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Sergey Tonkov is the Founder and CEO of St. Friday Socks . He founded the brand in 2015 with ambitions to conquer the world with its colorful socks. There is much more to socks than you may think! It’s not just a regular clothing item nor a necessary accessory. Your socks make your day. And it’s only you to decide what kind of a day to live - a black and a boring one or bright and colorful. St. Fr...

Viktor Kagan - D.M.Sc. (Russia), M.D., Ph. D. (USA). A well-known psychiatrist and psychologist, author of more than 30 books in Russia and abroad, among them the book " The Meanings of Psychotherapy " is the winner of the national competition "Golden Psyche" (2019). Member of the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia, honorary member of the East European Association for Existential Psycho...

Mikhail Chernyshev is the Marketing Director of Dodo Pizza UK. Prior, he was in charge of marketing Dodo Pizza in Eurasia. From 2015 to 2017, he headed the marketing of the largest social network in Europe - VKontakte. In 2014, he launched a new mobile operator Yota in the role of Marketing Director. From 2006 to 2013, he headed the marketing departments at the Russian and Croatian offices of the...

Grigory Sapunov is the co-founder and CTO of Intento , a Berkeley-based startup that helps global companies to procure and utilize the best-fit cognitive AI services. Prior to Intento, Grigory was a tech lead of the Yandex News service for more than 5 years, worked with IBM Watson Research Center as an invited data science expert, and had AI and software engineering roles in other companies. He sp...

Maxim Volokhov is a serial entrepreneur and head of the venture capital fund Admitad Invest , now he is the head of Chief of Entrepreneurship Admitad . For more than 15 years, he has been creating, developing and investing in Internet projects. The main specialization is finding the best ways to create new things. FIND MAXIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn  |   Facebook ========================...

Alisa Melnikova is in charge of the development, implementation, maintenance and operation of IT services and systems, digitalization of processes, advanced analytics, industry 4.0, corporate data management at SIBUR, the largest integrated petrochemicals company in Russia. SIBUR purchases hydrocarbons and processes them into plastics, rubbers and other high value-added products. Alisa was appoint...

Asya Kazantseva is a well-known science journalist, winner of the Enlightener Prize, author of three best-selling books on irrational human behavior. Neurobiologist by education (Biological Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University + Master's Degree in Cognitive Sciences at HSE University + Master's Degree in Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Bristol). She gave popular science lecture...

Natalia Galkina is a technology entrepreneur, neurophysiologist, economist. She is a Founder and CEO of Neurotrend - the first Russian neuromarketing company, the leader of the neuromarketing market in Russia with offices in Moscow and Singapore, the only Russian company-member of the world neuromarketing association NMSBA (Neuromarketing Science & Business Association). Natalia is one of the...

Roman Buzunov is the President of the Russian Society of Somnologists, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Professor, Doctor of Medicine. Head of the Sleep Medicine Center at the Rehabilitation Clinic in Khamovniki. Leading Russian expert on insomnia, snoring and sleep apnea. Sleep wellness, sleep and bedroom hygiene specialist. He has many years of experience in advising and treating senior...

Konstantin Stiskin is a Co-Founder and Supervisory Board member at Finom , financial solutions for the management of small and medium-sized businesses. The company attracted 16.8 million euros of venture funding. Also, he is a Co-Founder and Advisory Board member at Dengi Vpered , the first in Russia salary on-demand company. In 2020, the company raised $ 1 million from the Target Global fund and...

Eugene Borisov is a partner and development director of the investment company Kama Flow , which manages two venture funds (total capital of ~ $ 50 million) and is one of the most active investors in the deep tech segment in Russia. Prior to founding Kama Flow in 2014, Eugene gained experience in management consulting, specializing in investment development projects for territories, and also held...

Vadim Radaev was born in 1961 in Moscow. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University. He worked at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shanika). In 1997 he defended his doctoral dissertation in two specialties - economic theory and sociology. Since 1999, vice-rector, then first vice-rect...

Boris Ryabov is a VC firm manager turned social entrepreneur in the field of communal thermal healing. Boris is CEO and Founder of Essential Steam, Founder of Steamology Institute , and Director at Maratika Ventures. Boris has accumulated diverse experience in international VC and PE throughout his career and turned to health and wellness as an entrepreneur and social artist. He holds an MBA from...

Andrey Belyakov is a member of the CFA Institute, a professional derivative trader and fund manager with ten years of experience with 30 billion EUR AUM portfolios. He is the founder of the Opium Team and a private venture investor in Decentralized Finance. Earlier, during his mathematical career, Andrey was working on Queue Theory for large distributed systems and Theory of Probabilities at Mosco...

Sergei Teplykh is the territorial manager of the Syucai School of Russia, the International School of Digital Psychology and Philosophy of the 21st Century. Certified Master of Science "Syucai", the science of the Discipline of the Mind and Realization of the Soul. Sergei was awarded the honorary order "Gift of Zhanat" by the Russian Committee for Public Awards. UN Ambassador for Peace U...

Nikolay Grintser is a classic philologist, director of the School of Contemporary Humanitarian Research, RANEPA. Doctor of Philology, a specialist in ancient Greek literature of the archaic and classical eras, ancient literary and linguistic theory, comparative mythology and the history of religion. Head of the Department of Classical Philology of the Institute of Oriental Cultures and Antiquity o...

Alexander Gornyi was born on March 21, 1980, in Moscow. In 2000, he graduated with honors from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. After graduating from university, Alexander worked for the Internet companies Mail.ru, Rambler, RBC. In 2010, Alexander headed the ICQ project at Mail. Ru Group. In 2012, he was appointed CIO of Mail. Ru Group, i...

Igor Sivov is a happy family man and a successful entrepreneur. He is a father of three and preparing to become a father for the fourth time. Igor is the author of the progressive personal development method The Conscious Parent. This 4-week online course was created to help parents and those who are just thinking about having children learn how to communicate with the kids, unleash the child's po...

Oleg Kivokurtsev is Co-Founder and Director of Development at Promobot company, a manufacturer of autonomous service robots. He was born and raised in Perm, Russia. He became interested in robotics in 2012, three years later he founded Promobot together with partners. Their first robot was built in the garage. In four years, the startup grew from the orders for local shopping centers to the produc...

Efim Kolodkin is a Co-Founder and CEO of Bash Today , a venue booking service for private and corporate events. Also, Efim is the CEO of Uprising Agency , a design and web development company with strong experience in building marketplaces and digital startups. He holds a master's degree in Integrated planning and urban sustainability from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Master's degree in Busi...

George Held is an Executive Vice President of Digital and New Business Development at Beeline Russia . George is a telecom and consumer finance executive with broad international experience. He has been publicly recognized and awarded for driving and implementing several market-leading initiatives in the international telecom sector. He is driven by a commitment and desire to add significant value...

Slava Semenchuk is a serial entrepreneur and business surgeon. Specialist in the digital transformation of businesses. He understands best of all in the analysis of business, team, business model, target audience. He is well versed in platforms, uber-mechanics, fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrencies and marketplaces. He understands how to choose the right companies and projects to invest in and...

Alexey Savvateev is a mathematician, Doctor of Sciences in physical and mathematical sciences, professor at MIPT, a leading researcher at the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, scientific director of the Caucasian Mathematical Center, which was opened at the Adyghe State University together with MIPT, as well as an active popularizer of mathematics among children and adults. Author of th...

Igor Berkhin is a long-term meditation practitioner, a Buddhist translator, and a teacher authorized by a prominent Dzogchen master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu . In 1985, when he was 17, he discovered something beyond the world which was known to him, that is the world of society and the world of science. The new world he has learned about didn’t have a single name, it could be called the transcendental...

Roman Maslennikov is a PR professional with over 20 years of experience, he is the Founder and CEO of the Explosive PR agency, whose mission is “More good news!”. Specialized in explosive PR (news organization strategy in favor of corporate branding) and anti-crisis PR. Roman holds a Ph. D. in Philosophy, writer, author of 105 books (5 PR bestsellers), founder of the Good News Support Foundation....