International Municipal BRICS+ Forum
St Petersburg University to participate in the V International Municipal BRICS+ Forum. SPbU experts to speak at one of the world’s most important business events.
Programme
9 November
- 10 am — 11:30 am round table "Criminal liability of legal entities. Experience of the BRICS countries. Significance and prospects of introduction in the Russian jurisdiction", among speakers — Sergey Oleynikov, Head of the SPbU Department of Criminal Law
- 12 pm — 1:30 pm round table "Role and place of deputies in local government: Yesterday, today, tomorrow", among speakers — Ekaterina Shugrina, Professor at St Petersburg University
- 12 pm — 1:30 pm session "Agriculture 4.0: How the future of agriculture is born", among speakers — Anton Nizhnikov, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Acting Head of the SPbU Department of Genetics and Biotechnology
- 2 pm — 3:30 pm session "Results of South Africa’s BRICS chairmanship: New horizons of the strategic cooperation", moderator — Nikolay Dobronravin, Professor at the SPbU Department of World Politics
- 4 pm — 5:30 pm session "Public spaces: Designed by people and for people", among speakers — Anastasia Golubeva, Head of the Department of Public and Municipal Administration at the SPbU Higher School of Management
- 4 pm — 5:30 pm session "Modern view on charity", among speakers — Yuri Blagov, Director of the Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the SPbU Higher School of Management
- 4 pm — 5:30 pm session "Multilateral cooperation in the Arctic: Interests and strategies", among speakers — Maria Lagutina, Professor, and Anton Sokolov, Expert of the Russian Gas Society, Visiting Lecturer at St Petersburg University
10 November
- 10 am — 11:30 am session "Financial literacy in the new reality", moderated by Sergey Belozerov, Head of the SPbU Financial Literacy Centre, Professor, and Elena Sokolovskaya, Associate Professor. Co-organiser: St Petersburg University
- 10 am — 11:30 am round table "Pulmonology in applied medicine. Modern trends", among speakers Vitaly Sereda, Professor at SPbU
- 12 pm — 1:30 pm session "Anti-colonialism 2.0: Myths we choose", among speakers — Dmitry Orekhov, writer, publicist, lecturer at St Petersburg University
- 2 pm — 3:30 pm session "Priority 2030. A fresh look at education", among speakers — Vladimir Starostenko, Vice-Rector of the SPbU Centre for Research on Information Security and Digital Transformation
- 4 pm — 5:30 pm session "Electoral processes in modern Russia. Current trends and ongoing challenges", among speakers — Natalia Eremina, Professor at SPbU
- 4 pm — 5:30 pm round table "Industrialisation, innovation and infrastructure as the key factor to sustainable territorial development", moderator — Natalia Eremina, Professor at SPbU
The presentation of investment projects includes "ОгоGo" — an application that generates routes to entertainment venues in the city based on the user’s interests.
The BRICS+ Forum promotes the integration of positive global experiences, the realisation of local government goals, the development of community welfare and the introduction of the latest technologies into the activities of major cities in developing countries. Representatives of St Petersburg University will take part in a number of events in the Forum’s business programme: public debates, round tables and expert discussions. A session on financial literacy in the new reality is co-organised by SPbU.