Business programme 2025
March 26
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International Cooperation and the Environment Permafrost Thaw: Geotechnical Monitoring and Adaptive Measures12:00–13:30S.M. Kirov Palace of Culture, 2nd floor, conference hall 4Scientists estimate that permafrost thawing will cause more than RUB 7–10 trillion in damages to residential and industrial buildings and structures by 2050, and this does not include the linear infrastructure of oil and gas companies and future i...12:00–13:30S.M. Kirov Palace of Culture, 2nd floor, conference hall 4
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Scientists estimate that permafrost thawing will cause more than RUB 7–10 trillion in damages to residential and industrial buildings and structures by 2050, and this does not include the linear infrastructure of oil and gas companies and future investments in development. Environmental risks are difficult to assess at this point since rising temperatures in the Arctic have a complex systemic effect on the planet’s climate. Russia needs to create an effective state system for the geotechnical monitoring of the condition of buildings and structures located in permafrost areas in order to predict the risks that could arise from its degradation. A system of preventive measures also needs to be developed to minimize possible damage. Who should be involved in creating a state system of geotechnical permafrost monitoring and how should areas of responsibility be distributed among the planners of this system? What aspects of developing a state geotechnical monitoring system should be regulated by legislation, and which agencies should create the legislative framework? Do new legislative acts need to be drafted or is it enough to make adjustments to existing legislation? What work is being carried out now, what are the interim results of the work on the draft law on geotechnical permafrost monitoring, and what steps will be taken in the future? What is the international community’s role in monitoring the state of permafrost and ensuring the reliability of infrastructure in the Arctic? What best permafrost monitoring practices that have been developed by corporations operating in the region can be replicated?Moderator:
Mikhail KuznetsovDirector, Eastern State Planning Center (FANU Vostokgosplan)Panellists:
Sardana AvksentievaDeputy Head of the Faction, "New People" Political Party
Sakhamin AfanasyevMember of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Government and Northern Affairs
Mikhail ZheleznyakDirector, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science "P.I. Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences"Mikhail Zhelezniak (born 24.12.1956) – Director of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Yakutsk), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member of Sakha (Yakutia) Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Geol. & Miner. Sciences, Honored Worker in Science and Technology of the Russian Federation, Merited Scientist of Sakha (Yakutia), professor of the North-Eastern Federal University. Permafrost scientist with research interests in regional geocryology and permafrost geothermics, author of 350 publications, including 5 monographs. Editor-in-Chief of Kriosfera Zemli; editorial board member of Inzhenernye Izyskania and Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions; Chair of the D 003.025.01 Dissertation Council at Melnikov Permafrost Institute; member of the Interdisciplinary Councils on Earth Sciences of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Sakha (Yakutia) Academy of Sciences, SB RAS Yakutian Scientific Center Presidium, Sakha (Yakutia) Head’s Advisory Council on Research and Technology Policy. Member of the Presidential Implementation Council, Russian Federal Environmental and Climate Change Research Program for 2021-2030.
Alexander MakarovDirector, Arctic and Antarctic Research InstituteAleksander Makarov – geomorphologist, doctor of geographical sciences, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
PhD and doctoral theses are devoted to the variability of the Arctic environment over the past ten thousand years. Alexander Makarov's research interests include the paleogeography of the earth's polar regions in the Holocene, as well as the Sea Level variability.
In 2000 entered St. Petersburg State University on faculty of geography and geoecology, Department of geomorphology. In June 2005 he joined the Department of geography of the polar states of AANII and continued his active expedition and research work. In 2003-2009, annually participated in the organization and conduct of international Russian-German expeditions to The Lena Delta, and from 2010 to 2015 led these expeditions. In 2009, on the basis of the collected materials he defended his PhD thesis on the specialty "Geomorphology and evolutionary geography" on " Laptev Sea Level Fluctuations as a Factor in the Formation of The Lena Delta in the Holocene", in 2017 – doctoral thesis on "Fluctuations of Level of the Arctic Seas in the Holocene". Participated in the creation of a new modern research station on the island Samoilovsky. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution AANII, after which headed the work on the creation of The Russian scientific center on Svalbard archipelago. Since September, 2017 holds a post of the Director of the Arctic and Antarctic research Institute of Roshydromet.
Stanislav SeleznevVice President for Environment and Industrial Safety, Norilsk Nickel
Nazar SotiriadiExecutive Director of the Risks Block, Sberbank
Nikolay KharitonovChairman of the Committee on the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian FederationNikolai Kharitonov graduated from the Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute with in agronomics and from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. He is a Candidate of Sciences (Econ.).
Director of a state farm, Chairman of AO Galinskoye (Moshkov District of the Novosibirsk Region). Honoured agricultural worker of the Russian Federation. Honoured physical culture worker of the Russian Federation.
He has been elected deputy to the rural and district councils of people’s deputies, deputy to the Novosibirsk Region Council of People’s Deputies, a people’s deputy of the RSFSR; has been a member of the Committee of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation for social development of rural areas, agrarian issues and food. Nikolai Kharitonov was nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation as President of the Russian Federation in the 2004 election.
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of all the six convocations.
Member of the faction of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
He has been awarded the “Order of Friendship”, medals “For Labour Merit”, “To commemorate the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, the commemorative anniversary medal and commemorative token of the Chairman of the State Duma “100 Years from the Day the State Duma was Founded in Russia”, Honorary Certificate of the State Duma, badge of honour of the State Duma “For Merits in Developing Parliamentarism”, gold medal “For Contribution to the Development of the Agricultural Complex of Russia”, medal “For Merits to the Novosibirsk Region”.Roll up
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International Cooperation and the Environment In partnership with Norilsk Nickel Protecting the Arctic Environment: Strategies for Cooperation Between the State and Business14:00–15:30AZIMUT, 2-й этаж, conference hall 2The Arctic is one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet. The priority for Arctic development should be environmental conservation, ensuring a balance between economic activity, human presence, and the preservation of nature. Since 2018, Rus...14:00–15:30AZIMUT, 2-й этаж, conference hall 2
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The Arctic is one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet. The priority for Arctic development should be environmental conservation, ensuring a balance between economic activity, human presence, and the preservation of nature. Since 2018, Russia has been implementing the Ecology national project, aimed at improving environmental conditions and enhancing public health. In 2025, Russia launched the national project Environmental Well-Being, which includes six federal programmes: General Cleaning, Closed Cycle Economy, Water of Russia, Clean Air, Forest Conservation, and Preservation of Biodiversity and Development of Ecotourism. What achievements have been made under the Ecology national project? What are the government’s plans for the Environmental Well-Being project by 2030? What investment initiatives have businesses implemented, and how have they contributed to environmental improvements? What forms of cooperation between the state and businesses can enhance the effectiveness of environmental policies?Moderator:
Alexander ZakondyrinDirector, All-Russian Research Institute for Environmental ProtectionPanellists:
Ksenia ZinatullinaDeputy Governor of the Murmansk Region - Minister of Justice of the Murmansk Region
Maksim Korolkov (online)Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Alexander MakarovDirector, Arctic and Antarctic Research InstituteAleksander Makarov – geomorphologist, doctor of geographical sciences, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
PhD and doctoral theses are devoted to the variability of the Arctic environment over the past ten thousand years. Alexander Makarov's research interests include the paleogeography of the earth's polar regions in the Holocene, as well as the Sea Level variability.
In 2000 entered St. Petersburg State University on faculty of geography and geoecology, Department of geomorphology. In June 2005 he joined the Department of geography of the polar states of AANII and continued his active expedition and research work. In 2003-2009, annually participated in the organization and conduct of international Russian-German expeditions to The Lena Delta, and from 2010 to 2015 led these expeditions. In 2009, on the basis of the collected materials he defended his PhD thesis on the specialty "Geomorphology and evolutionary geography" on " Laptev Sea Level Fluctuations as a Factor in the Formation of The Lena Delta in the Holocene", in 2017 – doctoral thesis on "Fluctuations of Level of the Arctic Seas in the Holocene". Participated in the creation of a new modern research station on the island Samoilovsky. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution AANII, after which headed the work on the creation of The Russian scientific center on Svalbard archipelago. Since September, 2017 holds a post of the Director of the Arctic and Antarctic research Institute of Roshydromet.
Igor MuraevDeputy Chairman of the Government of the Arkhangelsk RegionIgor Muraev was born on October 17 in Omsk region.
In 1997, he graduated with honors from the Omsk State Agrarian University with a degree in “Accounting, Control and Analysis of Economic Activities”. In 1997-1998 underwent retraining at the Siberian Academy of Government Administration with a degree in “State and Municipal Administration”.
In 2004, at the Ural State Economic University he defended his thesis on "Formation of a regional market for fuel resources" with the assignment of a PhD in economics.
From 2000 to 2006, he worked at the Ministry of Economy of the Omsk Region, where Igor Muraev went from a leading specialist to the head of the department of the development of industrial and utility infrastructure and public administration reform.
Since 2006, Igor Muraev was appointed Deputy Minister, Head of the Department of Finance and Economics of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Omsk Region, and since 2008, First Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Utility Services of the Omsk Region.
From 2009 to 2012 - Minister of Economy of the Omsk Region.
From 2013 to 2015 - Advisor to the Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Roslesinforg” (FSBI “Roslesinforg”).
From 2015 to 2017 - Director of “Zapsiblesproekt” branch (Novosibirsk).
From 2017 - Director of the FSBI “Roslesinforg”.
Vladimir PanovSpecial Representative for the Development of the Arctic, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM; Deputy Chairman, The State Commission for Arctic Development
Tatyana SakharovaDeputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Agricultural and Food Policy and Environmental Management
Valery SemenovDeputy Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Nikolay UtkinFirst Vice President – Head of Government Relations, Member of the Management Board, Norilsk Nickel
Evgenia ChibisHead, United Volunteer Center of the Murmansk Region; Member of the Council of the Eurasian Women's Forum; Author of the Project for Military Wives "Star of the North"Front row participant:
Andrey NagibinChairman of the Board, Executive Director, Green Patrol; Head of the public environmental project "Clean Arctic"Roll up
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International Cooperation and the Environment The Arctic: Building Bridges Between Nations and Communities16:00–17:30S.M. Kirov Palace of Culture, 2nd floor, conference hall 4The Arctic is a unique region that has been attracting more and more attention from the international community in recent years. Climate change is opening up new opportunities for the development of this hard-to-reach region of the planet, also kn...16:00–17:30S.M. Kirov Palace of Culture, 2nd floor, conference hall 4
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The Arctic is a unique region that has been attracting more and more attention from the international community in recent years. Climate change is opening up new opportunities for the development of this hard-to-reach region of the planet, also known as the land of white silence. The growing interest in the Arctic is due to a complex set of geopolitical, economic, environmental, cultural, and other factors. The Arctic is taking on greater strategic, economic, resource, environmental, transport, and logistics importance. From its remote location on the globe, the Arctic is gradually turning into a centre of attraction with which many countries link their future development. Revived interest in the Arctic is clearly being seen among Asian countries, which have had sustainable economic growth in recent decades. During the session, the participants will discuss key aspects of international cooperation, including the development of the Northern Sea Route as a global transport artery, as well as how to attract foreign investment for Arctic projects and strengthen partnerships with non-Arctic countries to implement joint initiatives. How is transport infrastructure developing in the Arctic? Which investment projects are most in demand within Russia’s Arctic zone? What kind of international research centres are being built in the Arctic? What measures are being taken to preserve the region’s ecosystem and develop educational and cultural exchanges? How can we unlock the potential of Arctic tourism?Moderator:
Natalia VyahirevaSenior Research Fellow, Head of Canada Section, Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of SciencesPanellists:
Anurag Bisen (online)Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International FoundationElizabeth Buchanan (online)Senior Fellow, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Vladimir VasilevExecutive Director, The Secretariat of the Northern Forum
Vladislav MaslennikovDirector of the Department of European Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Igor MuraevDeputy Chairman of the Government of the Arkhangelsk RegionIgor Muraev was born on October 17 in Omsk region.
In 1997, he graduated with honors from the Omsk State Agrarian University with a degree in “Accounting, Control and Analysis of Economic Activities”. In 1997-1998 underwent retraining at the Siberian Academy of Government Administration with a degree in “State and Municipal Administration”.
In 2004, at the Ural State Economic University he defended his thesis on "Formation of a regional market for fuel resources" with the assignment of a PhD in economics.
From 2000 to 2006, he worked at the Ministry of Economy of the Omsk Region, where Igor Muraev went from a leading specialist to the head of the department of the development of industrial and utility infrastructure and public administration reform.
Since 2006, Igor Muraev was appointed Deputy Minister, Head of the Department of Finance and Economics of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Omsk Region, and since 2008, First Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Utility Services of the Omsk Region.
From 2009 to 2012 - Minister of Economy of the Omsk Region.
From 2013 to 2015 - Advisor to the Director of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Roslesinforg” (FSBI “Roslesinforg”).
From 2015 to 2017 - Director of “Zapsiblesproekt” branch (Novosibirsk).
From 2017 - Director of the FSBI “Roslesinforg”.
Ildar NeverovGeneral Director, State Trust Arktikugol13 June 1979 (37 yrs)
Current projects сommercial
Head of SEVER Group, Moscow, Russia
Оperations with demolition of buildings, recycled waste in Russian Federation and CIS: steel scrap, plastic waste, carton waste, glass waste, electornic scrap. $ 50 mln turnover annualy.
Board Member, Murmansk Shipping Company (www.msco.ru)
The oldest and largest shipping company in the Russian Federation for Arctic logistics on the Nothern Sea Route. $50 mln turnover annually.
Board Member, Bank Sputnik, Moscow, Russia (www.banksputnik.com)
Banking and financial operations in Russia and CIS
Public
Business ombudsman of the President of the Russian Federation for environment
Ambassador of Bureau of International Recycling in Russia
Head of the Environmental Committee of Business Russia
Member of Financial Commission of Moscow City
Charity
Founder of Asylum, www.aibolit.ge
Entrepreneur of Theatre “Pevtsov”, www.dmitrypevtsov.ru
WORK EXPERIENCE
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (www.pwc.ru)
Tax Consultant
2002-2004
EDUCATION
Finance Academy of the Government of the Russian Federation, Banking Business (www.fa.ru) graduated 2002 in Moscow, Russia
PERSONAL
Active traveller, twice visited North Pole, 90 + countries.
Currently holds the position of General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise State Trust Arktiugol.
Aleksandr SavchenkoDeputy Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous OkrugMorten Höglund (video message)Chairman of the Committee of Senior Officials, Arctic CouncilSuba Chandran (online)Professor and Dean, National Institute for Advanced StudiesFront row participants:
Gavril KirillinMinister of External Relations and Ethnic Affairs of the Republic of Sakha Yakutia
Lily OngOwner, Geopolitics360 SPRoll up
