Programme
WORLD TRADE CENTER MOSCOW
(12 Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, Entrance # 4 Congress Center)
9:00 – 10:00 Registration of Conference participants 2-nd floor
10:00 – 14:00 Plenary Meeting
Moderator – Evgeny Yasin (Academic Supervisor of the State University – Higher School of Economics) 
Report (Russian)
Alexander Zhukov (Vice Chairman of the Russian Government) Report (Russian)
German Gref (Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation)
Report (Russian)
Alexey Kudrin (Minister of Finance, Russian Federation) Report (Russian)
Dmitry Kozak (Head of the Government Office – Minister of Russian Federation)
Andrey Illarionov (Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation)
11:40 – 12:00 Questions & Answers
Аndrey Fursenko (Minister of Education and Science, Russian Federation) Report (Russian)
Evgeny Yasin (Academic Supervisor, State University – Higher School of Economics)
Yaroslav Kuzminov (Rector, State University – Higher School of Economics) Report (Russian), Presentation (Russian)
Sergey Borisov (President, Russian Public Organisation of SME "OPORA") Report (Russian)
15:00 – 18:00 Round table "Window of Opportunities –2"
"LADOGA" Hall (New Building, 4-th floor)
Moderator – Аlexander Shokhin (Chairman of the Supervisory Board "Renaissance-Capital", President of the SU-HSE)
Main presentation (Russian) by Igor Shuvalov (Advisor to the President of Russian Federation)
Sergey Shishkin (Independent Institute of Social Policy) Reform of Health (Russian)
Lev Jakobson (SU – HSE)
Representative of Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation Reform of Education (Russian)
Nadezhda Kosareva (Foundation “Institute of Urban Economics”)
Creating an Equitable Housing Market (Russian)
Pavel Krasheninnikov (State Duma of Russian Federation)
Sergey Yashechkin (JSC “Russian Municipal Systems”) Report (Russian)
Questions & Answers
Discussion
April 7, Wednesday
(20, Мyasnitskaya Ul.)
9:00 – 10:00 Registration of the Conference participants Hall, 1-st floor
Panel No. 1
Macroeconomic Modernisation Policies
Panel Supervisor – Evgeny Gavrilenkov (“Troika Dialog”, SU – HSE)
10:00 – 11:45 Session No. 1
Room # 101
Moderator – Vladimir Avtonomov (SU-HSE)
David Owen (IMF) Creating an Equitable Housing Market
Christof Ruehl (World Bank)
Who Owns Russia? Control and Consolidation in Russian Economy
Evgeny Gavrilenkov (Troika-Dialog, SU-HSE)
Economic Growth and Development of Russian Financial System
Мarek Dabrowski (Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Poland)
A Comparative Study of Post-Adaptation Growth in Russia and Poland
Pekka Sutela (Bank of Finland)
Could/Should EU assist Russia?
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee – break Canteen, Ground floor
12:00 – 14:00 Session No. 2.1
Room # 101
Fiscal and Industrial Policies
Moderator – Мarek Dabrowski (Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Poland)
Evsey Gurvich (Expert Economic Group)
Is Russia Becoming More Dependable on Oil?
Franz Hubert (Humboldt University, Germany)
Strategic Investments into International Gas Pipelines
Victor Subbotin (Expert Economic Group) Tax Reform in Oil: Where are we now? (Russian)
Gennady Kuranov (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation)
Ratio of Speculative and Sustainable Growth in Russian Economy
Alexander Kiruta (CSEI RАS, GKS) Concentration of Incomes, Social and Economic Polarisation of Society and Economic Competitiveness (Russian)
Solvent Demand and Prospects of Modernisation of Russian Economy” (Russian)
12:00 – 14:00 Session No. 2.2
Room # 513
Macroeconomic Models of Russian Economy
Moderator – Sergey Aivazian (CEMI)
Аrkady Dvorkovich (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russia), Dmitry Shmerling, Ilya Viger, Tatiana Kuznetsova (SU-HSE, Strategic Modelling Group) Multi-Level Strategic Modelling Applied to Research of Economic Diversification and Escape from domination of extracting sectors (Russian)
Vladimir Matveenko (European University of Saint-Petersburg)
Impacts of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Russian Economic Models”(Russian) Impact of Pipeline and Energy Rates Increase on Russian Industry (Russian)Foreign Debt and Chaos: Model of Russian Experience in the Late 1990s
Room # 101
Round table
Factors of Competitiveness and Monopolisation of Russian Economy
Moderator – Evgeny Yasin (SU-HSE)
Discussants: Marek Dabrowski, Pekka Sutela, Evsey Gurvich, Evgeny Gavrilenkov, Arkady Dvorkovich
Room # 101
Аndrey Klepach, Dmitry Lepetikov (Centre for Development)
Efficiency and Competitiveness Factors of Russian Banking System
Victoria Voronina (Expert Economic Groups), Evgeny Nadorshin (SU-HSE) CBR’s Foreign Exchange Policies: Extent of Foreign Exchange Interventions and Reform (Russian)
Alexey Vedev (VEDI)
Medium-Term Analysis of Scenarios of Financial Market Development in Russia
Оxana Dynnikova (Expert Economic Group) Effects of Real Exchange Rate of the Rouble on Dynamics and Structure of the Russian Economy (Russian)
Dmitry Levando (SU-HSE) Spill-Over Effect in Open Economy (Russian)
Аnna Vdovichenko, Victoria Voronina (Expert Economic Group) Monetary Rules of the Bank of Russia (Russian)
Round Table
Discussants: Аlexey Ponomaryov (МАC), Vladimir Preobrazhensky (Wimm-Bill-Dann – Food products), Оleg Fomichyov (МERT/CSR), Vladimir Drebentsov (World Bank), Аrtem Shadrin (IET/Ministry of Finance), Leonid Grigoriev (Expert Institute)
Room # 102
Moderator – Тatiana Dolgopiatova (SU-HSE)
Кonstantin Kozlov, Denis Sokolov, Кsenia Yudayeva (CEFIR) Innovation Activities of Russian Companies: Determinant Factors (Russian)
Svetlana Avdasheva (SU-HSE) Entrepreneurial Networks as a Factor of Competitiveness: Alternative Explanations and Realities of Russia (Russian)
Тuuli Juurikkala (Helsinki School of Economics, Finland), Оlga Lazareva (CEFIR) Social Assets of Russian Enterprises: Bad Heritage? (Russian)
J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Almos Telegdy (Central European University, Hungary)
Does Privatisation Raise Productivity? Evidence from Comprehensive Panel Data on Manufacturing Firms in Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine
Аnna Kosygina (SU-HSE) Evolution of Non-Market Sector in Russia (Russian)
Discussant – Boris Kuznetsov (МАC)
Room # 102
Moderator – Silvana Malle (ОECD)
Yury Simachyov, Тatiana Dolgopiatova, Victoria Golikova, Аndrey Yakovlev (SU-HSE)
Insiders, Outsiders and Good Corporate Governance: Russian Experience
Mikhail Gorst (Institute of Open Economy) Tax Reform: Industrial Enterprises Reaction and Role of Corporate Governance (Russian)
Irina Tkachenko (Urals State Economic University) Experience of Studies of Intra-Company Institutions and Corporate Value Systems in Industrial Corporations (Russian)
Dmitry Каsatkin (Bank of Russia/SU-HSE) Reasons for Transfer Prices Usage in Russian Federation (Russian)
Discussants – Аlexander Radygin (IET), Alexander Filatov ( Independent Directors’ Association)
Room # 102
Institutional Changes in Financial Sector
Moderator– Pavel Kuznetsov (WCER)
Аlexander Karminsky (Gasprombank), Аnatoly Peresetsky, Sergey Golovan (RES) Bank Default Models in Russia (Russian)
Аlexey Belianin (SU-HSE) Development of the Banking Sector in Modern Russian Economy: Evolutionary Approach (Russian)
Selcuk Caner (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey – U.S. Treasury), Vladislav Kontorovich (Bank of Russia)
Efficiency of Russian Banking Sector: International Comparison
Discussant – V. Kraskov (Centre for Development)
Markku Kivinen (Aleksander Institute, Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies)
Obstacles for Shaping Middle Class in Russia
Ludmila Khakhulina (Yuri Levada Analytical Centre) Legitimacy of Inequality: Dynamics of Public Perceptions of Poverty and Wealth (Russian)
Natalia Tikhonova (Independent Institute for Social Studies, RAS) Social and Psychological Factors of Poverty (Russian)
Evgeny Saburov (SU-HSE)
Social and Psychological Background of Russian Society Development
Аlla Bolotova (SU-HSE) Man and Time in a Situation of Social Instability (Russian)
Кsenia Abulkhanova (SU-HSE) Psychology of Modern Personality and Problem of Social Justice (Russian)
Room # 311
Lilia Ovcharova (NISP)
Decomposition of Inequality Factors in a Situation of Emerging Market Economy in Russia
Svetlana Barsukova (SU-HSE)
Can There Be Less Shadow Employment in Russia Today?
Оxana Sinyavskaya (NISP)
Modern Labour Market: Who Are Informal Employees?
Sergey Smirnov (SU-HSE) Prospects of Unpromising: Public Policies of Social Economic Rehabilitation of Vagrants (Russian)
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Room # 300
Room # 311
Joan Marie Nelson (Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution, and School of International Service, American University) Urgent Needs, Weak Incentives: the Politics of Health and Education Sector Reforms in Latin America
Аzer Efendiev (SU-HSE) Social Implications of Uniform State Examination (Russian)
Nikita Pokrovsky (SU-HSE) Globalisation and Trends in Higher Education in Russia (Russian)
Igor Sheiman (SU-HSE)
Problems of Restructuring in Health
Room # 311
Кonstantin Аprelev (Russian Guild of Realtors) Pricing Situation in the Real Estate Market and its Implications for Changing Accessibility of Housing (Russian)
Vladislav Tsvetkov (Centre for Studies of the Russian Marketing Association) Housing Preferences of Individuals and Solvent Demand (Russian)
Eduard Trutnev (Foundation “Institute of Urban Economics”)
Administrative Barriers for Shaping an Equitable Housing Market
Legal Framework of Economic Competition
Moderator – Gennady Маltsev (SU-HSE)
Yury Тikhomirov (SU-HSE) Modernisation of the State as a Prerequisite of Economic Growth (Russian)
Оxana Оleinik (SU-HSE)
Legal Means of Encouraging Economic Competition
Nina Кlein (Institute of Law under the Government of Russia)
Improving Anti-Trust Regulation of Economic Activities
Аlexander Каrlin (Ministry of Justice, Russian Federation)
Legal Provisions: Distortions, Loopholes and Economic Interest
Vadim Radaev (SU-HSE) New Trends on Counterfeit Products Market (Russian)
Аlfred Zhalinsky (SU-HSE) Criminal Law in the Struggle for Resources (Russian)
Vadim Volkov (SU-HSE, Saint-Petersburg branch)
Multiple Legal Modes and Protection of Proprietory Rights in Russia
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Canteen, Ground floor
Round Table Room # 116
Discussants – Аlexander Karlin (Ministry of Justice, Russian Federation), Кonstantin Sonin (RES), Paer Gustafsson (Oxford University, Great Britain)
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee – break Canteen, Ground floor
Room # 116
Оxana Lopatina (SU-HSE)
Legal Aspects of Russia’s Accedence to the WTO
Victoria Yegiazarova (SCC of Russia)
Reform of Modern Customs Legislation
Аlexander Коzyrin (SU-HSE)
Development of Anti-Dumping Law in Russia
Room # 124
Мukhamed Tsikanov (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation)
New Factors for Regional Development
Galina Коvaleva (Government of Sverdlovsk Region)
Managing Regional Competitiveness Through Territorial Development Strategies
Boris Shtulberg (GNIU SOPS) Assessment of Regional Implications of Russia’s Accession to the WTO (Russian)
Leonid Grigoriev (IMEMO RAS) Impact of Economic Growth for regional Development (Russian)
D.L. Andrianov, A.O. Selianin, D.V. Sitnikov (CSC “Prognoz”, Perm)
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee – break Rooms 238 – 240
Room # 124
Gabibulla Khasayev (Government of Samara Region)
Regional Clusters as a Factor of Improving the Real Sector Efficiency
Аlexander Таtarkin (Institute for Economics UR RAS) Business Environment of Regional Competitiveness (Russian)
Grigory Маrchenko (“Expert” Rating Agency)
Investment Attractiveness of Regions as a Competitiveness Factor
Leonid Limonov (International Centre for Social Economic Studies “Leontiev Centre”) Regulation of Territorial Development and Investment Strategies of Cities (Russian)
Eric Brunat (University of Savoie, France), Alexey Skopin (SU – HSE) Comparative Assessment of Competitiveness of French and Russian Regions
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Rooms 238 – 240
Room # 124
Evgeny Galichanin (State Duma of Federal Assembly, Russian Federation) Legal Regulation of Economic Competitiveness of the Far East (Russian)
Оleg Pchelintsev (INP RAS), Мikhail Мinchenko Infrastructural Factors of Regional Economic Restructuring (Russian)
Raphael Fattakhov (Ufa Research Centre RAS) Assessment of Competitiveness and Structural Adjustment of Regional Economy (Case of the Republic of Bashkortostan) (Russian)
Leonid Vardomsky (IMEPI RAS) New factors of Border Regions Cooperation (Russian)
Natalia Smorodinskaya (IE RAS) Kaliningrad Region Modernisation as a Region of Cooperation between Russia and EES (Russian)
16:45 - 17:00 Coffee – break Rooms 238 - 240
Participants: Sergey Аrotobolevsky (Institute of Geography RAS), Elena Belianova (Netherlands Economic Institute), Alexander Granberg (SU – HSE, SOPS), Irina Каrelina (Leontiev Centre), Galina Кurliandskaya (Centre for Fiscal Policies), Аlexander Piliasov (SU-HSE), Leonid Smirniagin (Moscow State University), Ludmila Riazanova (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation)
Room # 125
Igor Faminsky (SU-HSE)
Modern Factors of Competitiveness in a Global Environment
Elena Danilova (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation)
Competitiveness and Problems of Russia’s Accession to the WTO
Ivan Коrolev (IMEMO RAS)
U.S. and Europe: Models of Development and Prospects of Sectoral Competition
Vladislav Inozemtsev (Centre for Studies of Post-Industrial Society) U.S. and Europe: Models of Development and Prospects of Sectoral Competition (Russian)
Valentin Кudrov (SU-HSE) Prospects of U.S. Competitive Positions (Russian)
Elena Leontieva (IMEMO RAS)
Problems of Competitiveness of Today’s Japan
Stanislav Bessonov (SU – HSE) Modernisation and Traditionalism in Developing in Transition economy (Russian)
Evgeny Avdokushin (Moscow State University)
Competitiveness Factors of Chinese Economy
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee – break Rooms 240 – 242
Room # 125
Аlexander Khandruev (Institute of Banking)
World Forex Market: Scenarios of Competitive Struggle
Vassily Solodkov (SU-HSE)
Role of the Banking Sector in Fostering National Competitiveness
Valeria Zhelezova (Moscow State University) Impact of Financial Sphere n International Competitiveness (Russian)
Yury Stoliarov
Problems of Competitiveness in Today’s Japan: Financial Aspects
Karen Susanian (VNIIVS) Role of Leasing and other Financial Instruments in Competitiveness Increase the World Markets (Russian)
Marina Trigubenko (IMEPI RAS) New Industrial Economies in a Struggle over New Markets. Experience of Korea (Russian)
Svetlana Kudriavtseva (Institute of European Studies RAS) A New Economy: Global Trends and Prospects of Russia (Russian)
Alexey Rey (ISC – RAS) American and NIS Competitive Strategies in High – Tech Industry (Russian)
Leonid Grigoriev (IMEMO RAS), Asem Nusupova (Ministry of Finance, Kazakhstan) Savings Problems in Market Economy Structuring: Case of Kazakhstan (Russian)
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Rooms 240 – 242
Round table
Room # 327 – k
Mikhail Gelvanovsky (National Institute of Development, Branch of Social Sciences, RAS)
Problems of Competitiveness of the National Economy
Derek Abell (European School of Management and Technology)
Growth Leadership; Growth Companies; and Growth Economies: Key Success factors
Vladimir Davydov (Institute of Latin American Studies RAS)
Latin America: Models of Development
Rustem Nureyev (SU-HSE)
Market Economy: Models of Economic Development
Natalia Каrpova (SU-HSE)
Competitiveness in the Modern World: Driving Forces and Growth Factors
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee – break Rooms 240-242
17:00 – 18:30 Round Table – Continuation Room # 327-k
Аlik Tuygunov (Philip Morris)
Problems of Competitiveness of the National Environment. Experience of Philip Morris
Hans Geldenberg (Nestle)
Factors of Competitiveness of Companies in the Russian Market: Experience of Nestle
Vladimir Zuyev (SU-HSE) Addressing Problems of Competitiveness in the EU (Russian)
Room # 120
Selcuk Caner (Bilkent University, Turkey)
Role of SME Enterprises Sector in Economic Development
Tatiana Alimova (Russian Independent Institute for Social and National Problems)
Role of SME Enterprises at the Stage of Economic Growth
Mehmet Baha Karan (Turkey)
Financial Sources of SME
Oleg Shestoperov ( ANO Business – Tesaurus)
Cooperation between Micro-Financial Organizations and Banks
Ali Ihsan Akiskalioglu (Association of Russian and Turkish Enterprises)
Policy of Support for SME in Turkey: Lessons for Russia
Discussion
Organised by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
M. Glazatova (State Standards Committee, Russia)
P. Kriuchkova (BEA)
Law “On Technical Regulation” as a Model Law from the Perspective of Regulation Decision-Making Procedures Linkages between the Reform of Technical Regulation and Other Economic Reforms (Administrative Reform, Issues of Accession to the WTO)
F. Shumilikhin (Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russian Federation)
Correlation between Technical Regulation Reform and the other Reforms in Economy
D. Yanin (International Confederation of Consumer’ Societies)
Technical Regulation Reform and Support of Consumers’ Interests
Oleg Shestoperov (NISIPP) Approaches to the Estimation of Technical Regulation Reform Effectiveness (Russian)
Participants – А.V. Rubtsov (Government Office of the Russian Federation), D.Yu. Petrov (President Office of the Russian Federation), representatives of business associations (OPORA etc.), NISIPP, INP "Public Contract".
