On the 9th of November the panel discussion “Policy, business-models and human capital for bioeconomy: Identifying opportunities” took place in the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

As a part of a series of events under a common name "Europe and Russia towards cooperation in the bioeconomy development" the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO in cooperation with the European Forest Institute has organized the panel discussion "Regulation, business-models and human capital for bioeconomy: identification of opportunities” on the 9th of November 2017.

During the event, experts from forestry and bioeconomy fields have been discussing new approaches, technologies and opportunities for sustainable management of the renewable biological resources with a special focus on forests, as well as opportunities for international cooperation in order to improve strategies, business approaches and human capital development in this area.

The event has brought together about 80 representatives from business, non-profit organizations, academic community and public authorities, and was chaired by Sergei Ivanov - the Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport and Esko Aho - Strategic Advisor of the European Forest Institute and Ex-Prime Minister of Finland.

Among the key speakers and participants of the panel discussion were:

Andrei Sharonov, President, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
Sergei Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport
Esko Aho, Ex-Prime Minister of Finland, Strategic Advisor, European Forest Institute
Kamil Zakirov, President, Segezha Group (download presentation)
Anatoliy Frishman, CEO, Sveza Group (download presentation)
Natalia Malashenko, Corporate Communications Director, UPM-Kymmene (download presentation)
Marc Palahí, Director, European Forest Institute (download presentation)
Vladimir Popov, Director, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Science, Chairman of the Board “BioTech2030” (download presentation)
Juha Palokangas, Manager Russian Affairs, Finnish Forest Industries Federation (download presentation)
Elena Kulikova, Senior Expert, European Forest Institute
Esa Harmala, Former CEO of Metsähallitus
Galina Mansurova, General Manager, Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Russia
Sergei Bobylev, Head of Center for Bioeconomy and eco-innovations, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Nikolay Shmatkov, Director of the Forest Program, WWF Russia
Alexey Kalinin, Director, Institute of Emerging Markets Studies