Plenary lecturers

Born on March 15, 1930, in Vitebsk (USSR, now Belarus). In December 1952 graduated from LETI (Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute. In January 1953 became staff member of the Ioffe Institute, where defended his candidate (1961) and doctoral (1970) theses. Corresponding-memmber (1972), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1979). From 1987 till 2003 director of the Ioffe Institute.

In 2000, awarded (together with H. Kroemer) Nobel Prize in Physics for basic work on information and communication technology particularly for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics.

As shown theoretically and experimentally in the studies carried out by the laureate at the Ioffe Institute, it is possible to control in a novel way fluxes of electrons and photons in semiconductor heterostructures, artificial crystals grown from semiconductors with different chemical compositions. Lasers, light-emitting diodes, photodiodes, transistors and solar cells developed on the basis of heterostructures are universally used in modern systems for information transfer and storage and in space power engineering.

Alferov is one of the most prominent organizers of academic science in Russia and proponent of creation of educational centres at leading institutes of the RAS. Educational centre for physics and technology organized by him at the Ioffe Institute has been functioning since 1999, and since 2004 — as an independent institution affiliated to the RAS.

At present, vice-president of the RAS, chair of the presidium of St Petersburg Scientific Centre, Rector of the St Petersburg Academic University.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1996 awarded jointly to James A. Mirrlees and William Vickrey "for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information".

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 was awarded jointly to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".

Born on November 16, 1951 in Moscow. Graduated from Moscow State University (Economics) in 1973. Received his candidate degree in 1976 (Economics) and doctoral degree in 1989

In 1990 was appointed a deputy director of the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, than became a director of this institute (1998–2003). From 1994 till 1995 he is an expert of State Duma Committee on Economic Policy and State Duma Committee on Privatization. Since 1997 he is academician of the Russian Academy of Science in Economic Section of the Department of Social Sciences of RAS.

Nekipelov is a director of Moscow School of Economics for Moscow State University, member of Council for Science, Technologies and Education under the President of the Russian Federation, member of Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Council for the Russian Federation Government; co-chairman of Board of Trustees for the National Investment Council; member of several Boards of Trustees (for Scientist Support, PEGAS Awards, member of the Board of Directors of OJSC "NK Rosneft"), member of the Scientific and Advisory Council for the Council of Federation Chairman; member of two sections of Academic Board for the Russian Federation Security Council. From 2001 — Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Born on February 21, 1949 in Krasnoyarsk. In 1972 graduated from Krasnoyarsk Institute of Nonferrous Metals (mining-electrical engineer). Dr. Kvint received his Masters of Science Degree in economics in 1972 and his Doctorate Degree in Economics in 1975 from the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1989 received the lifetime title of "Professor of Political Economy". In 2006, Dr. Kvint was elected as a Lifetime Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Since 1993 Dr. Kvint has been a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, since 2000 — member of the Business Council for International Understanding (New York).

He is an advisor to the governments and leaders of several countries. He was an Economic Advisor to the President of the United Nations' General Assembly (1991√1992 and 1997√1998). Dr. Kvint was awarded with Honorary Doctor Degrees from many universities and academies of science of different countries. At present, he is a professor at LaSalle University in Pennsylvania, USA and head of Department of Financial Strategy of Moscow School of Economics, Moscow State University.

Born in 1942. From 1965 to 1975 worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR. Since 1975 he has been working in the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the RAS.

At present, he is a deputy director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the RAS, deputy chairman of the Expert Council of the Supreme Certification Committee on Economic Sciences, chairman of the Dissertation Council of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, head of the Department of Global Economic Problems and Foreign Economic Policy of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations.

Graduated from the Zhdanov State University of Leningrad in 1979 (economical geography) and in 1993 — from the Public Administration Insitute under the Russian Federation Government (Department of State and Municipal Administration, specialization "Economic regulation and financial management"). He is Cand. Sci. (Econ.) (1995), Dr. Sci. (Econ.) (2001), professor (2006).

At present, he is director of St Petersburg branch of the Higher School of Economics, head of the Department of State and Municipal Administration of St Petersburg branch of the Higher School of Economics. Expert of Expert Council for Economic Development and Investment under Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-west District. Honoured economist of the Russian Federation.

Born on August 3, 1962 in Moscow. Graduated from Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management, the General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Doctor of technology, professor, Honoured worker of science and technology of the Russia Federation. All his labor activity is connected with space.

From 2001 till 2009 he is a head of Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Institute of Space Device Engineering", director general and general designer of the Russian Corporation of Rocket and Space Equipment and Information Systems since 2009. Chief Designer of GLONASS, chairman of the Council of general designers for designing, development and intended use of GLONASS.

Member of the Council of general and chief designers, leading scientists and specialists in the field of high-tech sectors of the economy under the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, member of Science and Technology Council of the Militarya and Industrial Commission under the Russian Federation Government, member of the Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of Federal Space Agency and Scientific Council of the RAS on "Coordinate-temporal and navigation provision", member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics by K.E. Tsiolkovsky, co-chair of inter-branch council "Microtechnology in space", member of International Association for Identification.

Chief Designer of GLONASS, chairman of the Council of general designers for designing, development and intended use of GLONASS.

Born on August 7, 1942 in the city of Tavda in Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation. Graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Leningrad University. Dr.Sci. (Phys.-Math.), corresponding member of the RAS, Honoured worker of science and technology of the Russian Federation. He was awarded with a Prize of the Russian Government and with A.F. Ioffe Prize in Physics and Astronomy. Andrey Finkelstein is the organizer and the director of the Institute of Applied Astronomy RAS since 1988, head of the Radio Astronomy Department of the St Petersburg Electrotechnical University, professor at the Department of Radio Physics of St Petersburg State Polytechnic University. He is one of the developers of a new scientific direction — fundamental coordinate-temporal provision, developed as interdisciplinary to astrometry, geodynamics, celestial mechanics and radio astronomical, radio technical and laser technologies. He was the coordinator of Russian astronomical project — Kvazar-KVO which was completed in 2005.

He is member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, member of International and Europe Astronomical Unions, member of board of directors of International VLBI Service and European VLBI Network, chairman of Astrometry, celestial mechanics and applied astronomy section, chairman of the Scientific Council for Astronomy of the RAS, deputy chairman of Scientific Council of the RAS on "Coordinate-temporal and navigation provision".

He is a chief designer of the means for fundamential support of GLONASS, member of Presidium of the Council of general designers for designing, development and intended use of GLONASS.

Vladimir Betelin was born on August 8, 1946, in Kineshma (USSR). In 1970 he graduated from the department of mechanics and mathematics of the Moscow University. In 1981 he received PhD (candidate degree) in physics and mathematics, his thesis focused on mathematical support and software for computer machines, complexes, systems and networks. In 1986 he defended his doctoral thesis.

For many years Betelin was a professor of the department of mechanics and mathematics of the Moscow University. Since 1989 he has been director of Scientific-Research Institute for System studies (NIISI RAN), and since 1997 also director of the Institute of Microtechnologies of the research centre "Kurchatov Institute".

In May, 1997 he was elected Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (informatics, computing technologies and automation department), and in 2003 — Full member (information technologies and computer systems department).

In 2005 he became vice-president of the research centre "Kurchatov Institute".

Born on March 10, 1926 in Leningrad. After graduation from the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute in 1949 he worked for the Central Research Institute of Structural Materials "Prometey". Since 1977 he has been the director of the Institute.

Under his direction were created new high-strength weldable corrosion-resistant types of steel, titanium alloys for shipbuilding. He is also the inventor of the radiation hardened and termoresistant steels used for nautical and stationary nuclear reactors in Russia and abroad.

He is a laureate of Lenin Prize (1963), USSR State Prize (1974), Russian Federation State Prize (1994), Russian Federation State Prize for Science and Technology (2006), Alexei Krylov Prize (2001).

He is the director of the Central Research Institute of Structural Materials "Prometey", chairman of the Joint Scientific Council of the RAS on Mechnanics, Solidity and Materials Science.

Born on June 4, 1941 in Leningrad. Graduated from Leningrad State University in 1966. Candidate (1972), doctor of philosophy (1988). In 1975 he started to work in the Institute for Social and Economical Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Institute for Regional Economy of the RAS) as a principal researcher in the laboratory of development of human potential.

He is a professor in the Department of Theory and History of Sociology in St Petersburg State University. Honoured worker of science of the Russian Federation.

Author of more than 200 scientific publications, separate chapters of textbooks, monographs. His research work focuses on social and economic problems of development of science and technology: methodology of social knowledge, sociology of public opinion and sociology of social problems, process of socialization of the personality, development and application of human potential.

Born on December 1946 in Biisk, Altai region. Graduated from Moscow State University in 1970 (biologist-biochemist). Professor (1988), academician of the RAMS (2000), academician of the RAS (2006).

He is a head of the laboratory of molecular endocrinology and a head of the Department of Biochemistry of the Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex since 1987. He is a head of the department of Biological and Medical Chemistry and laboratory of Gene and Cell Technology of MSU Faculty of Medicine since 1992. Dean of Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine since 2000.

He is a founder and a head of scientific school "Reception and Intracellular Signaling" and one of the leading Russian experts on neuroendocrine regulation of functioning, growth and remodeling of blood vessels.

Chairman of the Problem Commission on Physiology of Endocrine System, Commission on quality of Medical Education, Expert Council for the Education of the RAS.

Born in 1972 in the town of Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai. Graduated from St Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University (Medical Faculty) in 1995. Candidate (1998), doctor sciences (Med.) (2004), corresponding member of the RAS (Department of Nanotechnology and Information Technology of the RAS) (2008).

His works are mainly devoted to studies of molecular-genetic mechanisms of oncological deceases. His current activity: studies and development of new nanobiosensory devices on the basis of nanogeterostructure semiconductors for registration of intermolecular interactions and phenotypic changes in living systems; development of nanoconstructions with biological molecules for systematic and directed impact on physiological processes in human body.

He is a head of the Laboratory of Nanobiotechnologies of St Petersburg Academic University — Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the RAS since 2008.

Born on November 14, 1935. Graduated from Moscow State Economic Institute (1958), doctor of economic sciences (1958), corresponding member of the RAS (1994), academician of the RAS (2000).

Specializes in analysis and forecasting of the national economy, national financial and banking system, financial and cost proportions in the national economy, currency policy.

Director of the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the RAS since 1997.

Born in 1937 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow State University, the Economic Division (1959). Doctor of Economic Sciences (1971),professor(1972), corresponding member of the RAS (1984), academician of the RAS (1990), academician-secretary of the Economics Section of the RAS Humanity Sciences Branch (2006).

Nikolay Petrakov is a well-known economist in Russia and abroad. His scopes of scientific interests are the economic-mathematical modelling, the theory and methods of the economic policy realization in the conditions of market management.

He has been the director the Market Economy Institute of the RAS since 1990.

Born on October 5, 1964. Graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute (1988). Doctor of economic sciences (2002), professor (2005), corresponding member of the RAS (2008).

Specializes in economics and management of the national economy, theory and methodology of formation of market economy in modern Russia. His research mainly focuses on theory and practice of market transformation of the economy, especially on study of institutional structure of the economy of the country, on dynamics and structure of the national economy, analysis of productive-economic potential of the country, inter-branch relations, factors of economical development, economic-organizing forms of economic systems, development of property relations, evolution of state and private sector etc.

At present he is a deputy director of the Market Economy Institute of the RAS.

Born on June 17, 1940 in Moscow. Graduated from two of Russia's most prestigious universities: Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 1963 and Moscow State University in 1965. Doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, Professor of Mechanics at Moscow State University.

Since 1993 he is a chairman of the Ufa Scientific Centre of the RAS, president of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, visiting professor of Environmental and Energy Engineering in the Center for Multiphase Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York, USA). Since 1999 — deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

At present he is a director of P.P. Shirsov Institute of Oceanology

Born on May 16, 1944. Graduated from two Bauman Moscow State Technical University (mechanical engineer, 1967) and Moscow State University (mathematician, 1969). Doctor of technical sciences, professor of Moscow Power Engineering Institute. From 1989 till 1998 he is a director of Electrogorsk Research and Engineering Centre on NPP Safety. Deputy minister of atomic energy of the Russian Federation (1998–2002).

At present he is a first deputy of general director of the Institute of the Natural Monopolies.

Born on May 25, 1937 in Novosibirsk. Graduated from Moscow State Institute of Economics (1960), professor of mathematical economics (1970), candidate of economics (1965), doctor of physical and mathematical sciences (1968), academician of the RAS (1990). Rector of the New Economic School (NES) (1992–2004). Academician-Secretary of the Department of Social Sciences of the RAS (2002–2008). Member of Executive Committee of the International Economic Association (1995–2001).

At present, he is a director of the Central Economics and Mathematical Institute of the RAS, president of the NES, dean of the Economic Faculty in State Academic University for the Humanities, head of the of the Department of the Knowledge Economy of the State University of Management, director of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Moscow State University.

Born on May 20, 1938 in Leningrad. Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad State University (1959). Specializes in the game theory and joint decision-making. In the focus of her research interests is the development of the conceptions of optimality under the conditions of conflict and cooperation. She worked in the following institutions of the Academy of Science of the USSR and of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Leningrad Department of the Steklov Mathematical Institute (1959–1965), Leningrad Department of the Central Economics and Mathematical Institute (1965–1975), Institute of Social and Economic Problems (1975–1990), Saint Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics (since 1990 till now).

Candidate (1964), Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.) (1982), professor (2003). She is a member of International Society for Game Theory, Social Choice and Well-Being.

At present, she is a head of the Laboratory of Game Theory and Decision-Making of Saint Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics of the RAS.

Born on November 10, 1944 in the small township of Kyzyl Bairak in the Kemin district, Kirghiz SSR. Graduated from Leningrad institute of the Leningrad Institute of Precise Mechanics and Optics (LITMO). There he also finished his post-graduate studies (1972). He received his doctoral degree from Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute (1980). In 1982 he became a professor.

Corresponding member (1984), academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kirghiz Republic (1987), first vice-president (1987), president of the National Academy of Sciences of Kirghiz Republic (1988–1990). First president of the Kirghiz Republic (1990–2005). Specializes in optical methods for information storage and processing.

After he had retired from the post of the president of the Kirghiz Republic in 2005 he started to work in Moscow State University Institute of Complex Systems Mathematical Research. He was elected the foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2006. He has been developing the methods of investigation of nonlinear phenomena in modern market economy such as interaction of cyclic oscillation and economic growth, influence of structural breaks on dynamics of economic development etc.

He is a member of Scientific Council under Fundamental Research Programme "Economics and Sociology of Knowledge" of the Presidium of the RAS.

Born in 1950 in Moscow. Graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.There he also finished his postgraduate studies (1973).Then he started to work in Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the RAS (CCRAS) at the Department for Mathematical Modelling of Economic Systems. At present he is a principal researcher.

Igor Pospelov defended his candidate thesis in 1978 and doctoral one in 1989. In 2008 he was elected a corresponding member of the RAS in the Department of Mathematics.

He delivers his lectures on simulating of the economics in Moscow State University (Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics), in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and in the Higher School of Economics.

His scientific research focuses on the development of new theoretical and applied models within the bounds of "System analysis of developing economics" direction created together with A. Petrov in 1970s.

He studied several issues of optimal control theory and theory of evolution. Together with his students he created a new computer system ECOMOD which enables to control and support all stages of development of economic model including its analytical transformations.

Born in 1946 in the town of Nogins, Moscow region. Graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1968). Candidate (1971), Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.) (1977), corresponding member of the RAS (1987), academician of the RAS (1991), chairman of the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (1993–1997), vice-president of the RAS (1996–201), member of many foreign academies and universities.

His scientific research focuses on thermal physics of extreme pressure and temperature, physics of nonideal plasma, physics and mechanics of shock and detonation waves. His scientific works are of fundamental importance for the development of pulsed power, space physics, controlled thermonuclear fusion, rocket technology. He has developed the generator of intense shock waves and experimental methods for investigation of physical properties of matters under the extreme parameters using the explosives, laser, relativistic and ionic beams.

At present he is executive director at the Institute of Thermal Physics of Extreme States at the United Institute of High Temperatures at the RAS. He is a head of the Scientific coordination council on "Energy efficiency and energy savings including development of new types of fuel".

Born in 1929 in Kharkov. Graduated from Moscow Institute of Engineering and Economics of Ordzhonikidze in 1952. Cand. Sci. (Econ.) (1957), Dr. Sc. (Econ.) (1974), professor (1975), RAS advisor (2004). Honored worker of science and technology (2004).

Specializes in sector planning and forecasting, development of multi-branch complexes, in particular, fuel and energy complex. He took part in scientific methodical support and development of Energy programmes of the USSR and Russian Federation, electrification forecasts of the country and its power base.

At present, he exercises the scientific management and conducts the researches of long-term development of fuel and energy complex.

Born on March 31, 1934, in Gorizia (Italy). Educated at Milan and Pisa universities (Italy). PhD from Pisa University (1958).

In 1984, awarded, together with S. van der Meer, Nobel Prize for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction. The discovery of communicators of one of the four types of fundamental interactions in the nature can be well compared in its importance with the discovery of radio waves and photons, "responsible" for the electromagnetic interaction.

Working with a team including more than 100 members, he ensured implementation of a grandiose project of CERN-construction of an ultrahigh-power proton accelerator and development of a 1200-ton detector chamber, which made it possible to identify, and determine the properties of tens of new particles sought-for by experimenters (one per every billion of collisions). One of the results obtained in his studies was the theoretical substantiation of the existence of the sixth (top) quark. Recently, has been developing the concept of ecologically clean power engineering and use of new sources of electricity.

In 1989, he was appointed Director-General of the CERN Laboratory. Currently a professor at the University of Pavia, Italy.

Born April 24, 1947 in St.Louis, Missouri, United States.

Kornberg earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in chemical physics from Stanford in 1972. He then became a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge England.

Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA, the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.. His father, Arthur Kornberg, who was also a professor at Stanford University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959.

Roger Kornberg is professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.