Gaidar forum

Event 2014

The Gaidar Forum is one of the largest events in Russia in the field of business. The event is named after Yegor Gaidar . It has been held in Moscow every year since 2010. The venue is the Russian Academy of Economics and Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation .

The event consists of plenary sessions, round tables and panel discussions. The moderators of the forum are representatives of the Russian government, regional authorities, domestic and foreign business leaders, for example

Frenkel Jacob
Sir Paul Judge
Bjorn Stenvers
Danica Purg
Michael Page
Iñiguez de Onzoño Santiago
Richard Sorensen
Marek Belka
Charles Calomiris.

Aims and tasks of the forum

Aims of the forum:

Attracting leading scholars and practitioners to discuss economic and political problems together
Maintaining a continuous professional dialogue on important political and economic issues
Reflection of the most important trends and the most important events of the national and global economy and politics
Elaboration of proposals and recommendations for the development of the national economy
Establishing an established place for Russia in the world economy

organizer

Russian Academy of Economics and Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA)

Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy

The institute was founded in 1990 (at that time the Institute for Economic Policy at the Academy for Economics , later the Institute for Economics). It conducts fundamental and applied research in the following main areas: macroeconomics and finance; Development of the real economy; Career of public institutions; Problems of property and business management; political economy; Problems of regional development; Agricultural policy; Legal studies (including the assessment and development of normative legal acts).

Events

2010

The first conference on "Russia and the World: Challenges of the New Decade" took place on January 21-23. Leading experts have discussed the main trends in the world economy in times of global instability and have analyzed fundamental mechanisms of country existence and marked the path for economic recovery. The following took part in the discussions: First Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of the Russian Federation, Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (in 2010) Elwira Nabiullina, President and Chairman of the Board of Management of Sberbank Herman Gref, Former Prime Minister of Finland Esko Aho , Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergei Naryshkin .

2011

The second conference took place on March 16-19. The event dealt with the topic «Russia and the world: The search for an innovation strategy». The following areas in particular were discussed: the problem of the institutional foundations of the innovation economy, new requirements for political institutions and the associated financial policy, social challenges for modernization, regional models of innovation development and the search for the core of innovation growth. The following took part in the discussions: the first Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of the Russian Federation, Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (in 2011) Alexei Kudrin , the Deputy Chairman of the Duma Alexander Zhukov and the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergei Naryshkin .

2012

The third event took place on January 18-21, the theme was “Russia and the World: 2012–2020”. The expert discussions focused on updating the «Strategy for Social and Economic Development of Russia by 2020». There were two thousand Russian and foreign participants. Experts included the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation (in 2012) Elwira Nabiullina, Minister for Regional Development (in 2012) Viktor Bassargin, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the open joint stock company Sberbank Rossii, Herman Gref, Vice President of World Bank for Europe and Central Asia Philip Le Wairua.

2013

The fourth event took place on January 16-19, the theme of which was «Russia and the World: Integration Problems», the main theme of which was the problems of the Russian economy in integrating into the global economic system, the improvement of the business climate in Russia and the prospects for the Russian economy Companies in foreign markets were. Over 250 experts from 38 countries took part. The event rooms were visited by over 3500 people. Robert Mundell , Director World Bank's Development Prospects Group, Hans Timmer, World Bank Vice-President Otaviano Canuto , Director General of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy, Director Global Indicators Group of the World Bank Augusto Lopez-Claros, Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurria attended the forum . The event was opened by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvedev .

Together with members of the Russian government, heads of federal subjects, leading Russian and foreign economists, the following cultural workers took part in meetings: President of the «Academy of Russian Television» Foundation, extraordinary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in matters of international cultural cooperation Mikhail Schwydkoi , Artistic Director and Director of the Estrade Theater in Moscow and People's Artist of Russia Gennady Khazanov.

The event won The Moscow Times Awards . On November 10, 2013, Master of Ceremonies Vladimir Posner presented the award to the Rector of the Russian Academy of Economics and Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Mau .

2014

The fifth event took place on January 15-18. The theme was "Russia and the World: Sustainable Development". The forum was attended by Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Medvedev, First Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of the Russian Federation, Igor Shuvalov , Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukayev, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov. At the forum, the President of the University of Economics Luigi Bocconi, Senator for Life, Prime Minister of Italy in 2011-2013 Mario Monti; Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria; President of the Czech Republic from 2003–2013, Václav Klaus; World Bank Vice President for Sustainability Rachel Kyte ; Chairman of JP Morgan Chase International Jacob Frenkel ; Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs.

2015

From January 14th to 16th, the event was titled "Russia and the World: A New Vector." The main topic was the macroeconomic problems and the main economic development trends of the modern world. The most important questions were in particular the current problems of demography and migration for all countries, financial policy and the prospects for the development of China as an important world-class player. The real sector of the Russian economy and problems of its development were discussed. One of the most recent discussions was the discussion of the prospects of the Russian economy in the face of sanctions and falling oil prices, in particular, the discussion of problems in the oil and gas sector, the integration of agriculture into the food chains, the Eurasian economic partnership and the search for new concepts of recruitment Investment and monetary policy management. In 2015, 5,703 people attended the event. The number of participants increased by 20% in 2015 compared to 2014, and in 2014 there were 4,765 guests.

2016

The theme in 2016 was "Russia and the World: Future Outlook". The event took place from January 13th to 15th. Over 13,700 guests, 817 of whom were foreigners, attended the event (19% more than in the previous year). As of January 18, over 10,000 articles were published in the media. The following representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Duma were among the participants in the forum:

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev ;
Head of the Russian Presidential Administration and the Board of Trustees of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation Sergei Naryshkin ;
First Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov ;
Chairman of the Russian Federation Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction Vladimir Pligin;
Chairman of the Russian Federation Duma Committee on Budget and Tax Andrei Makarov ;
Finance Minister of the Russian Federation Anton Germanowitsch Siluanow ;
Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukayev ;
Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov ;
Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov;
Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Nowak;
Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvorzova;
Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Abisov;
Minister for North Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation Lev Kuznetsov;
Minister of the Russian Federation for Development of the Far East Alexander Galuschka u am

In addition, 18 heads of Russian regions took part in the event. 37 top managers from foreign and Russian companies took part. 79 debates and round tables, 622 technical lectures took place during the forum, covering the entire spectrum of points of view on the social and economic development of the country. Traditionally, numerous foreign experts took part: 69 foreign professors and 174 diplomats. Among the guests of honor at the forum was the President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos . The Rector of the Russian Academy of Economics and Public Service to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Mau , handed him a diploma as honorary professor of the Academy of State and Law. The award of the diploma took place within the framework of the panel discussion "The role of parliamentarism in the economy", moderated by the head of the Russian presidential administration, Sergei Naryshkin.