St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019

Exporting education is an important developmental trend and creating conditions to attract foreign students is a priority. The Russian market is only now taking shape but it holds great investment potential. Initiatives include attracting foreign students through the development of modern campuses, foreign branches and representative offices, summer and winter schools, international educational programmes, the creation of an English-speaking environment at universities, the development of online courses as well as the introduction of modern technologies, which individually and collectively enhance the competitiveness of leading Russian universities in the international markets.

• What experience do education leaders have in global education?
• What are the strategic objectives and mechanisms for implementing the export of higher education services?
• What are the best practices of leading Russian universities in attracting foreign students?

Watch the video record in English and in Russian. 

Moderator 
Natalya Timakova, Member of the Board of Directors, Skolkovo Association 

Panellists 
Marco Bucci, Mayor of Genoa 
Eduard Galazhinsky, Rector, National Research Tomsk State University 
Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation 
Yaroslav Kuzminov, Rector, National Research University Higher School of Economics 
Liu Limin, Chairman, China Association for International Exchange in Education 
Alena Parfenova, Senior Lecturer, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology 
Maksim Reshetnikov, Governor of Perm Territory 
Lawrence Stein, Vice President for Intellectual Property and International Business Community Relations, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) 
Svetlana Yachevskaya, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board – Member of the Management Board, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF" 

Front row participants 
Sergey Bachevsky, Rector, Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications 
Andrey Volkov, Academic Policy Advisor, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO 
Magdalena Gaete, Official Representative of the University of Navarra in the Russian Federation 
Vladimir Knyaginin, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg 
Mikhail Kozhevnikov, President, Prosveshcheniye Group of Companies 
Nikolay Kudryavtsev, Rector, FSAEI HPE «Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology State University» 
Mikhail Kuznetsov, Director of the Center for System Transformations of the Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Winner, Leaders of Russia National Management Competition 
Vadim Lobov, President, Synergy Corporation 
Vladimir Miklushevskiy, President, Moscow Polytechnic University 
Alexander Povalko, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, RVC 
Natalya Trunova, Vice President, Head of Spatial Development, Center for Strategic Research Foundation 
Vyacheslav Tsyganov, Chief Information Officer, Tinkoff Bank 

About the forum: 

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is a unique event in the world of business and economics. SPIEF has been held since 1997, and since 2006, it has been held under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation, who has also attended each event.

Over the last 21 years, the Forum has become a leading global platform for members of the business community to meet and discuss the key economic issues facing Russia, emerging markets, and the world as a whole.

The main events of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum took place on 6–8 June, 2019 at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.