Jean-Claude
Trichet; Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science,
Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Christopher Pissarides; Professor
at Yale University, one of the world's
leading sociologists, Immanuel
Wallerstein; President of Greece, Prokopis
Pavlopoulos; Minister of State (Prime Minister) of the
Principality of Monaco,
Michel Roger; Secretary-General of
OECD, Angel Gurria; President of the
Czech Republic (2003 - 2013)
Vaclav Klaus; Danone CEO
Emmanuel Faber, and many others.
This year's highlight was Russia and the World: Values and Virtues.
The participants discussed the drivers of innovation development,
digital society, business opportunities, cluster approach in the
age of digital economy, public administration, tax policy, and
healthcare. The program included discussions and sessions on the
most acute problems of the new reality: Europe after Brexit, attracting investments
under sanctions, global energy market under new conditions,
environmental protection and many more.
The key event of the forum, the Values and Virtues
plenary discussion, was attended by the Russian Prime Minister,
Dmitry Medvedev, who talked about
the top challenges of our time: the increasing inequality - uneven
incomes, uneven territorial development; the risk of an artificial
technological gap growing between the world's regions; and ensuring
security in the digital space.
RANEPA Rector Vladimir Mau
moderated the discussion.
The plenary session participants included Chief Executive
Officer of the World Bank Kristalina Georgieva; Chairman of JP
Morgan Chase International, former Chairman of the Bank of
Israel (1991-2000), and member of
RANEPA International Advisory Board Jacob Frenkel; political
analyst, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in
Sofia, Permanent Fellow with the
Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna Ivan Krastev; President of
the European Policy Center, President Emeritus of the European
Council (2009-2014), former Prime Minister of Belgium (2008-2009) Herman Van Rompuy; and
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland, Kai
Mykkanen.
The Ninth Gaidar Forum featured a presentation of the National
Report on the Development of High-Tech Business in Russian Regions;
experts discussed the growth of the regional economies and welfare,
the effectiveness of companies' investments in new projects,
technological changes, and human capital.
AACSB President Tom Robinson, IMD
President Jean-François Manzoni and RANEPA Vice-Rector Sergei Myasoyedov identified the main trends in
business education in the future during the Business School
Model for the 21st Century Leaders session.
The forum participants also discussed the Russian-French
cooperation through civil societies as part of the Trianon dialogue
program. Of great interest was the open lecture, Artificial
Intelligence - a Challenge for Mankind.
This year's forum convened more than 15,000 participants and
1,750 journalists. It is one of the most quoted economic
conferences in Russia. The
Financial Times included the forum in the top five world business
events. The Gaidar Forum was recognized as the business event of
the year and won The Moscow Times Award in 2013.
Dmitry Sokolov
Head of Press
RANEPA / Gaidar Forum
+7903-788-3802
Sokolov-dn@ranepa.ru
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