Humanity underwent a profound evolution in self-awareness in the 20th century. Enormous leaps forward were made in science and technology, rapid development affected virtually all areas of life, and the global population surged. The explosion of the information age and a succession of crises also left their mark. Indeed, the most recent crisis has made us look at what appeared to be inviolable values in a new light. It has not only served to spur economic and technological advances, but also given rise to a range of destructive phenomena. These include the closing of borders, isolationism, and information wars. There is a line of thought that epidemics are nature’s way of controlling the spread of various species. If a population displays excessive growth, it, as a rule, becomes affected by a pathogen, and the population of the species in question returns to equilibrium. Nature therefore maintains the balance of the biosphere, and prevents an ecological catastrophe. At the same time, people believe in the potential of science to solve if not all, then a great many problems facing humanity. Indeed, scientific advancements can help greatly improve quality of life. Any sustainable development model that meets the needs of the current generation without adversely affecting the next generation envisages a major role played by science. Are there any limits to growth, including in extending life expectancy? Might we reach the boundaries of possibility in the near future? To what degree are concepts such as growth and development compatible with concerns surrounding the environment, the economy, and society? And what influence do external factors exert? Can we peacefully coexist with nature, and reduce the burden we place on it?
Moderator Maxim Safonov,
Director, Green Capital Alliance; Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Maxim Safonov
Director, Green Capital Alliance; Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Maxim Safonov is an international affairs expert in economics, and a prominent specialist in the banking services area. He has worked for a long time on the practical problems of developing banking and non-banking financial organizations, located in Russia and abroad. He has several decades of publications on the issues of national economic security, the regulation of financial systems, and anti-crisis management using financial organizations. Professional experience: 2013-present: advisor/deputy President of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2011-2014: doctoral candidate at RANEPA under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation (out of work) 2001-present: senior lecturer/associate professor/professor at the Academy for the National Economy under the auspices of the Russian government/ RANEPA under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation 1999-2002: Chief Consultant of the Board of Directors/ Head of Analysis, Forecasting and Strategic Planning / Head of the Department of Development and Planning of the Bank for Foreign Economic Activities (Vnesheconombank). 1998-1999: director for corporate financing/deputy general director of Unicon/Consulting group 1996-1998: working and training abroad 1994-1996: advisor on specialized projects, City Mayor’s Office, St. Petersburg 1991-1992: general manager, Russian-American joint venture, the Hermitage Marketing Company Education 1982-1987: Leningrad State University named after A.A. Zhdanov, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Orientalist and historian 1992–1994 : Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, International Affairs, PhD Related Program. 1996–1998: — John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Continuing Education Program, Business to Government Relations 1998-2000: The Banking Management Center/Faculty of Finance and Banking Business, Academy for the National Economy under the auspices of the Government of the Russian Federation, Finances and Credit, Banking Business, economist 2007-2009: Doctoral candidate at the Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian, The global economy and international relations, dissertation theme: “The Development of Approaches to Improve the Competitiveness of the National Economy by Attracting International Capital”. 2011-2014: Doctoral candidate at RANEPA, Management and the national economy sector, doctoral thesis on the “Transformation of the Management of Financial Resources in the National Economy Esing the Example of the Modernization of Public Corporations”.
Panellists Arutyun Avetisyan,
Director, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences Riccardo Valentini,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Professor, University of Tuscia Ruben Enikolopov,
Rector, New Economic School
Evgeny Kryukov,
Head, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
Mikhail Piradov,
Director, The Research Center of Neurology Alexander Rasumov,
President, National Spa Association; Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev,
President, Russian Academy of Sciences Olga Tkacheva,
Director, Russian Clinical and Research Center of Gerontology of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Mounir Hamdi,
Founding Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Arutyun Avetisyan
Director, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Arutyun Avetisyan – Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences Director of the Ivannikov Institute for System Programming, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP RAS) Head of System Programming Departments at Moscow State University, MIPT and HSE Head of the Scientific School ‘System Programming and Information Security’ Editor-in-Chief ‘Programming’ and ‘ISP RAS Works’ journals Academic advisor of the ‘System Administrator Journal’
Member of the Presidential Council on science and education Member of the Coordinating Scientific and Technical Council of the Federal Program ‘Priority Areas Research and Development for the Development of the Scientific and Technological Complex of Russia 2014–2020’ Head of the joint laboratory Samsung ISP RAS, Nvidia Research Centre at ISP RAS Member of ACM and IEEE CS, HiPEAC, ISO
Riccardo Valentini
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Professor, University of Tuscia
Riccardo Valentini is full professor of Forest Ecology at the University of Tuscia, Italy. His expertise concern the role of land use changes and forestry in the carbon cycle, biodiversity and bioenergy. He is also involved through IPCC and governmental bodies on policies about the global carbon cycle and the role of land use changes and forestry He is coordinator of several EU projects aiming to understand and quantify the terrestrial carbon budget and greenhouse gases emissions. He is coordinator of the EU-Proiect CARBOAFRICA. He is Doctor Honoris Causa Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgium. He is a Nobel Price for Peace as member of the IPCC board. He is Director of the Impacts Division of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and Member of the Biogeoscience Committe of the European Research Council 2009: Chairman of the Global Terrestrial Observation System Programme, sponsored by FAO/UNESCO/UNEP/ICSU/WMO. 2010: Coordinator of the EU project CLIMAFRICA. 2010: Award of the Advanced Senior Grant of the European Research Coucil. 2010: Member of Aurelio Peccei Foundation – Club di Roma 2011 – Coordinator of the EU project GEOCARBON.
Ruben Enikolopov
Rector, New Economic School
Ruben Enikolopov is the Rector of the New Economic School. He has been the Professor at NES since 2008 and at Pompeu Fabra University since 2013. Professor Enikolopov is a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and at the International Growth Center (IGC), London. In 2001, Ruben Enikolopov finished the Lomonosov Moscow State University (diploma with distinction in Physics). In 2002, he got his master's degree from the New Economic School. In 2008, he got his PhD in Economics from Harvard University. In 2012-2013, he also worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (USA). Professor Enikolopov was also involved in evaluating the effectiveness of projects of the World Bank and the UN. Ruben Enikolopov is the leading expert in the field of economic data analysis. His works are published in the top-5 economic academic journals according to Scopus. Professor Enikolopov raised more than $ 2.5 million for his own research, including prestigious grant from the European Research Center. He is in the editorial board of such scientific journals as Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Applied Econometrics etc.
Evgeny Kryukov
Head, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
Mikhail Piradov
Director, The Research Center of Neurology
Alexander Rasumov
President, National Spa Association; Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
President of State-Owned Autonomous Medical Facility Moscow Research and Practical Centre for Medical Rehabilitation and Reconstructive and Sports Medicine of the Moscow Department of Healthcare, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medicine Alexander Rasumov was born in 1944 in Sheperovo, Chaussky District, Mogilev Region. From 1960 to 1970, he studied at the Chernigov Higher School for Air Force Pilots and Engineers and the Grodno Institute of Medicine and the Saratov Institute of Medicine. From 1970 to 1990, he worked at the Defence Ministry’s Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine. From 1990 to 1992: Director, Research and Production Centre Rabotosposobnost of the USSR Ministry of Oil and Gas Construction. From 1992 to 1998: CEO, Moscow Centre for Health Problems under the Government of Moscow. From 1998 to 2010: Director, Federal State-Owned Institution Russian Research Centre for Rehabilitative Medicine and Resorts of the Ministry of Healthcare. Holds the title of Distinguished Scientist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation, President of the International University of Rehabilitative Medicine, of the National Resort Association and of the Russian Society of Rehabilitative Medical Doctors, member of the Board of the National Medical Chamber, member of the Russian-German Council, Professor Emeritus of Liverpool University, Russian representative in and member of the WHO European Committee for Global Health Policy, Chairman of the FEMTEC Medical Commission. Alexander Rasumov led the drafting and approval of the Concept for State Policy on Resort Development in the Russian Federation. He has been decorated with the Order of Service to Motherland in the Armed Forces 3rd Degree, the Order of Friendship, the Medal for Valiance in Combat, etc. Aleander Rasumovis a laureate of the Profession Life international prize, the Mikhail Lomonosov Prize in the field of Science and Education and the Russian Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development Russia’s Best Doctor: The Mission prize, recipient of a diploma of the N.A. Semashko Russian Academy of Medical Sciences prize for the best paper on the theory and history of healthcare.
Alexander Sergeev
President, Russian Academy of Sciences
Physicist Academician Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Member of the Department of Physical Sciences (physics and astronomy) RAS, member of the RAS Space Council Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council for Science and Education Member of the Scientific Coordination Council of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Member of the Editorial Board of the journals "Successes of Physical Sciences" and "Proceedings of Universities - Radiophysics" Research interests and achievements: plasma physics, femtosecond optics, theory of nonlinear wave phenomena, biophotonics. Fundamental works on the theory of nonlinear interaction of ultrashort optical fields with matter, the study of new physical phenomena in femtosecond optics and physics of ultrastrong fields, the creation of unique sources of ultrashort pulse laser radiation. Under his leadership, the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences established a modern Centre for Femtosecond Optics, including the most powerful in Russia, and one of the most powerful in the world, petawatt laser complexes based on parametric amplification of light, developed new ways of using femtosecond radiation for materials processing and medicine. Academician Sergeev is the author of the project of creating the world's most powerful subexawatt laser XCELS, which is included by the Russian Government among 6 Megascience-class projects to be implemented in the current decade. Academician Sergeev heads an interdepartmental team of physical and medical scientists who have develop physical principles and implement in clinical conditions methods of optical tomography of biological tissues, including optical coherence tomography, optical diffusion tomography, diffusion fluorescence tomography, ultramicroscopy. Professional experience: 1972-1977 Attended Gorky State University, Department of Radiophysics 1977 began working at Applied Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (currently - Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences) 1982 Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in Plasma Physics 1991 Head of Laboratory, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences 1994 Head of Section, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2000 Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Laser Physics 2003 Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2012 Deputy Director for Science, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2015-2017 Director, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2016 elected Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2017 elected President of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2017 appointed Deputy Chairman, Presidential Council for Science and Education Awards and publications: Author and co-author of over 380 scientific works. 1999 State Prize in Science and Technology 2006 Order of Honour of the Russian Federation 2012 Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology 2016 International Gruber Prize for Cosmology for work within the international project LIGO on detection of gravitational waves 2018 Order of Academic Palms, France
Olga Tkacheva
Director, Russian Clinical and Research Center of Gerontology of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Olga Tkacheva graduated with honours from S.M. Kirov Gorky State Medical Institute majoring in General Medicine and the therapy internship in S.M. Kirov Gorky State Medical Institute. In 1993, Olga Tkacheva was awarded the scientific degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences, in 1999 – Doctor of Medical Sciences. In 2006, she earned the title of professor. Ms Tkacheva has 32 years of clinical work experience and 28 years of teaching under her belt. From 2013 to 2018 – Senior Geriatrician of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation. From 2015 – present – contracted Chief Geriatrician of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation and Director of Russian Clinical Research Centre for Gerontology. She is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, 11 monographs, national guidelines, has one certificate and three patents for inventions. She headed the working groups and was a member of expert committees on the preparation of national guidelines ‘Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension’, the recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in pregnant women, national guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy, guidelines on general risk reduction of disease and complications in women, practical guidelines on the use of hormone replacement therapy in peri- and postmenopausal women, national guidelines ‘Prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases’, guidelines for physicians ‘Basic Principles of the prevention and treatment of thrombosis in tables and charts’, guidelines ‘Follow-up monitoring of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases and high-risk patients’. Olga Tkacheva’s scientific research focused on the mechanisms and patterns of the heart and blood vessels ageing and their correlation with cellular replicative ageing, the issues of the age-related metabolic disorders, prevention and treatment of age-related diseases and geriatric syndromes. She advised on 20 candidate and five doctoral theses. She is the president of the National Public Organization ‘Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians’, member of the National Public Organization ‘Russian Society for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases’, National Public Organization ‘Russian Society of Cardiology’, National Organization ‘Russian Medical Society on Arterial Hypertension’, National Medical Society of Preventive Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, European Geriatric Medicine Society. She is a member of the editorial board of medical journals ‘Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology’, ‘Preventive Medicine’, ‘Clinical Gerontology’, ‘Archives of Internal Medicine’, ‘Medical Care’, ‘Women’s Health Issues’, ‘Russian Open Medical Journal’, ‘Bulletin of the Ivanovo Medical Academy’.
Mounir Hamdi
Founding Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Mounir Hamdi is the founding Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). He is an IEEE Fellow for contributions to design and analysis of high-speed packet switching, which is the highest research distinction bestowed by IEEE. As founding Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, Dr. Hamdi led the foundation of 15 graduate programs and 1 undergraduate program and all the associated research labs and activities. In particular, 6 of these programs are the first PhD programs in HBKU. Currently, the College has more than 350 students including 150 PhD students, and has already graduated MS and PhD students. Before joining HBKU, he was Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering - Computer Engineering minor (with distinction) from the University of Louisiana in 1985, and the MS and the PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1987 and 1991, respectively. He was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1991, where he was a founding member of the University. He became the Head and Chair Professor of the Department. Under his Headship tenure, his Department was ranked 13th in the world by QS World Ranking (2013) and 21st in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2013. He was the Director of the Computer Engineering Program, Director of the Master of Science in Information Technology, and Director of the Computer Networking Research Lab. He was involved with HKUST administration such as the University Senate, University Council, and University Administration Committee. In 1999 to 2000 he held visiting professor positions at Stanford University, USA, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland as well as Honorary Professor in various Chinese Universities such Nanjing University and Chinese Southeast University. His general area of research is in high-speed wired/wireless networking in which he has published more than 350 research publications, received numerous research grants, and graduated more 50 MS/PhD students. In addition, he has frequently consulted for companies and governmental organizations in the USA, Europe and Asia. He is also a frequent keynote speaker in International Conferences and Forums on matters related to cutting-edge research and education. Prof. Hamdi is/was on the Editorial Board of various prestigious journals and magazines including IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communication Magazine, Computer Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, and Parallel Computing as well as a guest editor of IEEE Communications Magazine, guest editor-in-chief of two special issues of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications, and a guest editor of Optical Networks Magazine. He has chaired more than 20 international conferences and workshops including The IEEE International High Performance Switching and Routing Conference, the IEEE GLOBECOM/ICC Optical networking workshop, and the IEEE ICC High-speed Access Workshop, and has been on the program committees of more than 200 international conferences and workshops. He was the Chair of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Transmissions, Access and Optical Systems, and Vice-Chair of the Optical Networking Technical Committee, as well as member of the ComSoc technical activities council. He received the best paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Communications in 2009 and the IEEE International Conference on Information and Networking in 1998. He also supervised the best PhD paper award amongst all universities in Hong Kong. In addition to his commitment to research and professional service, he is also a dedicated teacher and renowned quality-assurance educator. He received the best 10 lecturers award (through university-wide student voting for all university faculty held once a year), the distinguished engineering teaching appreciation award from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and various grants targeted towards the improvement of teaching methodologies, delivery and technology. He is frequently involved in higher education quality assurance activities as well as engineering programs accreditation all over the world.
Front row participants Kirill Babaev,
Deputy Director, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES RAS) Victoria Badtieva,
Head of Branch No. 1, Moscow Centre for Research and Practice in Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, City of Moscow Department of Health Igor Kogan,
Director, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Reproductive Medicine
Aleksandr Lila,
Director, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology Ruslan Novikov,
General Director, Argumenty I Facty Gennady Ponomarenko,
General Director, Federal Scientific Center of Rehabilitation of the Disabled named after G.A. Albrecht of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Sergey Popov,
Head, St. Petersburg Centre for Endoscopic Urology and New Technologies Sergey Samoilenko,
Scientist, Volcanologist, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Additional Education Teacher; Founder, Vulcanarium Museum
Kirill Babaev
Deputy Director, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES RAS)
Kirill V. Babaev was born on 30 May 1978 in Moscow. Education In 2000, he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) with specializations in Eastern Studies and International Relations. In 2005, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) with a specialization in Financial Management. In 2008, he defended his candidate's (PhD) dissertation in the specialization ‘Comparative-historical, Typological, and Comparative Linguistics’ at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU). Professional experience From 1999, he has worked in Russian financial and industrial groups with a focus on international, public, and government relations. From 1999 to 2001, he worked at Sibirsky Aluminium Group (currently known as Basic Element). From 2001 to 2003, he worked at MDM Group. From 2003 to 2004, he served as a Cabinet Member and Head of the Information Policy Department of the Government of Murmansk Region. From 2004 to 2010 he served as the Vice President, and then later Senior Vice President of Alfa Group Consortium. He is one of the founders of the Altimo telecommunications holding and the Altimo Foundation. Since 2008, he has worked as a docent at the RGGU Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies and an editor and Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Language Relationship. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Researcher and Deputy Director of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 2009, he has served as the Executive Director of the Foundation of Fundamental Linguistic Research and a Member of the Editorial Board of De Gruyter Versita (currently De Gruyter Open) publishing house. In 2010, during a linguistic expedition to West Africa, he discovered the heretofore undescribed language of Zialo. In 2011, he headed LRC Publishing House, which was formed as a result of the unification of the publishing houses Languages of Slavic Cultures, Manuscript Monuments of Ancient Rus, and Znak. He is currently the Executive Director of this unified publishing house. In 2013, he headed the Moscow branch of the international communications corporation Kreab Gavin Anderson. Since May 2018, he has been working as the PR Director of Sberbank. Awards and honours In 2016, he received the Enlightener Book Award in the Humanities category for his book What is Africa. In February 2018, he won the first Leaders of Russian National Management Competition.
Victoria Badtieva
Head of Branch No. 1, Moscow Centre for Research and Practice in Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, City of Moscow Department of Health
Professor Victoria Badtieva is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Sechenov University, Chair of the Sports Medicine Clinic (Moscow), a specialist in sports cardiology and medical rehabilitation. Recent studies are related to the identification of early markers of overtraining syndrome, the identification of criteria for the differential diagnosis of "athletic heart", the introduction of preliminary screening for cardiovascular diseases with the risk of sudden death among athletes, with the development of programs to increase the level of physical activity and sports participation in Russia, the development of innovative rehabilitation technologies in sport. She published more than 350 publications, wrote and edited the National Medical Rehabilitation Manual, the National Physical and Rehabilitation Therapy, the Sports Cardiology Manual (Russia). During the Olympic Games in Sochi (2014) she was the head of the main clinic in the Olympic Village, during the FIFA World Cup 2018 (Russia) she headed the medical service in Moscow and at the Luzhniki stadium. Currently, she is a member of the Scientific Commission of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), Chairman of the Committee of TUE RUSADA (Russian Anti-Doping Agency), Vice-President of the Russian Federation of Sports Medicine (RASMIRBI), Vice-President of the Russian National Society of Preventive Cardiology.
Igor Kogan
Director, D.O. Ott Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Reproductive Medicine
Aleksandr Lila
Director, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology
Ruslan Novikov
General Director, Argumenty I Facty
Born February 5, 1975, in Moscow In 1997 graduated from the faculty of law of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Ph.D. in Economics, MBA Since 1997 has worked in banking, manufacturing, construction, trade and investment companies holding executive positions. Has broad experience in company formation, leading companies to the top positions in the market, crisis management. Entered the board of directors of "Argumenty i Fakty" in April 2014. Was appointed as CEO of "Argumenty i Fakty" publishing house in December 2014. Board member of GIPP - Guild of Press Publishers. In 2016 was proclaimed laureate of the "Best Media manager of Russia 2016" National Award in Press nomination and Federal Press category.
Gennady Ponomarenko
General Director, Federal Scientific Center of Rehabilitation of the Disabled named after G.A. Albrecht of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
EDUCATION 1977-1983: Federal State Budgetary Military Institution of Higher Education "Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov" of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation “cum eximia laude” 1984-1988: St. Petersburg State University 1998-2002: North-West Academy of Public Service “cum eximia laude” PRESENT POSITION Director General of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Scientific Centre of Rehabilitation of the Disabled n.a. G.A. Albrecht” of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation President of the Russian Scientific Society of PRM Vice-President of the National Health Resort Association Academician of Natural Science of Russia Academician of Laser Academy of Russian Federation Member of Committee of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation of Russian Academia of Medical Sciences PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015-Present: Director General of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Scientific Centre of Rehabilitation of the Disabled n.a. G.A. Albrecht” of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia 1993-Present: Head of the Department of Physical Therapy of Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia 1996-Present: Chef Physiotherapist of Russian Federation Ministry of Defense, Moscow, Russia 1993-Present: Co-President of St. Petersburg Society of Physiotherapist, St. Petersburg, Russia MEMBERSHIPS President of the Russian Scientific Society of PRM Vice-President of the National Health Resort Association Member of International Society of Medical Hydrology (ISMH) SCIENTIFIC INTEREST Balneology, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Climatology, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation PUBLICATIONS 900 scientific works including 200 scientific articles, 46 manuals and monographs
Sergey Popov
Head, St. Petersburg Centre for Endoscopic Urology and New Technologies
Sergey Samoilenko
Scientist, Volcanologist, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Additional Education Teacher; Founder, Vulcanarium Museum
Education: 1999, BS in Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia 2001, MS in Physics of Non-equilibrium Processes, Novosibirsk State University, Russia 2005, PhD in Applied Mathematics (Theory of Bifurcations and Chaos), Yeungnam University, Korea Republic. Work experience 2001 – 2006, assistant professor in Yeungnam University, Korea Republic (Mechanical engineering dept.). Taught Applied Math. 2006 – 2015, senior researcher, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, FEB RAS, Russia. Studied physics of volcanic eruptions, participated and organized numerous expeditions at erupting volcanoes of Kamchatka. 2015 – 2017, deputy Director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, FEB RAS, Russia Since 2008, associate professor at Kamchatka State Technical University. Taught Physics, Functional Programming, Geoinformatics. 2010 – 2015, participated in the filming of the documentaries about volcanoes of Kamchatka done by Russian, Korean, Japanese and German TV companies as a scientific advisor. Since 2010, work as a consultant for guides employed by tourist companies in Kamchatka. In 2017 founded the Museum of Volcanoes “Vulcanarium” which differs from many volcano museums all over the world. Its exposition doesn’t concentrate on danger and hazards caused by volcanoes. The main idea of the museum is to show the important role which volcanoes play in the ecosystem of the Earth: volcanic process created the most of the lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere. Many different aspects of volcanology – geology, geophysics, mineralogy, petrology, chemistry, mechanics etc. are presented in popular and accessible form. At present – head of the Museum of Volcanoes “Vulcanarium”, associate professor at Kamchatka State Technical University. Additional skills Languages: Russian (native), English fluently. Have extensive experience in public speaking both in Russian and English.
