10:30 - 12:00

Human capital and social capital, plenary meeting

Plenary meeting hall

In a post-industrial economy, a country’s ability to compete is directly connected with human and social capital. Personal efficiency, labor productivity, initiative, innovative thinking, social contacts, interpersonal trust, and self-organization of the citizens are the key stimuli for economical growth.

  • What determines the state of human and social capital in modern Russia?
  • How is it can be possible to make it a better environment for personal growth and development?
  • How deep is the gap between the Russian elite and the rest of the population?
  • To what extent does the development of human potential depend on the state and to what extent to it depend on citizens?
  • Under which conditions can Russian society develop a full-fledged social contract?
Presenters:
Sergey Bobylev,
UNDP Reports on the Development of Human Potential in the Russian Federation Editor-in-Chief, Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor
Leonid Polishchuk,
Head of the Applied Analysis of Institutes and Social Capital Academic Research Laboratory at the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Moderator:
Aleksandr Auzan,
President of the Social Contract National Project Institute
Participants:
Arkady Dvorkovich,
Aide to the President of Russian Federation
Gleb Pavlovsky,
President, Foundation for Effective Policy
Yury Saprykin,
Russian journalist, Editorial Director “Rambler-Afisha”
Alexander Morozov,
Political scientist, journalist and Editor in Chief of Russian Journal
Andrey Yakovlev,
Director of The Institute for Industrial and Market Studies at the Higher School of Economics Education and degrees
Igor Averkiev,
Expert of the Perm Civic Chamber and a member of the Perm Regional Human Rights Center administration
Grigorii Revzin,
Historian; Art Critic; Architectural Critic; Journalist
Alexander Arkhangelsky,
Tenured Professor, Department of Journalism, The Higher School of Economics
Irina Starodubrovskaya,
Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Director of the Center for Political Economy and Regional Development
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