Forum

On July 1-2, 2016, Kursk region will host the 5th CENTRAL RUSSIAN ECONOMIC FORUM.

For a short period of time, the Forum has become a landmark event in the economic and political life of Central Russia’s regions highlighting the most topical development issues for Central Russia and formulating the key priorities of the future economic policy. Discussions of home market development, revival of human capital, state regulation and other issues raised at the Forum are in the limelight of the whole business community and influence state decision making. The Forum clearly demonstrates the interest of the power authorities and business elites in the development of the regional economy, outlines the conditions, preferences and requirements for investors.

This year, the Central Russia Economic Forum theme is “ECONOMY IN THE INTEREST OF NEW GENERATIONS”.

In 2016, Russia plunged into a structural economic crisis. In many respects, the gravity of the crisis arises from the undervaluation of strategic planning. In recent years, few economic entities formulated plans for longer than five years. The economic development vector was mainly aimed at immediate goals. Long-term objectives were actually no more than a signboard, being changed every year: doubling the gross domestic product today, urgent development of nanotechnologies tomorrow, building an import substitution system next day. To successfully overcome the crisis and to ensure sustainable development, Russia needs a single well-balanced system of long-term objectives and instruments to achieve them aimed at building the economic foundation for Russia’s future prosperity.

The Forum will revolve around strategy, economic development strategy of the country and its regions – primarily aimed at ensuring a decent life for future generations.

What kind of life will our grandchildren have?
What will they inherit from us?
What economic welfare can we accumulate for them?
Where and for what objectives will they work?
What they will be like?
And whether they will live at all?

There is a strong reason for choosing the "Pioneer" painting by well-known artist Aleksandr Deyneka exhibited in the Kursk Art Gallery as a symbol for the CEF 2016 Forum. While making strategic decisions, one should remember our children whose destiny is to live in a country we build.

CEF 2016 OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT

The Forum is divided into thematic modules, each module comprising a set of questions and events:

Module 1: PUBLIC WELFARE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Module 2: SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES IN THE NEXT ECONOMY

Module 3: YOUTH SHAPES THE FUTURE

Module 4: ENVIRONMENT

Module 5: HEALTH OF THE NEXT GENERATION

Module 6: CULTURAL HERITAGE

One of the essential parts of the Forum is a set of EXHIBITIONS presenting the potential of today’s real business and the innovative capabilities of youth. In particular, young scientists and entrepreneurs of Central Russia annually present more than 100 innovative projects and solutions at the Forum.

FORUM EVENTS

Plenary session: ECONOMY IN THE INTEREST OF NEW GENERATIONS
Business competition of Central Russia’s investment projects: CREATING FUTURE NOW
Cross-industry discussion: STRATEGY OF CREATING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE /with the assistance of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade/
Strategic session: DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS AND STRENGTHENING OF RUSSIA’S FOOD SECURITY
Round table: SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES IN THE NEXT ECONOMY / with the assistance of Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development and JSC Russian Small and Medium Business Corporation /
Strategic session for youth: MY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT ECONOMY: PROJECTS, TEAMS, LEADERS / with the assistance of the Institute for Economic Strategies and the “Analytics” Association of assistance to development of the analytical potential of the human, society and state /
Open dialogue: “THE CITY I WANT TO LIVE IN” / with the assistance of Russia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Public-Private Partnership Development Center Association (PPP Development Center), Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development, the government of Kursk city /
Round table: ONE STOP SYSTEM. OPTIMIZATION OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE STATE MACHINERY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY / with the assistance of the multiservice center for state and municipal services of Kursk region /
Round table: INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND SPORTS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH MAINTENANCE FACTOR / with the assistance of Russia’s Ministry of Sports, Ministry of Health and the All-Russian Public Organization “Public Health League” /
Round table: PRESERVATION AND ACCUMULATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

PARTNERS & PARTICIPANTS

The Forum will traditionally benefit from the participation and support of a number of public authorities, relevant ministries, professional unions and associations.

Executive Office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District
Russia’s State Duma and Federation Council of the Federal Assembly
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development
Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture
Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade
Russia’s Ministry of Sports
Russia’s Ministry of Healthcare
Russia’s Ministry of Culture
Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science
Russia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI)
JSC Russian Small and Medium Business Corporation
Public-Private Partnership Development Center Association (PPP Development Center)
Institute for Economic Strategies
All-Russian Public Organization “Public Health League”

SEF 2016 will unite more than 1,000 participants. The Forum events will be in the limelight of the leading mass media.

PLENARY DISCUSSSION

The main Forum Event will be the Plenary Discussion moderated by Russia’s TV Channel One presenter Alexander Gordon.

Plenary discussion themes:

What economic reality will our grandchildren live in? Responsibility for today’s choice.
Threats and scenarios of economic development: things to hope for and to brace for
Sustained economic crisis and ways to overcome it. The driver of economic reforms: the hand of the market, state regulation or oligarchic dictate?
Life in a new economic reality. Economic restructuring as an objective need.
Major state infrastructural projects as the drivers of restructuring processes.
The role of state-owned companies in the economy and the efficiency of their performance.
Internal development sources. Support of strategic industries as centers of economic activity encouragement.
Development strategy for traditional economic activities.
Industry based on new technologies.
New industries: nanoelectronics, bionanotechnology, nanosystem engineering, etc.
Automatic equipment and robots instead of workforce. Elimination of the human element from production workflows of the future. Employment of the population as one of the key economic policy priorities. The role of small businesses in this process.
Jobs for future generations: services, revival of crafts and manual labor, production of national identity items or environmentally friendly goods, tourism, healthcare?
Mechanisms to manage and control development of small and medium-sized businesses.
Small businesses and mobile intelligent groups as instruments of creating new technologies.
Ensuring the food security of Russia. The Government’s capabilities to support domestic producers.
Safe production of biologically clean food products.
The Black Earth Belt as a national treasure. Efforts to maintain and restore soil fertility.
Chemicalization, gene engineering and other innovative methods of boosting agricultural production. Their impact on the health of future generations.
Public health maintenance as a strategic objective for the Government. Development of mass fitness and sports as the cornerstone of the nation’s health.
High-technology medicine as a branch of economy.

KURSK KORENSKAYA FAIR

The Central Russian Economic Forum participants have a unique opportunity to deepen their knowledge of Kursk region by visiting events of the Kursk Korenskaya Fair which will be solemnly opened on July 2, 2016.

The Kursk Korenskaya Fair has centuries of history; it was first officially mentioned in 1708. In 1824, governmental acts of the Russian Empire already referred to the Kursk Korenskaya Fair as one of the three main trade fairs of Russia along with those in Nizhniy Novgorod and Irbit, accepting commodities from foreigners. It was the Korenskaya Fair that made Kursk famous in those old times, symbolizing Russia’s Southern trading gate.

In 2001, the Kursk Korenskaya Fair gained a second life, the number of participants from Russia and abroad growing with every year since then.

In 2015, the Kursk Korenskaya Fair welcomed over 6,000 official representatives and delegates and more than 50,000 visitors.

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

Participation in the Forum is free of charge but requires mandatory registration on the sef-kursk.ru website and a related confirmation from the Organizing Committee.

The Organizing Committee of the project is ready to assist in the accommodation of CEF 2016 guests in Kursk city during the Forum.