IAbstracts from the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 on the theme of the blockade Casting time: 3 minutes

📌Vitalik Buterin: "When I created Ethereum, I thought only of a few cases of blocking, but people around the world offered much more: create registers, carry out identification. Blocking provides scope, confidentiality and security "

📌Alexander Ivanov (CEO Waves): "Blokchejn will give a leap not only in a state administration, but also in business"

📌Igor Shuvalov (First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation): "The tasks that we must solve using modern digital technologies: the identification of a person and the person's connection with legal actions; Provision of digital goods tracking; Title of owner (electronic protection of property rights).
Task number 1 - to provide leadership in the application of technology in Russia. Our economy is moving forward, and leadership is based on the development of technology. You have to be brave! "

📌Old Skorobogatova (Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation): "This is a revolutionary technology, it certainly needs to be invested. But we must understand what the risks are and how we manage them. For full use it will take 7-10 years. Banks, as the most active, will understand what the added value is. We want to use distributed registries for the EEC countries. The Bank of Russia already belongs to the top 3 central banks of the world in these matters. In the coming years, we will, including digital letters of credit, depository accounting and digital bank guarantees for blocking "

📌Nikolai Nikiforov (Minister of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation): "Blocking is one of those technologies that will become a driver in all sectors of the economy. With VEB, we are now considering the use of blockages in a specific document circulation with a letter of credit. There is a work with the Bank of Russia on how to regulate the block from the legal point of view. With Rosreestrom we are working on projects that can be done in 24/7 mode. The government discusses cloud cash departments, remote biometric identification, electronic marking of goods "

📌Brett King (CEO of Movencorp Inc.): "The main use of blocking is the ability to conduct financial and trading operations. In 10 years, banks will not engage in customer identification. The very nature of the bank account, its nature will change radically. Blocking changes our perception of the banking system. Blocking - a revolution in terms of structural use of the banking system "

"Sergei Gorkov (Chairman of VEB):" In the early 1990s, we talked about the place of the Internet in the economy. Today we are at the stage of transition in understanding what constitutes blockage "

📌Kiriakos Kokkinos (IBM): "Our survey showed that 8% of the companies surveyed are already using blocking equipment and another 25% are going to apply in the coming year. In general, the blockage is used in the financial sphere, public administration and healthcare "

Vnesheconombank jointly with NTV announced at the reality show forum, which will be tentatively launched in November 2017, the selection of participants will start in July. The purpose of this show is the promotion of new technologies, including blockade, as well as promising start-ups and talented specialists.