Conferences, projects and special events held in cooperation with friends in Russia
Extensive B.I.O. e-learning programmes in biopolicy and sustainable development
2016
21st Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia
Participation in the Hellenic-Russian Social Forum, on the occasion of the official visit of the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, Zappeion Hall, Athens, November 1-2, 2016
2015
20th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia Read more>>
2014
19th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia Read more>>
2013
Participation in the Third Hellenic-Russian Social Forum, Athens
18th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia Read more>>
2012
17th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia. Program, Photos
2011
16th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia,Photos
Participation in a conference organized by the Hellenic-Russian Association for European Security in Athens
2010
A Jubilee Celebration for the 15th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia Programme, Press Release (EN) , Press Release (GR)
B.I.O. President contributes a paper at the Interpolitex Intersecurity Forum 2010, Moscow, Russia
15th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia. Programme, Press Release (EN), Press Release (GR)
2009
14th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia Programme, ,Photos
2008
13th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia Programme, Photos
“Biopolicy – Building a Green Society,” roundtable held within the framework of the Athens Money Show. Programme, Press release Gr
Biopolitics International Organisation and Hellenic Chapter of the Club of Rome symposium on The Greek Economy after the Global Crisis – In Search of a New Paradigm for Development” , Athens Club, Athens. Press Release
2007
12th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia (Programme English – Russian), Photos
2006
11th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg, Russia, ,Photos,Programme
2005
10th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg. BioNews No 44, p.3, Photos
Cooperation in the B.I.O. e-learning programme “Biopolicy – Education to Enrich Sustainability.”
2004
9th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg.Photo
Bios Schools organised throughout the year in St. Petersburg.
2003
8th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg.BioNews No. 34 April 2003 – p. 3
Bios Schools organised throughout the year in St. Petersburg. BioNews No. 34 April 2003 – p. 3
The B.I.O. President delivers closing lecture on bioethics and biotechnology at the 2nd International Conference on “Biotechnology: State of the Art and Prospects of Development” held in Moscow.
2002
7th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia BioNews no. 32 Oct. 2002, p. 4 Programme, Photo
B.I.O. President chairs the session on “Problems of Biosafety and Bioethics” during the “Conference on Biotechnology – State of the Art and Prospects of Development” held in Moscow.
2001
6th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia BioNews no. 28, Oct. 2001, p. 14-15. Programme, Photos
Mikhail Botcharnikov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Greece, participates in the B.I.O. roundtable discussion on “Profit and the Environment” held within the framework of the Athens Money Show and contributes to the volume of proceedings. Photos, Programme
Presentation and participation by Professor Alexander Shishkin, Head of the Ecological Standardisation Laboratory, St. Petersburg State Technical University for Plant Polymers, in the B.I.O. conference on “Biopolitics: A Vision for the Millenium, Health, Environment and Culture,” held on the island of Rhodes, Greece
2000
Fifth Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg BioNews no. 24, Oct. 2000, p. 5 , p.15, Photos Programme (Russian – English)
B.I.O. President delivers keynote lecture at the international conference on “Chemical Education and Sustainable Development” held at the Mendeleyev University in Moscow.
Ambassador Evgeny Kutovoy, Alternate General Director of the International Centre for Black Sea Studies, attends the B.I.O. International Conference on “Bio-Diplomacy: The Future of International Relations”
1999
The B.I.O. President in re-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Professor Sergei Grachev, Co-President of the Nobel Laureate International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in Russia.
Biopolitics Millennium Event held in St. Petersburg, under the patronage of the Vice President of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Bios Prize Award Ceremony at the Hermitage in honour of Mstislav Rostropovich and other leading personalities, under the auspices of the Director, Academician Michael Piatrovsky Bionews no.20, October 1999, p.10-11,Photos
4th Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg BioNews no. 22 , April 2000, p. 6-7, Programme , Photos
Presentation and participation by Professor Alexander Shishkin, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers, in the B.I.O. conference on the “Bio-Environment – Bio-culture: Values for the New Millenium.”
Members of the Honorary Committee for the Bios Prizes awarded in honour of Mstislav Rostropovich, Kitty Kyriacopoulos, Anton Rupert and Jakob von Uexkull include: The Honourable Valentina Matvienko, Vice President of the Government of the Russian Federation; The Honourable Yuri Antonov, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg; Academician Michael Piatrovsky, Director, The State Hermitage Museum; H.E. Mikhail Bodcharnikov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Greece; H.E. Dimitris Kypraios, Ambassador of Greece to Moscow; Yuri Temirkanov, Director of the Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg; Professor Pavel Sarkisov, Rector D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia; Professor Vladimir Babeshko, Rector, Kuban State University; and Professor Otto Terentjiev, Rector, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers.
Members of the Organising Committee for the Bios Prize award ceremony in honour of Mstislav Rostropovich, Kitty Kyriacopoulos, Anton Rupert and Jakob von Uexkull: Professor Victor Rogalev, President, International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences; Professor Henrich Denisov, Vice President, International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences; Professor Alexander Shishkin, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers; and Anatolyi Konstantinov, General Secretary, Union of Russian Artists.
Other participants and supporters of the Bios Prize award ceremony in honour of Mstislav Rostropovich, Kitty Kyriacopoulos, Anton Rupert and Jakob von Uexkull include: H.E. Dimitris Kypraios, Ambassador of Greece in Moscow, Professor Vladimir A. Babeshko, Rector, Kuban State University, Professor Henrich Denisov, Vice President, International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences, Valery Grishin, f. Director of Press, Professor S.P. Kapitza, Institute for Physical Problems, Academy of Sciences, Dr. Galina Klokova, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Anatolyi Konstantinov General Secretary, Union of Russian Artists, Academician Michael Piatrovsky, Director, State Hermitage Museum, Professor Victor Rogalev, President, International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences, Leonid P. Romankov, Chairman, Committee on Education and Culture, St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Professor Pavel Sarkisov, Rector D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Professor Alexander Shishkin, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers, Vladimir Tchemodanov, Energosetproject, Professor Otto Terentjiev, Rector, St. Petersburg State Technological University of Plant Polymers, Dr. Yuri Volken, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, and Professor Gennadiy A. Yagodin, Rector, International University.
1998
The B.I.O. President becomes Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers and Member of the International Academy of Environment, Human and Nature Safety Sciences during an official ceremony in St. Petersburg. Official ceremony in St. Petersburg. Programme, Photos
The B.I.O. President receives a special commemorative award by the Union of Russian Artists, St. Peterburg.
3rd Annual Youth Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg. Bionews no.16, October 1998, p. 5,Programme
B.I.O. international conference on “Biopolitics – the Bio-Environment – Bio-Culture” held St. Petersburg.
His Eminence Archimandrite Feofan, Vice-Chairman, Department for External Church Relations, Moscow Patriarchate, and Professor Alexander I. Shishkin, Head, Laboratory of Ecological Standardisation, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers, participate in the Eighth B.I.O. International Conference on “Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment: The Budapest Sessions” and contribute to the volume of proceedings.
1997
The B.I.O. President is re-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by IPPNW Co-President, Professor Sergei Kolesnikov. The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Russian Academy of Sciences pledge their complete support of the B.I.O. and of the Nobel nomination.
The B.I.O. President receives Honorary Doctorate from Mendeleyev University in Moscow.
2nd Annual Youth Bios Olympiad held in St. Petersburg.
B.I.O. lecture at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow .
B.I.O. lecture at the Moscow School of Economics and Social Sciences.
B.I.O. lecture at the Russian Orthodox University of St. John the Divine in Moscow.
Olga Musikhina, Director, Business Technical Assistance Centre, Kuban State Technological University, Novorossiysk; Professor Alexander Y. Reteyum, Moscow State University; Professor Anatoliy T. Shishatskiy, Vice-Director, Kuban State University of Technology, Novorossiysk; and Professor Alexander I. Shishkin, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers, participate in the Seventh B.I.O. International Conference on “Danube River Bonds: Bio-Environment – Bio-Culture” and contribute to the volume of proceedings.
1996
Youth Bio-Olympiad ’96, St. Petersburg, Russia
B.I.O. President delivers keynote address at the First Biopolitics “White Land” Chapter Conference on Scientific and Technological Bases for a Global Energy System in St. Petersburg.
B.I.O. President delivers keynote address at the Habitat Conference in Moscow.
B.I.O. lecture at the St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers.
B.I.O. lecture at the D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.
B.I.O. lecture at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
1995
The B.I.O. President is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Nobel Laureate and Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Professor Sergei Kolesnikov.
B.I.O. President attends the 75-Year Anniversary Jubilee of the Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology in Moscow as the guest of honour and keynote speaker.
B.I.O. receives official offer from the Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University for the university to participate in the B.I.O. Exchange of Scholars Program.
Professor Oleg Altakh, Director, International Department, Mendeleyev Universityof Chemical Technology; Valery V. Grishin, Deputy Directorate Chief, Head of Press-Service, The Directorate of Government Information, Administration of the Government of the Russian Federation; Boris Landa, “Alphabet” Joint Venture Company; and Professor Pavel Sarkisov, Rector, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology, participate in the B.I.O. international conference on “Environmentally-Compatible Business Strategy” held in Athens and contribute to the volume of proceedings.
Participation by Professor Andrei Rubin, Academician, Head, Department of Biophysics, Moscow State University and Professor Michael Manakov, Academician, Director, Biotechnology Centre, Mendeleyev University, Moscow in the Seventh International B.I.O. Conference on “Biopolitics Education in the Year 2000″ held in Adana, Turkey.
1994
B.I.O. organises International Sakharov Festival on “Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment – Bio-Culture in the next Millennium” presided by Mstislav Rostropovich and organised under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the participation of leading politicians, scientists, academicians and artists from 85 countries. Honorary Committee members: Elena Bonner, Honorary President and Chair of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation; Mstislav Rostropovich, President of the International Sakharov President; Vladimir Panchenko, President of the GOSCO Cultural Organisation; Valery Nikolayenko, Ambassador of the Russian Federation; and Leonid Goldin, member of the GOSCO Cultural Organisation. Keynote speeches during the International Sakharov Festival on “Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment – Bio-Culture in the next Millennium” presented by: Professor Leonid Goldin, GOSCO Cultural Organisation; Dr. Natalia Grigorieva, Social Policy-Social Development, Academy of Creative Endeavours; Professor Sergei I. Kolesnikov, Co-President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Yuri A. Korolev, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law; Natalia Kuznetsova, Financial Director, International Academy of Entrepreneurship; Professor Michael N. Manakov, Director, Biotechnology Centre, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology; Dr. Lidia Masalkowa, Department of Human Sciences, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology; Ambassador Valery Nikolayenko; Professor Inna M. Parkhomenko, Associate Professor of Biophysics, Moscow State University; Professor Andrei Rubin, Head, Department of Biophysics, Moscow State University; Professor Pavel J. Sarkisov, Rector, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology; Professor Alexander I. Shishkin, St. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers; Dr. Nadezhda Shulenina, Philosophy Department, Moscow Academy of Chemical Engineering; Professor Sergey A. Ushakov, Director, Earth Science Museum, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Dr. Yuri I. Voronkov, Head, Department of Cosmonaut Selection, Ministry of Health, and Dr. Reguina A. Yavchunovskaya, Academy of Creative Endeavours.
Series of Biopolitics Lectures at Mendeleyev University in Moscow.
Series of Biopolitics Lectures at Lomonosov State University in Moscow.
Ten-day Seminar on Biopolitics at the State Technological University of St. Petersburg.
1993
B.I.O. textbook “Biopolitics – the Bio-Environment: Bio-Syllabus” is translated into Russian and introduced in courses at universities in Russia.
1992
Biopolitics seminars held in Russia with lectures at Moscow State and Mendeleyev University.
B.I.O. lecture at the International Seminar on “New Phenomena of Russian Realities: Rights of the Child” organised by the International Women’s Centre of Russia.
B.I.O. lecture at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
B.I.O. lecture at the Academy of Creative Endeavours.
Proposal for joint humanitarian activities in Russia, with the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church, submitted by the Academy of Creative Endeavours
Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment – Volume III, introduced to the Faculty of Philosophy, Lomonosov University, BioNews no. 6, April 1996 p. 8
Valerij Gryshin, Head of Information, Council of Ministers of Russia; Professor Michael Manakov, Member of the Academy of Sciences and Head of Department, Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology; Dr. Alexandra Momdjan, President, International Women’s Center, Vice President, Academy of Creative Endeavors; and Professor Pavel Sarkisov, Rector, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, participate in the Fifth B.I.O. International Conference on “Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment: Bio-Assessment of Technology” held in Istanbul, and contribute to the volume of proceedings.
1991
Hellenic-Soviet Cultural Symposium on “Integrated Systems for Ecological Monitoring” organised by B.I.O. and the Soviet Embassy in Athens on the occasion of the visit of the Alexey Krylov research boat. Keynote addresses were presented by: Dr. Vladimir Bereznitsky, Head of the World Oceans Ecological Monitoring Project; Academician Alexey Krylov; Dr. Vladislav Souponitsky, General Director of the EcoAqua Consortium; and the Soviet Cosmonaut Makarov; V. E. Sinelnikov, Captain Tasks and Programme of the Expedition; V. M. Pashin Director, “Academician A. N. Krylov” Central Scientific Research Institute; Viktor Saviniyh Pilot-Cosmonaut, Rector, Moscow Institute for Air Photography and Cartography; Dr. M. K. Narayev Representative, Institute for Space Equipment; Professor Viktor Krasilnukov, First Vice-President, All-Union Economic Society Biopolitics – The Bio-Environment; Professor Vitalii Samuilov, Director, Centre for Education in Biotechnology; and Professor Michail Gusev, Dean, Biology Department Moscow State University.
Hellenic-Soviet Symposium on Biopolitics – the Bio¬Environment and International Co-operation included participation by: Valerij Grishin, Head of the Information Department of the President of Russia; Victor A. Boiko, Charge d’Affaires of the Russian Embassy; Dr. Alexandra Momdjan, Vice-President of the Academy of Creative Endeavours, President of the International Women Centre; Professor Sergei I. Kolesnikov, President of the East Siberian Section of the Medical Academy; Professor Irina Manuilova, Cor. Member of the Medical Academy of Russia, Director of the IWC Family Planning Clinic; Professor Ludmila P. Bueva, Member of the Academy of Creative Endeavour, Member of the Board of the I.W.C.; Tatjana D. Matveeva, Candidate of Historical Sciences Secretary of the I.W.C.; Natalia S. Grigorjeva, Director, I.W.C. Science – Research Institute, and Alexander Oleskin, Research Scientist, Department of Biology, Moscow State University.
Third B.I.O. Hellenic-Soviet Symposium on “Biopolitics and International C-operation” organised under the auspices of the Soviet Embassy with the participation of the Head of the Press Office of President Boris Yeltsin, the Vice-President of the Academy of Creative Endeavours, and leading representatives from the Academy of Medical Sciences of Russia.
Fourth Bios Day, in honour of the participants of the Hellenic¬Soviet Symposium
B.I.O. lectures at Moscow State University, the Mendeleyev Institute of Chemical Technology and the Academy of Creative Endeavours.
Establishement of the B.I.O. – Moscow State University Students and Scholars Exchange Program based on a biocentric curriculum with special courses.
B.I.O. President attends meeting with the Head of the Press Office of President Boris Yeltsin at the White House.
B.I.O. presence in the Soviet Union grows as the Moscow State University suggests Biopolitics as an umbrella concept for all programs and proposal for introducing Biopolitics into the Russian legislation are made.
Six-month project on a “Bio-Curriculum for Education and Business” with the participation of visiting research scientists from the Moscow State University Faculty of Biology.
Participation by Andrew Belkovsky, Center of Human Sciences, Presidium of the Academy of Sciences; Dr. Boris A. Gontarev, President, Academy of World Civilizations, Moscow; Professor N.B. Gradova, Moscow Mendeleev, Chemico-Technological Institute; Professor Michali V. Gusev, Dean, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University; Professor Y. Karabasov, Deputy Chief, State Committee for Science and Technology; Professor Michail N. Manakov, Moscow Mendeleev, Chemico-Technological Institute; Dr. A.V. Oleskin, Department of Biology, Moscow State University; Maxim V. Provotorov, Medical Institute; Professor Vitaly D. Samuilov, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University; Professor A. Shlikov, Deputy Chief of Department, State Committee for Science and Technology; and Dr. Nadezhda Shulenina, Philosophy Department, Lomonosov University, Moscow, in the Fourth B.I.O. International Conference on the “International University for the Bio¬Environment” including contributions to the volume of proceedings.
