The following experts participated therein:

Yevgeny Minchenko, Chief of RASO Committee on Political Technologies, President of Minchenko Consulting Holding, presenting a report ‘Main Tendencies in Development of Political Technologies Market in Russia’.

Mikhail Vinogradov, President of ‘Petersburg Policy’ fund, presenting a report ‘Parliamentary Elections as a Stress-Test for Russian Political System’.

Ekaterina Yegorova, President of Niccolo M, presenting a report ‘Cannons and Butter: a Dilemma for Messages at Elections in Single-Member Constituencies to State Duma in 2016’.

Dmitry Gousev, Founder of Backster Group, presenting a report ‘5 Traps for Campaigns in State Duma-2016’.

Vyacheslav Smirnov, Director of Political Sociology Institute, Member of RASO Committee on Political Technologies, presenting a report ‘Non-parliamentary parties with a license and without thereof – was for Self-actualization and Monetization’.

Andrey Ponomarev, Political Technologist, Member of RASO Committee on Political Technologies, presenting a report ‘Application of Modern Technologies in Election Campaigns’.

Andrey Maksimov, Chief of Maksimov Consulting, presenting a report ‘Mobile Political Applications’.

The following experts also took park in the discussion.

• Dmitry Badovsky, President of ISEPR Board;
• Valentin Bianki, Director Bianki and Partners, Member of RASO Committee on Political Technologies;
• Sergey Tolmachev, Chief of ASK Vertikal Company, Member of RASO Committee on Political Technologies;
• Viktor Poturemsky, Political Scientist, Member of RASO Committee on Political Technologies.