Solemn session devoted to the Wassily Leontief’s centenary

The Solemn Session devoted to Wassily Leontief Centenary

September 30th. 2006 Solemn Session devoted to Wassily Leontief Centenary was held.

The welcoming notes for the participants were made by:

Mezentsev Dmitry, Council of Federation Deputy Chairman; Organizing Committee on Preparation to Celebration of Wassily Leontief Centenary Chairman,
Oseevsky Mikhail, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Organizing Committee on Preparation to Celebration of Wassily Leontief Centenary Member

In the framework of the session a documentary film about Wassily Leontief was shown from the documentary series “Thirteen Plus” screened by TV company Civilization by the request of Culture channel.

The work of the session continued with Short Overview of the work of Organizing Committee on Preparation to Celebration of Wassily Leontief Centenary made by Mezentsev Dmitry, Council of Federation Deputy Chairman; Organizing Committee on Preparation to Celebration of Wassily Leontief Centenary Chairman.

On the Programme of Preparation to Celebration of Wassily Leontief Centenary made reports:

Aganbegyan Abel, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Head of Department, Russian Academy of Science Academician «Meaning of Wassily Leontief nowadays»;
Granberg Alexander, Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of Presidium; Council for the Study of Productive Resources (SOPS), Chairman , Russian Academy of Science Academician - «About Preparation of Leontief’s Selected Works Publication in 3 volumes”
Yakovets Yury, Professor of Academy of State Service at RF President - «About Russian- American Symposium, devoted to Leontief Centenary and his Scientific Heritage”
Eliseeva Irina, The Sociological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Director “About Preparation of Leontief’s Works Collection: Life, Teachers, Ideas”
Margolis Alexander, International Charitable Foundation for the Renaissance of St. Petersburg-Leningrad, General Director - «About Installation of a memorial plaque on the facade of Leontief’s house on Zhdanovskaya Street, 43 were the scientist lived in 1906-1925.»;
Thijs ten Raa, Tilburg University, Associate Professor of Economics, International Input-Output Association member of Council Welcoming note from Faye Duchin International Input-Output Association President – Lead international partner in Preparation and Implementation of Activities for Celebration of Wassily Leontief Centenary;
Masaaki Kuboniwa, Professor of the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University– «About Presenation of documentary film about Leontief and of main events and actions of Wassily Leontief Centenary Celebration Programme in Russia on The Conference of International Input-Output Association” (July 26th -28th , 2006 Sendai, Japan);
Belova Elena, Leontief Centre Academic Secretary, Development Department Head - «History of Creation and Develoment of Wassily Leontief Web Portal (www.wassily.leontief.net)».

The session was followed by the Ceremony of awarding with International Leontief medal in nomination for “Contribution to Economic Reforms” of nominees 2006.