Economic Statecraft – 2025
COVID-19 Five Years On. Speakers
Valdai Discussion Club Conference Hall, Tsvetnoy Boulevard 16/1, Moscow, Russia

On March 11 at 12:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host an expert discussion titled “COVID-19 Five Years On. How Has the Pandemic Changed Our Lives?”

Speakers:

  • Batyr Berdyklychev, Head of the WHO Representative Office in Russia

  • Valery Fedorov, Director General of VTsIOM

  • Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)

  • John Gong, Vice-President of Research and Strategy at the University of International Business and Economics – Israel, China Forum Expert (China)

  • Igor Makarov, Head of the School of World Economy and Laboratory for Economics of Climate Change at the Moscow-based Higher School of Economics

  • Kirill Telin, Research Fellow of the Faculty of Political Science at the Lomonosov Moscow State University

Moderator:

  • Ivan Timofeev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club