Special guests

Alexey Likhachev

Director General,
ROSATOM

Maxim Dreval

General Director of the Russian Znaniye (Knowledge) Society

Topics for discussion

• Global challenges of today: driver or obstacle to scientific progress?
• The role of scientists in making the decisions that change our lives.
• Is modern science keeping up with the new challenges of today?
• The ‘flow of talent’: benefit or societal risk?

Marina Kim

Television presenter, journalist, writer and producer

Moderator

Forum participants

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  Aleksey Fedorov

  Junior principal investigator of the Russian Quantum Center and the National University of Science and Technology MISIS

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  Adriana Marais

  Theoretical physicist, director of the Foundation for Space Development Africa

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  Gabriela Bailas

  PhD in Physics, science communicator in social media

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  Dong Liang

  Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese National Committee of the International Society for Digital Earth

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  Ancha Baranova

  PhD in Molecular Biology, professor at the School of Systems Biology, George Mason University (USA)

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  Anatoly Krasilnikov

  Head of the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM's ITER Project Center