Second
Russia-UK University Rectors Forum
Second Russia-UK University Rectors Forum
Live broadcast
Plenary session
PROGRAMME
26 January 2021
10:00–11:00
10:00–11:00
Welcome coffee, registration
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
7th floor, Atrium
11:00–12:50
11:00–12:50
OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE FORUM
PLENARY SESSION
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
7th floor, Academic Council Meetings Hall

Introducing by moderator:
Victor SADOVNICHY
President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Rector of Moscow State University

Greetings by honorable guests:
Mikhail SHVYDKOY
Special Representative of the Russian President for the International Cultural Cooperation
Deborah BRONNERT
British Ambassador in Russia
Valery FALKOV
Minister of Science and Higher Education
Scott MCDONALD
CEO British Council

Plenary speeches:
Victor SADOVNICHY
President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Rector of Moscow State University
Vivienne STERN
Director Universities UK International

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Rectors Union and Universities UK International
12:50–13:00
12:50–13:00
Photo & Press
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
7th floor, Atrium
13:00–14:00
13:00–14:00
Lunch
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
1st floor
14:00–15:30
14:00–15:30
PLENARY SESSION
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
1st floor, Transformer Hall

Moderators:
Dmitry ENDOVITSKY
Vice-President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Chairman of Council of Rectors of Voronezh region universities, Rector of Voronezh State University
Vivienne STERN
Director Universities UK International

Panelists:
Alexey DEMIDOV
Vice-president of Russian Rectors' Union, Chairman of Council of Rectors of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region universities, Rector of St-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
Carole MUNDELL
President, Science Council
Viktor KOKSHAROV
Chairman of Council of Rectors of Sverdlovsk region, Rector of Ural Federal University named after B. N. Eltsin
Stephen FLINT
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Manchester
Dmitry ENDOVITSKY
Vice-President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Chairman of Council of Rectors of Voronezh region universities, Rector of Voronezh State University
Baroness Alison SUTTIE
House of Lords (alumni of Voronezh State University)
Elena KUDRYASHOVA
Rector of Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov
Martin SIEGERT
Co-Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, and Professor of Geosciences, Imperial College London
Alevtina CHERNIKOVA
Rector of National University of Science and Technology MISIS
John WOODWARD
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Northumbria University
Nadezhda KAMININA
Rector of Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography
Gareth REES
Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge University
Roman KOZLOV
Rector of Smolensk State Medical University
Paul INMAN
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading
Vladimir ZERNOV
Rector of Russian New University, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Non-State (Private) Higher Educational Institutions of Russia
Monica WHITE
Associate Professor in Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Nottingham
Andrey BAYKOV
Vice-Rector for Science and Research, MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations)
15:30–16:00
15:30–16:00
FORUM CLOSING CEREMONY
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
7th floor, Atrium

Speeches:
Victor SADOVNICHY
President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Rector of Moscow State University
Vivienne STERN
Director Universities UK International

Presentations by UK and Russian students

Ceremony of signing Charter Launching UK-Russia Student Association
16:00–16:30
16:00–16:30
Medovukha Ceremony
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Moscow State University,
1st floor
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