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Archived event
II All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference
Behavioral Economics and Information Security: a Strategic Dialogue
Two hybrid days: plenaries on digital-age behavioral economics and trust architecture, platform and antifraud panels, then a Youth Day with RAS meetings, six parallel masterclasses, and the Golden Detector simulation.
- Dates
- 9–10 October 2026
- Format
- Hybrid (on-site + online)
- Organizers
- Laboratory of Modern Financial Technologies · Association of Russian Banks (ARB)
- Sponsors
- RWB · Ingosstrakh
- Media partner
- National Banking Journal
2026-10-09
Day 1 — Conference
Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9 · Petrovsky Hall
Hybrid
09:00–10:00
Registration · Welcome coffee · Press approach
Hall before Petrovsky Hall
10:00–10:15
Conference opening
N. M. Kropachev, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Rector of SPbU · G. A. Tosunyan, Academician of the RAS, President of ARB, Scientific Supervisor of the Laboratory of Modern Financial Technologies
Petrovsky Hall
10:15–11:30
Plenary 1 — Behavioral economics in the digital age: from the consumer to cyber threats
Moderator: G. A. Tosunyan · Karin Kneissl (G.O.R.K.I. Center, SPbU) · R. H. Mardanov (Bank of Russia) · E. A. Butova (Bank of Russia) · V. A. Uvarov (Bank of Russia) · Ministry of Finance representative (TBC)
Petrovsky Hall
11:30–11:45
Coffee break
Hall, 3rd floor
11:45–13:00
Plenary 2 — Architecture of trust: tools for responsible behavior
Moderator: G. A. Tosunyan · D. V. Ushakov · M. F. Chernysh · Wang Qiang · Kazi Sohag
Petrovsky Hall
13:00–13:10
Buffer time
Petrovsky Hall
13:10–14:10
Lunch
Hall, 3rd floor
14:10–15:25
Panel 1 — Platforms in the age of behavioral economics
Moderator: L. A. Presnyakova · I. A. Puzhaykin (Wildberries / RWB) · G. V. Vladelschikova (Ingosstrakh, St. Petersburg)
Petrovsky Hall
15:25–16:40
Panel 2 — Prediction and prevention: behavioral analytics against financial fraud
Moderator: O. V. Skvortsov · S. V. Kuznetsov · I. S. Ryazanova (Rosfinmonitoring) · I. E. Moiseev (NBKI) · D. Yu. Beschestnykh (Novikombank) · E. N. Chilikina (OTP Bank) · O. V. Medyanik
Petrovsky Hall
16:40–16:55
Coffee break
Hall, 3rd floor
16:55–17:55
Round table — Architecture of financial choice: how nudging shapes decisions
Moderator: O. V. Medyanik · M. A. Gagarina · M. A. Semov · L. A. Presnyakova · K. Lobanova · O. S. Deineka · O. N. Lavrentieva · M. A. Ryzhkova
Petrovsky Hall
17:55–18:05
Conference closing
Petrovsky Hall
2026-10-10
Day 2 — Youth Day «Architect of Financial Choice»
Tavricheskaya St. 21–23–25 · Assembly Hall & classrooms
Hybrid
09:00–10:00
Registration · Welcome coffee · VIP coffee for speakers
Hall before the Assembly Hall, 1st floor · Aud. 64
10:00–11:15
Meeting with scholars of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moderator: G. A. Tosunyan · D. V. Ushakov · M. F. Chernysh
Assembly Hall
11:15–12:00
Panel — Behavioral analytics for public security: digital tools for forecasting and preventing social tension (Serbsky Center)
I. A. Rozanov (Serbsky Center) · Academicians of the RAS
Assembly Hall
12:00–12:30
Coffee break · VIP coffee for speakers
Hall, 2nd floor · Aud. 64
12:30–13:10
Short video contest «Nudging for Good» (students & school students)
Moderators: O. V. Medyanik · M. V. Budnyakova (TeamMatrix)
Assembly Hall
13:10–14:10
Bank of Russia panel — Digital brain: how young people make financial decisions in the age of AI
Moderators: M. V. Mamuta · L. A. Presnyakova · Master’s students: Maxim Namazov, Elina Kostryukova, Alexander Saushev, Polina Talalay
Assembly Hall
14:10–15:00
Lunch
Hall, 2nd floor
15:00–15:50
Masterclass 1 — Nudging in finance: the art of soft influence on financial decisions
Karina Lobanova, Academy of Competency Development
Aud. 78
15:00–15:50
Masterclass 2 — EchoStressAI: AI for assessing functional states in banking
Veronika Zaslavskaya, CEO & co-founder, EchoStressAI
Aud. 79
15:00–15:50
Masterclass 3 — From choice architecture to human architecture: individual differences and forecasting decisions in the AI era
Maria Budnyakova, managing partner, TeamMatrix
Aud. 77
15:00–15:50
Masterclass 4 — Choice architecture the Chinese way: nudging between tradition and digital control
Prof. Wang Qiang, Laboratory of Asian Economic Studies, SPbU
Aud. 93
15:00–15:50
Masterclass 5 — DATA + behavioral economics: how Wildberries understands the behavior of millions
Veronika Yarmak, Head of the RWB Research Center
Aud. 94
15:00–15:50
Masterclass 6 — Building credit history & social media / droppering risks
I. E. Moiseev (NBKI) · I. S. Ryazanova (Rosfinmonitoring)
Aud. 59
15:50–16:10
Coffee break · VIP coffee for speakers
Hall, 2nd floor · Aud. 64
16:10–16:55
Meeting with Academician G. A. Tosunyan (master’s students)
G. A. Tosunyan, Academician of the RAS, President of ARB, Scientific Supervisor of the Laboratory
Aud. 64 / Aud. 93
16:10–16:55
Business game — Golden Detector antifraud simulator
Moderator: actor Nikita Antonov
Assembly Hall
16:55–17:10
Conference closing
Assembly Hall