OREANDA-NEWS. Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, took part in the panel discussion "The Future of the Impossible" during the Gaidar Forum.

The CEO of Sberbank shared his opinions on how new technology will change society and business and also talked about Sberbank's vector of development in the IT sphere.

"Every modern bank is an IT company," said Mr Gref. "Sberbank's key task this year is to radically increase the speed at which changes are made."

The Gaidar Forum is a discussion platform and a meeting point for the world-leading scientists and politicians and influential representatives of global financial and business elites. The 2016 edition of the forum has the theme "Russia and the World: Looking to the Future".