Manege Business Programme

October 16, 2025
09:00-10:15

Russia’s Fuel and Energy Industry: Development Strategy

Oilfield Services in Russia: How to Help the Industry Helper?

Oilfield services are among the most vulnerable segments of oil and gas production in the context of sanctions. This segment is the most dependent on falling oil prices, sanctions pressure, restrictions on access to technology, and increased technological competition. Nevertheless, amidst these difficult conditions, oilfield service companies have to keep up with progress. What is the future of oilfield service companies? Where is the limit in terms of their sustainability? What technological challenges do oilfield service companies face today? Do these industries need state support? How can we ensure the effectiveness of import substitution processes in the oilfield service business? How can we create competitive conditions amidst market restrictions?

Moderator:
Mikhail Gordin — Rector, Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Speaker:
Oleg Zhdaneev — Advisor General Director – Head of Import Substitution in Oil and Energy Complex Competence Center, Russian Energy Agency of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation

October 16, 2025
09:00-10:15

Sustainable Development: Adapting to the New Reality

Energy Transition in Practice: Where is the Line between the Climate Agenda and Energy Security?

Energy transition is becoming a reality in the modern global economic order. An increasing number of countries are committing to transitioning to a carbon-neutral economy, and renewable energy sources have become widely recognized players in the global energy market. It has been 10 years since the Paris Agreement on climate change was implemented. During this time, the world has accumulated a wealth of practical experience in both forced and evolutionary energy transition, the results of which are ambiguous and require in-depth expert analysis. On the one hand, renewable sources have become more cost-effective and efficient, but on the other, as the experience of Spain and China has shown, the development of energy systems based on renewable energy sources and balanced energy storage systems is not keeping pace with population and economic growth. As a result, traditional energy sources retain their status as reliable and highly sought-after energy resources. Another important trend in recent years has been the formation of national energy transition paradigms based on the interests of each country. What are the practical results of the first decade of implementation of the Paris Agreement, and what challenges are in store for the global energy market over the next 10 years? Should the struggle to preserve the climate and the planet’s environment be painted only in green, or should energy be white, encompassing the entire spectrum of resources and technologies? How may we increase the reliability of global and national energy systems, ensure the stable operation of the lithium market, and develop large-scale energy storage systems? How can we draw a line between the political climate agenda and projects that boost national energy security, generate economic returns, and deliver environmental results? Is an energy transition with a ‘national flavour’ possible? What are the roles of Russia, China, and other countries in ensuring environmental and energy security?

Moderator:
Marat Bashirov — Professor, National Research University "Higher School of Economics"; Author of the Information and Analytical Channel "Political Joystick"

Speakers:
NJ Ayuk — Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber
Karin Kneissl — Head, Center G.O.R.K.I. (Geopolitical Observatory for Russia’s Key Issues) SPbU; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria (2017–2019)

Front row participants:
Alexey Zhikharev — Director, Russia Renewable Energy Development Association; Director, ENSOLVE
Igor Shpurov — General Director, State Commission for Mineral Reserves

October 16, 2025
09:00-10:15

International Cooperation

SCO and ASEAN Countries on the Path towards Creating Fair Energy

Today’s energy world can hardly be called fair. Sanctions, protectionism, and artificial restrictions on the development of certain energy sectors that are driven by political rather than economic interests all limit the natural development of the energy sector and harm the economies and energy security of many countries. These external challenges can be overcome by combining the efforts of the countries affected. The best opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation in this regard are with the countries of the Global South and Global East, which play a key role in creating a multipolar and sustainable world order and whose destiny it is to make a decisive contribution to global economic development. Today, the SCO and ASEAN countries are creating a new investment reality, putting forward their vision of the energy future – one that is aimed at creating an equitable, balanced, and sustainable model for global energy development. What principles of “energy justice” should be pursued? What opportunities exist for increasing energy exchange between energy-producing and energy-consuming countries within the SCO and ASEAN and what are their prospects? What joint initiatives and energy projects will help countries come together to achieve their goal of building a fair energy system?

Moderator:
Natalya Popova — First Deputy General Director, Innopraktika

Speakers:
Kazutomo Irie — President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)
Arzybek Kozhoshev — Member of the Board, Minister in Charge of Energy and Infrastructure, Eurasian Economic Commission
Hongpeng Liu — Director of Energy Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Ivan Polyakov — Chairman, Russia – ASEAN Business Council
Sergey Tsivilev — Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

October 16, 2025
09:00-10:15

Technology as a Key Driver of Energy Development

Replicating the Digital Developments of Industrial Enterprises in the Russian Fuel and Energy Sector and Abroad

It is strategically important that Russia develop and replicate digital technologies for the fuel and energy complex. To do so, we must engage those looking to benefit together with domestic IT companies. If we succeed, we will increase production exponentially, increase profitability, and ensure our country’s technological supremacy at home and abroad. What IT solutions does the fuel and energy sector need most and how can we develop and replicate them? How can we create synergy in the development and application of domestic achievements?

Moderator:
Anna Temnyakova — Head of Service, TNT

Speakers:
Renata Abdulina — Chairman, Association of the Largest Software and Hardware Consumers
Maxim Grishanin — First Vice President, Transneft
Valentin Makarov — President, RUSSOFT Association
Alexander Pavlov — Chief Managing Partner, VEB.RF
Alexey Chukarin — Director, Center for Expertise and Coordination of Informatization
Eduard Sheremetsev — Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

October 16, 2025
09:00-10:30

Sustainable Development: Adapting to the New Reality

Business breakfasts

Energy of the New Era

The rapid development of technologies is a challenge for all sectors of the economy, and energy is no exception. Despite the apparent conservatism inherent in the energy sector, this industry is one of the first to deal with the effects of technological development: higher energy consumption, the increased load on networks, and the need to adapt to new consumer profiles. What risks does widespread digitalization pose for the energy sector? What technologies are already helping to ensure stable energy supplies? What innovations will become drivers of development in the near future?

October 16, 2025
11:00-12:15

International Cooperation

The Global Liquefied Natural Gas Market: Shortage or Surplus?

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been playing an increasingly important role in the global energy sector in recent years. Flexible transportation and low carbon intensity compared with other hydrocarbons make it a promising, reliable, and affordable source of energy. This is precisely why the global LNG market is developing at a such a rapid pace today. New importers and exporters are emerging, supplies are increasing, and production capacities are being expanded. Experts predict that by 2026 the growth rates in global LNG supplies will be the highest they have been since 2019 at around 7%, or 40 billion cubic metres. By 2050, LNG plants that are slated for construction could see their cumulative capacity more than double and reach one billion tonnes. This means competition on the global LNG market will only be increasing. However, an increase in the number of importers and the creation of new LNG production facilities could upset the fragile balance of supply and demand on this market. What are the projected LNG production and consumption volumes by 2030–2050? Will there be demand for such volumes and could this result in a gas surplus? Will global gas producers be justified in their plans to expand LNG capacities? What technologies does the industry need today? What is the outlook for small-tonnage LNG around the world and in Russia specifically?

Moderator:
Ilya Doronov — Managing Director, RBC

Speakers:
Kiril Polous — Deputy Head of Department – Head of Administration, Gazprom
Pavel Sorokin — First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

October 16, 2025
11:00-12:15

International Cooperation

Nuclear Energy: Saving the Climate, Uniting Countries, and Changing the Image of Humanity

In partnership with the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom

The nuclear industry is currently experiencing an extraordinary boom. Nuclear technologies are a truly inexhaustible source of clean energy. They are the key to reliable energy supplies not only for individual countries, but for entire regions as well. Partnerships between countries in the development of nuclear energy allow for long-term cooperation in both the nuclear sphere and in other high-tech industries. How can nuclear solutions unite countries and help counter global challenges? How do countries’ own solutions in the nuclear sector become the basis for global change? How can we enhance the efficiency of nuclear projects to address the challenges of the green agenda? How are the nuclear industry’s achievements becoming a driver of growth in various industries and why is energy not the only sector where nuclear can provide benefits?

October 16, 2025
11:00-12:15

International Cooperation

Diversifying Investments: From Energy and Industry to New Sectors

The world’s leading oil and gas producers have recently been investing more and more in economic diversification, ensuring technological sovereignty, creating their own production equipment, digitalization, and intensifying trade and economic cooperation. At the same time, numerous national investment funds from these countries are increasingly entering the global market, expanding their portfolio of international projects, and building up their own experience in the creation of high-tech and complex industries. How successful has such diversification been given the current unstable situation on energy markets? Will these investments eventually pay off and will countries be able to carve out their own niche in global industrial production, while even remaining ahead of traditional players in some sectors? What is the outlook for cooperation between major Russian and national investment funds from oil-producing countries in terms of developing industry and trade?

Moderator:
Marina Kim — First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Host of the “New World” Show, “Soloviev Live” Channel

October 16, 2025
11:00-12:15

Sustainable Development: Adapting to the New Reality

From a Global Web to Regional Strongholds: What Kind of Global Energy Map Awaits?

The energy security paradigm is changing dramatically in the context of the fundamental restructuring of global energy markets and supply chains. The concept of a globalized market that ensures security through the diversification of supplies is facing growing demands for regionalization and energy system sovereignty. Further, the accelerated transition to a low-carbon economy is disrupting traditional supply chains and energy security mechanisms, creating competition for leadership in green technologies and sharply raising the stakes in the struggle between suppliers of traditional energy resources. Is a return to a global energy security model possible? Will the world move towards the establishment of closed regional clusters? How can supply stability and price predictability be ensured in the new reality? What role do new technologies, industry alliances, and the climate agenda play in this new equation?