Elena Boyko, councilor of the Ministry of Communications and Media of the Russian Federation, acted as moderator of the seminar.

The welcoming speech was delivered by Nikolay Nikiforov, Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. He thanked participants of the seminar for the interest to the Russian event and introduced a presentation on “Information-communication technologies for stable economic growth and social development of the Russian Federation”. In the course of the presentation the Minister reported on the status of information society development and e-government formation in Russia, on experience of implementation of the Strategy of Information Society Development in the Russian Federation and the state program “Information society (2011-2020)”, on existing achievements in programs’ implementation within the framework of the state program and upcoming goals with respect to future development in this sphere.

Then the speech was delivered by the deputy minister of communications and mass media Mark Shmulevich, who reported on IT-sector and human capital development in Russia. He made the participants of the seminar acquainted with the situation of the IT-market in Russia, main players on the market, events in the IT sphere, which are planned for 2013-2018, problems of education in IT sphere, IT-infrastructure development, etc.

Leonid Todorov, deputy director of the Coordination Centre of National Domains .ru and .rf, made a presentation on “Internet use management in Russia: assistance to multilateral co-operation model use”. In his report he noted that in the last years in the Russian segment of the internet the multilateral co-operation model has formed and is being used. He specified the main actors in this segment of the market, and the main events, which form the platform for internet use management in Russia.

Tatiana Ershova, IIS Director general, reported on “ICT-competencies’ role in social and economic development of Russia”; within its framework she specified the main factors of ICT influence on the social and economic development of the country, and presented her comparative analysis of a number of markers of ICT development in Russian and in foreign countries (such as human capital and ICT use, skills and use of PC and internet, use of social networks).

The seminar concluded with a vivid discussion, within its course the questions from the audience related to information society development, e-government, IT-industry development, e-culture, global knowledge exchange and others crucial for Russia and for other countries, were discussed  Yuri Hohlov, Chairman of the IIS Board of Directors, participated in the discussion.

On behalf of IIS the seminar was also attended by Olga Reznikova, deputy director general, Louiza Rizmanova, head of Department of International Cooperation and Public Relations.