Business programme
28.06.2024
10:00–11:30

Digital Freedom: Law and the Evolution of Market Relations

Congress Centre, conference hall B4
The Business Environment, Corporate Governance, and the Legal Services Market
Broadcast
The digital economy is the most rapidly developing sector of economic relations and is primarily driven by digital platforms and services, based on which new economic ties and types of legal relations are established every day. The modern legal system is designed to meet the current needs of the market and society, which are based on the principles of freedom of economic activity and maintaining a balance of interests of all parties. The legal regulation of the digital economy is currently one of the most pressing topics and requires a comprehensive discussion involving representatives of business, the legal scientific community, and the state. What role does the development of marketplaces play in the modern e-commerce market? How can we maintain a balance of interests in relations between sellers, consumers, and aggregators? What is the government’s role in all of this? How can we apply international best practices in regulating digital platforms in the Russian market? Where should we look for an industry balance between traditional retail and digital platforms?

Moderator

Denis Kosenkov
Managing Partner, Kosenkov & Suvorov; Vice President, Russian Association of Retail Market Experts

Speakers

Tatyana Bakalchuk
General Director, Wildberries (online)
Vadim Vinogradov
Dean of the Faculty of Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Ekaterina Ilgova
Rector, Saratov State Law Academy
Oleg Pavlov
Chairman, Organization for the Protection of Consumer Rights "Public Consumer Initiative"
Ekaterina Papchenkova
Deputy General Director, Center for Strategic Research
Artem Sokolov
President, The Association of Internet Trade Companies

Broadcast

Denis Kosenkov
Managing Partner, Kosenkov & Suvorov; Vice President, Russian Association of Retail Market Experts
Tatyana Bakalchuk
General Director, Wildberries
Vadim Vinogradov
Dean of the Faculty of Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Doctor of Law, Professor, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Law, Member of the Civiс Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Author of more than 120 scientific, educational and methodical works on constitutional, digital, administrative, municipal law and legislative process.
In June 2020, V.A. Vinogradov became the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Since December 2021, Vadim Aleksandrovich has been a member of the HSE Supervisory Board.
V.A. Vinogradov is a member of the expert advisory council under the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Ownership, Land and Property Relations, the Council for the Improvement of Arbitration under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
Since 2014, he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NGO "Center for Assistance to Lawmaking". In 2020, he became a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and was appointed as the head of the working group on legislation in the field of Internet technologies and digitalization.
Ekaterina Ilgova
Rector, Saratov State Law Academy
Oleg Pavlov
Chairman, Organization for the Protection of Consumer Rights "Public Consumer Initiative"
Ekaterina Papchenkova
Deputy General Director, Center for Strategic Research
Master's degree, National Research University Higher School of Economics and Russian School of Private Law.
2013 – 2014 – The Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation.
2014 – 2015 – Analytical center FORUM.
2015 – 2017 – Department of the Distressed assets, Sberbank.
2017 – to date – General Director, International and Comparative Law Research Center.
Artem Sokolov
President, The Association of Internet Trade Companies
Candidate of Political Sciences, Attorney, Manager, RANEPA lecturer, Chair of the Academic Council of the Retail Management Master’s Programme at HSE University

Education
 Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) (2012);
 Moscow City Government University of Management (2006)

Career
 From 2006 to 2013 worked in the Moscow City Government (Control Directorate of the Mayor of Moscow; Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of the City of Moscow);
 From 2013, headed the GR block of Coca-Cola Hellenic;
 From 2015, served as the Executive Director of the Association of E-commerce Companies (AKIT);
 In 2018, elected President of AKIT;
 From 2019, Lecturer for the Digital Transformation in Business Master’s Degree Programme and the Digital Technologies in Commerce Bachelor’s Programme, Institute of Industry Management, RANEPA;
 From 2020, Chair of the Academic Council of the Retail Management Master’s Programme at HSE University.

Industry experience
 Member, Working Group on Creating a Development Strategy for Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Working Group on Remote Alcohol Sales, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation;
 Member, Council on Developing the Digital Economy, Federation Council, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Expert Council, State Commission for Counteracting the Trafficking of Industrial Products;
 Member, Expert Council on Increasing Retail Market Competition, Federal Anti-monopoly Service of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Expert Council on Developing the Children’s Product Industry, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Expert Group on Production, Sales, and Marking of Jewellery and Other Goods Made of Precious Metals, Federal Assay Chamber;
 Member, Expert Council on the Legislative Measures Facilitating the Development of Financial Technologies in the Russian Federation, State Duma Committee on the Financial Market;
 Member, Expert Commission on Evaluating Software for Inclusion on the List of Russian Software that Must be Installed in Advance on Individual High-Tech Devices, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Cash Register Regulations;
 Member, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Commerce and Consumer Rights Protection;
 Member, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Precious Metals and Stones;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Pharmaceutics and Medical Devices;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on the Manufacture and Sale of Alcohol Products;
 Expert, Regulatory Guillotine Working Group on Communications and Information Technology;
 Council Member, Russian Jewellers' Guild;
 Member of the Board, NPP OPORA;
 Member, Committee on Supporting Entrepreneurship in the Extraction, Production, Processing, and Sale of Precious Metals, Precious Stones, and Resulting Products, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Council on E-commerce, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Council on Consumer Market Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
 Member, Council on IT and Digital Economy Development, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.


Awards
 Jubilee Medal from the Governor of Moscow Region for Contributing to the Development of Commerce (2020)
 Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation for Significant Contributions to the Development of Trade and Many Years of Diligent Work (2018)
 Letter of Acknowledgement from the Deputy Mayor of Moscow on Urban Policy and Construction for Active Participation in the Capital’s Public Life and Personal Contributions to the Urban Development of Moscow (2019)
 Federal State Statistics Service Badge for Active Participation in the Russian National Census (2002)
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