10:00 - 11:30 Moderator: VOLATILITY OF OIL PRICES AND Hall I ECONOMIC GROWTH: RECIPES FROM • Nikolay Korzhenevsky, TV presenter on the "Russia 24" THE DUTCH DISEASE channel Stability and predictability of main macroeconomic indicators Speakers: is a critically important condition when creating a favorable environment for investments and economic growth • Amund Holmesen acceleration. But when domestic economic and financial Deputy Minister of Finance of conditions are highly dependent on the unpredictable and Norway volatile price dynamics of oil quotes, it is difficult to talk about the predictability of business conditions. Therefore, the • Vladimir Kolychev ambitious challenge to reach more dynamic growth rate Deputy Minister of Finance of requires efforts to eliminate the most important obstacle to the Russian Federation development – the economy's dependence on shocks at the oil market. • Gabriel Di Bella Head of the IMF Permanent What mechanisms, minimizing the impact of oil price volatility Mission in the Russian on domestic macroeconomic conditions, are available? Federation • Jeffrey Currie Head of the analytical unit for energy commodities at Goldman Sachs • Ksenia Yudaeva First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation 10:00 - 11:30 Moderator: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: UNSOLVED Hall IV PROBLEMS AND NEW CHALLENGES • Anton Getta, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the The contractual system appeared in 2014, replacing the law on public procurement (94-FZ). The new system was Committee on Security and supposed to allow controlling the procurement process from Anti-Corruption planning to using the purchased goods, the work or service rendered; increasing competition and simplifying business Speakers: access to trading. It is currently possible to sum up the first results of the • Aleksandr Shamrin implementation of the contract system instruments, including First Vice-Rector, Member of the achievement of the set goals with the introduction of the Academic Council of the treasury control, procurement planning, acceptance of Federal State Autonomous contracts and its’ payment. Higher Educational Institution Together with of the effectiveness of the use of existing mechanisms for the legal regulation of procurement, the "National Research University issues of the transfer of procurement procedures into the "Higher School of Economics" electronic form, as well as the cataloging of the goods, works • Anna Katamadze and services, are actively discussed. Deputy Head of the Federal Have the planned results of the procurement system reform Treasury been achieved? What challenges is it facing? What are the • Valery Alekseev ways to address them? Will the introduction of additional mechanisms help to achieve the objectives? Head of the ONF project "For Fair Procurement" • Vladimir Simonenko Head of the Expert Department of the President of the Russian Federation • Gennady Degtev Head of the Moscow City Department for Competition Policy • Rachik Petrosyan Deputy Head of the FAS of Russia • Tatiana Demidova Director of the Department of Budget Policy in the Contract System of the Russian Ministry of Finance 10:00 - 11:30 Moderator: INTER-BUDGETARY RELATIONS: Andrey Makarov, Chairman, Hall II YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW. • Committee for Budget and CHOICE OF WAYS OF DEVELOPMENT Taxes of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Are inter-budgetary transfers an effective tool for the Russian Federation development or reduction of poverty in the regions? Regional cooperation experience. "Horizontal" inter- Speakers: budgetary transfers. Synergy of the regions' efforts for addressing large-scale tasks. • Viktor Tolokonskiy International experience: is it possible to extend it to the Governor of Krasnoyarsky relationships between the Russian Federation and its subjects? Krai International experience in combating inefficient debt policy of • Ekaterina Trofimova the regions. CEO of Analytical Credit Structural problems of the regions' expenditures: is the Rating Agency growth of the debt burden caused by the growth of investment expenditures? • Leonid Gornin Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation • Natalya Sergunina Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations • Nikolay Lyubimov Interim Governor of the Ryazan Region • Pavel Kadochnikov President of the Center for Strategic Research 10:00 - 11:30 Moderator: NEW QUALITY OF PUBLIC Hall II ADMINISTRATION AS A FACTOR OF • Vladimir Mau, Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy ECONOMIC GROWTH of National Economy and Public Administration Innovative potential, nation's health, macroeconomic stability, business climate, state and development of any public Speakers: institutions depend on the quality of regulatory impact. Adequacy of the methods and forms of public administration • Aleksander Shokhin is of key importance in the discussion of the problems of the President of the All-Russian state's economic growth and financial stability. Today, public Association of Employers administration technologies should not only conform, but be in advance of the civil society development, as well as be a "Russian Union of driver of its self-renewal. Industrialists and Entrepreneurs" What should the society of the future be like and which architecture of public administration is characteristic for it? • Aleksey Komissarov What are the main components in achieving the goals? Vice Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration • Aleksey Kudrin Chairman of the Council of the "Center for Strategic Research" Foundation – Deputy Chairman of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation • Viktor Kharitonin Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Joint Stock Company "Pharmstandard" • Mikhail Abyzov Minister of the Russian Federation • Svetlana Orlova Governor of the Vladimir Region 10:00 - 11:30 Moderator: HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS AS A Hall VI FACTOR OF ECONOMIC • Philipp Sterkin, Deputy editor- in-chief. «Vedomosti» DEVELOPMENT: THE STATE'S ROLE newspaper Human capital assets development is one of the priorities of Speakers: state policy in Russia. In 2016, "social" expenditure items in the budget of the enlarged government accounted for about • Anton Kotyakov 20% of GDP or more than 54% of expenses of the budgets of Deputy Minister of Finance of all levels. Nevertheless, nowadays the level of human capital the Russian Federation development in Russia is lower than in developed countries. A significant negative impact is made by low level of health of • Vitaliy Omeliyanovskiy Russians, as well as the insufficient degree of social Director of the Center for integration and mobility of society, especially among socially Health Technology vulnerable categories of the population. Certain Assessment of the Russian improvements are also possible in the field of education, labor market regulation, migration and other issues. As a Presidential Academy of result, the improvement of these areas may become a new National Economy and Public source of Russia's economic growth. Administration (RANEPA) Discussion issues: human capital assets and economic • Vladimir Gimpelson growth: cause and effect; Priority areas of public investment Director of the Center for in human capital assets; Pension system: how to secure a Labor Studies at the Higher dignified retirement; Social support system: a burden or a School of Economics source of economic growth; Areas of future health care reforms; Education: past, present, prospects. • Vladimir Nazarov Director of the Federal State As a part of the panel session, the award ceremony for Budgetary Institution laureates in the following nominations will be held: "Scientific and Research Financial Institute" (NIFI) - Young professionals. • Ian Colebourne CEO, Deloitte, CIS • Ivan Yashchenko Director of the Center of Excellence, Member of the Presidential Council for Science and Education, the Grantor of the Talent and Success Foundation • Mikhail Kotyukov Director of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO Russia) • Yaroslav Kuzminov Rector of the Higher School of Economics 10:00 - 11:30 Moderator: INVOLVEMENT OF NON- Hall VII GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN • Galina Karelova, Deputy Chairman of the Federation THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC AND Council of the Federal MUNICIPAL SERVICES Assembly of the Russian Federation One of the important tasks faced by the Government of the Russian Federation is to increase the accessibility and quality Speakers: of public and municipal services rendering to the citizens in such spheres as education, health care, population social • Aleksei Lavrov servicing, sport, culture. Deputy Minister of Finance of To address this problem, it is necessary to develop the Russian Federation mechanisms that create real motivation for budgetary and autonomous institutions to improve the quality of public • Aleksei Sidnev services, increase labor productivity, improve overall Director-General of LLC organization, and increase the efficiency. It is necessary to Senior Group, Chairman of the give a new impetus to the development of public services. Board of the Nonprofit From the standpoint of best practices, opening of the market Partnership for Improving the of public services for non-governmental organizations shall Life of the Elderly "Older become such an impetus. Is it possible to ensure real competition between Generation's World" governmental and non-governmental