International online conference“Cross-border interregional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region
as a driver for the development of the Russian Far East and the Asian Arctic”
Date and time: October 18, 2021, 15:00-18:00 Khabarovsk time (14:00-17:00 Japan time, 08:00-11:00
Moscow time)
Organizer/co-organizers: Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law, Hokkaido University
Arctic Research Center, Human Resource Development Platform for Japan-Russia Economic
Cooperation and Personnel Exchange (HaRP), Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II Project and theUArctic Thematic Network on the Arctic in Asia, Asia in the Arctic.
Languages: Russian and English (simultaneous and consecutive interpretation)
Format: online (Zoom).
Outline: The conference “Cross-border interregional cooperation as a driver for the development of theEastern Arctic zone for the Russian Federation” is jointly organized by the Khabarovsk State Universityof Economics and Law and Hokkaido University for the exchange of the views and experience
concerning possibilities for economic development and research cooperation in the Russian Arctic. This
event is part of a series of online seminars organized by Hokkaido University Arctic Research Centerand its partners throughout 2021. The conference will be attended by researchers and practitioners fromRussia, Japan, China, the United States of America (Alaska) and the Republic of Korea, as well as
representatives of the Russian regional authorities.
How to register: fill out the Google form by October 14, 2021 https://forms.gle/FxREUf8Y15uh6XTw7 .
As a result of the conference, a collection of scientific materials of the event will be formed,
which will be posted on the basis of the periodical "Bulletin of KSUEP" (http://vestnik.ael.ru/). To applyfor the placement of a scientific article, you must contact the organizers of the conference.
For inquiries: contact Aleksey Tishkov, Deputy Head of the Scientific Sector of the Khabarovsk State
University of Economics and Law
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E-mail: tishkov@sco-khv.org
Tel.: +7-914-311-3287
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Speaker
Welcome speech - Maxim Yurievich Boev - Rector of the Khabarovsk State University ofEconomics and Law
Section 1 - "Opportunities and Challenges of International Academic Cooperation inthe Eastern Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation"
Juha Saunavaara is an assistant professor at the Arctic Research Center of the Universityof Hokkaido (Japan), Lomaeva Marina Viktorovna is an employee of the Arctic ResearchCenter of the University of Hokkaido (Japan). Topic - "Experience and opportunities ofJapanese-Russian academic cooperation in the study of the Arctic region"
Slugina Natalia Ivanovna - Head of the Department for International Cooperation and theArctic of the Office of the Governor and the Government of the Chukotka Autonomous
Okrug. Topic - "International Chukotka"
Gao Tianming is Director and Leading Expert of the Center for the Study of the Blue
Economy of the Arctic, Director of the Center for the Study of Russia and Ukraine at Harbin
Engineering University and Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics andManagement. Topic - "Opportunities for Sino-Russian Scientific and Technical Cooperationin the Eastern Sector of the Arctic"
Ershov Mikhail Mikhailovich - Secretary General of the Association of National Sports
and Games of the Peoples of Yakutia. Topic - "Popularization of the traditional culture ofthe peoples of the North-East of Russia in the countries of the Pacific coast"
Zelensky Gennady Mikhailovich - Director of the Chukotka Scientific Research Support
Group, a non-profit partnership. Topic - "Practice of the" Chukotka Research Support Group
"in the management of international projects in Chukotka"
Discussion
BreakSection 2 - "The role and place of cross-border business cooperation in the socioeconomic development of the Eastern Arctic zone of the Russian Federation"
Smirnova Olga Olegovna - Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Minister of the RussianFederation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic. Topic Zaostrovskikh Elena Anatolyevna - Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher
at the Institute of Economic Research, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy ofSciences (Khabarovsk). Topic - "Evolution of the ports of the eastern Arctic and their coastal
regions in the context of the development of the Northern Sea Route"
Guo Peiqing - Professor, Head of the Arctic Center of the Oceanological University of thePeople's Republic of China. Topic - "Possibility of a China-Korea-Japan-Russia
consultation mechanism and integration into Northeast Asia"
Voronenko Alexander Leonidovich - Chief of Staff of the Legislative Duma of theKhabarovsk Territory. Topic - "Legal features of doing business in the Arctic zone of theRussian Federation"
Yin Zhao is a lecturer at Heilongjiang Oriental University (PRC). Topic - "Research on theparticipation of the northeastern region of China in the joint development of the northern sea
route between Russia and China"
Paul Fuhs is a member of the commission of the Arctic Economic Council, chairman of theboard of directors of the NGO Alaska Maritime Exchange. Topic Discussion
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