Moderators and speakers

Natalia Alekseevna Abakumova was born on January 25, 1955 in the village of Kirpichny Zavod in the Istra district of the Moscow region. After graduating from Luchinskaya Secondary School, she entered Lomonosov Moscow State University, from which she graduated in 1981. She specialized in the Department of National History. The period of feudalism".

From 2001 to January 2015, he was the director of the New Jerusalem Museum.
Abakumova N.A. has been the head of the Federal State Budgetary Cultural Institution "K.E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics" since March 23, 2015.

Under the leadership of N.A. Abakumova, scientific and educational work is actively underway to popularize the legacy of K.E. Tsiolkovsky, A.L. Chizhevsky, and the history of Russian cosmonautics. For her contribution to the preservation and popularization of the national cultural heritage, Abakumova N.A. N. has been repeatedly awarded with commendations and diplomas from the Moscow Regional Duma, the Ministry of Culture of the Moscow Region, the Governor of the Moscow Region, and the Administration of the Istra district. She was awarded the government medal "in memory of the 850th anniversary of the City of Moscow", the Badge of the Governor of the Moscow Region "Thank you", and the Gratitude of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. Thanks to the Governor of the Kaluga Region.
She was awarded with ICOM commendations and AMCOS awards. Veteran of labor.

Education. He graduated with honors from Saratov State Socio-Economic University (with a degree in Taxes and Taxationfrom the Faculty of Finance and Credit), the Russian University of Cooperation (Bachelor of Law), and the Graduate School of the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanova ("Finance, money circulation and credit"). He has a degree in Englishtranslation. He graduated with honors from the MBA program of the French University Grenoble Ecole de Management, an MBA and a master's degree from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.Professional experience. In 2011-2012, he was an employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers Department of InternationalTaxation. In 2012-2014, he worked as an advisor (deputy). Minister of Capital Construction of the Saratov Region, then Headof the Office of the Deputy Governor of the Saratov Region for Construction, Transport, and major investment projects. In2014-2018, he participated in 7 airport complex projects in Russia as Deputy GR Director of Airports of the RegionsManagement Company of the RENOVA Group of Companies. In 2015-2018, he also participated in the work of the International Association of Airports (IAA) to promote legislative initiatives (State Duma of the Russian Federation,Federation Council of the Russian Federation) in the aviation and transport industry as an adviser to a member of the IAABoard. In 2018-2021, he is a civil servant – adviser to the Governor of the Rostov Region on digital transformation in thecivil service. Since 10.2021, he has been a public adviser to the Governor. Since 2021, he has been CEO and founder of JSC New Space Corp. (NewSpacecorp.ru/en). Since 2024, he has been head of the project office of the federal project "Personnelfor Space" of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Research Institute of Nuclear Physics. Since 2025, he has been an assistant to the Senator of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Self–Government and Northern Affairs.

Anton Alekseev's core project is the initiative of the Russian SAR-radar satellite for ice and ship monitoring of the NorthernSea Route, the Arctic and monitoring of oil and gas pipelines.

Achievements and experience:

-      launched the work of four organizations in the field of space technologies and one IT company from scratch (2021-2024);

-      launched a pilot telemedicine service in the Rostov Region (2020);

-      launched the operation of the Skolkovo Information Center operator in the Rostov region (2021);

-      prepared for the launch of the first Donskoy satellite (2021-2023) and organized the launch of a private ultralight rocket(2021); 

-      got the experience of attracting an investor for the construction of an airport complex (Saratov), including the organizationof the transfer of the land plot of the old airport from the federal to the regional level;

-      launched the КосмоВсеобуч.рф project (2021-2025: 2.5 million views, 245,000 participant profiles from 89 regions of the Russian Federation and 60 countries); 

-      participated in the organization of FIFA-2018 and in the construction of 7 airports in Russia, including the preparation of 4for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the construction of 2 airports from scratch to commissioning; 

-      prepared for the launch of R&D on an experimental satellite to participate in the process of validating blockchain networktransactions from the International Space Station: https://tass.ru/kosmos/13202235

-      participated in writing the part of the national space project.

 

Abdullah AlSalmani is the Co-Founder & CEO of SpacePoint, a UAE-based EdTech startup making satellite development accessible to students from middle school through university. An electrical engineer with an MSc in Space Science and an MIT Bootcamps alumnus, Abdullah is also the system engineer behind AlAinSat-1, the first satellite built in Al Ain, where he also led the development of a Made in the UAE onboard computer that flew onboard it as a payload. Passionate about innovation, youth empowerment, and climate action, he served on the Youth Advisory Council of the Al Ghurair Foundation. His contributions to education and space have earned him recognition as one of the Top 25 STEM & Space Educators for Climate, a Young Arab Pioneer in the Space and Technology Category, and a finalist for the Emerging Founders Award at SEF2024.

Psychologist. PR and GR specialist. Higher education: Smolensk State University,
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN), Russian New University (RNU) – Master's degree, postgraduate studies. Advisor to the President of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAS).

2000-2001 – International Union of Public Organizations "Perspektivny Mir" (UN and UNESCO programs)

2001-2004 – State Fund for the Development of the Northwest (Presidential advisor).

2004-2006 – Office of the President of the Russian Federation (Assistant to the General Director, Head of the Secretariat and Office Management Department of the Construction Division).

2006-2008 – Rosatom State Corporation (FSUE Investment and Construction Concern ROSATOMSTROY, Deputy Head of the Public Relations Department). 2008-2013 – JSC "Moscow Heating Grid Company" (Head of the Department of Public Relations and Government Agencies).
2016 – present - entrepreneurial activity in the scientific and educational sphere (Leonardo Interactive Centers), implementation of international socially significant image projects (promotion of the "Symbol of the Preservation of Human Civilization" - "Millennium Flame", "Women's Cosmic Message").

2019 - present – "SpaceZ" LP (GB)/ 2023 - present "Space Zero" LLC (RF) founder and CEO.

Work at MISIS: 1987 - to the present. Positions:
Associate Professor, Professor, Head of the Department (2004-2025), Professor.
Area of Research: Research and development of new alloys based on ferrous and non-ferrous metals, technologies for their melting and casting, organization of foundry production for the production of castings of various weights and geometries, including those based on additive technologies.
The largest R&D projects were carried out for the aviation industry under Government Decree No. 218 of 10 April 2010

Founder and director of the aviation companies, including design organisations, continuing airworthiness and certification center, maintenance providers, training centers, personnel recruitment and consulting agencies

Area of scientific interests: Topological optimization method, bionic design of machines and mechanisms. Calculations and mathematical modeling in the field of continuum mechanics (strength and durability, hydrogas dynamics).

Vityaz P.A. carries out activities to implement the functions assigned to the NAS of Belarus on coordination and state regulation of the activities of organizations of the Republic of Belarus in the space sphere in the area of work, participates in the management and coordination of the activities of the cluster "Scientific and Production Corporation "Belkosmos" of the NAS of Belarus, manages the work of organizations of the NAS of Belarus carrying out work in the field of space activities, supervises analytical tasks (analysis, assessment, forecast, preparation and submission of proposals) on issues of the current state and prospects for the development of space activities, based on the materials of the NAS of Belarus and submitted by subjects of space activities of the Republic of Belarus, etc.

Konstantin Volf was born in Norilsk, Russia. He earned a degree in economics specialized in "Finance and Credit" from RANEPA (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) and later graduated with honors from the same academy’s master’s program in "Economic Political Science."
His professional career began in the financial and economic sector, where he gained experience in banking and insurance. He then worked in logistics and industrial construction, holding the position of Deputy General Director.
A significant part of his career has been dedicated to research and applied work in industrial and commerce support. At the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, he headed the "Locomotives of Growth" Center, where he led research on regional development and contributed to the creation of a support measures guide for the industry during COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, he coordinated eponymous federal project for the United Russia party in the Central Federal District.
Currently, he focuses on fostering industrial and technological innovative cooperation, serving as Chairman of the Industrial-Technological Cooperation Commission at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Council on Financial-Industrial and Investment Policy and CEO of the innovations platform "INNOSPHERE."

The speaker has been working at SCANEX since 2008, and has been the head of the Educational Projects Department since 2014. She has experience in the administration and management of high-tech SCANEX projects, and experience in the commercialization of high-tech products. Her area of responsibility includes the development of the company's business in the field of education and educational technologies based on space, web-GIS technologies, remote sensing data and the company's own developments.

Owner and director of the consulting company "Garamova and Partners", economist, tax consultant, expert of the First Channel, leader of the international consortium "Space as an infrastructure for the development of terrestrial industry"

Experience in corporate finance - more than 23 years

From April to December 2024, held 9 strategic sessions on space "Space as an infrastructure for the development of terrestrial industry", which resulted in the Consortium and the Strategy for the development of a new space economy (Strategy 3040)

Gilberto Damasceno Junior is a Deep and Space techs Cofounder, and a seasoned executive, with over 30 years of global experience leading complex, multidisciplinary
industrial and infrastructure projects.
With a solid foundation in Electrical Engineering and postgraduate specialization in Microelectronics, Gilberto has consistently delivered outstanding results across diverse sectors—ranging from power generation and oil & gas to
biofuels, environmental engineering, rail transport, and, more recently, aerospace and defense.
He initiated his career in Brazil's energy sector with CESP and CTEEP, two of the largest Brazilian State Power utilities, rising to roles of leadership in maintenance engineering and
real-time control systems. His trajectory expanded through impactful roles at multinational giants like General Electric, Bombardier, BP, and Saudi Aramco, where he led critical operations and projects across Latin America and Middle East.
Notably, at Veolia Middle East, he served as Project Director for the region’s first high-risk hazardous waste-to-energy plant (Tahwil Project), overseeing the full EPC lifecycle under a
joint initiative with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia´s Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu.
His leadership in Saudi Arabia further extended to megaprojects under Aramco’s Jazan Economic City, where he was responsible for one of the largest industrial wastewater
treatment plants in the Middle East.
In recent years, Gilberto transitioned into high-impact innovation leadership as the CoFounder and Managing Partner of Shamal & Partners, Shamal Space, and Cerrado
Sustentável Brazil Project—deep tech ventures bridging frontier technologies like space systems (picosatellites, Inertial Navigation Systems, Launching facilities), IoT, environmental monitoring, and dual-use technologies with market demands in Latin America and beyond.
His companies support global clients with strategy, engineering, and execution, and he actively promotes Brazil as a hub for aerospace and defense manufacturing and export.
Fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, and holding a Six Sigma Green Belt from GE,
Gilberto has also completed executive development at George Washington Universityand GE Crotonville. A frequent speaker and contributor to international forums,
His mission centers on connecting visionary innovators with strategic investors to unlock new industrial and technological frontiers.

I grew up in a family with a passion for aviation, and I was fascinated by aircraft from a young age. I was interested in aircraft modeling and became a prize-winner in mathematical Olympiads and aviation contests at MAI, MEI, and MSTU. During my studies at the institute, I began my career at an aviation corporation that is included in the Expert-400 ranking of the best Russian companies. As a participant in an RFBR research project, I prepared a dissertation based on the anti-icing properties of superhydrophobic coatings for PhD. Currently, I work for a leading organization in aviation safety, where I manage projects related to the certification of civil aircraft such as the RRJ-95 and MC-21, which are included in the aviation industry's comprehensive development program.

In 2008 was graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with honors. In 2011 Natalia defended her dissertation (Ph.D., specialty 05.13.18). In 2015, Natalia created and headed the Laboratory of Modeling Mechanical Systems and Processes. The laboratory solved problems related to the creation of high-tech software for applied problems of mechanics of continuous and discrete media: petroleum engineering, fracture theory, cooling systems, modeling of spacecraft and constellations.

Education: 

National Research Tomsk State University, A Master of Science (MSc) 2010-2016;

Lille 1, Master Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment (STPE) / 2015-2016.

 

Experience:

2019 - present: Founder of NewSpace Media

2021 - present: Planetary geology project lead in an international start-up Conex Research

2022 - present: International business development at LLC “Education of the Future”

2023 - present: Lecturer at the Summer Space School

   

Organizer of space competitions (since 2022):

 – “Duty on planet” competition: Orbita - applied space systems and satellite operations / with stratospheric launch of educational CubeSats into the stratosphere.

– “National technology Olympiad”: Satellite systems.

– “Vzlet” project programme: Astronomical research and space technologies.

– International Tournament “Оrbita” / with stratospheric launch of educational CubeSats into the stratosphere.

Since 2015, I.A. Kazachok has been providing organizational and methodological support for scientific, technical, state, targeted, international and interstate programs in the field of exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, the customer of which is the NAS of Belarus; participating in the organization and implementation of international scientific and technical cooperation of the NAS of Belarus within the framework of agreements on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, including the implementation of joint programs of the Union State of Belarus and Russia; participating in the development of draft international treaties in the field of space activities, to which the Republic of Belarus is a party, the competent authority in which is the NAS of Belarus, ensures the implementation of domestic procedures for their approval (ratification), etc.

Education MIIGAiK with a diploma in the specialty Geodesy and Remote Sensing Professional experience Key projects: •Oil pollution detection – GIS development for environmental monitoring of water resources; •Simulation of flooding in Kirov – creation of an interactive map for the Ministry of Emergency Sit-uations; •Monitoring of the ice situation in the White Sea – development of a system for analyzing the safety of ship navigation routes. Scientific achievements Presentations at international and national con-ferences. Among them: •The XII All-Russian Scientific and Technical Con-ference – report on the topic "Cloud GIS service for solving thematic problems"; •Fire safety 2025 – presentation of the project "A system for operational monitoring of forest fires and modeling fire propagation zones based on satellite imagery using the PC Image Media Cen-ter". Current projects and interests •Exploring the possibilities of using artificial intel-ligence in GIS

From 2008 to 2018 Anatoliy Kopik held the positions of Project Manager and PR Director at EVENT TEAM Communications Agency. Before that, he worked as a press attache in the marketing department of the industrial holding Ivanovskaya Marka. Earlier, since 2000, he worked as an editor of the Novosti Kosmonavtiki (Cosmonautics News) magazine.

He graduated from the Bauman MSTU with honors in the specialty "Spacecraft and launch vehicles" and the International Space University. At the university he was the head of the satellite direction of the Youth Space Center and the coordinator of the microsatellite Baumanets-1 project.

For the promotion of the achievements of the national cosmonautics he was awarded medals of Roskosmos, the Federation of Cosmonautics, the Association of Cosmonautics and VDNH.

She has been working at MISIS since 1982. In 1991, she successfully completed her postgraduate studies. She has been working as the Director of the Information and Marketing Center since 2004. She is the initiator and organizer of two large-scale projects: promoting MISIS' achievements at exhibition and congress events and creating a museum of MISIS' history. She has over 20 publications, patents, and copyright certificates for inventions related to metallurgy. Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in the Mining and Metallurgy Section

Marina Born on January 10, 1982. In 2004, she graduated from Samara State Technical University with a degree in Automation of Technological Processes and Production. In 2007, she written her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences. In 2009, she took up the position of Associate Professor at Samara University. In 2017, she headed the division of the Samara Scientific and Production Enterprise PromTech, led an engineering group for the design of UAVs. In 2021, she started her work at the position of Director for the Development of Aerospace Projects at the Scientific and Educational Center "Engineering of the Future". Currently, she hold the position of Deputy Director of the Commercial Space Center of Samara University. Married. Raising a daughter.

Seasoned executive with 20+ years’ leadership experience across Telecom, AdTech and MarTech. Expert in building data driven products, payment solutions and digital media platforms. Proven track record of turning data into revenue through AI, computer vision and advanced analytics. Key Achievements • Led GPM Data to a Data Fusion Awards 2023 win ("Analytics as a Service – Stable ID for Programmatic DOOH") and short listing for its Video Tagging System. • Guided the company into Russia’s Top 30 data analytics providers (CNews Analytics, 2022). • Delivered multiple high impact products integrating multi source data, neural network processing and computer vision technologies. • Over two decades in senior roles for industry leaders including Sberbank, UralSib, MaximaTelecom and MT Technologies. Professional Experience • Dec 2024 – present — MT-LAB LLC, Deputy CEO Oversees product strategy and corporate development. • 2024 — MT-LAB LLC, Chief Product Officer Defined product portfolio and go-to-market for data-driven advertising solutions. • 2020 – Jul 2024 — GPM Data LLC, Managing Director / CEO Scaled the company into a top-tier data-analytics vendor; launched award-winning Stable ID and Video Tagging platforms. • 2019 – 2020 — MT Technologies LLC, Deputy Director, Product Delivered IT solutions in AdTech, MarTech and MediaTech, monetising first-party data. • 2015 – 2019 — MaximaTelecom JSC, Head of Payment Services & Data Products Developed payment services, analytics and new data products for the nation-wide public-Wi-Fi operator. • 1996 – 2015 — Financial & Banking Sector (Sberbank, UralSib, Russian Standard Bank), various leadership roles Developed remote-banking, e-money, e-signature and payment services. Education M.Sc. in Finance & Credit (specialisation: Financial Management), Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, 2002. Personal Details • Born 20 August 1977, Moscow, Russia • Citizenship: Russian • Native Russian; B2 English

In 2004, Marina Malyutina graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities with a degree in Historical Archival Studies, receiving the qualification of historian-archivist.

From 2005 to 2009, she served as Chief Specialist and Head of Department at the Archival Agency of Krasnoyarsk Krai.
Between 2009 and 2014, she held the position of Director at the Regional State Public Institution “State Archive of Krasnoyarsk Krai.”

From 2014 to 2018, she was Deputy Head of the Administrative Department of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations.

Since 2018, she has held the position of Director of the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Engineering Documentation.

Honorary Archivist of the Russian Federation

Date of birth: 22.11.1986

Education
2009, NUST MISIS, foundry engineer
2022-2026, NUST MISIS, postgraduate study, speciality 2.6.3 - "Foundry production"

Work experience
2011, NUST MISIS, Department of Computer Technologies and Laboratory Experiments, LTM IC, Leading Engineer of the scientific project
2011, NUST MISIS, Department of the Foundry,
Art and Design, 1st category specialist in educational and methodological work

MIPT & Skoltech graduate

Education: Omsk State University 2001- 2006 Virginia Commonwealth University 2010 MBA Skolkovo 2016 Experience in the aerospace industry: - Dauria Aerospace (2012-2013) - OKB Fifth Generation (2013-2015) - AVANT SPACE from 2015 till now Since 2016, AVANT SPACE has been a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation space cluster. As part of grant support in 2019-2022, the GT-50 ion thruster was developed, as well as the universal Cubesat space platform for remote sensing of the Earth and projection of images on the night sky. 2020 - laboratory model of the GT-50 ion thrusted was created. 2022 – laboratory model of the Cubesat satellite was created. 11.04.2024 – the launch of the first satellite (the Gagarinets spacecraft) into space along with the Angara A5 launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Alexander Rodin has graduated from MIPT in 1991, got his PhD in 1997 and doctoral degree in 2023 in planetary science. Co-I and Co-PI of international missions to Mars and Venus, experiments onboard the International Space Station. Rodin has authored a series of innovations and leads related projects in monitoring of natural and artificial objects based on maritime, aerial and orbital autonomous systems.

Alexandra E. Sergeeva was born on May 11, 1986 in Odintsovo, Moscow Region. In 2008 Alexandra graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2013 she defended her PhD thesis on the topic: "Interaction of private firms and the state in the process of creating a national innovation system."

Professional experience
since 2014 - SCANEX Group, expert;
2011-2016 - Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, assistant, professor, deputy dean for academic and educational work of the Faculty of International Economic Relations;
2016 - present - Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), associate professor, deputy head of the Department, acting head of the Department of state regulation of the economy of the Institute of Public Administration and Management.

Research projects
2016 – responsible executor from SCANEX Group of the research project commissioned by Roscosmos on the topic of “Development of proposals for documents submitted to the Government of the Russian Federation on providing Russian consumers with remote sensing data from foreign spacecraft within the framework of a unified national ground-based space infrastructure for remote sensing” (Federal Space Program of Russia for 2016-2025);
2015 – responsible executor from SCANEX Group of the research project commissioned by Roscosmos on the topic of “Justification of the feasibility and development of proposals for the harmonization of technical and software-algorithmic characteristics of Russian elements of the infrastructure for using the results of space activities created within the framework of state programs with foreign information systems in order to ensure their compatibility” (Infrastructure-RKD-SCANEX);
2014 – responsible executor from SCANEX Group of the research project “Development of proposals for the implementation of principles and mechanisms of public-private partnership and the development of competition in the field of space product development and provision of space services” (Infrastructure-RKD-SCANEX) commissioned by Roscosmos.

Grigoriy M. Seregin was born in Moscow, in 1988. He received the Engineer’s degree in automatic control systems from Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Moscow, Russia, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in radio engineering with specializations in microwave antennas and devices and radar and radio navigation from BMSTU in 2016.
From 2011 to 2022, he held positions as an Assistant, Engineer, and Associate Professor at BMSTU. Between 2022 and 2023, he served as a Senior Research Scientist at the Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow. Since 2023, he has been the Head of the Department of Applied Research and Development for Advanced Cellular Solutions at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).
His research focuses on microwave antenna design, radar systems, radio navigation technologies, and next-generation cellular communication architectures.

Nikolay Testoyedov was born on November 29, 1951 in Omutninsk, Kirovsk Region. In 1974 he graduated from Leningrad Mechanical Institute as a mechanical engineer. 

Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, President of the Siberian State Aerospace University

Doctor of Engineering, Academic of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Federation Government Prize winner for Science and Technology (2002 and 2013).

• 1974 – 1989 – engineer, Senior Engineer, Head of group, Head of sector, Deputy head of department at the Scientific and Production Association of Applied Mechanics (abbreviated NPO PM) (Krasnoyarsk-26); 
• 1989 – 1998 – Head of department, Head of complex at NPO PM (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region);
• 1998 – 2003 – Executive Director of NPO PM – Razvitiye (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region);
• 2003 – 2006 – Director of NPO PM – Razvitiye (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region);
• June 2006 – September 2006 – Acting General Designer and Director General of NPO PM (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region); 
• September 2006 – March 2008 – General Designer and Director General of NPO PM (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region);
• March 2008 – October 2013 – General Designer and Director General of Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS-Reshetnev Company) (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region);
• October 2013 – July 2023 – Director General of ISS-Reshetnev Company (Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region).

The second Russian cosmonaut to visit the International Space Station.

2005-2006 made his second space flight as commander of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft and flight engineer of the 12th ISS main crew together with William MacArthur. At launch, Gregory Olsen was on board the space flight, and Marcus Pontes was on landing.

He performed two spacewalks with a total duration of 11 hours and 5 minutes.

In July-August 2018, he took part as a pilot of the Borey amphibious aircraft of the Russian Arctic circumnavigation expedition "North of Yours".

For several years, he was the commander of the cosmonaut group in the cosmonaut detachment of the Gagarin Space Center.

In March 2008, he was elected head of the Rostov region of the Yaroslavl region, and on September 8, 2013, he was elected head of the Star City.

Currently, he continues to work as the chief specialist of the methodological department of the Yuri Gagarin Scientific Research Institute of the CPC.

Currently, he is the president of the Foundation for the «First Cosmonaut of the Planet and his Flight Preceptor».

Graduated from Stankin University in the field of Automation of technological processes and production in mechanical engineering. Over 10 years of experience in industrial automation and robotisation. Experience working for major global industry leaders. More than 300 implemented projects on industrial collaborative robots.

Igor Fedorov holds a BSc in Software Engineering and an MSc in Computer Graphics from Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky. A multiple-time winner of national and international hackathons and engineering competitions, he founded Mixar (mixer.biz), leading cross-border projects that leverage computer-vision and augmented-reality technologies.

In 2021, Igor established the Computer Vision Laboratory to advance autonomous systems, robotics, navigation, and unmanned aviation. Since 2023 he has served as Chief Executive Officer, steering the team’s efforts toward on-board computer-vision and artificial-intelligence systems for aerospace applications. His professional interests span perception algorithms, intelligent navigation, and their integration into next-generation aerospace platforms.

He graduated from ITMO University with a Master's degree in Photonics and Optoinformatics with honors in 2015 and entered the graduate school of Tel Aviv University, where he defended his PhD thesis in 2019.
After receiving his PhD degree, he returned to Russia and joined the Laboratory of Radiophotonics at MIPT. In 2021, he became its head, in 2023 the head of the laboratory and in 2025 the chief researcher. During his scientific career, he has published more than 123 articles in the international databases Scopus and Web of Science, received 12 patents and wrote three manuals, H-index 25, and the total number of citations exceeds 2,576.
In 2024, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Sciences and received the title of associate professor with a degree in Radiophysics.

More than 15 years in space industry, participation in the development of products that have been successfully tested in flight and are still in operation today.

Since March 2024, he has been the head of the Federal State Autonomous Institution Digital Industrial Technologies (until May 29, 2025 - the Federal Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence Development (FCPR AI)), an institution created to support domestic IT developments, increase the availability of digital infrastructure and implement applied solutions based on artificial intelligence in industry. Under the leadership of Eduard Shantaev, the institution implements initiatives to develop digital transformation in the industrial sector and promotes the export of Russian high-tech solutions. Previously, from 2019 to 2024, he held the position of adviser and head of the Digital Infrastructure Development Department of the Digital Technologies Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, where he oversaw projects to create digital tools for industry, including the State Industrial Information System.

Born in 1958, Russia.

International public figure, macroeconomist.
Professor at Universities of different countries, member of scientific Academies of different countries.

1993-1999 Executive Vice President of the World Fund for Reconstruction and Development (Washington, USA).
1996-2000 President of the Foundation "Civil Consent" of the authorized representatives of the President of the Russian Federation.
2001-2023 President of the State Fund for the Development of the North-West.
2017- present President of the International Scientific Community "Sofia Club" (Sofia, Bulgaria) (analogous to the "Club of Rome").