On May 26, 2021, the 3rd International Moscow Academic Economic Forum organized by the Free Economic Society of Russia, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the International Union of Economists opened in Russia.
Shrinking GDP, household incomes, and corporate resources raise the question of how to achieve national development goals, taking into account the economic and social shocks that were triggered by the pandemic and the accompanying economic shocks. This year, the Forum is titled "The Global Transformation of Modern Society and the National Development Goals of Russia."
The Forum was opened by its Co-Chairs — Alexander Sergeyev, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Sergey Bodrunov, President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, President of the International Union of Economists.
Alexander Sergeyev noted that the Moscow Academic Economic Forum is dedicated to finding new opportunities for the development of the Russian economy and using those efficiently.
"The covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on economic processes, some of the problems have become aggravated, some, on the contrary, have been resolved faster. In a sense, this has caused a deviation from the slow growth trajectory and a transition to a different one, which we cannot yet clearly define. We are the architects of our new trajectory for economic development. Much will depend on new decisions being made in the economy. In the course of decision-making, a wide range of expert opinions is in great demand," said the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Sergey Bodrunov emphasized that the MAEF traditionally brings together experts and scientists from the regions of Russia and foreign countries. On its first day, 3000 experts joined the Forum. The total number of participants is 7,500. Among them are experts and scientists from 32 countries of the world — Austria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, UK, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, India, Canada, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Cuba, Moldova, the Netherlands , Syria, Turkey, USA, Ukraine, Finland, France, Switzerland, Estonia, Czech Republic, Chile, Japan, and Russia.
The President of the VEO of Russia also reminded that 63 regional venues in 41 regions of the Russian Federation opened as part of the Forum from 17 to 25 May.
The expansion of the Forum's architecture was also announced at the opening of the MAEF. The following annual industry and thematic forums will be held as part of the MAEF: Arctic Academic Forum, Eurasian Academic Economic Forum, Agrarian Economic Forum, Ural Economic Forum, Energy Forum, International Ufa Humanities Scientific Forum, History and Philosophy Academic Forum, Communications and Development of Modern Society Forum, International Tourist Forum. This will increase the Forum's expert potential, strengthen the consolidated position of the scientific and expert communities on issues of socio-economic development.
In addition to the plenary session, on the first day of the Forum, the winners of the 24th Russian National Competition of Youth Research "Russia's Economic Growth," held by the Free Economic Society of Russia with the participation and support of the International Union of Economists, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Publishing House Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta, received their awards.
The young researchers were congratulated and presented with diplomas and mementos by Sergey Bodrunov, President of the VEO of Russia, Alexander Sergeyev, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Sergei Glazyev, Vice-President of the VEO of Russia, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Commission.
The Forum will continue its work on May 27 at the country's flagship universities — at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Aviation Institute, and the Russian National Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Economics. On the same day, the final plenary session of the Forum will be held in the Congress Hall of the VEO of Russia.
The Forum was covered by TASS, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russian Public Television, the Scientific Russia website, and other mass media. The Russian Public Television will report on the Forum in its news show Dom E.
On May 26, the following speakers spoke at the MAEF-2021 Plenary Session:
Alexander SERGEYEV, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor.
Sergey BODRUNOV, President of the Free Economic Society (VEO) of Russia, President of the International Union of Economists (IUE), Director of the Witte Institute of New Industrial Development, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Boris TITOV, Board Member at the VEO of Russia, Business Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation.
Alexander DYNKIN, Vice President of the VEO of Russia, President of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Boris PORFIRIEV, Presidium Member at the VEO of Russia, Director for Research at the Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Sergey GLAZIEV, Vice President of the VEO of Russia, Board Member (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Alexander NEKIPELOV, Vice President of the VEO of Russia, Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Valery KRYUKOV, Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Organization of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Andrey KLEPACH, Board Member at the VEO of Russia, Deputy Chairman (Chief Economist) at Vnesheconombank, Honored Economist of the Russian Federation.
Alexander SHIROV, Board Member at the VEO of Russia, Director of the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences RAS, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Chen ENFU, Director and Chief Professor at the Research Center for Socio-Economic Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, President of the World Political Economy Association (WAPE).
Albert BAKHTIZIN, Director of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CEMI RAS), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics.
Vladimir POPOV, Director for Research at the Federal Research Center Fundamental Foundations of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor.
Branko MILANOVIC, Leontief Prize Laureate, Presidential Visiting Fellow at the Stone Center for the Study of Socioeconomic Inequality, City University of New York.
James Kenneth GALBRATE, International Committee Member at the VEO of Russia, Professor at the University of Texas, USA.
Shrinking GDP, household incomes, and corporate resources raise the question of how to achieve national development goals, taking into account the economic and social shocks that were triggered by the pandemic and the accompanying economic shocks. This year, the Forum is titled "The Global Transformation of Modern Society and the National Development Goals of Russia."
The Forum was opened by its Co-Chairs — Alexander Sergeyev, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Sergey Bodrunov, President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, President of the International Union of Economists.
Alexander Sergeyev noted that the Moscow Academic Economic Forum is dedicated to finding new opportunities for the development of the Russian economy and using those efficiently.
"The covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on economic processes, some of the problems have become aggravated, some, on the contrary, have been resolved faster. In a sense, this has caused a deviation from the slow growth trajectory and a transition to a different one, which we cannot yet clearly define. We are the architects of our new trajectory for economic development. Much will depend on new decisions being made in the economy. In the course of decision-making, a wide range of expert opinions is in great demand," said the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Sergey Bodrunov emphasized that the MAEF traditionally brings together experts and scientists from the regions of Russia and foreign countries. On its first day, 3000 experts joined the Forum. The total number of participants is 7,500. Among them are experts and scientists from 32 countries of the world — Austria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, UK, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, India, Canada, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Cuba, Moldova, the Netherlands , Syria, Turkey, USA, Ukraine, Finland, France, Switzerland, Estonia, Czech Republic, Chile, Japan, and Russia.
The President of the VEO of Russia also reminded that 63 regional venues in 41 regions of the Russian Federation opened as part of the Forum from 17 to 25 May.
The expansion of the Forum's architecture was also announced at the opening of the MAEF. The following annual industry and thematic forums will be held as part of the MAEF: Arctic Academic Forum, Eurasian Academic Economic Forum, Agrarian Economic Forum, Ural Economic Forum, Energy Forum, International Ufa Humanities Scientific Forum, History and Philosophy Academic Forum, Communications and Development of Modern Society Forum, International Tourist Forum. This will increase the Forum's expert potential, strengthen the consolidated position of the scientific and expert communities on issues of socio-economic development.
In addition to the plenary session, on the first day of the Forum, the winners of the 24th Russian National Competition of Youth Research "Russia's Economic Growth," held by the Free Economic Society of Russia with the participation and support of the International Union of Economists, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Publishing House Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta, received their awards.
The young researchers were congratulated and presented with diplomas and mementos by Sergey Bodrunov, President of the VEO of Russia, Alexander Sergeyev, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Sergei Glazyev, Vice-President of the VEO of Russia, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Commission.
The Forum will continue its work on May 27 at the country's flagship universities — at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Aviation Institute, and the Russian National Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Economics. On the same day, the final plenary session of the Forum will be held in the Congress Hall of the VEO of Russia.
The Forum was covered by TASS, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russian Public Television, the Scientific Russia website, and other mass media. The Russian Public Television will report on the Forum in its news show Dom E.
On May 26, the following speakers spoke at the MAEF-2021 Plenary Session:
Alexander SERGEYEV, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor.
Sergey BODRUNOV, President of the Free Economic Society (VEO) of Russia, President of the International Union of Economists (IUE), Director of the Witte Institute of New Industrial Development, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Boris TITOV, Board Member at the VEO of Russia, Business Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation.
Alexander DYNKIN, Vice President of the VEO of Russia, President of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Boris PORFIRIEV, Presidium Member at the VEO of Russia, Director for Research at the Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Sergey GLAZIEV, Vice President of the VEO of Russia, Board Member (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Alexander NEKIPELOV, Vice President of the VEO of Russia, Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Valery KRYUKOV, Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Organization of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Andrey KLEPACH, Board Member at the VEO of Russia, Deputy Chairman (Chief Economist) at Vnesheconombank, Honored Economist of the Russian Federation.
Alexander SHIROV, Board Member at the VEO of Russia, Director of the Institute for Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences RAS, Doctor of Economics, Professor.
Chen ENFU, Director and Chief Professor at the Research Center for Socio-Economic Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, President of the World Political Economy Association (WAPE).
Albert BAKHTIZIN, Director of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CEMI RAS), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics.
Vladimir POPOV, Director for Research at the Federal Research Center Fundamental Foundations of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor.
Branko MILANOVIC, Leontief Prize Laureate, Presidential Visiting Fellow at the Stone Center for the Study of Socioeconomic Inequality, City University of New York.
James Kenneth GALBRATE, International Committee Member at the VEO of Russia, Professor at the University of Texas, USA.