New Technologies in Culture and Art: Harmful or Helpful, Beneficial or Risky

Speakers

• Svetlana BalanovaChief Executive Officer, National Media Group

  Born on October 5, 1970 in Moscow, Russia.

  In 1992, she graduated with honours from the Moscow State Linguistic University, named after Maurice Thorez.

  From 1993 to 1999, she held various positions in sales, marketing and logistics at 3M Russia.

  From 1999 to 2001, she served as the financial director of 3M Russia.

  In 2000, she received an MBA from the Open University Business School, UK.

  From 2001 to 2004, she was the director of 3M Russia’s Six Sigma projects (management of business processes) in Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

  From 2004 to 2008, she was the head of 3M’s Ukrainian office, and served as CEO of 3M Ukraine.

  From 2008 to 2010, she was the CEO of 3M Russia.

  From 2010 to 2011, she was the president of 3M’s “electronic monitoring” international business, and the COO of 3M Attenti (Israel).

  From 2012 to 2020, she was the CEO of IBS.

  As of 2019, she is a member of the supervisory board of the non-banking credit organization, National Settlement Depository.

  That same year, 2019, she also completed studies at the Institute of Directors (UK) as part of the “IoD Chartered Director” programme.

  She is a certified director (The Diploma in Company Direction from the British Institute of Directors), and a member of Russia’s Association of Professional Directors (AND).

  Achievements and awards

  From 2014 to 2019, she was regularly recognised among the best leaders in the IT industry and included in the annual Russia’s Top-1000 Managers ranking compiled by the Russian Managers Association (AMR) and Kommersant publishing house.

  In 2012, 2013 and 2014 she was included in the ranking of Company magazine, “Top 50 Most Influential Women in Russian Business”.

  In 2013 she won the “TIAW World of Difference 100 Awards”. The award was handed out by The International Alliance for Women (TIAW), which brings together more than 35,000 business women and organisations from six continents and is one of the largest international umbrella associations for women in business.

  In 2009 she was a member of the board of directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

  In 2009 she was also included in the list of 500 managers who make up the administrative reserve under the patronage of the Russian President.

  Proficient in English, German and Italian.

• Igor ButmanArtistic Director, Moscow Jazz Orchestra; People's Artist of the Russian Federation
• Roman EmelyanovGeneral Director, European Media Group; General Producer, New Radio
• Yuliya GolubevaDeputy General Director, Gazprom-Media Holding
• Mikhail PiotrovskyGeneral Director, State Hermitage Museum; President, Union of Russian Museums

  Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovski was born in Yerevan in 1944. His father, Boris Borisovich Piotrovski, an eminent archaeologist, was Director of The State Hermitage Museum from 1964 till 1990.
  In 1967 graduated with honors from the Oriental Faculty of Leningrad State University, specializing in Arabic Studies. Underwent a study course at the Cairo University in 1965-1966. From 1967 to 1991 Mikhail Borisovich worked in the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, where he obtained his doctorate in history. In 1991 was invited to join the Hermitage staff as the First Deputy Director. In July 1992 he was appointed Director of the Museum by a decree of the Prime Minister.
  Dr. Piotrovski has taken part in archaeological excavations in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Yemen. He is an author of more than 250 works including catalogues of Arabic manuscripts, publications of Medieval monuments and ancient inscriptions, works on Islamic political history and Arabic culture, archeology of Arabia. Among them: series of articles devoted to the Muslim mythology in The Encyclopedia of World Mythology, series of articles about the prophet Muhammad and the monographs: The Legend of the Himyarite King As'ad al-Kamil (1977), Fundamentals of Arab-Islamic Art (1984), Southern Arabia in the Early Middle Ages (1985), Yemen before Islam and in the First Centuries of the Hijra (1987), Tales of the Koran (1991), Islam: An Encyclopaedia (a co-author, 1991). The Hermitage: Essays on the History of the Collection (a co-author, 1997); Earthy Art - Heavenly Beauty. Art of Islam (an editor, 2000); On Islamic Art (2001), The Great Collections of the Great Museum. The Hermitage (2003); The Hermitage in the Great Museums of the World series (2003); The Historical Legends of the Koran (2005), The Islamic Art. Between China and Europe (2008), The View from the Hermitage (2009, 2014), The Two Holy Sites Regained. Futuh al-Haramayn (2011), My Hermitage in Russian and English (2014, 2015), For Museums There Are No Taboos (2016).
  Dr. Piotrovski is an author and a presenter of a TV series My Hermitage shown on the State Russian TV channel (250 series), My Hermitage – 250 (30 series), an author of the regular column The View from the Hermitage in the Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti newspaper (two books of these articles have been issued).
  Dr. Piotrovski is Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Arts. A member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Culture and Art (in 2001 – 2011 was a Deputy Chairman of the Council) and the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education.
  Professor of the St. Petersburg State University, were he chairs two departments - “Museology” and “Ancient Orient History”, a Dean of Oriental faculty. Honorary Doctor of the Kazan State University, Honorary Doctor of the Saratov State University, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the European University in St. Petersburg.
  Foreign member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan. Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres), and a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  President of the Union of Museums of Russia, editor-in-chief of The Christian Orient magazine, the chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of the Imperial Russian Orthodox Palestine Society. President of the Worldwide Club of St. Petersburgers, chairman of the board of the 1st State TV channel (2001 – 2005).
  In 2011 elected to the State Duma, gave up his mandate.
  Has been awarded the Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau (1996), the Russian Order of Honor (1997), the French Order of the Légion d'Honneur (1998, 2004), the Swedish Order of the Northern Star (1999), the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000, 2004), the Order of Saint Mesrop (Armenian Apostle Church, 2000), the Order of Yaroslav the Wise (Ukraine, 2003), the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2004), the Order of Service to the Fatherland (Russia, 2004, 2009), the Order of Honor Al-Fahr (the Council of Muftis of Russia, 2005), the Order of the Lion of Finland (2005); the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan, 2007); the Silver Medal of Amsterdam (2009); Woodrow Wilson Award, USA (2009); the Order of the Crown (Kingdom of Belgium, 2011); medal of Anatoliy Koni (Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, 2013), the Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russia, 2014); the Order of Merit for science and Arts (Austria, 2014), the Order of Service to the Republic of Tatarstan (2014), the Order of Francysk Skaryna (Belarus, 2014), the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (2015), the Order of Friendship (2016), the Medal of Argishti the First (Armenia, 2016).
  In 2003 Mikhail Piotrovsky has been awarded the Presidential Prize in the Field of Art and Literature (Russia, 2003). In 2017 has been awarded the State Prize of Russia for his contribution to the preservation of national and world cultural heritage.
  Winner of the public award "Sky Line".
  In 1997 a minor planet was named “Piotrovski” by the Astronomical Union in joint honor of Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovski and his father Boris Borisovich Piotrovski.
  In May, 2011 Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovski was awarded the title of Honored Citizen of Saint Petersburg.
  Mikhail Borisovich is married, has two children.

• Vera PodguzovaSenior Vice President, Director of External Relations Directorate, Bank PSB

  Career:

  • 2007–2012: Editor-in-chief of the social and political magazine Russia United;
  • 2009–2019: Deputy of the Municipal Assembly Vladimirsky Municipal District, St. Petersburg;
  • 2010–2016: Part-time management positions in marketing and advertising in banking;
  • Since March 2016 to June 2019: Russian Export Center, Director of External Communications;
  • Since June 2019 to present: Senior Vice President, Director of External Relations Directorate, Promsvyazbank PJSC.

• Mikhail ShvydkoySpecial Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation

  Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation for international cultural cooperation (since 2008).
  Ph.D. in the History of Theatre, National Institute of Art Research, Moscow (1991). Professor at Faculty of Foreign Theatre, Russian Academy of Theatre Art; Professor, Member of Academic Council, Moscow State Lomonosov-University.
  Founder and Artistic director of Moscow Theatre of musical (since 2011). Moderator of several TV programs. Columnist of the “Rossiyskaya gazeta”. Author of 3 books, 10 films and more than 1000 publications on culture.
  Head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (2004-2008), Minister of culture (2000-2004), Chairman of the All-Russia State TV and Broadcasting Company (1998-2000), Deputy Minister of culture (1993-1997).

• Irina VelikanovaDirector General, State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia
• Alexander ZhuravskyDeputy Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects