Speakers

Stanislav Naumov

VP for Government Relations and PR of Skolkovo Foundation and President of RPRA

Stanislav Naumov is the President of the Russian Public Relations Association (RPRA), having previously served as the Chairman of the RPRA Committee on Social Development (2007-2008) and as the Vice-President of RPRA (June 2008 –December 2010).

He is a member of the "Silver Archer" Prize Supervisory Board, the Chairman of the IPRA Proba Prize Jury, and a member of the "Press-zvanie" Prize Supervisory Board. He was an organizer of the "Moscow PR Days" Festival in 2011-2013 and a participant of the Open Government Partnership 2013 conferences.

He is a Class 2 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation, a member of the reserve management staff under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation, and a member of the Expert Council of the Agency of Strategic Initiatives.

In 1997-1998 he served as the Assistant Head of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation.

In 1999-2004 he was the Assistant and Press-Secretary of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

In 2004-2010 he served as Department Director, Deputy Minister and State Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

In 2010-2012 he was the Vice-President on Governmental Public Affairs of Skolkovo Foundation.

In 2012 he worked as the Department Director for creating a transparency system for the public administration of the Russian Federation Government.

As of 2013, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CROS - Public Relations & Public Affairs Company, the Research Manager of the International Institute for Political Expertise and a Professor at the Public Policy Department of the Higher School of Economics.

He has been awarded the Certificate of Honour of the Russian Federation Government (2003) and the Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Industry and Energy (2006). On 13 November 2006 he was honoured with the Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation for his participation in preparing a G8 leaders meeting. On 8 September 2010 he was honoured with the Gratitude of the Russian Federation Government. On 2 March 2011 he was honoured with the Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation for his outstanding contribution to preparing and holding the All-Russian Innovation Forum "Russia, Forward!"

In 2006 the project "Communicative Technologies of Industrial Policy" earned the "Silver Archer" Certificate of the national prize for public relations development.

He was a laureate of the "Most Influential People of Russia" Prize in 2010 in the "Public Officials" nomination ("Russian Reporter" magazine).

VP for Government Relations and PR of Skolkovo Foundation and President of RPRA