September 21, 2023, Leningrad region, Ohta Park Resort
Baltic Regional Investment Forum
September 21, 2023, Leningrad region, Ohta Park Resort
About BRIEF
The key business event of the Leningrad region unites three parties - business, science and government - to discuss industrial policy, business support and development in the region.
Trends in the economy from leading Russian economists
Dialogue between business and government on localisation and business support measures
Exchange of business contacts and cooperation ties
Who are interested in the forum?
Companies that are considering localisation in the region and want to know about support measures
Investors interested in a direct dialogue with the Leningrad Oblast authorities
Industrial companies in the region interested in the development of industry clusters and cooperation
Anyone looking for new business contacts for business development in the Leningrad region
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Program BRIEF’23
Open dialog between business and government on measures to support and develop Russian industrial companies in the face of sanctions
Graduated from Leningrad Agricultural Institute in 1986, specialising in "Economics and Organisation of Agriculture". Awarded the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences in 2007.
Experience and achievements:
Recipient of state awards: Order of Friendship, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", First Degree, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Second Degree, Order of Honour, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Fourth Degree.
Tadzio Schilling holds an MA in International Relations and an advanced MA in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute Geneva, as well as an Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
Tadzio speaks German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, and some Chinese.
Experience and achievements:
In 2020, Tadzio Schilling assumed the position of Director General of the Association of European Businesses (AEB)
Before joining the AEB, he served as Deputy Head of Economic Affairs, Finance, and Science at the Swiss Embassy, then as Inbound Business Development Leader and Head of the German Business Center at EY.
In his professional career, he has worked in various finance, HR, and sales functions for companies such as Zurich Cantonal Bank, Dell Inc., Wesser & Partner, and FirstClimate. He has also worked as a researcher and lecturer in Russian Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Dmitriy Yalov
Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Leningrad Region - Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities
Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Leningrad Region - Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities
Education:
Graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 2002, specialising in political science and economics. Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) in Political Science.
Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1984 with a degree in Physics, qualification "physicist". Graduated from the Higher School of Economics of the Ministry of Economics and the State University of Russia in 1996, Faculty of Stock Market and Investment. Candidate of Technical Sciences.
Anna Fedyunina
Deputy Director of the Centre for Structural Policy Research
Deputy Director of the Centre for Structural Policy Research
Education:
Graduated from the Higher School of Economics and Management of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. Yeltsin in 2013 with a degree in World Economics.
D. in Economics
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences
Position:
Head of Department of Science and Innovation
Education:
Dr. Ivan V. Danilin graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1999 and gained his PhD degree at IMEMO in 2002.
Experience and achievements:
Primary area of specialization is innovation policies of the U.S.A. and Russia, digital economy and policies for digital transformation (U.S.A., China, Russia), analysis of long-term social and economic implications of emerging technologies. He has more than 100 research publications and more than 50 reports on international academic conferences in Russia, USA, China and other countries. Since 2018 Dr. Danilin holds position of Head of Science and Innovation Department at IMEMO. Before 2018 he worked at IMEMO as research fellow and, since 2010, as a Head of Innovation Policy Section. He is also the Associate Professor at MGIMO University and the lecturer at Higher School of Systems Engineering, National Research Institute – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT or Fiztech). In 2010-2015 Dr. Danilin served as a part-timer at innovation departments and subsidiaries of biggest Russian power sector companies – ROSATOM (nuclear reactor manufacturing and nuclear power generation) and ROSSETI`s (transmission and distribution grids), where he was responsible for foresights and for development/actualization of the Innovation Development Programs. In 2014-2019 he was engaged in the development of the Russian National Technology Initiative (NTI), national Strategy for Science and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, Concept for the International Science and Technology Cooperation of the Russian Federation and other high-level S&T documents and programs. Currently Dr.Danilin serves on board of several expert groups of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, State Duma (lower chamber of Russian Parliament), and ROSATOM. In 2010s he was also on board of the North-West Technology Transfer Center`s Investment Committee (Russia, Leningrad Region) and an expert of the Skolkovo Foundation. Ivan V. Danilin is a member of the International Studies Association (ISA). During his professional career Dr.Danilin gained awards from Russian Foundation for the Assistance to Domestic Science and Russian Academy of Sciences, in 2016 his accomplishments were marked by a Honorary Charte from the Federal Agency of Scientific Organization of Russia (FANO, currently part of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education).
Eastern Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, Professional Retraining in Marketing Management at St. Petersburg State Economic University, Presidential Management Training Programme "Management of Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship" at the Faculty of Economics of St. Petersburg State University
Experience and achievements:
Director of State public institution AERLO since 2020. Public representative of the Agency for strategic initiatives in Leningrad region in the field of Entrepreneurship and Technology. Founder and head of the Baltic Regional Investment Forum BRIEF - the main economic event of Leningrad region since 2019.
Expertise: marketing, brand management, investment projects support, strategic planning, investment and industrial policy.
She has extensive experience in promoting major projects. She headed the marketing and sales of large-scale Russian resorts - Rosa Khutor and Igora, was engaged in the development of the sports and hotel complex AquaLife in Bulgaria. Developed and led a regional project in Leningrad region to support investment projects "Green Corridor for Investor". Currently, 130 projects worth over 55,6 billion USD are being supported by the Agency.
Acknowledged by Governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko.
Graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities (international economist, specialty "World Economy"), candidate of economic sciences.
Experience and achievements:
Between 2001 and 2006 worked at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation (Chief Specialist, Deputy Head of Section, Head of Section of the Department for Economic Development Programs and Cooperation with International Financial Organizations, Head of the Analytical Department, Deputy Director of the Investment Policy Department).
From 2006 to the present, he has been working at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. He currently holds the position of Executive Vice President of the RSPP.
He is a member of the Expert Council of the Industrial Development Fund.
He is a member of the Russian tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations on behalf of the Commission, representing all-Russian associations of employers.
Has gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation. Honored Economist of the Russian Federation.
1995 - graduated from MGIMO University, “International Economic Relations”.
2001 - completed the MBA course at the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.
2011 - completed the High Performance Leadership Program at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
2019 - completed the Advanced High Performance Leadership program at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland
Experience and achievements:
2004 - 2005 - General Director of Nokian Tyres in Russia
2025 - under his leadership, the company's Russian factory was launched in Vsevolozhsk city, Leningrad region.
The production capacity of the factory is 17 million tyres per year.
The factory has become the most modern tyre factory in Europe.
March 2023 - PJSC Tatneft’s purchases Nokian Tyres plc’s operations in Russia. The company received a new name IKON TIRES.
April 2023 - A. Pantyukhov was appointed General Director of IKON TIRES
Today, the factory in Vsevolozhsk continues to produce a wide range of summer and winter IKON TIRES, keeping production processes and technologies.