On September 28th 2013, Anton Finogenov, managing director of Urbanica, gave a presentation at XII international investment forum in Sochi during the round-table discussion «Cities of the developing world: the engine of economic growth». In his presentation, titled «Russian cities – challenges of current urban planning policies» Anton examined such points as the incoordination of urban planning policies of metropolitan areas, issues of low-quality urban planning, its influence on the development of cities and different solutions to these problems.