industry leaders

Dancer, choreographer-stager, choreographer of TV projects "Star Factory" and "Dance"

Performing arts

Male

Jewelry designer, founder of the Rushev jewelry brand

Fashion

Male

Music producer and sound engineer, co-founder of the KOV KOV music workshop and curator of the Music Production course at the Moscow Music School

Music

Male

CEO of the multi-brand store "Remark"

Fashion

Female

Founder and former head of Yandex SupportAI, CEO of Journey AI

Video games and software

Female

Creative director of the Soyuzmultfilm studio

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Producer and screenwriter of the series "Social Networks"

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Author of the "Dad Shocked" blog, teacher, creative director and co-founder of Raketamedia design studio, creator of "The Now Button" app

Design

Male

Painter, sculptor, gallerist, public figure, educator, professor, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation.

Visual arts

Female

Director of E-commerce and Digital Transformation at "Coffeemania", developer, leader of the MosPoly Virtual Game Studio team

Video games and software

Male

Founder of the entertainment holding Disgusting Men.

Publishing and new media

Male

Multidisciplinary 3D artist, specializes in creating avatars, virtual clothing, accessories, and digital worlds for fashion brands, artists, and magazines.

Visual arts

Female

Project manager at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Support Fund.

Visual arts

Female

Partner, CEO, Account Director of Zebra Hero creative agency

Advertising

Female

Film director, screenwriter, producer, theater and film actor

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Journalist, editor-in-chief of the publishing house Individuum.

Publishing and new media

Male

Musician, music producer, radio host, Honored Worker of Culture of Russia

Music

Male

Design historian, member of the National Academy of Design, founder and CEO of the Moscow Museum of Design

Design

Female

Director of documentary and fiction films, commercial director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Head of the "Font and Typography" course, teacher at the Institute of Business and Design, academician of the Academy of Graphic Design and the International Typography Association ATypI

Design

Male

Artist, member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

Visual arts

Male

Game Producer and founder of the indie studio Vengeance Games

Video games and software

Male

Animation film director, creator of animated series

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Violinist, laureate of the XI International Tchaikovsky Competition, People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Music

Male

Founder of Sxema studio, digital clothing designer, producer of projects related to metaverses and digital avatars, in 2MRW studio

Design

Female

Illustrator, graphic designer, and Skillbox teacher.

Visual arts

Female

Director of Strategic Marketing at Yandex

Advertising

Male

Ballet artist and choreographer, artistic director of the ballet troupe of the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko

Performing arts

Male

Ballerina, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater

Performing arts

Female

Radio and TV host, actress

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Opera singer (soprano), soloist of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, teacher, founder of the educational project "Metamorphosis"

Music

Female

Art historian, art critic, curator, creator and curator of the XL gallery, curator of the 3rd Moscow International Biennale of Young Art.

Visual arts

Female

Pianist and composer, author of film music

Music

Male

President of the Russian PEN Center, director of the Moscow Library of Arts named after A. P. Bogolyubov and the library "House of A. F. Losev".

Publishing and new media

Male

Fashion designer, creator of the Ulyana Sergeenko brand

Fashion

Female

Founder of the Oksana Serikko Flamenco School, choreographer, and teacher

Performing arts

Female

Media manager, former general producer of the GPM Radio group, creator and former head of the Like FM radio station, head of the Russian branch of NRJ Radio.

Music

Male

Art historian, curator, founder and head of the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design.

Visual arts

Male

Singer, songwriter, sound producer, owner of the ESMO prod music production.

Music

Male

Author of the project and artistic director of the inclusive theater "Seagulls"

Performing arts

Female

Creative Director at Re:evolution agency

Advertising

Male

CEO of digital agency "Interium"

Advertising

Male

Head of the Multimedia Design Workshop at the National Institute of Design

Design

Male

Former curator of the UX/UI Product Design course at the British Higher School of Design, designer, interdisciplinary artist, author of multimedia art objects and architectural installations

Design

Male

Chairman of the Regional Public Foundation for the Development of Cinematography

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Head of the architectural division of the "M4" bureau

Architecture

Female

Co-founder of the online gallery SAMPLE.

Visual arts

Female

Artist, engages in street art using collage techniques, public art, sculpture.

Visual arts

Male

Composer in the field of cinema and television

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Founder of Marvelous Group

Advertising

Male

Co-owner of creative agency Grape

Advertising

Male

Artist, laureate of the Moscow Art Prize in the category of "Visual Arts".

Visual arts

Female

General Director of the animation studio "Parovoz", producer

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Head of the Machine Learning Laboratory at Alfa-Bank

Video games and software

Male

Industrial designer, founder of Smirnov Design company, vice president of the Russian Designers Union

Design

Male

Film director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Director of content and distribution at KION ("MTS Media")

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Director of content and distribution at KION ("MTS Media")

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Actress of theater and cinema, TV presenter, photo model

Performing arts

Female

Music video director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Former curator of the "Object Design / Design of the Future" specialization at the Higher School of Economics Design School, founder of the inventive bureau "Izobryulo"

Design

Male

Journalist, public figure, author and host of the YouTube channel "Be Careful: Sobchak".

Publishing and new media

Female

Medical journalist, author of the books "Challenge Accepted" and "To Know by Eyes", PR director of the NMi Group holding.

Publishing and new media

Male

Actor of theater and cinema, director, screenwriter, producer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Head of Slava agency

Advertising

Male

Former editor-in-chief of Vogue, runs the Telegram channel "Ksenia Solovyova".

Publishing and new media

Female

Managing partner, director of the company "New Land"

Architecture

Male

Chair of the Graphic Design Department and head of the Visual Communications Design Workshop at the National Institute of Design

Design

Male

Deputy General Producer of the online cinema Okko, head of children's and youth film direction

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Co-founder of the architectural bureau SAGA

Architecture

Male

Actress of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of Russia

Performing arts

Female

Executive Director of the Russian Book Union.

Publishing and new media

Female

Rapper aka ST, former member of the Phlatline collective, finalist of the first season of the "Battle for Respect" show, songwriter for pop stars.

Music

Male

Art market expert, CEO of "Sotheby's Russia".

Visual arts

Female

Blogger, founder and producer of the video production Eclectica.

Publishing and new media

Male

Theater and film actor, humorist, parodist, TV presenter, musician, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, author, director, and performer in the TV humor program "Gorodok"

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

CEO of "Sportmaster"

Fashion

Male

Journalist, blogger, host of an author's channel on YouTube called "Nadezhda Strelets".

Publishing and new media

Female

Artist, designer, laureate of the national prize "Intel Internet" in the category of "Network Art".

Visual arts

Female

Art director and chief architect of "Studio Artemy Lebedev", designer, blogger

Design

Male

Actor and director of theater, cinema, and dubbing, TV presenter

Performing arts

Male

Rock musician, poet, composer, actor in cinema, dubbing and voice-over, theater and cinema director, screenwriter, TV presenter, leader of the bands "Sunset by Hand", "Postscriptum", "Brigade C", and "The Untouchables".

Music

Male

Founder of the Surovaya clothing brand

Fashion

Female

Stylist, creator and host of the "Fashion Podcast"

Fashion

Male

Composer, member of the Union of Composers of Russia, experimental musician, recipient of the National Theatre Award "Golden Mask".

Music

Male

Film critic, founder and General Director of the Paranoid Animation Studio

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Actor of theater and cinema

Performing arts

Male

Author and host of the podcast "Home Alone". Co-host of DTF Podcast and "What Was Before?"

Publishing and new media

Male

Co-founder of PEAK, FOAM, Don’t Touch My Skin, The Blue Store

Fashion

Male

Author of books, marketer and host of the popular podcast "Something's Wrong".

Publishing and new media

Male

TV presenter, journalist, blogger.

Publishing and new media

Female

Producer

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Director and founder of the Syntax gallery in the Cube.Moscow space, curator, art dealer, founder of the Artika Project company.

Visual arts

Female

Theater actor, head of the "Alexander Tatarsky Theater Art Center" at the Moscow Lianozovsky Theater

Performing arts

Male

Film director and screenwriter, winner of the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, participant of the Venice International Film Festival, member of the European Film Academy

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Film director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Writer, professor and full member of the Academy of Literary Documentary, member of the International Academy of Russian Literature.

Publishing and new media

Male

Neuroartist, author of neurogenerative graphics for the exhibition "Alice in Neuro Kingdom" at Zaryadye, curator of the SberMuse program.

Visual arts

Female

Founder of the Cocos brand

Fashion

Female

Author and director of over 30 original social documentaries

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male