Programme

Progress in the modern world is unthinkable without the development of science and technology, and without the implementation of technological innovations. Rapid technological developments in all areas of life are posing new challenges for humanity. Revolutionary developments in medicine, computing, energy, quantum physics, and space travel are changing our lives and altering the course of our civilization. How will our lives be different in 80 years, and what will the world look like in 2100? If our minds take charge of computers, what will happen to art, and how will we connect to the global information pool? Artificial organs, flying cars, incredible life expectancy and prolonged youth – all of these are forecasts stemming from the world of science.

Moderator
Sophie Shevardnadze, Journalist, Anchor

Panellists
Sadhguru ., Yogi and Mystic; Founder, Isha Foundation
Michio Kaku, Professor of Physics, Co-founder of String Field Theory, Futurologist
Dmitry Mednikov, Deputy General Director, Federal State Unitary Enterprise All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
Dmitry Morozov, General Director, BIOCAD

Sadhguru .

Yogi and Mystic; Founder, Isha Foundation

Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author. Sadhguru has been conferred the "Padma Vibhushan" by the Government of India in 2017, one of the highest annual civilian awards, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service.
Probing and passionate, insightful, logical and unfailingly witty, Sadhguru's talks have earned him the reputation of a speaker and opinion-maker of renown. With his astute and incisive grasp of current issues and world affairs, as well as his unerringly scientific approach to the question of human well-being, he has been a primary speaker at the United Nations World Headquarters, a regular at the World Economic Forum, and a special invitee at the Australian Leadership Retreat, Indian Economic Summit and TED. He has also been invited to speak at leading educational institutions, including Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Wharton and MIT among others.
Three decades ago, Sadhguru founded Isha Foundation, a non-profit human-service organization, with human well-being as its core commitment, supported by over nine million volunteers in over 250 centers worldwide. Sadhguru has initiated powerful yoga programs for human transformation and wellbeing, as well as various outreach projects for uplifting rural India. Sadhguru has initiated powerful yoga programs for human transformation and wellbeing, as well as various outreach projects for uplifting rural India.

Michio Kaku

Professor of Physics, Co-founder of String Field Theory, Futurologist

Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world today. He is an internationally recognized authority in two areas. The first is Einstein’s unified field theory, which Dr. Kaku is attempting to complete. The other is to predict trends affecting business, medicine, finance, and our way of life, based on the latest research in science. He has written three NY Times Best Sellers. His latest, The Future of the Mind, details the stunning breakthroughs being made in neuroscience, which are finally beginning to unravel the mysteries of the most complex object in the known universe, the human brain. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City Univ. of New York. His goal is the complete Einstein’s dream of a “theory of everything,” to derive an equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, which will summarize all the physical laws of the universe. He is the co-founder of string theory, a major branch of string theory, which is the leading candidate today for the theory of everything. His Ph.D. level textbooks are required reading at many of the world’s leading physics laboratories. He is the author of several international best-sellers. Besides The Future of the Mind, his other New York Times best-sellers include. Physics of the Future, and Physics of the Impossible.

Dmitry Mednikov

Deputy General Director, Federal State Unitary Enterprise All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

Born April 2, 1980. 2002 – graduated Department of Journalism of Moscow State University. Joined VGTRK in 2000: 2000–2001 – Chief Editor of Mezhdunarodnaya Panorama. 2001–2002 – Head of International Information Department at the Office of Information Programmes. 2002–2003 – Head of International and Regional Information Department at the Office of Information Programmes. As of 2003 – Head Editor of Rossiya 24 channel. As of 2009 – Deputy Executive Director, head of Digital Technology Development Department. As of 2010 – Senior Editor of the Editors’ Office of Rossiya 2 channel. As of 2013 – CEO of Tsifrovoe Televidenie JSC. As of 2015 – Deputy Executive Director on Development. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographic Society. Member of the Coordination Council of the All-Russian Znanie Society. In 2009 included in the top 100 young professionals list under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation. Recipient of Friendship Order after the decree No. 589 dated May 5, 2011 ‘On State Awards of the Russian Federation’; received medal of the order ‘For Service to the Motherland’ of 2nd degree; September 1, 2014 – received Order of Honour.

Dmitry Morozov

General Director, BIOCAD

Date of birth: February 1, 1965
Place of birth: Moscow
Marital status: Married, with three children
Dmitry Morozov is a member of the Council for Development of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry attached to the Government of the Russian Federation. He is on the list of the Top 500 reserve management executives under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation.Dmitry Morozov graduated from the Radio Technology Department of the State Academy of Consumer Services in Moscow.
1997–1998: Studied at the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economy in Moscow, Department of Finance and Credit. Earned a diploma in Economics.
1998: Successfully completed an MBA programme at the MIRBIS Moscow International Higher School of Business and obtained an MBA in Management.
2004: Studied at the Keio Business School in Japan under a presidential programme.
1993–2002: Vice Chairman of the Management Board, CentroCredit Bank.
2001: Founded CJSC Biocad; currently serves as its President.
Biocad manufactures ready-made medicines, pharmaceutical substances and genetic engineering products.