On 7 October, Anna Abramova, Director of the MGIMO AI Centre, will take part in a panel discussion under the program “AI Without Borders: Collaboration as a Driver of Success in Shaping the Future” at the II International Symposium “Creating the Future” (7–8 October, National Centre “Russia”).

Time: 16:30–18:00
Venue: Conference Hall No. 4
Format: Panel Discussion (Technology Track)

Moderator:
Kristina Muravyova, Executive Producer, international media network TV BRICS

Speakers:

• Anna Abramova, Director, MGIMO AI Centre
• Arutyun Avetisyan, Director, V. P. Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP RAS)
• Valeria Vorobyova, CEO, AI Alliance Association
• Galli Monastyryova, Director for Humanitarian Projects, AESSA
• Alexander Pavlov, Managing Partner for AI Development, VEB.RF
• Stanislav Pozharnov, Vice President, RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund)
• Zhou Liqun, Chairman, Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs
• Christina Amor Maclang, Co-Founder and Secretary-General, International Digital Economies Association (IDEA)

Key discussion topics:

• Which AI development trajectory appears more likely: steady evolutionary growth or sharp “leaps into the future”?
• Where is the boundary between technological progress and social constraints—regulation, ethics, and culture?
• How will the role of the state change as AI becomes part of economic infrastructure?
• International collaboration: how can countries with different development models reinforce one another? BRICS+ as an alternative to dependency on monopolies and as a growth point for new technology hubs.