Moderator:
Maria Morozova —
General Director, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation; Head of the section "Senior Generation", Council of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Guardianship in the Social Sphere
Maria Andreyevna Morozova has been heading the Elena & Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation from the day when it was created in December 2010. Since then, the Timchenko Foundation has become one of Russia’s leading private foundations implementing programs aimed at supporting active ageing, developing sports and culture, helping families and children. These strategic directions are designed to further comprehensive solutions of Russia’s social problems, with a special emphasis on its regions. The program portfolio of The Timchenko Foundation embraces over 100 projects, both all around Russia and abroad. Here are some of them: Society for All Ages National Conference, competitions like Active Generation, Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages, Dobryi Lyod [Good Ice], Right Family Course and others. As an active participant of expert panels and public forums that tackle topics matching the priorities of The Timchenko Foundation activities Maria Morozova has occupied the following positions: member of the Community Council with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Russian Federation (including Vice-Chairwoman of the Commission for Social Assistance and member of the Commission of Labor and Local Employment); head of Senior Citizen section with the Russian Federation Government’s Community Council on Guardianship Issues in the Social Sphere; member of the Expert Board with the Agency of Strategic Initiatives; member of The Council of the Federation Committee on Social Innovation Development in Territorial Entities of the Russian Federation, member of the Joint advisory board of the President Grants foundation and others.
Panellists:
Bill Boerum —
Honorary Representative, Representative for Russia, Sister Cities International
Bill Boerum is Chairman Emeritus of Sister Cities International, Washington, D.C., a citizen diplomacy organization with over 2,000 partnerships in 140 countries. He is the Country Representative for Russia. Previously he was Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has traveled extensively internationally with multiple trips to Russia, China, India, Egypt, Peru, Brazil and Mexico; most recently visiting Central Asia.
He is in his fourth term on the governing board of Sonoma Valley Hospital, previously serving twice as Board Chair and as Treasurer. He is serving his third year on the Strategic Plan Committee. Currently, he is Chairman of the Governance Committee.
He is Chairman of the Northern California Health Care Authority, a consortium of five hospital districts. Also, in the healthcare domain, Bill was a member of the board of directors, the executive committee and Vice Chairman of the Sacramento-based, Association of California Healthcare Districts and its insurance affiliate, the ALPHA Fund.
Bill’s interest in healthcare extends to the international sphere where he has toured hospitals In China, Egypt and India with a special focus on cardiology departments.
Professionally he is in wine industry tourism and is a Certified Tourism Ambassador. He is an international conference speaker. Previously in risk management, he had more than 15 years of experience in the decision technology/software industry and a 20-year career in banking in corporate and institutional lending during which he traveled to all 50 of the United States and throughout Latin American.
Bill holds an MBA degree from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Elizaveta Oleskina —
Director, Charitable Foundation ‘Old Age for Joy’
Graduate of Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, founder and director/CEO of “Enjoyable Ageing” charitable fund, a non-profit organisation aimed at helping elderly and disabled people, member of the Council on Guardianship under the Government of the Russian Federation. The foundation led by Elizaveta provides psychological, financial, medical, social and welfare support as well as information and advice to elderly people in difficult situations. Currently the foundation is collaborating with 25 regions, supervising 150 care homes, paying the wages of 160 carers, training the staff for care organisations. Apart from that, the fund is setting up a reliable home care service. It was “Enjoyable Ageing” that initiated the establishment of public long-term care system in Russia and is now actively participating in developing its mechanisms. Since 2018 the foundation will be part of the Federal pilot project of implementing the LTC system in accordance with the President’s order.
Anastasia Rakova —
Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, Government of Moscow
Born on 8 February 1976 in Khanty-Mansiisk.
1998: Graduated from Tyumen State University with a degree in law.
2000: Graduated from Tyumen State University with a degree in finance and credit.
1998-2000: Expert 1st rank, leading expert at the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Duma Staff.
From May 2000: Head of the Directorate for Legal Expertise of Draft Laws on Constitutional Legislation, Administrative Management and Administrative Legislation, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Duma.
From 18 October 2000: Assistant to the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area.
From January 2001: Assistant, first assistant to the Governor of the Tyumen Region.
2 June 2005: Appointed Chief of Staff to the Tyumen Region Governor.
2006-2008: Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Chief of Staff to the Russian President.
From June 2008: State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Regional Development of Russia.
February 2009: Included in the Top 100 management personnel pool under the patronage of the Russian President.
20 February 2009: Appointed Director of the Russian Government Legal Department.
30 October 2009: Appointed by the executive order of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Deputy Chief of the Government Staff.
26 October 2010: Appointed by the Mayor’s executive order Chief of Staff to the Moscow Mayor and Moscow Government, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.
November 2010: Appointed by the Mayor’s executive order Plenipotentiary Representative of the Moscow Mayor to the Moscow City Duma.
Olga Tkacheva —
Director, Russian Gerontology Clinical Research Centre (RGNKC)
Olga Tkacheva graduated with honours from S.M. Kirov Gorky State Medical Institute majoring in General Medicine and the therapy internship in S.M. Kirov Gorky State Medical Institute. In 1993, Olga Tkacheva was awarded the scientific degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences, in 1999 – Doctor of Medical Sciences. In 2006, she earned the title of professor. Ms Tkacheva has 32 years of clinical work experience and 28 years of teaching under her belt.
From 2013 to 2018 – Senior Geriatrician of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation. From 2015 – present – contracted Chief Geriatrician of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation and Director of Russian Clinical Research Centre for Gerontology. She is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, 11 monographs, national guidelines, has one certificate and three patents for inventions.
She headed the working groups and was a member of expert committees on the preparation of national guidelines ‘Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension’, the recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in pregnant women, national guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy, guidelines on general risk reduction of disease and complications in women, practical guidelines on the use of hormone replacement therapy in peri- and postmenopausal women, national guidelines ‘Prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases’, guidelines for physicians ‘Basic Principles of the prevention and treatment of thrombosis in tables and charts’, guidelines ‘Follow-up monitoring of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases and high-risk patients’.
Olga Tkacheva’s scientific research focused on the mechanisms and patterns of the heart and blood vessels ageing and their correlation with cellular replicative ageing, the issues of the age-related metabolic disorders, prevention and treatment of age-related diseases and geriatric syndromes.
She advised on 20 candidate and five doctoral theses.
She is the president of the National Public Organization ‘Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians’, member of the National Public Organization ‘Russian Society for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases’, National Public Organization ‘Russian Society of Cardiology’, National Organization ‘Russian Medical Society on Arterial Hypertension’, National Medical Society of Preventive Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, European Geriatric Medicine Society.
She is a member of the editorial board of medical journals ‘Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology’, ‘Preventive Medicine’, ‘Clinical Gerontology’, ‘Archives of Internal Medicine’, ‘Medical Care’, ‘Women’s Health Issues’, ‘Russian Open Medical Journal’, ‘Bulletin of the Ivanovo Medical Academy’.
Maxim Topilin —
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Maxim Topilin, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
From 1988 to 1994, engaged in scientific research. Since 1994, various posts in Russian Government Office.
In 2001, appointed Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation. Supervised the issues of employment and human resources development.
In 2004, appointed Head of the newly formed Federal Service for Labour and Employment.
In 2008, appointed Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation. Нe was responsible for issues of national labour market policy, and social and demographic policy. One of Mr. Topilin’s successful projects was the development of anti-crisis measures for the labour market during the economic crisis of 2008-2010. Moreover, family social support measures taken at that time improved the demographic situation in the country. Mr. Topilin directly participated in the development of the 2011-2015 state programme "Friendly environment" aimed at the improvement of the quality of life for people with disabilities.
On 21 May, 2012, Mr. Topilin was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation. The following issues fall within his competence: labour-management relations, employment, demographic policy, social protection, social security, including retirement security, and state civil service.
Nyuta Federmesser —
Head, Moscow Multidisciplinary Center for Palliative Care of the Moscow City Health Department
Anna K. Federmesser (Nyuta)
Director of the State Budgetary Public Healthcare Facility "Center for Palliative Care", Healthcare Department of Moscow Founder of VERA Hospice Charity Fund Member of the Council of the President of Russia for Social Care.
Founder and Board Member of the Association of Hospice Care Providers Member of the Public Chamber of Moscow (since 2016)
Born in Moscow on May 11, 1977.
In 1994 Nyuta Federmesser graduated from a specialized foreign language school (English) with a Silver Medal.
In 1995 - 1997 she studied English at Cambridge University.
She is a graduate of Maurice Thorez Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages, Pedagogical Department (2000).
In 2013, Nyuta Federmesser completed the graduate program "Management in Healthcare" at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
She has volunteered at Russian and British hospices since age 17.
Nyuta Federmesser is the founder of VERA Hospice Charity Fund (2006). Currently, VERA supports the Center for Palliative Medicine and 8 hospices in Moscow, as well as over 60 hospices in other regions of Russia. The Fund provides help for families with incurable children in Moscow, the Moscow Region, and other regions in Russia (over 350 families in total). It is currently building the "Lighthouse" - the first hospice for children in Moscow, simultaneously providing training for hospice employees, informing the society about the objectives and goals of hospice care, initiating and supporting changes in legislation that benefit the rights of terminally ill patients.
On April 25, 2016 Anna K. Federmesser was appointed Director of the State Budgetary Public Healthcare Facility "Center for Palliative Care", Healthcare Department of Moscow. Since this time, a structure has been formed that unites 8 hospices, 4 departments for palliative care and 9 homecare service providers for patients. Over 2,000 patients receive help every month. Furthermore, norms, standards and procedures for providing palliative care are constantly being developed.
2012 - State Award: "For Beneficence"
Svetlana Chupsheva —
General Director, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects
Svetlana Chupsheva was born in Prague. In 2001 she graduated from Samara State Academy of Economics with Honors.Commencing from 2000 Svetlana Chupsheva worked at the Central Department of the Bank of Russia for Samara Region, then at the Government of Samara Region.From 2004 she held position of the Director General of the Rating Agency of the Government of Samara Region, and was the head of the State Institution Agency for Economic Development of Samara Region.From 2009 – adviser to the Deputy Chairmen of the Government of Samara Region – Ministry of Economic Development, Investment and Trade of Samara Region, then adviser to the Chairman of the Board of the CB Regional Credit, LLC.From 2011 – corporate director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI). On August 10, 2015 she was appointed as the line director of the Social Projects of the ASI.From 2017 – Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.She is awarded with the Certificate of Merit issued by the President of the Russian Federation, she has the certificate of acknowledgement issued by the President of the Russian Federation and the certificate of acknowledgement issued by the Mayor of Moscow.She brings up four children.
Front row participants:
Vadim Barausov —
Executive Director, Project 60+, Association of Senior Citizen Services Industry Companies
Eric Brovko —
Founder and Investor, My Health platform; Deputy Chairman, Commission on Innovations and Informatization in Healthcare, Public Council of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Larisa Gorchakovskaya —
Chief Executive Officer, JSC NPF VTB Pension Fund
Sergey Katyrin —
President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Born on October 2, 1954 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Car and Road Construction Institute and the International Business School of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). Took an active part in establishing and developing the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, which held its founding Congress on October 19, 1991. At the 7th congress in March 2016, he was elected President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation for a second term. The range of Sergei Katyrin's activities as President of CCI Russia includes effective coordination within the national network of chambers of commerce and industry of Russia, which incorporates territorial chambers of commerce and industry, associations and business unions. Establishment of productive cooperation with legislative assemblies and executive authorities at both national and regional levels constitutes yet another area of his daily concern. Sergei Katyrin represents Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry in major business unions where he is among the board members.
He is a member of the working group for joint anti-corruption measures of representatives of the business community and government authorities under the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Counteracting Corruption and takes part in meetings of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Counteracting Corruption. He sits on the government's Commission for Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses and is a member of the Public Council for Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses, which works under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly. At the same time, Sergei Katyrin fulfils functions related to the international activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, being Chairman of the Russian chapter of the BRICS Business Council and Chairman of the Russian National Branch of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Business Council. In addition, he is a member of the Committee of the Chief Executives of CIS Chambers of Commerce and Industry. During the term of Sergei Katyrin’s presidency, the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed the Anti-Corruption Charter of Russian Business.
Georgy Kostyuk —
Chief Physician, Alekseyev Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Moscow City Health Department
Ekaterina Kruglova —
Managing Director, Memory of Generations Charity Foundation
Born April 24, 1985 in Irkutsk. Studied at the Law department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russian Federation, between 2010 and 2011 did post-graduate studies at RANEPA. Between November 2010 and February 2016 acted as chief legal advisor of international branch legal department of Sperbank. March 3, 2016 appointed executive director at Pamyat Pokoleniy charity foundation. Married, raises a daughter.
Interview topics:
- history of charity in Rusia;
- forming trust towards charity;
- adaptation difficulties for people with disabilities;
- changing asteretype of a veteran;
- social and psychological adaptation of veterans and war participants.
Yulia Maltseva —
Director, Silver Years Interregional Resource Centre
Artem Metelev —
Chairman of the Council, Association of Volunteer Centers; Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
Was born on August 11, 1993 in Moscow.
In 2015 he graduated from the State University of Management, specializing in "Organization Management".
Since 2016 he has been leading the working group on the preparation of the Concept for the Development of Cooperation among the CIS Countries to Support the Youth Volunteer Movement.
The aim of this work is to form high-quality partnership between public organizations of the CIS countries for the purpose of their friendship and cooperation. At the moment, the Concept is developed and is at the approval of the Heads of Governments of the CIS member states.
Since March 2016 to present he heads the Association of Volunteer Centers, holding the position of the Chairman of the Council.
Metelev Artem P. is the Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Year
of Volunteer in the Russian Federation.
The high appreciation of Artem P. Metelev’s contribution was expressed by his appointment as a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation by the Decree of the President of Russia in March 2017.
Natalia Pochinok —
Rector, Russian State Social University
Rector of the Russian State Social University.
Born 04.07.1976
Education
1997 – Graduates REA majoring in Finance and Credit
2002 – Graduates RGSU in Law
2005 – gets PhD in Economics
2014 – becomes a docent, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Career
1999 tax planning department chief specialist at Doveritelny I Investitsionny Bank
1999–2004 taxation manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers
2004–2005 vice-president, Gazprom Bank
2005–2006 Raiffaisen Bank Austria board advisor
2006–2010 diretor of the Kuban branch, Raiffaisen Bank
2010 – advisor to the CEO on regional development, Raiffaisen Bank
2010–2013 – Branches director at the central office of Sberbank of Russia
2013 – First Vice-President of Sberbank NPF
Civil Activity
Member of the Presidential Economic Council
Chairwoman of the State Duma Committee on managing retirement investment
Member of the Civil Chamber of the city of Moscow
Member of the board of RUIP
Member of the board of strategic development of Pochta Rossii
Chairwoman of the industry commission on business education at the Manager’s Association
Head of Expert Committee on professional education at Delovaya Rossiya
Member of the coordination council of UMO of Universities of Russia
First chairwoman of Sociology and Social Work committee
Vladimir Khavinson —
Director, St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology
Director of the Saint-Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, Head of the Gerontology and Geriatrics Dpt. at the NW State Medical University, Main Specialist in Gerontology And Geriatrics of the Governments of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vice–President of the Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Past President of the European Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
Since 1971 V. Khavinson has been engaged in studying the role of peptides in regulation of the mechanisms of ageing, design, preclinical and clinical studies of new peptide geroprotectors. His 35-year long investigations resulted in elaboration of a method for complex application of peptide bioregulators to slow down ageing and increase average life span. 6 peptide pharmaceuticals and 64 food supplements developed by V. Khavinson have been introduced into clinical practice.
V. Khavinson is the author of over 800 scientific publications with the major achievements summarized in his books “Peptides and Ageing” (NEL, 2002) and “Gerontological aspects of genome peptide regulation” (Karger AG, 2005). He is the author of 205 Russian and International patents. In 2009 the Institute headed by him was designated an IAGG Collaborating Centre. In 2010 the Institute was given a Special Consultative Status of the UN ECOSOC.
Hidetoshi Endo —
Director of Department of Comprehensive Geriatric Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology of Japan
Evgeny Yakushev —
Executive Director for Public and Government Relations, SAFMAR