Question 1

All day

Arrival of participants

Question 2

08:00 – 10:00

Registration

Answer

3^rd Floor

Hall “Vienna”

Question 3

09:30 – 10:30

Morning Setup

Answer

Expert: Valeriia GORBACHEVA (Russia), Deputy Head, BRICS Expert Council – Russia; Head of the Multilateral Strategic Projects Office, HSE University

Question 4

10:30 – 11:00

Break

Question 5

11:00 – 12:00

Opening Ceremony

Answer

Honorary guests:

Victoria PANOVA (Russia), Head, BRICS Expert Council – Russia; Vice Rector, HSE University; Russian W20 Sherpa
Georgy TOLORAYA (Russia), CEO, National Committee on BRICS Research, Russia; Director of the Center for Russian Strategy in Asia of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergey ORLOV (Russia), Deputy Executive Director, Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund
Irina YARYGINA (Russia), Head of the Working Group “Financial and Investment Cooperation”, BRICS Expert Council – Russia; Head of the Economics and Banking Business Department at the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University; Head of Programs, Professor, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Moderator: Valeriia GORBACHEVA (Russia), Deputy Head, BRICS Expert Council – Russia; Head of the Multilateral Strategic Projects Office, HSE University

Question 6

12:00 – 12:30

Break

Question 7

12:30 – 14:00

Lecture “BRICS and Africa: Challenges and Opportunities of Expansion”

Answer

Expert: Vasily SIDOROV (Russia), Senior Research Fellow of the Research Centre for African strategy in BRICS, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Question 8

14:00 – 15:00

Lunch

Answer

4^th Floor

Restaurant “Avenue”

Question 9

15:00 – 16:30

Expert Discussion “Role of BRICS in a Changing World”

Answer

Experts:

Timofei BORDACHEV (Russia), Head of the Working Group “Country analysis and analysis of BRICS national strategies”, BRICS Expert Council – Russia; Academic Supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University; Programme Director, Valdai Discussion Club
Dmitry ROZENTAL (Russia), Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexei KUPRIYANOV (Russia), Head of Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Richard A BLACK (USA), Schiller Institute Representative at the UN

Moderator: Georgy TOLORAYA (Russia), CEO, National Committee on BRICS Research, Russia; Director of the Center for Russian Strategy in Asia of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Question 10

16:30 – 17:00

Tea-break

Answer

3^rd Floor

Hall “Moscow”

Question 11

17:00 – 18:30

Lecture “BRICS Expansion: Implications for Outer Space”

Answer

Expert: Vasiliy GUDNOV (Russia), Head, Division for Cooperation with International organizations, Department for International Сooperation, State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS

Question 12

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner

Answer

4^th Floor

Restaurant “Avenue”

Question 13

9:30 – 11:00

Meeting with H.E. Sergey RYABKOV, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Russia’s BRICS Sherpa

Answer

3^rd Floor

Hall “Moscow”

Question 14

11:00 – 11:15

Tea-break

Question 15

11:15 – 12:15

Lecture “Challenges for Journalism in the Digital Age”

Answer

Expert: Oleg DMITRIEV (Russia), Deputy Director of the Institute of Media, Faculty of Creative Industries, HSE University

Question 16

12:15 – 12:30

Break

Question 17

12:30 – 14:00

Workshop “Public Diplomacy in BRICS countries”

Answer

Experts:

Evgeniy DEMIN (Russia), Deputy head of the Department of Public Diplomacy, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)
Anastasia ILYUSHINA (Russia), Consultant of the International Activities Department, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs
Diana KOVELA (Russia), Program Director, BRICS Youth Summit
Wang Qi (China), Director of the Institute for China-Russia Strategic Cooperation, Tsinghua University
Yulia MOTYAKINA (Russia), Head of the International division, Directorate of the World Youth Festival

Moderator: Sergey ORLOV (Russia), Deputy Executive Director, Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund

Question 18

14:00 – 15:00

Lunch

Answer

4^th Floor

Restaurant “Avenue”

Question 19

15:00 – 16:00

Lecture “Energy Transition and Sustainable Development in BRICS Countries”

Answer

Expert: Olga YUDINA (Russia), Russian Senior Energy Official in BRICS; Director of International Affairs, Russian Energy Agency by Ministry of Energy of Russia

Question 20

16:00 – 16:30

Break

Answer

3^rd Floor

Hall “Moscow”

Question 21

16:30 – 18:30

Expert Discussion “The BRICS Economy: Understanding the Origins and Impact on the World Economy”

Answer

Experts:

Bruno DE CONTI (Brazil), Visiting Researcher at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Wu Fei (China), Director, BRICS Research Centre
Weldegebriel Abrha HAGOSS (Ethiopia), Special Advisor for Science and Technology of the Tigray Regional State of the President, Visiting Scholar in UIBE Beijing
Rasigan MAHARAJH (South Africa), Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology
Tien Minh NGUYEN (Vietnam), Associate Dean of the Faculty of International Business and Economics, Vietnam National University

Moderator: Irina YARYGINA (Russia), Head of the Working Group “Financial and Investment Cooperation”, BRICS Expert Council – Russia; Head of the Economics and Banking Business Department at the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University; Head of Programs, Professor, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Question 22

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner

Answer

4^th Floor

Restaurant “Avenue”

Question 23

09:00 – 10:15

Master class “Cultural heritage of the BRICS countries”

Answer

Expert: Marina BELOUSOVA (Russia), Coach on intercultural and business communication

Question 24

10:15 – 10:30

Break

Question 25

10:30 – 11:30

Meet & Greet “Strategic Leadership in Science and Education”

Answer

Honorary guest: Nikita ANISIMOV (Russia), Rector, HSE University

Question 26

11:30 – 11:45

Break

Question 27

11:45 – 12:15

Presentation “The BRICS Law Schools Consortium”

Answer

Expert: Alyona BERNYUKEVICH (Russia), Director, International Cooperation Centre, HSE University

Question 28

12:15 – 12:30

Break

Answer

3^rd Floor

Hall “Moscow”

Question 29

12:30 – 14:00

Lecture “New Technologies Dilemma: Progress VS Dangers”

Answer

Experts:

Vasilii GROMOV (Russia), Deputy Head, School of Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence, HSE University
Kaushik PAL (India), Professor, Head of the Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Vladimir KOROVKIN (Russia), Associate Professor, SKOLKOVO School of Management

Moderator: Sergey KARAPETYAN (Russia), Deputy Dean for International Cooperation, Communications and Additional Education of the Faculty of Computer Science, HSE University

Question 30

14:00 – 15:00

Lunch

Answer

4^th Floor

Restaurant “Avenue”

Question 31

15:00 – 17:00

Case-Study “AI: New opportunities for BRICS countries”

Answer

Expert: Anton TAMAROVICH (Russia), Lead Analyst, National Center for the Development of Artificial Intelligence under the Government of the Russian Federation

Question 32

17:00 – 17:30

Tea-break

Question 33

17:30 – 18:30

Closing Ceremony and Family Photo

Answer

3^rd Floor

Hall “Moscow”

Question 34

18:30 – 19:30

Break

Question 35

19:30 – 22:30

Farewell Dinner and Cultural Program

Answer

20^th Floor

Hall “Arbat”

Question 36

All day

Departure of participants