Sustainable Tourism: Global Challenges and Discovering Russia conference will be held at Rosa Khutor, an all-season mountain resort, located within the Sochi National Park, a mere 40 minute ride from Adler international airport. The Resort was built from scratch for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi on the slopes of the Aibga ridge. During the Olympic Games, Rosa Khutor’s slopes hosted competitions for 30 sets of medals in 15 mountain sports.
Today, Rosa Khutor is a very popular all season tourism destination, as well as an in-demand place for business events. The Resort is known for its high standards of service and safety, use of advanced technologies and a large number of activities on offer throughout the year.
In the winter, guests can ski down exceptional pistes designed by the world’s leading experts. In the summer, tourists enjoy trekking environmentally-friendly trails, mountain biking on picturesque slopes, renting green vehicles, going on equestrian tours, visiting the Yeti rope park, playing in family-friendly outdoor sports and fitness facilities, going on buggy tours, and doing yoga on Rosa Peak at an altitude of 2320 meters.
Rosa Khutor offers opportunities to organize events of any degree of sophistication. The venue boasts more than 30 well equipped conference halls and restaurants in addition to Rosa Hall, a multifunction center that can fit up to 1700 people.
Rosa Khutor Resort was the first in Russia to adopt and begin implementing a sustainable development program that aims to preserve nature and treat it responsibly while creating unforgettable experiences and preserving its heritage for generations to come.
Getting there
Resort’s address: 354 392 Krasnodarskiy Kray, city Sochi, Adler region, Estosadok, 35 Olimpiyskaya Street
By air
The flight from Moscow to Sochi will take about 2 hours, and about one hour longer from Saint-Petersburg. Direct flights from Moscow are provided by Aeroflot, UT Air, S7 Airlines (Siberia), and other airlines. Adler international airport is also served by direct flights from Krasnodar, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Kiev, and other cities.
By train
It takes between 25 and 40 hours to get from Moscow to Sochi by train, depending on the train route. Trains leave from the Kazan and Kursk stations. Sochi is connected to all of Russia by direct train links. If you plan to stay at the Rosa Khutor Resort, you should buy your ticket to Adler, which is the last stop on the line.
By car
The route from Moscow to Sochi is some 1500 kilometers long via national highways M-4 “Don”, M-29 “Kavkaz”, and M-27 “Dzhubga-Sochi”. The most difficult part is the 200 kilometer long switchback road between Dzhubga and Dagomis. At the Resort’s lower level in the Rosa Valley drivers have access to 4 covered and one open air parking lots with combined capacity of more than 10000 vehicles.
Sergey Bachin
Education
In 1987 he graduated from the Faculty of Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University on a speciality in physics.
He has MBA (Master of Business Administration) in 'Corporate Finance', University of Hardford (USA).
He has certificates on audit, taxes and financial accounting – CMA (Certified Management Accountant) and CPA (Certified Public Accountant).
Professional experience
He worked at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
Since 1992 to 1998 he has been studying and working in the USA.
He worked as a financial manager in Pratt & Whitney company.
Since 1998 he has started his work at Interros Holding company system.
In 1998 he worked in ONEXIM-bank
From 1998 to 2003 he worked at Interros Development company.
From 2003 to 2009 he was a Director General of the Open Investments (OPIN) development company.
From 2009 to 2019, he was a Director General of the Rosa Khutor company.
Since 2019 till present, he is CEO of Vasta Discovery сompany and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rosa Khutor.
Rafiliya Bakirova
Education
She graduated from Orenburg State Agrarian University with a degree in Science of Law.
She has a degree of the Candidate of Science of Law.
Professional experience
In 2010 she acted as a Regional Director of steppe project implemented by UNDP/Global Ecological Foundation/ Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (Minprirody of Russia).
In 2013 she became a Director of 'Orenburgsky' State Natural Reserve.
In 2014 she headed Federal State Budgetary Institution (FSBI) 'United Directorate of 'Orenburg 'and 'Shaitan-Tau' State Natural Reserves'.
From 2014 to 2017 she was a secretary of Secretary of the Board at the Association of Directors of Nature Reserves and National Parks of the Russian Federation 'Preserved Russia'.
From 2017 to the present she has held the position of Director of the Association of Directors of Nature Reserves and National Parks of the Russian Federation 'Preserved Russia'
About the organization
Federal State Budgetary Institution 'United Directorate of 'Orenburg' and 'Shaitan-Tau' State Natural Reserves' (FSBI 'Natural Reserves of the Orenburg Region') is a nature protection, research and development, ecological and educational institution.
The main objective of the Federal State Budgetary Institution 'Reserves of Orenburg region' is the preservation and study of the natural processes and phenomena, the genetic heritage of flora and fauna, certain species and communities of plants and animals, typical and unique ecological systems.
Mikhail Bondar
Professional experience
1) Study of the fauna and ecology of mammals and birds of Central Siberia; 2) Environmental monitoring in specially protected natural areas and adjacent areas; 3) Development of educational tourism.
During 2013-2020, Michael took part in following projects:
11 large-scale scientific research expeditions in the north of Central Siberia to study landscape and biological diversity, ecology of animals and plants, and to carry out environmental monitoring. He has completed 2 monographs, 50 scientific publications, 6 scientific recommendations, participated in dozens of scientific conferences and meetings on the topic of scientific research. He has also published 2 scientific works of the FSBI "Reserves of Taimyr". Michael has contributed to the organization of cooperation and implementation of scientific research with Russian and foreign research organizations, headed fived joint projects.
Maria Belyakova
Professional experience
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Sports and Tourism Industry Management, Director of the Research and Education Center “Faculty of Sports and Tourism Industry Management” of the Institute of Finance and Sustainable Development (IFSD) of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Dr. Thiago Beraldo Souza
Education
In 2016, he earned a PhD in Ecology at the University of Florida, USA adapting a methodology to measure economic impacts of tourism in protected areas of Brazil.
Professional experience
Dr Thiago Beraldo Souza is member of the Tourism and Protected Areas Working Group (TAPAS), from the World Commission of Protected Areas - WCPA/IUCN, where he plays the role of Knowledge Development
Coordinator. For the last 18 years Thiago worked for the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity onservation (ICMBio) - Federal Protected Areas Agency from Brazil where he developed agendas such as capacity building, ecotourism planning, community-based tourism, long distance trails, visitor monitoring, recreation concessions and economic impacts of tourism.
Alexandra Boyarskaya
Professional experience
Creative consultant at Nike, co-founder of Nike Run Club in Russia, producer at Yandex.Q
Ivan Chaika
Professional experience
Russian public and political figure, founder and chairman of the organizing committee of the National Prize "Crystal Compass", Chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, member of the Commission for Tourism Development of the Russian Geographical Society, member of the UNESCO Center, member of the Public Chamber of the Krasnodar Territory, coordinator of the interregional tourism project "Golden Ring of the Bosporus kingdom "
Natalya Danilina
Professional experience
From 1988 to 1996, held positions starting with the Leading Specialist and ending with the Head of the Main Reserve Management Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (Minprirody).
In 1996, founded Zapovedniki Environmental Education Center, and currently holds the position of a Director.
From 1993 to 2008 – Vice Chairman of the World Commission on Protected Areas of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (WCPA/IUCN), since 2009 to present: an Honorary member of the WCPA Executive Committee.
From 2005 to 2015 – Member of the Public Environmental Council of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
Since 2011 – Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council for Specially Protected Natural Reservations of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
From 2011 to 2014 – Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Since 2016 – Member of the Joint Expert Council, the Presidential Grants Foundation.
For contribution to the development of SPNR was awarded several times with diplomas of honor of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the High Ecological Council of the State Duma, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Has the title of an 'Honored Worker of Nature Protection of the Russian Federation'.
Made a big contribution to the development of environmental education and educational tourism at SPNR, to the development of scientific justification of these activity areas, and also to the implementation of the practice of working with volunteers in state nature reserves and national parks of the country.
About the organization
Zapovedniki Environmental Education Center was founded in 1996 for the purpose of efficiency improvement of the Specially Protected Natural Reservations of Russia and formation of public understanding of SPNR significance for the present and future of Russia.
Main programs of the organization: SPNR Educational Center (trainings, seminars, internships in Russia and abroad); Tourism at SPNR and rural tourism at areas contiguous with SPNR; Environmental Education at SPNR: strategy, educational programs; Coordination of the All-Russian movement 'Friends of Protected Islands'; Social project management and development of citizen initiatives in favor of SPNR; International Volunteer Center 'Burunduk': youth and corporate volunteering for SPNR; Design of ecological trails and visitor centers.
Paul Eagles
Education
B.Sc. M.Sc., PhD.
Professional experience
His primary appointment was to the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, with cross appointment to the School of Planning.
He specializes in environmental, recreation and tourism planning, with 45 years of planning experience.
1996 – 2008: World Commission on Protected Areas of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
2013 – 2016: distinguished visiting professor in the School of Environmental Science at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
He has undertaken planning and research in this field in over 30 countries and has 397 publications, of which 141 are refereed. He was Chair of the Global Task Force on Tourism and Parks for the
He has been a consultant on tourism for numerous agencies and corporations in Canada, and internationally for the World Bank, the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Environment Program, the Forestry and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the Southern Africa Development Community, as well as the Nature Conservation Agencies of Sweden, Norway, and Finland
Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo (Canada).
About the organization
The University of Waterloo is one of Canada’s preeminent universities. It has been a national and international leader is mathematics, engineering, and national park management for decades.
Anastasia Egorova
Education
Baikal State University of Economics and Law; Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. Graduated from "Moscow International Higher School of Business" with a degree in MBA - Strategic Management and Business Policy.
Professional experience
In 2007 she became the head of the branch of the United Russia party in the Irkutsk region, in 2008 a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region.
In 2011, she founded together with the students the Irkutsk regional organization Center for the Support and Development of Volunteerism «Do Good» and began to systematically develop volunteering in the Irkutsk region.
The founder of the project – «Research camp for schoolchildren».
Boris Erg
Professional experience
Boris Erg is Director of the IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IUCN ECARO). His track record entails more than 20 years of experience in nature conservation and international nature policy, including working with international organizations, national authorities, civil society, and as a protected area manager. Boris is a trained expert in environmental management with core expertise in international cooperation, nature policy, protected area governance and management, and transboundary conservation. He is actively involved in various aspects of policy and programme development, including institutional development, programme design and regional cooperation. Boris is an active member of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas’ Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group. Throughout his career he has maintained active relationship with international and national organisations, UN agencies, civil society, and the donor community and has promoted the concepts of equitable governance and nature-based solutions as a response to growing societal and environmental challenges.
Vyacheslav Fetisov
Professional experience
Viacheslav Fetisov’s main achievements have taken place on ice. Born in Moscow in 1958, this legendary Soviet ice hockey player is considered one of the best defensemen in the history of ice hockey.
He has won all the major hockey trophies. He has been World Champion seven times and nine times European Champion. He has won two Olympic gold medals and one silver medal. He won the USSR’s Championship thirteen consecutive years from 1977. In North America, he won the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Stanley Cup twice as a player and once as the coach of the NJ Devils. Viacheslav Fetisov has been inducted to the National Hockey League and the International Ice Hockey Federation Halls of Fame.
Fetisov has held different public positions. In 2016 he was elected State Duma Deputy and is the chairman of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture, Sport, Tourism and Youth Affairs. In 2017 he was appointed as the State Duma’s Special Envoy for Interparliamentary and International Public Organizations on the Development of Sport.
Viacheslav Fetisov is committed to protecting the pristine natural ecosystems of the Arctic and Antarctic. He has actively supported the Ross Sea campaign in Antarctica and the largest clean-ups in Russia, including lake Baikal and the Arctic. Through spearheading “The Last Ice Hockey Game on the North Pole”, this ice hockey icon would like the polar regions to remain a reality for future generations, and not just a distant memory.
Viacheslav Fetisov is UNESCO Champion for Sport, UNWTO Tourism Ambassador and
Special Olympics Goodwill Ambassador
Elizaveta Fokina
Education
Graduated from Perm State Technical University with qualification: "Economics and Enterprise Management"; West Ural Institute of Economics and
Law ( Perm).
Professional experience
member of the board of the non-profit partnership "Professional community of cultural managers"; member of the council, chairman of the sector of museums-reserves and estates of the Non-Profit Corporate Organization Association for the Development of Urban Parks and Public Spaces, Moscow; member of the National Association for the Revival of Historic Gardens and Parks ”; expert of the Presidential Grants Fund; expert of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation; member of the expert council of the Moscow Department of Social Protection; Member of the Governing Expert Council of GBPOU Tsaritsyno College; member of the Working Group of the Union of Museums of Russia on the development of the Concept for the development of museums in the
Russian Federation and new legislation in field of culture.
About the organization
International Academy of Management, winner of the Russian competition "Manager of the Year" (2017); Diploma of the mayor of Moscow
Sobyanin S.S. “For fruitful work in the field of culture in the city of Moscow” (2018); Medal from the Chairman of the Moscow City Duma A.V. Shaposhnikov for the preservation of the cultural heritage of the city of Moscow (2018); Diploma of the Mayor of Moscow Sobyanin S.S. for the successful organization of events aimed at creating a positive image of the city of Moscow as a tourist center (2019). April 2016 - present General Director of the Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno".. Nowadays, the Museum is involved in exhibition activities, including international ones, organizes exhibitions, develops its own
educational and concert programs, expands the range of permanent exhibitions, including expositions for children and families, and develops inclusive programs. Ms Fokina initiated partnership exhibition projects with more than 30 museums in Russia, which were highly appreciated both among visitors and the professional community. The museum-reserve is carrying out a comprehensive program of restoration and reconstruction of its architectural facilities and the park, improves the territory. In the first half of 2020 alone, the Museum received the following Honorary Awards: Special Prize of the Ziva international Award (Forum of Slavic Cultures); Diploma of the International Festival "Intermuseum-2020" for the project "Children's Museum"; Diploma from the Mayor of Moscow for the development of tourism and the input into the positive image of the capital
Aleksandr Gorbachev
Education
Bryansk State University named after I.G.Petrovsky, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Environment and International Development
Professional experience
Alexander Gorbachev has been working for Coca-Cola HBC Russia since 2018.
Alexander has many years of experience in implementing various environmental and social projects in the field of separate waste collection, water protection, GIS, climate change and biodiversity conservation, development of standards for international investors in terms of compliance with the requirements of environmental legislation, implementation of strategies and policies in the field of sustainable development.
Dmitry Gorshkov
Education
Candidate of Biological Sciences.
Professional experience
From 1999 to 2004, a researcher in FSBI (Federal State Budgetary Institution) Volzhsko Kamsky State Nature Reserve.
From 2004 to 2010, a Senior Researcher in FSBI Volzhsko Kamsky State Nature Reserve.
From 2010 to 2013, a Deputy Director for General Affairs, researcher in FSBI Volzhsko Kamsky State Nature Reserve.
From 2013 to 2018, a Director of FSBI Sikhote-Alin State Reserve.
From 2018 to the present, Director of the World Wildlife Fund Biodiversity Program.
He was awarded a Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation 'For long-term and conscientious work, a great personal contribution to the development of the reserve business and the system of specially protected natural territories' and the 'For Service in the Reserve' sign.
About the organization
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is one of the largest independent international environmental organizations, uniting about 5 million permanent employees and operating in more than 100 countries.
WWF's mission is to prevent the growing degradation of the planet's natural environment and to achieve harmony between man and nature. The main goal is to preserve the biological diversity of the Earth.
Vladimir Gritsenko
Education
Mr. Gritsenko holds a degree in history from the Tula State Pedagogical Institute named after Leo Tolstoy, 1989
Professional experience
1991-1997. - Head of the Tula archaeological expedition at the Research and Production Center for the Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Tula Region Administration. 1997 - up to the present - Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture "State Military-Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve" Kulikovo Field ". Member of the Presidium of the Council for Culture and Art under the President of the Russian Federation, Member of the Presidium of the Union of Russian Museums, member of ICOM. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art.
Marina Gritsun
Professional experience
Has more than ten years of experience in the field of active tourism.
The founder and director of the children's camp 'Island of Heroes' ('Ostrov Geroev').
The creator and leader of the youth movement 'A-Z leader'.
The developer of programs for active children's recreation, including for children with disabilities in a tent camp.
Chairman of the Council of the Union of Organizers of Children's Active Tourism.
Dmitry Isaev
Education
Moscow Pedagogical University named after N.K. Krupskaya, specialty history, economics and socio-political disciplines (1990). Moscow Center for Quality in Education "Management in Education" (2013).
Professional experience
For more than twenty years he has been engaged in active children's tourism.
Since 1995 he worked as a history teacher.
2006 - 2012 director of the NOU "Retro".
2016-2018 Director of the School No. 446.
Since 2018, Director of the State Budgetary Educational Institution School No. 1852 of the city of Moscow.
He is an instructor of youth tourism.
Winner of the competition of directors of educational organizations of the city of Moscow «Great Arctic Expedition» (2018).
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Management of the Higher School of Economics.
Master of Strategic and General Corporate Management.
Then he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Urban and Regional Development of the Higher School of Economics
Professional experience
2011 - 2013 - Chief Specialist of the Regional Development Department, Vneshprombank.
2013 - 2014 - Deputy Director for Development, Nikola-Lenivets Art Park.
2015 - 2016 - Analyst, RealdaniaByogByg.
2017 - Analyst, Strategic Development Department, Fredericia City Hall.
2017 - Analyst, Strategic Development Department, Fredericia City Hall.
2018 - 2019 - Deputy Director, Center for Research on the Economics of Culture and Urban Development, Moscow State University Lomonosov Moscow, Russia.
2019 - Director of the Local ID Initiative, Strategic Development Agency for the promotion of new projects.
Dmitry Khomaza
Professional experience
He held various management positions in the consulting and banking sectors. Currently, within the framework of his own project, he is developing methods for remote assessment and forecasting of ecosystem development and forest inventory using space imagery. ...
In collaboration with WWF since 2020 He successfully implemented a development project for ecotourism at Alania and Shahdag national parks.
Pavel Khotsenko
Education
Dnepropetrovsk Civil Engineering Institute, Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Novocherkassk Forest Academy.
Professional experience
After serving in the Soviet army, he went as a member of Komsomol to the far north and participated at the construction of the Novy Urengoy city.
Mr. Khotsenko served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, where he headed of the Anti-organized crime department.
He later moved to civil sector, including tourism, and was appointed Director General of the largest State budgetary institution in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District - the Directorate for the Development of the Hotel Complex of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. He then became Special Adviser to the Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.
Since May 2019, he has been managing the Sochi National Park.
About the organization
Sochi National Park is a national park in Western Caucasus, near the city of Sochi, in Southern Russia. It is Russia's second oldest national park, established on May 5, 1983. Sochi National Park covers more than 208 thousand hectares.
It encompass all main attractions of the city of Sochi, both natural and historical: waterfalls, caves and grottoes, gorges and canyons, alpine lakes and mineral springs. The park has 78 monuments of historical and cultural value: dolmens, burial mounds, dwelling sites, medieval temples and fortresses, 28 of them have federal status. One of the park’s jewels is an aboretum park – «Dendrariy» – a wonderful example of the late 19th landscape gardening art.
Sergey Korneev
Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University with a degree in international private law. Professional experience
Professional experience
He began his career as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University.
Then moved to lawyer's activity, and starting from 2000s he became engaged in developing tourism.
From 2007 to 2012 he was a member of: the expert council of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the interdepartmental coordinating council under the Government of the Leningrad Region and a number of other public organizations.
Member of expert councils at the Committee for Economic Policy, Industrial Policy and Trade of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
From 2007 to 2012 - Advisor to the Vice Governor of St. Petersburg.
From 2007 to 2012 - municipal deputy.
Organizer and coordinator of the charity social action "The whole world is a gift for children".
From 2012 to 2013 - Director of the Department of Tourism and Regional Policy of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
From 2013 to 2014 - Deputy General Director of ANCO "Transport Directorate of the Olympic Games".
2014 to 2014 - Advisor to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation.
From 2014 to 2018 - Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism.
Since 2014, member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
From 2019 to the present, Advisor to the President of the Union of Russian Museums.
Anastasia Korol
Education
Ms Korol graduated from the East Siberian State Academy of Education with a degree in Foreign Languages. She also holds master's degree in “Management of educational systems” of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University.
Professional experience
Deputy Director in charge of Tourism Development, ANO Norilsk Development Agency.
About the organization
Autonomous Non-commercial Organization "Norilsk Development Agency" was established in 2017 with the aim to create favorable conditions for sustainable development, social environment improvement and to contribute to the growth of human capital in the city of Norilsk.
ANO "Norilsk Development Agency" strives to foster development of the service economy in the city, thus improving the quality of life of Norilsk residents and contributing to the promotion of the local products and services.
The agency operates in five areas: the development of the business environment, the development of the urban environment, the development of tourism and investments, sociocultural and educational projects.
Sergey Krivonosov
Education
Mr. Krivonosov graduated from Novocherkassk Higher Military School of Communications (Military Institute) named after Marshal of Soviet Union, V.S. Sokolovsky with a degree in communications engineering. In 2017, he graduated with honors from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, majoring in “Master of Business Administration in Tourism and Hospitality”.
Professional experience
Mr. Krivonosov is a State Duma MP (United Russia fraction) of the VI and VII sessions. In the latter he supervises three committees. He is Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs; Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tourism of the State Duma; and Chairman of the Board of the "Union for the Development of Tourism in the Russian Federation" (the Union is an affiliate member of the UN World Tourism Organization UNWTO)
Prior to becoming a Duma MP, Mr. Krivonosov was an active investor in tourism industry: construction, hotel and restaurant business on the Black Sea coast. He is the author of a unique project - the Plotforma Club, the only entertainment facility in Russia built on the high seas, which can accommodate more than 1000 guests. When creating the project, an innovative technology was used to erect the structure on piles, beyond the coastline. Mr. Krivonosov developed a wave-breaking construction of a new type and supervised the construction of the facility. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the President of Finland Tarja Halonen held a meeting at the Plotforma venue.
Since 2010, the PLOTFORM S-70 international tournament in professional combat sambo has been annually held at the Plotforma Club. The tournament was organized by the Russian sports organization LEAGUE S-70 with the active participation of its vice president, Sergey Krivonosov.
Viktor Kruzhalin
Professional experience
Doctor of Geography, Honored Professor of Moscow State University, Honored Worker of Higher Education, twice laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation, Vice President of the National Academy of Tourism, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Full State Counselor, Member of the Interdepartmental Council for the Award of the Government of the Russian Federation in Tourism, Member of Expert Councils for Tourism State Duma
and Federation Council, member of the Public Council under Rosturizm, member of the Commission for Tourism Development under the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Tourism Development of the Russian Geographical Society. Author and co-author of about 300
publications, including textbooks, study guides, monographs and articles on tourism, environmental, engineering, recreational geography and geomorphology.
Olga Kulikova
Professional experience
Member of the Public Chamber of Pereslavl-Zalessky (Commission for Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage). Member of the Council of Botanical Gardens of Russia, representing the interests of the Dendrological garden named after S.F. Kharitonov in the council. Ms Kulikova is the author of the nature trail
"Nature of Senses", built in the dendrological garden in 2015. The author of the Catalog of woody plants of the dendrological garden named after S.F. Kharitonova: the results of the introduction for the period 1960-2017. Awarded with the "Excellence in Environmental Protection" badge in 2018
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Education
Vladimir Kuznetsov graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of MGIMO. He also holds a doctorate in history from MGIMO and a master's degree in finance and insurance from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Professional experience
Since 2008, his career has been closely associated with the UN. In 2008-2015 served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the UN World Food Program in Rome, as well as Minister Counselor to the Russian Embassy in Italy. In 1999 - 2008 - Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Since 2015 - Director of the UN Information Center in Moscow. Since January 2019 - Chairman of the UN Country Team in Russia.
Andrey Latypov
Education
He graduated from the Orenburg State Agrarian University with a degree in Bioecology, and in 2009 he completed his postgraduate studies with a degree in Biological Resources
Professional experience
Andrey Latypov has more than 13 years of experience in government agencies and departments related to nature protection.
He began his career in the protected system of Russia in 2013 in the specialized department of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, where he took part in solving key issues in the field of land and forest relations, managing wildlife in protected areas, developing a network of protected areas of federal significance, including the creation of a nature reserve "Shaitan-Tau", expansion of the territory of the "Orenburgsky" reserve.
In 2015, he took the position of Deputy Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Zapovedniks of the Orenburg Region", where until now he was in charge of the protection and forestry services. During this period, he organized the systematic work of the state inspectorate, the development of territories with service infrastructure, coordinated environmental activities in the Orenburgsky and Shaitan-Tau reserves.
He participated in the integrated development of the Shaitan-Tau reserve, including the arrangement of the territory, the development of ecological excursion trails, research sites and routes.
In 2014, he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, in 2017 - the badge of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation "Excellence in Environmental Protection", in 2020 - the badge of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia "For Merit in Wildlife Management".
Elena Ledovskikh
Education
raduated from the Faculty of Biology, Leningrad State University with a degree in biology, zoology.
Professional experience
Since the 1990s organizes ecological tours and expeditions in Russia and abroad
1996-1998 - project manager for the development of ecotourism in the protected areas of the Far East, WWF.
In 1998 co- founded the Dersu Uzala Ecotourism Development Fund.
She was the leader and expert of 35 projects for the development of ecotourism in the Far East, Kamchatka, Altai, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Tuva, the Caucasus, Karelia, etc., including the first projects in Russia for the development of ecotourism in protected areas (with the financial support of WWF, United Nations Development Programs, etc.).
Author of the methodological manual “Ecotourism on the way to Russia” (2001, reprinted in 2012), co-author of the manuals “Aboriginal ecotourism”, “Environmental safety of tourist activities”, etc.
About the organization
Dersu Uzala Ecotourism Development Fund implements complex projects for the development of ecological tourism
Organizes ecotours and expeditions in Russia and abroad together with the tour operator Dersu Uzala LLC (Kamchatka, Chukotka, Kuril and Commander Islands, Primorsky Territory, Taimyr, Putorana plateau, Altai, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Baikal, Caucasus, Karelia, etc.)
Organizes children's environmental camps and traineeships in Russian SPNAs.
Akaki Melikidze
Education
Graduate of MIPT (L.D. Landau Institute) and Princeton (Ph.D., theoretical solid state physics) with experience in international scientific centers in California (Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB), Paris (Institut Henri Poincaré), Florida (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory), the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (GU), the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Innovation Division of Norilsk Nickel.
Professional experience
Co-founder of an investment fund. At present, he is a leading employee of the Federal Project Office for the implementation of the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, as well as co-founder and CEO of the Scientific Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research "Idea".
Member of interdepartmental working groups on the development of infrastructure for research and development of the Russian Federation, on the development of a program for the creation of scientific postgraduate studies in the Russian Federation, on the creation of the Concept of international scientific and technical cooperation of the Russian Federation, on the development of the Concept of digital platforms for research, development and interaction with investors (within the framework of the Federal national project " The science").
Sergey Mindelevich
Professional experience
Public figure, journalist.
Head of the working group on children's tourism of the Coordination Council for Tourism Development under the Government of the Russian Federation.
For about 20 years he has been organizer and chairman of the jury of the National Competition of Adventure Sports and Travel Books within the framework of the International Film Festival « Vertical ».
Member of the National Academy of Tourism, International Tourism Academy, International Academy of Children and Youth Tourism and Local History.
Master of Sports in Tourism, Honored Traveler of Russia.
For 27 years he has been publishing «Volny Veter» (Free Wind) - the only specialized newspaper in the CIS for fans of active travel.
The author of two methodological books on tourism, hundreds of publications in various media, more than a hundred television stories.
For his merits in the development of tourism, he was awarded with numerous honorary signs, certificates of honor and diplomas of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Sports, the Federal Tourism Agency, the Commissioner for Human Rights, the Federal Center for Youth Tourism and Local History, the federations of mountaineering, orienteering and sports tourism, as well as dozens other state and public organizations.
Father with many children (the eldest daughter is 53 years old, the youngest son is 1 year 3 months old).
Maxim Mironov
Education
In 2004, Mr. Mironov graduated with honors from the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in «Deep Mining of Mineral Deposits». A year later, he underwent advanced training in «Economics and Management» within the program «Real Estate Valuation». He continued his skill improvement with «Manager and Personnel» program at the International Institute of Management. His further training included «Project Management of Single-industry Towns» program at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo.
In 2019, he received a diploma of professional training at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the program «Innovative Management of the Municipalities Territory Development ». He is currently completing his Masters of Law degree at the Moscow Witte University.
Professional experience
Mr. Mironov started his career as a mining engineer at the technical department of the Taimyrsky mine engineering complex. He also served as the chairperson of the Young Specialists Movement, and won The Vladimir Potanin Foundation grant’s contest.
Since 2018 until present, he has been part-time adviser to the Head of the city of Norilsk.
In October 2018, he was appointed Deputy Director of ANO Norilsk Development Agency, and a year later he was promoted to the position of Director.
About the organization
Autonomous Non-commercial Organization «Norilsk Development Agency» was established in 2017 with the aim to create favorable conditions for sustainable development, social environment improvement and to contribute to the growth of human capital in the city of Norilsk.
ANO «Norilsk Development Agency» strives to foster development of the service economy in the city, thus improving the quality of life of Norilsk residents and contributing to the promotion of the local products and services.
The agency operates in five areas: the development of the business environment, the development of the urban environment, the development of tourism and investments, sociocultural and educational projects.
Artem Mishchenko
Education
Irkutsk State University; University of Maryland University College
Professional experience
He held senior management positions in companies in the following industries: automotive, telecommunications, IT technologies, construction, waste disposal, industrial ecology. Significant projects in the environment: supervised the cleaning of extensive arsenic pollution at the site of a military plant in the city of Svirsk (Irkutsk region), participated in the elimination of the consequences of the 2019 flood in the Irkutsk region, participates in the construction of
flood protection structures in Tulun and Nizhneudinsk, participates in elimination of BPPM waste in the Irkutsk region, participates in the cleaning operations at
UsolyeKhimProm.
About the organization
JSC National Ecological Operator (NEO) is a specialized subsidiary of the State Corporation Rostec, established in February 2012. The main task of JSC NEO is to create a modern system and technology for handling production and consumption waste, as well as to develop its basic infrastructure in constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including on the terms of public-private partnership.
Vladimir Molodozhen
Professional experience
Master of Sports in mountaineering, instructor of the 2nd category, instructor of DAV (German Alpine Club), instructor of ENEQ (Alpine School of Quebec).
Vladimir Moshkalo
Education
A geographer by background and holds a Master’s degree in Geography from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from the European Postgraduate Course in Environmental Management – a joint course of the fourDutch Universities: Amsterdam University, Amsterdam Free University, Leiden University, and Wageningen Agricultural University.
Professional experience
Vladimir has accumulated 30 years of work experience including working for Soviet and then Russian State Environmental Protection authorities: USSR State Committee for Nature Protection and then Russian Ministry of Environmental Protection where he was involved in international nature conservation co-operation. Throughout his career he has maintained active relationship with UN Programmes and Agencies, other international organizations, international financial institutions and major international conservation secretariats (CBD, CITES, Ramsar, Bonn and Bern Conventions). From 1995 till 2010 he was working for the IUCN as the Head of Sub-regional Office for Russia and CIS where he led development and implementation of Sub-regional Programme as a part of the IUCN Pan-European Programme. His areas of work and expertise during this period concentrated on Forest Conservation; ECONET and Protected Areas, Rare and Endangered Species, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, Arctic Ecosystem, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Mountains, and Sustainable Fishery and Public Support for Conservation Initiatives.
Eraj Muhammadzhon-zade
Education
He holds a Master’s degree in Management from Tajik State University of Commerce and a bachelor degree in management and Chinese language from
HUA QIAO UNIVERSITY
Professional experience
From January 2013 till present Mr. Muhammadzhon-zade is the director of the Artuch Mountaineering Tourist Base. Mr Muhammadzhon-zade is in charge of the operational activity of the company and its development strategy. Prior he held senior management positions in marketing departments at DIPSERVICE and ZIJIN MINING Muhammadzhon-zade holds a diploma for the best and high quality travel services (2020); gratitude for the training of young personnel in the field of tourism (2018); Diploma for successful contribution to the development of domestic tourism in Tajikistan – (2018)
Anton Muraviev
Education
Graduated from the Geological Faculty of Moscow State University.
Professional experience
Since 1994 was engaged in journalism, since 2001 has been a public communications specialist.
Joined Interros Group in 2008. His current position is Director for Public Projects, Deputy Director of the Department for the Development of Public Relations, Head of the "Tourism" direction.
Co-author of the project «Sustainable Tourism: Global Challenges and Russian Perspective», public expert of the Norilsk Development Agency.
Motto: «Arctic, Taimyr, Volochanka!»
Alexey Mutsentender
Professional experience
Blogger, author of the https://sher.media/ on the development of modern cities and sustainable consumption as a way of life.
Viktor Nepomnyashchiy
Education
Viktor Nepomnyashchiy is a graduate of Tomsk State University and holds a PhD in Georgaphy. He has authored more than fifty publications.
Professional experience
Mr. Nepomnyashiy worked as a senior lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of Kuzbass Technical University. In 2009, he started working at the Khakasskiy State Nature Reserve, where three years later he was promoted to the position of director. As an editor-in-charge he produced a compendium of articles “Scientific Research in Reserves and National Parks of South Siberia”, and co-authored some of the monographs published by the Khakasskiy Nature Reserve.
From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Nepomnyaschiy played an important role in preparing an application to recognize the Khakasskiy Nature Reserve as a Biosphere Reserve and in compiling the dossier to inscribe the Oglakhti mountains on the UNESCO preliminary world heritage site list.
For more than fifteen years Viktor Nepomnyaschiy has been the Secretary of the Board of the Association of Directors of Russia’s National Parks and Nature Reserves. He sits on the Coordination Committee to develop children’s and youth tourism in the Republic of Khakassia, and is the deputy Chair of the Public Council for Tourism under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Khakassia. Since 2010, Mr. Nepomnyaschiy has been the Scientific Secretary of the Khakassia division of the Russian Geographical Society.
About the organization
The Khakasskiy State Nature Reserve is the only federal-level nature reserve in the Republic of Khakassia. It was founded in 1999 by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation which created a reserve with the Chazi and Maliy Abakan Nature Refuges at its’ core. It covers a wide range of landscapes and is home to a large diversity of animal and plant species. More than 80% of all plant and animal species in the Republic of Khakassia and some 40% of all plant and animal species in the entire Altai-Sayan ecoregion can be found in the Khakasskiy Nature Reserve. In 2012, the federal-level Pozarim wildlife sanctuary, an important part of the main migration corridor for many rare mammal species inhabiting the region, was transferred under the management of the Khakasskiy Nature Reserve.
Alexey Nikonorov
Professional experience
He is a member of the Presidium of the Federation of Sports Tourism In charge for training and security. He has 40 years of sports experience Master of Tourism. International class mountain tourism instructor. Repeated prize-winner of the championships of Russia and Moscow. Awarded with medals of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Roscosmos Awarded with a gold badge "For the development of sports tourism"
Vladimir Omelchenko
Education
He graduated from Ol'minsky Belgorod State Pedagogical University and Orlov Regional Academy for Public Administration
Professional experience
From 2008 to 2013 he was in charge of the issues related to the formation of a healthy lifestyle among students at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Since 2013 he has been working at the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Education 'Federal Center for Children and Youth Tourism and Local History'.
At the moment he holds the position of Deputy Director of the Federal Center for Children nd Youth Tourism and Local History.
In 2018 he was elected to the public council of the Federal Agency for Tourism.
About the organization
The Federal Center for Children and Youth Tourism and Local History (FCCYTLH) is an organization subordinated to the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and provides program-methodical and organizational support for the development of children and youth tourism in the education system of the Russian Federation.
FCCYTLH coordinates the activities of more than 200 regional and municipal centers for children and youth tourism in the regions of the Russian Federation, forms and implements the All-Russian Calendar of Mass Events with students studying in the field of tourism, participates in the development of regulatory support for children's active tourism.
Evgeniy Pavlov
Education
Federal state budgetary educational institution higher education Russian state University of Physical Education, Sports, Youth and tourism
Professional experience
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, assistant professor. Masters of Sports in Tourism. Badge of honor "Excellence in Physical Education". Certificate of honor of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation "For merits in the field of physical culture, sports and fruitful conscientious work". Certificate of honor of the Federal Agency for Tourism "For effective work on the development of children's tourism in Russian Federation". Diploma of the President of the Russian
Federation to the commemorative medals "XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi". Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation "For active participation in the work of the coordinating council for development of children's tourism in the Russian Federation"
Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation "For merits in the development of physical culture and sports, many years of conscientious work".
Lyudmila Poplavskaya
Education
She is a postgraduate student at the faculty of Biological Sciences - Ecology at the Institute of Living Systems of the Baltic Federal University named after I. Kant.
Professional experience
Ms Poplavskaya has a 20-year work experience in environmental protection. She held various jobs at the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Park" Curonian Spit, from a junior researcher to deputy director for reproduction, conservation of forests and scientific activities. From 2017 to 2019, she served as Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Kaliningrad Region - Head of the Forestry Department of the Kaliningrad Region. Currently, the heads the project office of the federal project "Conservation of biological diversity and the development of ecological tourism" of the national project "Ecology". She is Deputy Director of the Information-Analytical Center for Specially Protected Natural Areas Support.
Yekaterina Pronicheva
Konstantin Prosekin
Education
Mr. Prosekin graduated from Buryat State University with a degree in biology. He is candidate of Biological Sciences and author of more than 70 scientific publications.
Professional experience
From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Prosekin held different positions at the Environmental education department of the Dzherginsky gas processing plant.
In 2005, he joined the Department of Youth Policy, Tourism and Sports of the Administration of the Kurumkansky District Municipality (Republic of Buryatia) as a leading specialist. He then worked as Deputy Director for Research at the Federal State Budgetary Institution Dzherginsky. From 2013 to 2019, he was Deputy Director for Tourism, Recreation and Environmental Education at the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Zapovednoe Podlemorye» nature reserve.
Since 2019, Mr. Prosekin heads the Federal State Budgetary Institution Taymyr Nature Reserves.
He also served as people’s deputy of the Maysk municipality in 2008-2012.
Since 2010, he is an independent expert on natural population of animal species at the Office of Rosprirodnadzor in the Republic of Buryatia. Since 2011, he is an independent expert of state environmental review (Office of Rosprirodnadzor in the Republic of Buryatia). From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Prosekin was member of the Public Environmental Council under the Office of Rosprirodnadzor in the Republic of Buryatiya, and in 2018 – 2019, he served as a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Buryatia.
About the organization
Federal State Budgetary Institution «Joint Directorate of Taymyr Nature Reserves» (FSBI «Taymyr Nature Reserves») is the largest association of protected areas of Eurasia under the operational management of one Institution. The total nature reserves area exceeds 11.9 million hectares.
The united directorate of the Taimyr Reserves includes the Putoransky, Big Arctic and Taymyrsky reserves, as well as two federal reserves - Purinsky and Severozemelsky. The territories are located in the Arctic Circle. The northern borders of the protected areas are washed by two seas of the Arctic Ocean - the Kara and Laptev, and from the south, they bathe in thousands of waterfalls of the Putorana plateau.
FSBI «Taymyr Nature Reserves» is engaged in the conservation of the unique nature of the Arctic islands, Taymyr and Putorana plateau, scientific research and environmental education, as well as the development of tourism in the protected (buffer) zones of nature reserves.
Leonid Protsenko
Education
"Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation",
"Moscow State Pedagogical University", professional retraining "practical psychologist".
PhD in Psychology
Professional experience
1993-1997, organizer of field- camps for teenagers, project manager, "School of Business for Youth", Moscow
1997-2001, chairman of the Board of the Regional Public Organization for Assistance to the Development and Implementation of Social Programs, Moscow
1996 – 2015, head of the training program for social animators commissioned by the Moscow Government, developer and organizer of specialized camps and projects for adolescents and youth, LLC "School of Business Trainings for Youth", Moscow
2006-2011 General Director of International Friendship Club LLC, consulting services for the development of social responsibility projects of private companies, implementation of projects related to the development of volunteering in Russia, Moscow
2011-2015, consultant of the ASI project "Model program for the development of a system of recreation and health improvement for children in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation", Moscow
2001 - present Assistant, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, "Moscow Pedagogical State University", Moscow
2017 - present Deputy Director, "Federal Center for Children and Youth Tourism and Local History", Moscow
Since 2017 - Deputy Director of the Federal Center for Children and Youth Tourism and Local History. Responsible for informational, methodological and informational activities to support the field of children's recreation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Since February 2019 - Acting Director of the Federal Center for Children and Youth Tourism and Local History.
Umar Ramasanov
Education
In 2009, he graduated from the Irkutsk State Technical University with a degree in law.
Professional experience
Since March 2013, Umar Ramazanov began working in the legal department of the Pribaikalsky National Park, and a few months later headed the legal department. In 2014, after the reorganization and unification of the Pribaikalsky National Park, the Baikal-Lensky Reserve and two reserves: Tofalarsky and Krasny Yar into a single administration – «Zapovednoye Pribaikalye» he worked as head of the legal and human resources department. In 2016, he took the post of deputy director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Zapovednoye Pribaikalye» for administrative and legal work. On July 18, 2019 Umar Ramasanov was appointed Acting Director of the FSBI «Zapovednoye Pribaikalye». FSBI "Zapovednoe Pribaikalye" unites under its management four specially protected natural areas with a total area of 1302.1 thousand hectares. It was founded in 2014 as an environmental, research and educational
institution.
Yulia Rybakova
Education
Ms Rybakova holds an MSc in Cultural Management from the University of Aberdeen.
Professional experience
She is an expert in the field of regional development, analysis of cultural markets, tourism, marketing of territories, tourism products and services. Sphere of professional interests: strategies for the development of regional tourism, marketing of territories, project management, event management, management of research and socio - cultural projects. Practical experience: project management and start-up of large-scale event (about 15 major cultural and tourist events, four international forums, more than 100 professional events) and tourism projects in the field of territorial marketing, tourism and development of territories. The largest implemented projects of territorial marketing: "Development of tourism in the Northwest of the Russian Federation - a new look at Russia", "Eco Komi Republic", "Veliky Novgorod - the Motherland of Russia", "Yaroslavia - Central Russian Gardarika". Expertise and strategic development of projects in the field of creative industries: a network of centers for new souvenirs "Karelian crafts" (Republic of Karelia), creative industries "Pskov honey and Pskov crafts" (Pskov region), gastronomic festival "Oil Feast" (Vologda region); festival of cultures of forest civilizations "People of the Forest" (Komi Republic), Strategy for the development of crafts and trades in the Yaroslavl region, Festival of urban crafts "YarKraft" (Yaroslavl region) Large-scale event projects: International Forum “Visit Russia”, International forum “Ecotourism Forum Yozh”, Volga Federal District Program “Cultural Capital of the Volga Region”, International Forum on the Culture of Young Cities “Thinking City”, network art - project of local cultural reconstruction “RioRita - Joy of Victory ".
Galina Romanova
Professional experience
She constantly interacts with the heads and representatives of Federal Ministries, departments, heads of municipalities of the Krasnodar Territory and the Southern Federal District, heads and employees of the authorities and administration of the Krasnodar Territory, primarily education and science, tourism.
Member of the Presidium of the Federal Educational and Methodological Administration (FUMO) in the system of higher education according to UGSN 43.00.00 «Service and Tourism».
In 2020, she was elected a deputy of the Sochi City Assembly of the 1st convocation. Supervised 13 candidate dissertations.
Editor-in-chief of the scientific journal "Sochi Journal of Economy" (Sochi Economic Journal). Chief editor of the magazine "Tourism and recreation". Member of the editorial board of the journal Scientific Opinion. Economic, legal and sociological sciences ”(St. Petersburg University Consortium). Member of the Commission of the Government of the Russian Federation for awarding state awards in tourism. Member of the expert council under the Committee on the use of natural resources, environmental safety, health resort complex and tourism of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory. Member of the Commission for Tourism Development of the Russian Geographical Society. Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Resorts, Tourism and Olympic Heritage of the Krasnodar Territory. Member of the public council on the development of the sanatorium-resort and tourist complex in Sochi.
Olga Sanaeva
Education
Graduated from University of Applied Biotechnology, Moscow and Engineering and Pedagogical University named after Goryachkin, Moscow
Professional experience
She works in tourism since 1992
Since 1996 to the present - the only founder of the Ankor travel company; travel agency "Ankor" specializes in organizing excursion tours to European countries, excursion tourism in Russia, ski tourism in Russia; Tour operator for inbound and domestic tourism
Since 2000 - head of the commission for cultural and educational tourism of the Russian Union of Travel Industry.
Since 2002 - member of the Management Board of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST);
Since 2007 - member of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on entrepreneurship in the field of tourism, resort and recreational and hotel activities;
Since 2009 - academician of the National Academy of Tourism;
Since 2010 - expert of the Federation Council commission on youth affairs and tourism;
• since 2013 - Head of the RST Council of Regions;
• Since 2014 - coordinator of the program of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation for the development of domestic children's tourism "My Russia"
• Since 2014 - member of the Coordination Council for the development of children's tourism in the Russian Federation under the Government of the Russian Federation;
• Since 2017 - Vice President of the Russian Union of Travel Industry;
• Since 2018 - head of the working group on transport of the Tourism Coordination Council under the Government of the Russian Federation;
• 2020 - head of the expert group "Tourism" of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.
Pavel Severinets
Education
Moscow City Pedagogical University. History Fellowship in the Department of Patriotic History Management in education. High School of Economics, Moscow
Professional experience
2000 – 2013 History teacher at the School number 1029 of the city of Moscow 2013-present, Director of GBOU School number 444 of the city of Moscow
Participant of city projects dedicated to hiking #ДиректорВпоход, #директорВпоходЗима, head and founder of an ecological camp on Lake Baikal in the framework of interregional interaction of educational organizations, co-founder of the Association of travelers of directors of Moscow schools. Participant of water and hiking trips of the 2nd category of complexity.
Alexander Sovetov
Professional experience
He has completed more than forty sports hikes of high complexity. Twice fulfilled the standard of the master of sports in tourism. The author of the book “How I reached 6200 (at Lenin Peak) and will go further”, which became a laureate in two nominations at the all-Russian open competition for the best books about mountain, extreme and adventure sports.
He is engaged in promoting trekking tourism, and has tested the trails of Poland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Indonesia, the famous Appalachian Trail in the United States, the Lycian Way in Turkey.
He has contributed to the creation of several trails in Russia: "The Road to the Lavra" - the sports and pilgrimage route (Moscow - Trinity-Sergievskaya Lavra, 120 km); "Crimean Trail" (Kerch-Sevastopol 520 km); The Green Ring of Moscow (a pedestrian-running, circular 160-kilometer route through parks and green areas inside Moscow). Participant of the World and European Rogaining Championships: Italy, Austria, Czech Republic. Estonia, Latvia. Alexander is a successful manager - for 12 years he was in charge of the kitchen factory of the largest European chain of coffee shops "Shokoladnitsa". In 2018, he was awarded the title of Manager of the Year in Russia in the nomination Team of the Year.
Daria Seykina
Education
Ms. Seykina graduated from Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering with a degree in engineering and from Volgograd State University with a degree in Psychology. She also holds a degree in Ecological tourism from the Volgograd Institute of Youth Policy and Social Work .
Professional experience
Ms. Seykina was granted the "Instructor of youth tourism" title, she also holds the first sports category in sports tourism.
She participated in several advanced mountain sports hiking in Western and Central Caucasus (Altai).
For more than 5 years she has been a professional tourism trainer.
In 2014, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Children's Adventure Camp "Big Adventure in the Krasnodar Territory", responsible for the development of camp programs, teaching materials, classes; instructor training; interaction with camp partners, as well as regulatory bodies.
About the organization
"Big Adventure" is a children's camp established by famous Russian travelers Dmitry and Matvey Shparo.
There are two campsites: in Karelia and in the Krasnodar Territory.
Annually, the camp in the Krasnodar Territory hosts over 800 children. While in the base camp, the children practice for a multi-day trip, mastering tourist skills. After this, the groups go on hiking. Participants travel through the territory of the Big Thach Natural Park, the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after H.G. Shaposhnikov, State natural zoological reserve "Psebaysky" and foothills of the Mostovsky district.
Elena Shatkovskaya
Education
Graduated from the Arkhangelsk Order of the Red Banner of Labor Forestry Institute named after V.V. Kuibyshev, qualification of a civil engineer.
Professional experience
From 1984 to 1991 - Research Fellow, Deputy Director of the Solovetsky Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve, from 1991 to the present - Director of the FSBI Kenozersky National Park.
State Prize Laureate of the Russian Federation,
Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Honorary citizen of the Arkhangelsk Region.
About the organization
Kenozersky National Park is the first in Russia to follow the path of making the idea of sustainable livelihoods for the local population a reality. It was established December 28, 1991. Since 2004, the National Park has the status of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The Park has become a center of attraction and a platform for mutual exchange for the widest Russian and foreign audience including professional communities, authorities and administrations of all levels, civil society. Recognition of the value of Kenozero area on the international level is increasing.
Vyacheslav Shcherbakov
Education
In 1998: graduated from the Khakas State University.
In 2004: completed the Presidential Program in Management at the Krasnoyarsk State University.
Professional experience
From 1998 to 2009: held the positions of Chief Accountant, as well as Deputy for Economics and Finance at FSI SNBR 'Sayano-Shushensky'.
From 2009 to the present: has been holding the position of Director of the FSBI 'Stolby State Nature Sanctuary '.
Awarded departmental marks 'For Merits in Nature Reserve Management' and 'Honorary Worker of Nature Conservation'.
About the organization
The Stolby Nature Reserve was created in 1925 and is one of the oldest protected areas in Russia. Every year the tourist-excursion area of the nature sanctuary is visited by more than 600 thousand people.
In 2018, the nature reserve entered the top 5 best places for ecotourism in Russia, according to a special collection with best practices in the tourist sphere prepared by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Sergey Shevelev
Education
He has a degree of Candidate of Environmental Sciences, the Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University under name of S. M. Kirov.
Professional experience
1983 to 2002: held positions of a forest ranger, State Security Inspector, Deputy Director for Territory Protection at the FSBI 'Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve'.
2002 till present: holds the position of Director at the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after H. G. Shaposhnikov.
Honored Ecologist of Russia, as well as the Honored Forestry Specialist of the Kuban.
Awarded with the badge of honor 'For Services in the Natural Reserve Practices'.
About the organization
The Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve named after H. G. Shaposhnikov has been established on May 12, 1924, and is the largest (covering the largest area) and the oldest specially protected natural reservation in the North Caucasus. The total area of the Reserve is over 280,000 ha, it is inscribed in the World Heritage List as 'Western Caucasus'.
The Reserve harbors 89 species of mammals and 248 – of birds, including 112 nesting, 15 species of reptiles, 9 – of amphibians, 21 – of fishes, 1 – of cyclostomes, more than 100 species of mollusks, and about 10,000 insect species. Among large mammals, the Reserve is home to the bison, red deer, brown bear, Persian leopard, West Caucasian wild ox, chamois, lynx, Siberian roe deer, and wild boar. The Reserve flora includes 3 thousand known species, among which more than half are vascular plants. More than 720 species of fungi are known in the Reserve. Every fifth plant is endemic or relict.
Several tourist trails pass through the territory of the Reserve, including one which is popular since the Soviet era, tour No. 30, which today is called 'Eco Tourist Route No. 1'.
Matvey Shparo
Education
In 1998 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics with a degree in Applied Mathematics and a qualification of Engineer-mathematician.
In 2012 he graduated from the Saint-Petersburg University of Management and Economics with a degree in Public and Municipal Management and a qualification of Manager.
Professional experience
From 1998 to 2007 he was the Deputy Director of 'Adventure Club' Charity Health Foundation.
In 2000 he founded the 'Great Adventure' camp, the main task of which is to educate and train teenagers by immersion in the real journey.
From 2000 to 2007 he acted as the Director of 'Great Adventure' Children's Health Camp in Karelia.
Since 2008 he has headed the State Budgetary Institution of Moscow City 'Center for Additional Education 'Travel Laboratory'.
Since 2012 he has been a member of the Coordination Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the national strategy for children.
Since 2014 he has been involved in the activity of the Coordination Council for the Development of Children's Tourism under the Government of the Russian Federation as its member.
Russian polar traveller, public figure.
He made more than 30 expeditions in the Central Arctic, including a dog sledding expedition to the North Pole with the participation of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.
Cavalier of the Order of Friendship and the Order of Courage.
Twice record holder of the World Guinness Book of Records.
Peter Shpilenok
Denis Simavsky
Education
Graduated from the Physics and Technology Faculty of Tomsk State University. Graduated from the postgraduate course of the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture. 2015-2019 study at the School of
Mountain Guides of the Association of Mountain Guides of Russia.
Professional experience
Has been working as a ski guide for 12 years.
Regions of operation: Caucasus, Siberia, Altai, Baikal, Kamchatka.
Svetlana Sutyrina
Education
In 2004 she graduated from the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science of Irkutsk State University with a degree in zoology.
Professional experience
In 2002-2010. She worked as a field employee of the joint project of the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve and the Wildlife Conservation Society for the study and conservation of the Amur tiger. In 2010-2013. Researcher of the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve. 2013 to 2018 - Deputy Director for Research, and since August 2018 she heads the Sikhote-Alin Reserve.
About the organization
The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve was established on February 10, 1935 to preserve the unique natural complexes of the Middle Sikhote-Alin. In 1979, the reserve was included in the network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, in 2001 it was included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, in 2015 it was the first Russian protected area to receive the CATS certificate, confirming the high importance of the territory for the conservation of the world tiger population. The reserve area is 401600 hectares, including 2900 hectares of the Sea of Japan. The specially protected species include: Amur tiger, Amur goral, fish owl, scaly merganser, Siberian grouse, rhododendron Fori.
Olga Taratynova
Education
A graduate in architecture of the Leningrad State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and a graduate of the St. Petersburg Government School of
Administration.
Professional experience
Since 1981, she worked as an architect at the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Monuments, then as a district architect in the Pushkin and Admiralteisky districts. Since 1996 - First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg. Since September 2008 - Director of the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Reserve; in 2010, she won the Museum of the Year nomination of the Museum Olympus competition Member of the Union of Architects of Russia. Honored restorer of the Russian Federation. Honored Builder of Russia. Chairman of the Board of the National Association for the Revival of Historic Gardens and Parks.
Kirill Tokarev
Education
Graduated from National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Applied Political Science, Management
Professional experience
Editor-in-chief, RBC TV channel since 2011
TV host of various TV shows: "Business Day", "Tokarev.Delo", "New Economy with Kirill Tokarev", "Company News" and so on.
Public figure, member of the expert council at the Central Bank of Russia. Organizer and moderator of plenary sessions, round tables, debates and other events with the participation of members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia, Deputy Prime Ministers, leading businessmen and top managers.
Sphere of professional interests: topical problems of the relationship between business and the state, digitalization of business processes, sustainable development, lobbying and government relations.
Natalya Tretyak
Education
In 1997-graduated from St. Petersburg state University, faculty of law.
In 2002-graduated from the North-West Academy of public service, specialty: state and municipal management.
In 2016, the Corporate University of Sberbank
Professional experience
1993 — 2004 — the Committee for education of St. Petersburg.
2004 — 2008-Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation.
2008 — 2012-first Vice-rector at the Moscow Institute of steel and alloys.
2012 — Chairman of the education Committee of St. Petersburg.
2012 — 2013 — Deputy Minister of education of the Russian Federation.
2013 — 2016 — the First Deputy Minister of education of the Russian Federation.
2016 — 2018 — Deputy General Director of SGM.
2018 — First Vice President Of Gazprombank.
Member Of the Board of the Russian bar Association
Included in the personnel reserve of the President of the Russian Federation.
She was awarded the badge " Honorary work ".
Anastasia Tsvetkova
Education
She holds Master of Foreign Relations degree from Saint-Petersburg State University, studied at University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and University of Hague (Netherlands) in the framework of student exchange programs.
Professional experience
Anastasia is the Head of business development and international cooperation in Baikal Communications Group. She is a certified member of Russian Association of Public Relations and a participant of World Economic Forum movement Global Shapers Community. She implemented dozens of projects aimed at contact-building between government, business, NGOs and the media at national and international levels. Her area of professional interest is related to sustainable development, green economy, water resources management.
Vyacheslav Traktovenko
Professional experience
In 2013, he headed the Leaders' Club in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and also became a co-chairman of the expert group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives in St. Petersburg. Organizer and ideologist of the St. Petersburg Forsyth Fleet, which resulted in more than 70 projects and initiatives. Founder of the first integration accelerator CDA.vc.
More than 15 years of successful entrepreneurial experience, including the first project in Russia for the integrated development of territories within the Slavyanka residential complex. Co-founder of the travel digital platform BEST.Petersburg.
Leader of the project for the development of the tourist and recreational cluster "Nevskaya Guba".
Yulia Urozhaeva
Education
Master of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University (Department of Institutional Economics). She holds a masters degree from the London School of Economics (LSE).
She has 20 years of experience in the development of social sectors of the economy. For seven years she led the social sector at the largest consulting company McKinsey&Co, implemented more than 30 projects in 10 countries to improve efficiency, develop strategies and organizational changes. Julia has held various managerial positions in the areas of economic analysis, efficiency improvement. Currently she holds a
position in the social development complex of the Moscow Government.
Yulia Urozhaeva is involved as an expert in the design and development of travel itineraries in Russia, the creation of a system of long bicycle and pedestrian roads with associated infrastructure in order to maximize the use of the countrys recreational and tourism potential, improve the quality of life of people and ensure sustainable development of territories. One of the latest projects is the sports development of the Roads to Lavra, an important pilgrimage and now a sports route in Russia.
As part of the initiative group, she organizes mass cross-country skiing and running competitions in the Moscow region.
Mikhail Ushakov
Education
Has a higher technical and economic education, MBA.
Professional experience
In 1995, he founded the Nota Bena company to build information systems for tourism and hotel business.
He also participated in the creation of the first specialized travel sites and tour booking systems in Russia.
In 2003, he initiated the development of the Tourism Information Exchange System (SOTI), which became the basis for numerous projects in promoting tourism services
Since 2014, he is the Director of the National Association of Tourism Information Organizations.
He is a member of the expert council of the Russian National Calendar of Events.
He has been awarded numerous decorations, including the Government of the Russian Federation Award for Tourism.
Evert Verhagen
Professional experience
Urbanist, founder of Creative Cities and Reuse BV, specialized in developing urban public spaces and parks and looking for new features for former industrial areas and buildings.
Yulia Verkhushina
Professional experience
2011 – 2016, Chairman, Youth Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
2013 – 2015, Leading HR Specialist, LLC "SDM - Service"
2015 – 2018, Deputy Head, Agency for Youth Policy and Implementation of Social Development Programs of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
December 2018 – present, head of the Tourism Agency of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
Alexey Volkov
Professional experience
February 2019 – present, Advisor to the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Crimea (on a voluntary basis); expert of the "Center for the Development of Regional Tourism", Moscow; Alexey Volkov introduced effective mechanisms to assist small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Crimea by ensuring effective interaction between the regional and central authorities with representatives of small businesses in Crimea. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Expert Council under the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs. In 2008, he took part in the rescue
operation of the crew on board of «Mirage», which took fire. Alexey accompanied the ship to the port of shelter in Kerch. In 2009, together with the Border Guard, he carried out an operation to free hostages - the Syrian command staff - on board the ship Eldore-3, which was sailing with a cargo of alumina from the village of Mariupol. In 2011, he took part in the Ice Campaign to rescue a caravan of 27 ships en route from Mariupol.
Natalia Voloschenko
Professional experience
Has a long-staning experience in the banking sector.
Masterminded the project office South Coast of Lake Baikal at the Baikal Bank of PJSC Sberbank.
The Bank is implementing a strategy for the development of tourism on Lake Baikal in cooperation with the authorities of the Baikal regions and business communities.
More than 60 investors announced their intentions to implement tourism projects together with the bank's project office on the territory of the Baikal coast in the Irkutsk region and Buryatia. The volume of their financial investments will total approx 10 billion rubles.
Mikhail Yablokov
Education
Pskov State Pedagogical Institute
Postgraduate study at St. Petersburg State University
National University of Athens
Special Course "Management of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves"
Professional experience
Expert in the field of environmental sociology, strategic planning and territorial nature conservation.
Coordinator of the Association of Reserves and National Parks of the Northwest Region of Russia.
He held managerial positions in various protected areas: "Zapovednoye Pribaikalye",
"Polistovsky Reserve".
Participated in the development of the concepts of the Visit Center in Elizovo, Kronotsky Reserve, Kamchatka Territory; Visit center "Seven brothers". National Park "Taganai", Chelyabinsk region; ecological tourism. Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve, Primorsky Territory; Visit center in the town of Nickel of the Pasvik reserve, Murmansk region, etc.
Alexey Yakovlev
Professional experience
In 2010, he was appointed director of the Taganay National Park. Currently FSBI NP "Taganai" manages two specially protected natural areas in the Chelyabinsk region - the national park "Taganai" and the national park "Zigalga".
In 2016, he was elected chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Ecology of the Chelyabinsk Region.
In 2019, he became a member of the Coordination Council for the Environment of the Chelyabinsk Region.
Since 2020, member of the Expert Council on Specially Protected Natural Areas under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
Olga Zakharova
Education
In 1999 she graduated from the Moscow State University of Applied Biotechnology.
In 2014, she graduated from the Higher School of Economics with a degree in Professional Qualification Project Management.
In 2014, she underwent professional retraining at the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management.
Professional experience
2000 to 2002 - Deputy General Director of the Agency for Unusual Travels
2002 to 2004 - Director of the outdoor advertising department of Advertising Agency Silver Rain LLC
2005 to 2008 - General Director of the Mia Shvili Fashion House, Mia Shvili CJSC
2009 to 2011 - Executive Director of TV Channel Dozhd
From 2011 to 2015 - Director of Gorky Park
From 2016 to 2017 - Managing Director of A-Properties LLC
2018 - to the present time Deputy General Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives in charge of promoting New Projects.
Thanks to her vast experience and professionalism, she helps any venue to become a real point of attraction and to develop socially and economically. For example, in Gorky Park, many large-scale projects were implemented under her leadership. The park was awarded with the British Writers Guild's Merit Awards as the best tourism project, and in 2013 was listed among The Top 25 most visited places in the world according to Facebook, and in 2014 the park was in the top 10 most popular geotags on Instagram.
Throughout her career, Olga Zakharova successfully found a balance between the interests of the state and small and medium-sized businesses.
Alexander Zheleznyak
Education
In 2002 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Professional experience
Journalist, photographer.
He headed Russian editorial staff of National Geographic Traveler for eight years, and published a lot of reports and articles regarding travel industry.
He worked in Public Administration in Sevastopol for three recent years. He headed the Travel Department in the regional administration and the Travel Development Center. He created and launched an adventure travel project 'Greater Sevastopol Trail'.
He was responsible for amendments to the federal legislation in the field of natural and recreational activities.
He is currently the Travel Expert of the All-Russia National Front.
He heads the Association for the Development of National Pathways of Russia.
In May 2019, he was appointed head of the Departments in charge of the development of ecotourism in national parks at the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia.
He is a member of the Russian Geographical Society.
Yulia Zvorykina
Professional experience
Doctor of Economic Sciences.
Professor MGIMO UNIVERSITY.
educated as a psychologist and economist of the international community.
International expert in the field of transport.
Worked as a department director and an assistant to the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, for 6 years in Brussels she officially represented the Ministry of Transport in the EU. Member of the working group of the State Council on ecology, member of the Public Council of the Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, Globet Commission of the Council on Green Finance and Environment.
Uliana Lomakina
Ekaterina Panova
Professional experience
Ms. Panova participated in the development of Pasvik Visit Center located in the Pechenga District of the Murmansk Region. Bird identification stands were installed along the ecological trails in the Pasvik Nature Reserve.
She also took part in the «Acquaintance with the Nature Reserve Residents» project, participated in renewal of the ecological trail in the Pasvik Reserve, and the reconstruction of the ornithological gazebo and the ornithological tower.
Olga Zyppelt
Professional experience
Ms. Zyppelt is an active member of the Kombinat Dobro corporate volunteering program since the start of the program in December 2015.
She took part in the following projects:
Eco-marathon 2017-2019, captain of the Green Mile team (winners of the 2017 eco-marathon).
Eco-quests 2016-2017-2019, participant and organizer.
«If you want to change the world» and «Collect separately» volunteer projects aimed at environmental education in schools of Monchegorsk city.
She also participated in volunteer events, organized by Nornickel: «Picnic. The city is us», «Science Festival», «Polar Olympiad» (2016-2019).
Julia Manchuk
Professional experience
Ms Manchuk is a specialist of the HR department of the Polar Division, Nornickel
Together with other fellow volunteers she implemented an environmental project for the processing of plastic in remote areas.
She will speak on: «How to start from scratch a workshop for processing plastic ».
Deli Saavedra
Education
Studied Biology and holds a PhD which focused in the Eurasian Otter.
Professional experience
He is currently Regional Manager of Rewilding Europe.
He has worked as a consultant during the last twenty-five years, coordinating the reintroduction of endangered species (black vulture, Eurasian otter) and the planning and management of protected areas.
He has collaborated and researched on protected areas planning (Costa Rica, Hungary), private conservation (Venezuela, Australia) and endangered species (Poland, Morocco, Ethiopia).
He has written a book about the reintroduction of the Otter in Catalonia and another one about biodiversity of northern Ethiopia.
He is the president of Sol Solidari Foundation (environmental cooperation in Africa) and member of the Reintroductions Specialist Group of IUCN.
Об организации
Цель фонда Rewilding Europe – восстановить и сохранить дикую природу и природные процессы в Европе и в то же время показать, что восстановление дикой природы может открывать новые возможности для бизнеса, создавать рабочие места и приносить доход в сфере сельского хозяйства, для которого часто характерно снижение экономической производительности и оставление земли.
Mahir Aliyev
Education
1996 – Azerbaijan State Institute of Languages (English and French Literature).
Receiving his Master’s degree in Environmental Resource Management from Western University in Baku.
Completing his postgraduate studies in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva.
Professional experience
For over 20 years he has been serving in the United Nations, working in the field of environmental resource management and international environmental governance.
2000 – 2009 – he managed a number of large projects under the Montreal Protocol programme, Climate Change and International Waters.
He has led UN missions and coordinated implementation of large environmental projects in over 30 countries of Eastern Europe, Africa, and Middle East.
As Portfolio Manager with the United Nations Office for Project Services he supervised the implementation of a large portfolio of International Waters projects, such as: Lake Chad Basin, Niger River Basin, Agulhas and Somali Large Marine Ecosystem, Caspian Sea, Dnieper River Basin and others.
Since 2009 he has been serving as Coordinator of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the Europe Office in Geneva, Switzerland where, among other duties, he represents UNEP in interagency cooperation.
He heads the UNEP-run interim Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention), as well as the Coordination Unit of the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative.
Jerome Caviglia
Education
Master of Tourism, Territories and Heritage.
PhD of Heritage Valorization and Sustainable Development.
Professional experience
He worked as an Audit in a Visitor Center of Mont-Blanc region.
Also he worked as a Manager of a communication firm specialized in marketing and tourism, Research professor in the University.
2005 – he founded Atemia.
He’s daily involved in strategic studies direction in eco tourism and manage Atemia and its susidiaries (Atemia Immobilier et Atemia equipements).
He is also specialist of outdoor sports and an experienced ultra trail runner.
His field of intervention is eco interpretation and valorization of natural and cultural heritage, tourism strategy and master planning (specialized in mountain areas).
About the company
Since its inception, Atemia company has implemented more than 160 projects in the field of sustainable tourism development in various regions of France.
Enric Sala
Education
In 1996 – he obtained his PhD in Ecology from the University of Aix-Marseille, France.
Professional experience
He is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence dedicated to restoring the health and productivity of the ocean.
His more than 120 scientific publications are widely recognized and used for real-world conservation efforts such as the creation of marine reserves.
He is currently working to help protect the last pristine marine ecosystems worldwide, and to develop new business models for marine conservation.
He founded and leads National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, a project that combines exploration, research, and media to inspire country leaders to protect the last wild places in the ocean. To date, Pristine Seas has helped to create 18 marine reserves – some of which are the largest on the planet –covering an area of more than 5 million square km.
He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His experience and scientific expertise contribute to his service on advisory boards of international organizations and governments.
About the company
Pristine Seas is an exploration, research, and media project founded and led by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Enric Sala. Since its beginning in 2008, Pristine Seas has carried out expeditions in 26 places, 18 of which have since been protected, covering a total area of more than 5 million square kilometers – more than ten times the area of California. Over the next two years, Pristine Seas will target up to six more locations, aiming to inspire the protection of a total of 20 of the wildest places in the ocean by 2020.
As an impact-driven global nonprofit organization, the National Geographic Society invests in bold people and transformative ideas with one audacious goal: to create a planet in balance – one that provides for humanity and the multitude of other species with which we share the Earth. We fund hundreds of research and conservation projects around the world each year and inspire new generations through our education initiatives and resources.
Jordi Palau
Education
University of Lleida (Forest Engineer).
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (MSc Protected Areas).
Professional experience
As a civil servant, he has been director of the largest natural park in Catalonia – High Pyrenees, 70000 hectares – for ten years, dealing with issues such as the reintroduced population of brown bear and the «greening» of neighbouring ski resorts.
Since 2014 he is the manager of three national game reserves in the Pyrenees, where he deals with big game management, rewilding and ecotourism.<
He has travelled around the world visiting protected areas in Africa, Asia and the Americas, getting to know them first-hand.
He lived for many years in the Pyrenean country of Andorra, where he contributed actively to the creation of the three protected areas currently existing there.
In 1996 co-authored the book «Nature and Ecotourism in Andorra: an option for the future».
About the organization
Generalitat de Catalunya is the regional government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, in NE Spain. Following the Spanish Constitution, all the responsabilities in nature management and conservation are hold by this body. National Game Reserves depend on the General Direction of Forest Ecosystems and Environment Management, which is placed in the Department of Agriculture.
Ximena Patino
Education
1974 – 1978 – USA University of Georgia State (Psychology).
1978 – 1981 – USA New School for Social Research (Master Economics).
Professional experience
1999 – Present – Business development manager, Servinformación S.A (Colombia).
2012 – Present – President and founder, Saving The Amazon Foundation (Colombia).
She is committed in creating a platform that unites the entire planet for the reforestation of the Amazon, planting trees with the indigenous communities in their shelters, and creating a model of sustainable development for the conservation of the Amazon.
Peter Prokosch
Education
Biologist, PhD.
Professional experience
In the 1970s and 80s he played a pioneering role in the conservation development of the International Wadden Sea and became Head of the WWF Wadden Sea office in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
As a researcher at the University of Kiel, Peter studied biology and marine sciences.
He has extensive experience working with the establishment and development of national parks in the Wadden Sea, the Baltic coast of Germany, Svalbard and Iceland as well as in nature reserves in Siberia and other parts of the circumpolar Arctic, often in close cooperation with tourism.
2002 – 2006 he served as CEO of WWF-Germany in Frankfurt, 1992 – 2002 as director of the Arctic Programme of WWF International in Oslo.
Until 2014 he was the managing director of GRID-Arendal.
Present – Founder and Chairman of the Board, Linking Tourism & Conservation (LT&C).
About the organization
LT&C is a Norwegian registered NGO with members from all continents, which profiles examples (LT&C-Examples) for replication, where tourism is supporting the establishment or development of national parks or other types of protected areas. LT&C is a support organization for the CBD Aichi target 11 and the SDGs 14 & 15.
Vyacheslav Fetisov
Professional experience
He is a legendary Soviet ice hockey player, one of the best defensemen in the history of the world ice hockey.
In 1975 through 1989 – he played in CSKA Red Army hockey club. Overall, he played 479 games and scored 153 goals in the USSR championship.
From 1989 through 1994 – he played in the USA for the New Jersey Devils, and from 1994 – 1998 for the Detroit Red Wings.
From 2002 through 2008 – he served as the Chairman of Goskomsport (State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport of the Russian Federation, then Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sport).
From 2008 through 2016 – he represented the Primorsky region in the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation upper chamber of the Russian Parliament and was the first deputy chairman of the Senate Committee for Social Policy as well as the head of the Russian Senate delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
In 2016 – he was elected the Deputy of the State Duma and holds the position of the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture, Sport, Tourism and Youth Affairs.
In October 2017 – he was appointed as the State Duma Special Envoy Interparliamentary and International Public organizations on the Development of Sport.
He used to be the Chairman of the WADA Athlete’s Committee and a member of the WADA Executive Committee for several years.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Continental Hockey League.
UNESCO Champion for Sport, awarded with Silver Olympic Order.
Stanislas Henrion
Education
2000 – 2004 – Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics, France (m.eng and electives at the Lyon’s School of Architecture).
2010 – 2014 – Venice University and Paris-Est University (thesis in Town planning).
2014 – 2016 – London Business School (executive MBA degree).
Professional experience
2004 – 2007 – Office Manager of Local representative of the Ministere de l’Equipement in charge of promoting and improving national planning and housing policies on local communities, Direction Departementale de l’Equipement, Normandy, France.
2007 – 2012 – Territorial Advisor to the CEO of agency for elaborating, financing, and managing urban projects in social neighborhoods, ANRU, Paris. He was negotiated and managed conventions for 30 different urban renovated projects.
2010 – 2012 – Founder – Manager, REGAIN, start-up, France. Promoted innovating projects by creating cross-disciplines teams with economists, geographers, farmers, and sociologists.
2011 – 2015 – Senior Advisor – North-America, Russia and Central Asia of Ministere de l'Energie, de l’Ecologie et des Transports, Paris. He was negotiated 10 bilateral institutional partnerships in transport, energy, and smart cities with Russia, Kazakhstan, California, North Virginia, and Quebec governments.
2015 – Present – Counsellor – Chief of unit Infrastructures, Energy, Transport and Industry, French Embassy, Moscow. Reviewed and benchmarked competition technologies in railway, utilities, automotive vehicles, energy efficiency, breakthrough innovations and smart-cities. Launched, energized, and led bilateral cooperation between France and Russia in fields of utilities, innovating transport, green economy, and energy-efficiency.
Clara Restrepo
Education
2005, Degree in ethno education and social project
Rioacha, Guajira - Universidad de la Guajira
2011, Postgraduate Management Specialist
Medellín, Antioquia - Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
2005, Course on human rights and the environment
Ecuador - Education center of studies for human, cultural, social and environmental rights.
Professional experience
I am an indigenous and professional leader of the Wanano people from the Timbó-Rio Vaupés indigenous community, of the AATICAM society. This association owns and manages the Waracapurí Hotel, an indigenous wellness hotel where it is possible to stay when visiting tree planting with the Saving The Amazon Foundation. I am recognized as a cacique (indigenous chief) in different towns, due to the leadership I have played in the representation of the indigenous communities in different scenarios of the country. As a professional in ethno-education and social project,
I have managed different projects such as indigenous housing plans, educational projects and pedagogical models. I am an advocate for the rights of indigenous, environment, social and cultural matters.
Alexander Zheleznyak
Education
In 2002 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Professional experience
Journalist, photographer.
He headed Russian editorial staff of National Geographic Traveler for eight years, and published a lot of reports and articles regarding travel industry.
He worked in Public Administration in Sevastopol for three recent years. He headed the Travel Department in the regional administration and the Travel Development Center. He created and launched an adventure travel project ‘Greater Sevastopol Trail.’
He was responsible for amendments to the federal legislation in the field of natural and recreational activities.
He is currently the Travel Expert of the All-Russia National Front.
He heads the Association for the Development of National Pathways of Russia.
He is a member of the Russian Geographical Society.
Paolo Castro
Education
Engineer degree in Agronomy by the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
Professional experience
1984 – 1990 – Head of Agrarian Zone at the Entre Douro e Minho Regional Services of the Ministry of Agriculture.
1993 – 1996 – Valorization of the Rural World.
1996 – 2000 – Director of the Peneda Gerês National Park and President of the Association for the Development of National Park Regions.
2002 – 2003 – Director of Planning Services for Agro-Environmental Policies.
2003 – 2006 – General Secretary of Institute for Agrarian Development of the North Region.
2007 – 2010 – Technician responsible for a project in Forest Fire Protection Network Planning in the National Forest Authority.
Co-founder and manager of a travel agency Moebius EcoTravel Lda.
Founder, single associate and manager of Ponto Natura.
Vice President, treasurer and elected member of the Council of Europarc – European Federation of National and Nature Parks.
Natalya Danilina
Professional experience
From 1988 to 1996, held positions starting with the Leading Specialist and ending with the Head of the Main Reserve Management Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (Minprirody).
In 1996, founded Zapovedniki Environmental Education Center, and currently holds the position of a Director.
From 1993 to 2008 – Vice Chairman of the World Commission on Protected Areas of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (WCPA/IUCN), since 2009 to present: an Honorary member of the WCPA Executive Committee.
From 2005 to 2015 – Member of the Public Environmental Council of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
Since 2011 – Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council for Specially Protected Natural Reservations of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
From 2011 to 2014 – Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Since 2016 – Member of the Joint Expert Council, the Presidential Grants Foundation.
For contribution to the development of SPNR was awarded several times with diplomas of honor of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the High Ecological Council of the State Duma, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Has the title of an 'Honored Worker of Nature Protection of the Russian Federation'.
Made a big contribution to the development of environmental education and educational tourism at SPNR, to the development of scientific justification of these activity areas, and also to the implementation of the practice of working with volunteers in state nature reserves and national parks of the country.
About the organization
Zapovedniki Environmental Education Center was founded in 1996 for the purpose of efficiency improvement of the Specially Protected Natural Reservations of Russia and formation of public understanding of SPNR significance for the present and future of Russia.
Main programs of the organization: SPNR Educational Center (trainings, seminars, internships in Russia and abroad); Tourism at SPNR and rural tourism at areas contiguous with SPNR; Environmental Education at SPNR: strategy, educational programs; Coordination of the All-Russian movement 'Friends of Protected Islands'; Social project management and development of citizen initiatives in favor of SPNR; International Volunteer Center 'Burunduk': youth and corporate volunteering for SPNR; Design of ecological trails and visitor centers.
