Laureates 2016

Leonid Grigoriev	Ivan Mikloš

The Eleventh Ceremony of Awarding the International Leontief Award “For Contribution to Economic Reforms 2016” was held in the framework of the annual international conference Leontief Readings on February, 18, 2017.  

The Awarding ceremony was opened by Irina Karelina, ICSER "Leontief Centre" Director-General, with the presentation on the history of establishing the International Leontief medal “For Contribution to Economic Reforms” and the Awarding ceremonies.

Welcome address:

Sergey Vasiliev, Chairman of the Public Awards Committee at Leontief Centre, Deputy Chairman - Member of the Management Board, Vnesheconombank, Research Advisor of ICSER Leontief Centre, Laureate of the Leontief Medal "For Achievements in Economy" (2003).

Moderators of the ceremony: 

• Sergey Vasiliev, Chairman of the Awarding Public Committee at the Leontief Centre; Vnesheconombank, Deputy Chairman; ICSER Leontief Centre, Chairman of Academic Board; Laureate of the Leontief Medal “For Achievements in Economy” (2003)
• Irina Eliseeva, Member of the Awarding Public Committee at the Leontief Centre; Russian Academy of Science Corresponding Member; Laureate of the Leontief Medal “For Achievements in Economy” (2003)
• Andrey Zaostrovtsev, Member of the Awarding Public Committee at the Leontief Centre; ICSER "Leontief Centre", Leading Research Fellow; National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Professor
• Mikhail Dmitriev, Member of the Awarding Public Committee at the Leontief Centre, Business Partnership "New Economic Growth", President, Laureate of the Leontief Medal “For Achievements in Economy” (2003)
• Marek Dabrowski, Member of the Awarding Public Committee at the Leontief Centre; CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research, Fellow

After the greetings, the laureates 2016 were awarded the International Leontief Medal "For Contribution to Economic Reforms" and delivered their laureates’ lectures: 

Ivan Mikloš, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Slovak Republic
The End of Economic Liberalism?

Leonid Grigoriev, Chief Adviser to Head of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation
Interests of Key Actors in Transformation: Changes on Every Step