The structure of RNC of the WPC Programme Committee consists of 8 sections (4 industry + 4 thematic).


Industry

  • Innovation in exploration - Dr. Mikhail Epov (Scientific Director at the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences);
  • Innovation in oil production - Mr. Genady Shmal (President of the Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia);
  • Refining and petrochemicals - Dr. Sergey Aldoshin (Scientific Director at Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences);
  • Innovation in the gas sector - Dr. Anatoly Dmitrievsky (Chief Researcher at Oil and Gas Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences).

Thematic

  • Digital transformation and industry - Dr. Ernest Zakirov (Director at Oil and Gas Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences);
  • Ecology, energy efficiency, energy transition - Dr. Alexey Makarov (Chief Researcher at Energy Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences);
  • Investment and markets 
  • - Dr. Sergey Chernavsky (Lead of Laboratory of Energy Economics at Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences);
  • Human factor (management, human resources, society, youth) - Ms. Irina Gayda (Academic Director of Skoltech Project Center for Energy Transition and ESG).