Ecumene
Discussion Club

ABOUT THE CLUB

The new initiative of the Ecumene is a series of meetings within the platform of the Ecumene Discussion Club, which is launched in order to create an expert community interested in receiving and exchanging relevant information about significant events in Russia and abroad. More than 10 such events are planned for the first half of 2023. Participation is by invitation only.

At the moment we are actively shaping the concept of the Ecumene Club and invite you to participate in its development and subscribe to newsletters about our future events:

PROGRAMME OF THE EVENTS

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October 21, 2022, 3 pm MSK

Energy of the Future

Welcome Address:

Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Vladimir Mau – Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Moderator:

Ruslan Korchagin – Acting Director of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Speakers:

Arutyun Avetisyan – Director of the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Andrey Margolin – Vice Rector – Director of the Institute of Finance and Sustainable Development, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Maxim Safonov – Deputy President, Russian Academy of Sciences

November 14, 2022, 10 am MSK

Discussion Sessions at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27)

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Ecumene 2022: Global Financial Forum was held in Moscow on September 28-30, 2022.

As a follow-up to the Forum, on November 14, 2022, UN Goodwill Ambassador Viacheslav Fetisov and Gazprombank JSC, with the support of BloomGroup Company and the International and Comparative Law Research Center, organized discussion sessions at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27).

In 2022 COP27 took place under the chairmanship of Egypt in the coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh from November 7 to 18. The goal of the COP27 was to implement actions in line with previous agreements in all areas related to climate change, with a focus on protecting people from the immediate effects of climate change, ensuring that no one was left behind.

The Egyptian Presidency of COP27 pointed to the need first and foremost to meet current financial commitments with a total financial target of $100 billion and a doubling of global adaptation funding, and to adopt overall global financing ambitions to ensure long-term, sustainable, and effective action on climate change.

The agenda emphasized comprehensive actions to combat climate change by further reducing emissions and addressing climate change adaptation to save lives and livelihoods.

COP27 focused on how the world planned to pay for the cost of combating climate change, which is estimated to be $125 trillion by 2050.

The results of all discussion sessions will be sent to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and to the President of the Russian Federation.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022, 10 AM MSK

2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27): Main Results

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) was held from November 6 to 18, 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh under the chairmanship of Egypt. The aim of COP27 is to implement actions in line with previous agreements in all areas related to climate change, with a focus on protecting people from the immediate effects of climate change, ensuring that no one is forgotten.

The results of the Conference of the Parties were presented and discussed at the round table of the Ecumene Discussion Club which was held on November 29th, 2022 at the UN House in Moscow.

Moderator:

Maxim Safonov – Deputy President, Russian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

Elena Borisenko – Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Management, Gazprombank JSC
Ruslan Edelgeriev – Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change of the Russian Federation
Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Vladimir Kuznetsov – Director, United Nations Information Centre in Moscow

December 23, 2022, 10 AM MSK

Carbon Exchanges and Carbon Markets

Climate agenda is an important factor of the global development. In today's reality of transition to a green economy, the issue of effective business is related to its climate profile: carbon footprint, the company's climate strategy, reduction and compensation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from production activities.

Trading in quotas and carbon units is an effective mechanism for limiting GHG emissions and compensating for carbon footprint.

At present there are already 26 systems of trading in GHG emissions in the world, and a segment of the voluntary carbon market is actively developing. In addition, market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are expected to be launched soon.

In this regard, it is extremely important to form a reliable, transparent, sustainable national infrastructure of carbon trading. This is primarily the creation of an ‘ideal’ national market through the development of a system of quotas for GHG emissions in a pilot mode, the implementation of climate projects at a methodological level in line with the world's leading practices.

Welcome Speech:

Vladimir Moshkalo – Head of the UN Environment Russia Office

Moderator:

Maxim Safonov – Deputy President, Russian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

Mikhail Arakelyan – Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision of Exchange and Clearing Infrastructure Organizations, Bank of Russia
Sergey Demidov – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Moscow Exchange
Oksana Gogunskaya – General Director, Kontur
Yana Klementovichus – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Vice-rector of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Director on Further Vocational Education of the Higher School of Economics
Ivan Kushch – Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Climate Change of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia
Alexey Novgorodov – Representative of the Russian Federation on the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Natalya Tretyak – First Vice-President of Gazprombank JSC

JANUARY 26, 2023, 10 AM MSK

Round Table on Science and Education Dedicated to the Day of Russian Science

As part of the development and discussion of the ideas raised at the Ecumene Global Financial Forum, and in order to create and develop an expert community interested in receiving and exchanging relevant information about iconic trends in the country and abroad, it is necessary to pay particular attention to the key role of the science and education playing in this agenda as the most important sources of information and knowledge.

Science and education connect and unite society, generations and countries, promote communication between people and create opportunities for building an unprecedented, constructive, systemic dialogue.

In continuation of the Students Day in Russia and approaching the Day of Russian Science an open and constructive dialogue was held at the Discussion Club meeting, which became a significant contribution to the most important component of the long-term national security strategy of our country in the context of the development of the global agenda of sustainable development.

Moderator:

Maxim Safonov – Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Speakers:

Ekaterina Chaban – Acting Director of the Department of State Scientific and Scientific and Technical Policy, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Alexey Komissarov – Acting Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Ruslan Korchagin – Acting Director of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Boris Korobets – Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University
Andrey Margolin – Director of Institute of Finance and Sustainable Development – Vice-Rector, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Vladimir Mau – Russian Economist, Doctor of Economics
Maxim Nazarov – Vice-Rector, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Alexander Razumov – General Director, International Research Center for Adaptation and Restorative Medicine
Alexander Sergeev – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2017–2022), Scientific Director of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics
Natalya Tretyak – First Vice-President of Gazprombank JSC
Ilya Vorotyntsev – Acting Rector – Professor, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2023, 10 AM MSK

Crypto- and Digital Currencies

In terms of the development and improvement of human well-being, it should be noted that national banking systems in various countries play a key role in this process, which is increasingly influenced by technological innovations that can return reliance on the financial sector of the economy.

In the last few years, a completely new class of financial assets has appeared: cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Etherium, as well as digital currencies, which have the potential to change the entire financial sector of the global economy.

It is necessary to be very clear about the real possibilities of cryptocurrencies and digital currencies, including the economic consequences of their emergence and use.

Technologies based on digital currencies and distribution registries allow the development of a new system of international settlements, actively contributing to the development and preservation of the stability of financial markets, creating space for building an unprecedented, constructive, systemic, international dialogue.

We looked at cryptocurrencies versus traditional finance and got an idea of how startups, financial institutions, large technology companies, central banks and governments adapt to its emergence.

‘Based on digital currency technologies and distributed registries, it is possible to create a new system of international payments, and much more convenient, But at the same time completely safe for participants and completely independent of banks and third-party interference,’ the President of the Russian Federation.

Moderator:

Sergey Rybakov – Ecumene Programme Director

Speakers:

Anatoly Aksakov – Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Financial Markets
Leonid Altukhov – President, InterProCom
Arutyun Avetisyan – Director of the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ivan Chebeskov – Director of the Department of Financial Policy, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Gorgadze – Head of the Blockchain Department at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Co-Founder of the Atomyze Tokenization Platform and the Newity IT Company
Olga Ilyina – Head of the Expert Team of the ChainLab Blockchain Technology Laboratory, Idea Science Center
Tatyana Kuzmina – Vice President – Head of Legal Department, Gazprombank JSC
Lydia Mikheeva – Secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Council (Head) of the Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev

FEBRUARY 20, 2023 , 10 AM MSK

Economics of Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions: Main Results of the UN Biodiversity Conference
(COP15)

Nature is decaying at an unprecedented rate in the history of mankind. About one million species of flora and fauna are already on the brink of extinction. Many animals and plants, as well as entire ecosystems, could be lost without a trace in the coming decades.

Biodiversity allows nature to be productive, sustainable and adaptable. Diversity in a portfolio of financial assets reduces risk and uncertainty, increasing potential returns, just as diversity in a portfolio of natural assets increases nature's resilience to shocks, reducing risks of natural disasters. When biodiversity declines, nature and humanity suffer first and foremost.

What is needed is a financial and legal system that directs investment (public and private) into economic activities that increase our stock of natural assets and encourage sustainable consumption and production.

Massive investments in nature-based solutions will help us address biodiversity loss and contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and adaptation, not to mention broader economic benefits, including job creation.

In December 2022, Canada hosted the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, where the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted. The historic agreement has a double name, because the negotiations for its development took place in two stages, beginning in Kunming, China, and ending in Montreal.

The Global Biodiversity Framework is a roadmap for living in harmony with nature.

Welcome Address:

Ivan Sovetnikov — Head, Federal Forestry Agency

Moderator:

Sergey Rybakov — Ecumene Programme Director

Speakers:

Viacheslav Fetisov — UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Dmitriy Gorshkov - Representative of the Environmental Institution
Oleg Kobiakov — Director of FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation
Irina Makanova — Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Development of Specially Protected Natural Areas, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Moshkalo — Head of the UN Environment Russia Office
Yulia Petushkova — Senior Researcher of the Bioengineering Department of the Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Andrey Ptichnikov — Deputy Director of the Center for Responsible Nature Management, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Pavel Rozhkov — Head of the Center for the Reproduction of Rare Animal Species, the Moscow Zoo
Alexander Shestakov — Former Director of Science, Society and Sustainable Futures Division, UNCBD
Evgeny Shvarts — Director of the Center for Responsible Nature Management, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexey Suslov — Deputy Director General of the Zoological Sector, the Moscow Zoo
Sergey Tsiplenkov — Executive Director, Greenpeace Russia
Vladimir Uskov — Counsellor of the Multilateral Environment Diplomacy Section, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

March 8, 2023

The Role of Environmental Track in HR Enrolment for the Medium and High Level Civil Servants in the Russian Federation

The UN Strategy for the Sustainable Development of countries is a call to action. It seeks to improve the well-being and protection of our planet. Countries admit that measures to eradicate poverty must go hand in hand with efforts to increase economic growth and address a range of issues in education, health, social protection and employment, and to combat climate change and protect the environment. The time has come to consider what the future of the global economy will look like.

Today, environmental and ecological issues are increasingly affecting daily life, economics, politics, and culture. It is necessary to pay special attention to the development of new educational programs for both students and adult students to prepare the highest managerial and human resources for the Russian regions, it is necessary to develop proposals for the development of research, scientific, technological and innovation activities.

The produced solutions will help overcome the challenges of developing a sustainable economy, responsible finance, energy transition and transformation.

It is critical not only to find and develop talents, but also to help everyone find their place in life and apply their own unique skills and abilities, increasing the well-being of all.

Crucial is the initiation and implementation of educational programs to create a mechanism for HR training in developing of sustainable economy, responsible finance and environmental protection, the formation of environmental awareness of the youth, the development of training systems for regional and major companies in our country, and the education of professionals capable of promoting the further development and strengthening the environmental and technological sovereignty of the Russian Federation.

Moderator:

Maxim Safonov – Deputy President, Russian Academy of Sciences

Speakers:

Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Igor Kobzev – Governor of Irkutsk Region
Ruslan Korchagin – Acting Director of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Georgiy Kuzmin – Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Government of Irkutsk Region
Vadim Logunov – Chair of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization 'Baikal Ecology', Representative of the 'RT-NEO Irkutsk'
Artem Mischenko – Executive Partner, RT-NEO Irkutsk
Vladimir Moshkalo – Head of the UN Environment Russia Office
Umar Ramazanov – Director-General, FSBI Zapovednoe Pribaikalye
Ilya Razbash – Director of the Information and Analysis Center for the Development of the Water Management Complex of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, CEO of the Water of Russia

MARCH 13, 2023, 11 AM MSK

Sport and Sustainable Development

Through a strong aspiration to bring people closer together, the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) inspire people to take global action for the development of all humanity, including in the sphere of sport.

Sport is essential for sustainable development. The growing role of sport in achieving inclusive development and peace, in promoting respect and tolerance, and the contribution it makes to the empowerment of women and youth, individuals and communities, to health, education and social inclusion must be highlighted.

Sport has a long history of bringing people together and supporting ‘Sport for Peace’ initiatives at major global sporting and recurring mass events. These initiatives help sport maximize its potential in achieving the UN SDGs.

Regular participation in sport and physical activities provide various social benefits and improve health. Not only does it have a direct impact on physique, but it also teaches children and youth to make healthy lifestyle choices, helping them to stay active and fight non-communicable diseases.

In addition, sport can be used as a meaningful tool to prevent conflict and build lasting peace, using sport and its universal ability to transcend individual cultures and unite the entire world.

The tremendous positive power and passion of sport will continue to bring people together, contributing to a more inclusive and peaceful world through its universal values and principles. Historically, sport has played an important role in all societies and has served as a powerful platform for building bridges of communication that must be used to promote a culture of peace.

Sport is and will continue to be one of the most cost-effective and universal tools for advancing the purposes and values of the United Nations.

Moderator:

Sergey Rybakov – Ecumene Programme Director

Speakers:

Nataliya Bestemyanova – Ice Dancing Olympic Figure Skating Champion
Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation

MARCH 17, 2023, 10 AM MSK

Human Ecology

The COVID-19 pandemic and recent geopolitical turbulence have not changed the world's global tracks existing over the past 20 years.

The Millennium Development Goals, which covered the period up to 2015, included a limited set of specific disease targets; the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which succeeded them, are significantly broader in scope. In particular, they include the large scale goal ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’ and call for full health coverage of the population.

To meet the SDG targets before 2030, the current pace of progress is unsatisfactory, and the additional risks set by the COVID-19 pandemic are impeding countries' adherence to the SDG timetable.

Speaking about the development and improvement of human well-being, it should be noted that the key role in this process is the preservation of everyone’s health, which has recently been increasingly affected by the changing environment, technological innovation, and the increasing role of science and education.

Approaching the World Health Day, the Discussion Club, with the support of the Russian Academy of Sciences, held a round table ‘Human Ecology’.

Moderator:

Maxim Safonov – Head of the Project and Program Administration Department at IPACS, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Speakers:

Arutyun Avetisyan – Director of the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander Dmitriev – Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Professor of RAS
Igor Kogan – Professor, Director of the Ott Institute of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Corresponding Member of RAS
Alexander Kuchayev – First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Management of St. Petersburg
Alexander Lila – Professor, Director of the V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology
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, Corresponding Member of RAS
Andrei Rudskoi – Rector, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Academician of RAS

MARCH 22, 2023, 10 AM MSK

Round Table on Water and Blue Economy Dedicated to the World Water Day

Blue Transformation investments can dramatically alter a country's plans for transitioning to a sustainable economy that can provide long-term economic opportunity, improved health and food, safety, reduced emissions, improved biodiversity and ecosystem services, and increased resilience to climate impacts and other future convulsions.

Innovative financing will be playing a crucial role in making these changes a reality in budget-constrained countries.

Achieving a sustainable and equitable ‘blue recovery’ will require closer collaboration between the public and private sectors. Such a transition can achieve many of the Sustainable Development Goals.

It is necessary to make nature the cornerstone of economic and social recovery plans. Investing in protecting the natural areas, plants, and animals that thrive there will bring us one step closer to the healthy, stable, and prosperous world envisioned by our shared 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.

Integrated management of a sustainable, blue economy should be the basis for any long-term political, social, or economic decisions.

Moderator:

Sergey Rybakov – Ecumene Programme Director

Speakers:

Natalya Avseenko – Two-Time Free Diving World Champion
Natalia Davydova – Director, Environmental Projects Consulting Institute
Ksenia Kuznetsova – Executive Director of the Caprital Markets Division, Gazprombank JSC
Sergey Lyulin – Doctor of Science, Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member, Professor of RAS
Julia Mikhalkova – Russian Actress and TV Presenter
Roman Minukhin – Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Field of Water Resources of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Ilya Razbash – Director, Information and Analysis Center for the Development of the Water Management Complex
Alexander Timchenko – CEO, International Association of Lake Regions

APRIL 17, 2023, 10 AM MSK

Environment of Artificial Intelligence

Projects and proposals developed using Artificial Intelligence can positively and negatively impact the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is necessary to promote the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals and to explore the potential for its negative impact.

Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly evolving field that is changing the way businesses operate. As it has already begun to impact various industries, business professionals are interested in learning how to implement it in their organizations.

But first, what is Artificial Intelligence? Simply defined, it is the process of programming a computer to make decisions on its own. This makes Artificial Intelligence a vast and complex field with many different applications and methods.

Its use provides a powerful competitive advantage in business and is increasingly becoming a priority for managers and executives, helping to unlock business potential when developing strategies and implementing them effectively.

It is necessary to focus on the managerial implications of Artificial Intelligence and some technical aspects in order to develop the most effective strategies to integrate it into daily business operations and use the findings in long-term sustainability planning.

Moderator:

Maxim Safonov – Head of the Project and Program Administration Department at IPACS, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Speakers:

Leonid Altukhov – President, InterProCom
Arutyun Avetisyan – Director of the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Natalia Kapyrina – Assistant to the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Court
Andrey Kovalenko – Corresponding Member, Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation
Lydia Mikheeva – Secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Council (Head) of the Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev
Alexander Sergeev – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2017–2022), Scientific Director of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics
Ekaterina Ulyanova – Head of the Secretariat of the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Court

APRIL 20, 2023

Human Role in the Digital Era

APRIL 24, 2023, 10 AM MSK

#MotoSpring in the Country

Moderator:

Sergey Rybakov – Ecumene Programme Director

Speakers:

Viacheslav Fetisov – UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Vasily Gerello – Opera Singer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Sergey Kamenev – Organizer of the Harley Days Festival
Mikhail Nekrasov – Vice-President of the Motorcyclists of St. Petersburg Association
Grigoriy Putintsev – Advisor to the Governor of St. Petersburg
Alexander Rosenbaum – People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Shufutinsky – Merited Artist of the Russian Federation
Aleksandr Ustyugov – Russian Theater and TV Actor

APRIL 25, 2023

Sustainable Development of Small Towns

APRIL 27, 2023

Sustainable Reporting

MAY 11, 2023

Islamic Finance

MAY 15, 2023

Cybersecurity

MAY 18, 2023

Science, Nature, Human

MAY 25, 2023

Round Table on Net Zero Transition on the Sidelines of the X Nevsky International Ecological Congress

JUNE 2023

Culture and Sustainable Development

June 2023

Round Table on Sustainable Development Dedicated to the Ecologist Day

July 2023

Food Security

AUGUST 2023

Sustainable Development in the Arctic

*The programme may be subject to change

Viacheslav Fetisov

UN Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation

Viacheslav Fetisov is a Member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs.

He was born on April 20, 1958 in Moscow and was trained at the CSKA Youth Sports School.

In 1983, he graduated from the Twice-Red Banner Military Institute of Physical Culture (in Leningrad) with a major in team and physical culture and sports.

1976 to 1989, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR (CSKA).

He is Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of Russia, Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation, two-time Olympic champion, thirteen-time Champion of the USSR, ten-time European champion, seven-time World Champion, three-time Winner of the Stanley Cup. 1982 to 1989 he was CSKA Captain and Captain of the National Ice Hockey team.

1989 to 1998 he competed in the National Hockey League, playing for the Detroit Red Wings and the New Jersey Devils (USA). 1998 to 2002 Viacheslav held a cjaching position with the New Jersey Devils (USA).

September 2001 to April 2002 he served as the Chief and General Manager of the Russian National Ice Hockey team.

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Domestic Hockey Hall of Fame and the Hall of Fame of the International Ice Hockey Federation. He is Member of the Triple Gold Club and a UNESCO Champion for Sport. He was awarded the Gold Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee.

In April 2002 he was appointed Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Physical Culture and Sport. In 2004 he became Head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism. 2004 to 2008 he was Head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sports.

2008 to 2016 he was Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation representing the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Region.

In 2016 he was elected to the State Duma from the Podolsk single mandate district.

He has numerous state awards for his outstanding contribution to the development of physical culture and sports: the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Class), the Order of Honor, the Order of Friendship, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, two Insignia of Honor orders, the Honorary Insignia for Contribution to the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.

• He is Special Representative for the development of sports, representing the State Duma at international inter-parliamentary and public organizations.
• Currently he is UNEP National Goodwill Ambassador for Russia,
• UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Sport,
• World Tourism Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Tourism,
• Member of the Supreme Council of the UN Alliance of Civilizations.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration,
• Global Ambassador of the Special Olympics,
• Global Ambassador of Moscow,
• Chairman of the Russian Society for Nature Protection.

Elena Borisenko

Deputy Chairwoman of the Management Board, Gazprombank JSC

Born on 21 April 1978 in Leningrad, Elena Borisenko graduated from St. Petersburg State University, majoring in jurisprudence. She is a Full State Counselor of Justice of the Russian Federation, 2nd class.

For about 8 years, Elena Borisenko was engaged in private legal practice in St. Petersburg.

In 2008 – 2009, she served as the Advisor to the Head of the Federal Service for State Registration.

September 2009 through February 2010, she was the advisor to the Minister of Justice.

Starting February 2010 and through to March 2011 - Director of Department for Legal Assistance and Interaction with the Judiciary System of the RF Ministry of Justice.

March 2011 through June 2012 - Advisor to the RF Minister of Justice and Authorized Representative of the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

From June 2012 until July 2012 Elena Borisenko held the position of the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation. During her work in the Ministry of Justice of Russia, she was in charge of legal profession development, pro bono legal assistance, practice of law, notaryship, forensic analysis, as well as legislation improvement in the field of arbitrazh.

Being the Deputy Chairwoman of the Management Board, Elena Borisenko supervises the issues of legal risks management for Gazprombank and Gazprombank Group of Companies.

On 7 September 2020 by the Resolution of the Association of Russian Lawyers the Sustainable Development Committee (ESG) was established, where Elena Borisenko is the Chairwoman of the Association of Russian Lawyers’ Committee for Sustainable Development (ESG) and Member of the Panel of the Russian Lawyers Association.

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PROGRAMME OF THE EVENTS

EXPERTS

Anatoly Aksakov

Ruslan Aliyev

Leonid Altukhov

Mikhail Arakelyan

Roman Artyukhin

Arutyun Avetisyan

Natalya Avseenko

Irina Bakhtina

Yuriy Balega

Nataliya Bestemyanova

Elena Borisenko

Alexey Borisov

Anton Butmanov

Ekaterina Chaban

Ivan Chebeskov

Vladimir Chuprov

Natalia Davydova

Sergey Demidov

Alexander Dmitriev

Natalia Dorpeko

Ruslan Edelgeriev

Viacheslav Fetisov

Alexander German

Oksana Gogunskaya

Sergey Golovachev

Vladimir Gorgadze

Dmitriy Gorshkov

Olga Ilyina

Olga Kalashnikova

Natalia Kapyrina

Yana Klementovichus

Oleg Kobiakov

Igor Kobzev

Igor Kogan

Alexey Komissarov

Ruslan Korchagin

Boris Korobets

Andrey Kovalenko

Ivan Kushch

Georgiy Kuzmin

Tatyana Kuzmina

Vladimir Kuznetsov

Ksenia Kuznetsova

Alexander Lila

Vadim Logunov

Sergey Lyulin

Sergey Machekhin

Irina Makanova

Andrey Margolin

Vladimir Mau

Lydia Mikheeva

Julia Mikhalkova

Roman Minukhin

Artem Mischenko

Anna Morozova

Vladimir Moshkalo

Maxim Nazarov

Alexey Novgorodov

Ruslan Novikov

Yulia Petushkova

Gennady Ponomarenko

Andrey Ptichnikov

Umar Ramazanov

Ilya Razbash

Alexander Razumov

Pavel Rozhkov

Andrei Rudskoi

Sergey Rybakov

Maxim Safonov

Ekaterina Salugina-Sorokovaya

Alexander Sergeev

Alexander Shestakov

Aleksandr Shirov

Evgeny Shvarts

Sergey Shvetsov

Evgeny Sokolov

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