Business programme
13.05.2023
10:00–11:30

The School of Digital Law. Training, Development, and Retention of Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Legal Experts in Russia

Congress Centre, conference hall D1
Digitalization: The Law of the Future or the Future of the Law?
Broadcast
Training, development, and retention of digital lawyers – defenders against cybercrime. 2022 Results.
Digital defenders – who are they?
Best practices for training digital law experts. Regional experience.
Combating legal nihilism in the field of digital law, raising awareness among the public about the evolution of national law and new areas of legal regulation as the basis for the development of Russia's legal culture.

Moderator

Olga Binda
Editor-in-Chief Advisor, Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI); Project Manager "Digital Law" Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects

Panellists

Elena Avakyan
Vice President, The Russian Federal Bar Association
Vladislav Arkhipov
Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Director, Center for Research on Information Security and Digital Transformation, St. Petersburg State University
Tatiana Deriugina
Professor, Department of Civil and Labor Law, Civil Procedure, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation named after V.Ya. Kikotya
Oleg Zaitsev
Dean of Higher School of Jurisprudence Department, Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Natalia Kovaleva
Head of the Department of Digital Technology Law and Biolaw, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Maria Majorina
Vice-Rector for Strategic and International Development, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Alexander Saveliev
Academic Supervisor of the "Digital Law" Educational Program, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Elina Sidorenko
General Director, Platform

Broadcast

Olga Binda
Editor-in-Chief Advisor, Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI); Project Manager "Digital Law" Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects
Elena Avakyan
Vice President, The Russian Federal Bar Association
Elena Avakyan is the Executive Director of the Non-Profit Partnership for Advancement of Corporate Law.
Since 2019, Elena has been a member of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Council. Since 2018, she served on the Expert Council on Legislative Support for the Development of the Securities Market and Derivative Financial Instruments under the Committee of the State Duma for Financial Markets.
From 2006 to 2014, Elena served as the head of Control and Analytic Directorate at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. She was one of the ideologists of the e-justice project in Russia and one of its managers.
In 2004–2005, Elena was the chairwoman of the board of the National Association of Securities Market Participants. In 1999–2004, she was the head of Legal Control Service and vice president of Renaissance-Capital. Before that, she worked as a general counsel of the board of the St Petersburg Stock Exchange.
At various times, Elena served as a financial market legislation expert for the FAS of Russia and Ministry of Finance, corporate governance expert for the Ministry of Economic Development, expert for the State Duma Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and Council of the Federation Committee on Financial Markets and Money Circulation as well as an expert of the Property Committee of the RF State Duma, an assistant to the Committee chairperson and assistant to a deputy of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building. Since 2011, she is a member of the working group on multi-purpose centers. She took part in the drafting of a concept of new civil legislation.
Elena is a member of all working groups at the Skolkovo competence centres in each of the focus areas of the Digital Economy national programme; she leads a small working group on the concept of an ‘electronic document’ within the Skolkovo working groups.
Vladislav Arkhipov
Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Director, Center for Research on Information Security and Digital Transformation, St. Petersburg State University
Tatiana Deriugina
Professor, Department of Civil and Labor Law, Civil Procedure, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation named after V.Ya. Kikotya
Oleg Zaitsev
Dean of Higher School of Jurisprudence Department, Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Dean of the School of Law IPACS RANEPA
S.J.D.
Member of the Civic Council of The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr)
Member of the Expert council of the Higher Attestation Comission of Law and Political Science
Member of the Board of the Exeprt Center of the Association of lawyers of Russia
Member of the Board of the Center of International Legal Education
Vice-rector of masters program of the International Academy of Law «BERINGOFF»
Natalia Kovaleva
Head of the Department of Digital Technology Law and Biolaw, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Maria Majorina
Vice-Rector for Strategic and International Development, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Mazhorina Mariya Viktorovna graduated with honors from the Moscow State Law Academy. Candidate of Legal Sciences, specialty 12.00.10. International Law; European Law. Associate Professor of the Department of International Private Law of the Kutafin State Law University. Honorary Worker of education of the Russian Federation. Vice-Rector for Strategic and International Development. Oversees the implementation of the Priority 2030 Program, in which Kutafin State Law University participates. Head of the Competence Center "Sustainable Development Law. ESG-standards". Co-author and editor of Russia's first textbook on the sustainable development law. Specialist in international law, private international law, legal support of international business, network law and digital platform law, international commercial law, sustainable development law. The author of more than 60 scientific papers, including monographs and textbooks. Has additional education in the field of sustainable development, project management, change management. The arbitrator of the Arbitration Center at RSPP.
Alexander Saveliev
Academic Supervisor of the "Digital Law" Educational Program, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Elina Sidorenko
General Director, Platform
Sidorenko Elina - Doctor of Law, Professor of MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations under Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia), Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
A graduate of the Stavropol State University (now — The North-Caucasus Federal University) in 2001. In 2002 she successfully defended her thesis and in 2013 she successfully defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Law. Since 2013 she is Professor of MGIMO University, since 2017 she is the Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
Research interests: financial security, digital economy, anti-corruption policy, laundering of the proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism.
She is the author of 150 scientific works.
Sidorenko Elina is actively working as an expert. She is a member of the Expert Council of the RF President's Administration on anti-corruption, the Head of the Working Group of the State Duma of RF Federal Gathering on cryptocurrency circulation risk assessment, the Head of the new digital technologies Expert Council of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Participates in the development of legislation on cryptocurrency circulation regulation in Russia.
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