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Alexey Kozyrev , a philosopher, graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1992. Candidate of Philosophy (1997, "Gnostic Influences in the Philosophy of Vladimir Soloviev"). Associate Professor (2001) of the Department of History of Russian Philosophy, Deputy Dean for Scientific Work (since 2010) of the Faculty of Philosophy, since October 2020 - Acting Dean o...

Ilya Kolmanovsky is a science columnist, journalist and lecturer, lead author of the Direct Speech ( Pryamaya Rech in Russian) lecture hall, author of the Naked Mole-Rat ( Goliy Zemlekop in Russian) podcast about scientific discoveries and the people who make them. It has become the most popular Russian language podcast, outnumbering politics, art and sex podcasts. After defending his Ph. D. in ev...

Arkadiy Pekarevskiy is a serial Entrepreneur and public figure, co-founder of SELA Corporation , president of the Arkada Holding group of companies, which includes the marzipan brand Grondard , construction business, insurance and investment business, co-owner of the ship rental aggregator Anyships . Vice President of the International Academy of Kindness . For many years Arkadiy has been a mentor...

Michael Bakunin is Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Customer Experience at Nuvve (NASDAQ: NVVE, Vehicle-to-Grid Technology). Michael is based in Silicon Valley and his objective is to accelerate the transition to electric transportation by providing a turnkey zero-emission electric vehicle offering to customers. Prior to joining Nuvve Michael was working on electric vehicles and e-mobility...

Maxim Zhurilo , 37 years old, an entrepreneur from Moscow, co-founder of the international sports school I Love Supersport . By education - a mathematician. Maxim ran his first marathon in New York in 2009. This event influenced his life so much that, having never played sports before, he prepared and finished IRONMAN, swam the Bosphorus three times, and became the first Russian to swim through th...

Alexander Panov is the Founder and CEO of Founder and CEO of Neiry the world's first neural interfaces for day-to-day business tasks, medical therapy, training, and entertainment. He is also the Founder and CEO of KB-12 a corporate group focused on technologies and creativity in marketing. Neiry is helping people boost their cognitive abilities while consolidating information they get within cours...

Ilya Krivorot is the CEO and Managing Partner of the Sinteza Venture Studio, which helps startups find their way to the market and provides all the necessary resources to become successful: build teams and business processes, organize networking and make timely investments. The studio has already entered the American market with four projects in its portfolio. The studio invests in the early stage...

Sergey Shumsky is Director of the Scientific Council in the Artificial Intelligence Competence Center of the National Technological Initiative and Head of the Laboratory of Cognitive Architectures in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). His research focuses on developing biologically inspired architecture of Artificial General Intelligence. After graduating from MEPhI in 1981 and def...

Maxim (Pramax) Prasolov is a Serial Entrepreneur, Visionary, Author, and Researcher at UC Berkeley. An expert in digital business transformation has consulted and worked in companies in the real sector of the economy for many years. Since 2014, he has been involved in venture capital investments in AI, Animation, DataScience, Digital Health, Neurotechnology. TEDx speaker, author of graphic novels,...

Igor Bychkov is a Russian movie and theater actor, speech and acting teacher at Gogol-school . In 2013 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (workshop of K.A. Raikin) and was admitted to the "Seventh Studio" of Kirill Serebrennikov. Since 2013 he has been an actor at the Gogol-Center Theater. Igor has been acting in films since 2009, he also takes part in the dubbing of motion picture an...

Andrey Sharkov is a successful entrepreneur and founder of the Shokobox company. Father of two boys, 8 and 2 years old, divorced. He learns to fly an airplane and conquers the picturesque corners of our planet by riding a motorcycle and other motorized vehicles. Andrey has visited 46 countries, many of which many times. He flew the whole country many times, in 2019 he made 102 flights from 2011 to...

Andrey Molchanov is the co-founder and CEO of Mo: Meditation and Sleep app, ex-deputy director for investments at Mail. Ru Group. Andrey started his career at Mail. Ru Group in 2013. During the last years of his work in the company, he was engaged in the strategy and investments of the group, market research, participated in the selection and acquisition of successful startups. In 2019, together w...

Rimantas Kociunas is an existential therapist, professor, and doctor of psychology, director of the Institute of Humanistic and Existential Psychotherapy ( HEPI ). Students often call Rimantas the father of existential psychology in Lithuania and one of the most prominent advocates of this paradigm in Eastern Europe. Since the very beginning of the Institute in 1995, about 1500 students from vario...

Victor Savyuk is a Russian investor, telecommunications manager, DJ, founder of a game console under the Dendy trademark, former president of the Akado telecommunications company (Ex Renova-media). Currently, he sits on the board of directors of several companies and invests in innovative startups. Viktor is actively involved in charity work and conducts mentoring sessions for Russian-speaking sta...

Dr. Evelina Fedorenko is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies the human language system. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 2002, and her Ph. D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. She was then awarded a K99R00 career development award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. In 20...

Dmitry Maslennikov is a technology entrepreneur, specialist in digital corporate innovation development, founder of Disruptive.vc , a leading private corporate innovation consulting firm in Russia. FIND DMITRY ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn  |   Instagram  |   Facebook ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/denofrich...

Danila Medvedev is a leading Russian futurist. For 10 years, he helped to make the ideas of physical immortality, transhumanism, cryonics, cyborgization, intelligence enhancement known and acceptable in Russia. Among the results for which he is responsible are: the creation of the Department of NBIK-technologies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; deputy director of the Pushkin Stat...

Vladimir Fridman , ornithologist, candidate of biological sciences, senior researcher at the laboratory of ecology and nature conservation, Department of Higher Plants , Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University. Vladimir specializes in four areas: a) ecology and behavior of woodpecker birds, protection of rare species of this group, b) signals and communication mechanisms of birds and other ver...

Denis Kalyshkin is a Principal at I2BF Global Ventures , a New York seed-stage VC. He focuses on a wide range of emerging technologies such as Machine Learning, Robotics and Process Automation, the Internet of Things, Wearables, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and other Industry 4.0 fields. Prior to joining I2BF, Denis held various positions in investment management, sales, and analytics in banks,...

Artem Shcherbakov is the creative director of the Zhee-Shee studio, director of animation and filming videos. He has been engaged in computer graphics since the age of 15. During this time, he tried himself in a variety of specializations: from 3d-modeler to supervisor. In 2012, together with a partner, he opened the Zhee-Shee studio, where he oversees the entire CG department to this day. Since 2...

Inna Kostukovsky-Yurchuk is a photographer whose work is all about telling stories through her images. She is based in London but travels worldwide for editorial, architecture and personal assignments. Inna's work has been published in multiple international publications, such as Vogue UK, Conde Nast Traveler, Elle Decoration Ukraine, Bon Appetite US, The Guardian, Vogue Espania and others. FIND I...

Anatoly Guin is a teacher, specialist in the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ), founder and director of the Creatime project, Vice-President of the International TRIZ Association , founder and scientific director of the Education for the New Era Association , author of literature that develops creative thinking published in many countries. FIND ANATOLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook ===========...

Ekaterina Malievskaia MD, is Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of COMPASS Pathways (NASDAQ:CMPS), a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. Ekaterina received her medical degree from St Petersburg Medical Academy in St Petersburg, Russia, and then moved to the US where she completed her Internal Medicine residency tra...

Sergey Kuznetsov is a prominent writer and journalist. His novels have been translated into 12 languages. Sergey’s columns have appeared in the New York Times, The Huffington Post, and other publications. In 2001, he was awarded a Knight Fellowship at Stanford University and spent a year in California. In 2004, Sergey and his wife Ekaterina founded the SKCG agency, which specializes in digital mar...

Andrei Sadovski is the scientific secretary of the Space Research Institute in Moscow (IKI). His scientific interests are Sun, Solar system, and space plasma physics. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1997) and defended his Ph. D. in theoretical physics in 2000. He is also the organizer of many popular and scientific events as well as the author of many popular lect...