The participants of the school are young faculty and research fellows from Russian universities (from Petrozavodsk to Vladivostok).
NES Rector Professor Shlomo Weber and Director of SFU School of Economics, Management and Environmental Studies Professor Eugenia B. Bukharova opened the school. And the first day started with lectures of Prof. Valery A. Kryukov (IEIE, Novosibirsk, and NRU HSE, Moscow) and Prof. Sergey A. Afontsev (IMEMO and MGIMO). Professor Güneş Gökmen gave a talk about his experience of doing research in economics.
During 6 days of the school the participants have lectures and consultations of Professor Shlomo Weber, Professor Erdenebat Bataa, Dr. Denis Davydov, Professor Dr. Hans Wiesmeth, and NES CSDSI research fellow Alyona Ovchinnikova.