The Role of Creative Spaces in Today's Business Environment
Human Capital in the Digital Economy
A city's competitiveness is directly related to its ability to attract skilled labour and create entrepreneurial activity, which means that new spaces for working and living have to be set up. As traditional industry declines, the development of creative industries that integrate the interests of the scientific community, the city's administration, and the business community can work to spur culture, talent, and knowledge, underpinning an effective means of achieving economic growth in cities. Where in Russia are creative industries likely to develop first? What mechanisms, formats, and sources of funding are available to implement projects aimed at developing the creative industries? How can public–private partnership models be applied? Can cooperation between city governments, business communities, and the creative class become a catalyst for the development of creative industries?
Natalia Knyazhevich, Anchor, RBC Channel
Natalia Knyazhevich
Anchor, RBC Channel
Elena Zelentsova, Vice President, Director for Urban Environment Development, Skolkovo Foundation
Evgeniy Melentyev, Chief Executive Officer, KINODANZ
Georgy Poltavchenko, Governor of St.Petersburg
Konstantin Polunin, Partner, Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Sofia Trotsenko, Founder, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, President, Winzavod Foundation in Support of Contemporary Art
Elena Zelentsova
Vice President, Director for Urban Environment Development, Skolkovo Foundation
Evgeniy Melentyev
Chief Executive Officer, KINODANZ
Georgy Poltavchenko
Governor of St.Petersburg
Born February 24, 1953 into a navy family in Baku.
1976 – graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Aerospace Instrumentation (as a mechanical engineer specializing in aerospace medicine instruments).
1976 – engineer at the defence enterprise NPO Leninets.
1978 – instructor at the Nevsky regional committee of the Young Communist League.
1979–1994 – service with the KGB (head of the Vyborg City Department of the KGB for the Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg).
1994–1999 – head of the St. Petersburg Administration of the Federal Service of the Tax Police, Lieutenant General of the Tax Police.
1999–2000 – Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Leningrad Region.
2000–2011 -– Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District.
On August 31, 2011, Mr. Poltavchenko was appointed Government of St. Petersburg.
Order 'For service to the homeland' IV degree (2003),
Order 'For service to the homeland' III degree (2008),
Order of Alexander Nevsky (2013), and other state awards.
Konstantin Polunin
Partner, Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Konstantin Polunin is a Partner and Managing Director of BCG Moscow office. He joined BCG in 2008 as a Principal and was promoted to a Partner and Managing Director in 2012. He is a member of BCG's global energy and industrial goods practice areas, as well as a core member of BCG's public sector practice. His extensive consulting experience over the past decade includes projects in Russia, CIS and Europe. Konstantin has worked mostly with the clients in energy, chemical, automotive and transportation industries as well as public sector and government in Russia and Europe. He studied chemistry at the Moscow State University and graduated in chemistry at the Technical University Berlin, with focus on organic chemistry and biochemistry. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Russian Academy of Science, with focus on development of new materials, exploring their physical and chemical properties and application opportunities. Since December 2013, Konstantin is a member of the working group on the National Entrepreneurial Initiative under the President's Economic Council of Russian Federation.
Sofia Trotsenko
Founder, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, President, Winzavod Foundation in Support of Contemporary Art