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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

Program BRIEF’23

Open dialog between business and government on measures to support and develop Russian industrial companies in the face of sanctions

Plenary session "Adaptation of Russian Industrial Companies to Sanctions: First Steps and Expectations"

Council on improving the investment climate in Leningrad region (by invitation)

The Business Contact Exchange

The opportunity to establish new contacts

The full programme

BRIEF'23 Speakers

Danilin Ivan

Head of Department of Science and Innovation

Danilin Ivan

Workplace:

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).