COMPETITIONS FOR WOMEN CHANGING SCIENCE, BUSINESS AND MEDIA IN THE FIELD OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
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About competitions
The Environmental Platform competitions at the third Eurasian Women’s Forum are held for female leaders in different fields: entrepreneurship, media and science. Apply for the competitions and you will get an opportunity to talk about your activities as part of the pitching session of the Environmental Platform, while you could also receive prizes from the competitions' partners.
Aims of the competitions:
- To support women researchers, authors and entrepreneurs in the field of climate and environment
- To promote women's projects and to raise awareness of climate and environment issues
Organizers
The competitions are held as part of the Environmental Platform of the third Eurasian Women's Forum with the support of the Federation Council.
Intellectual partner of the contests
The Energy Center of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo
The Energy Center of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo is one of the leader’s expertise market on the development of the energy industry in Russia. In our sphere independent energy and environmental studies, strategic consulting clients (Russian and foreign players in the energy market), organizing connected events dedicated to the energy agenda, popularization of new industry trends, training future branch leaders.
Partner of the Environmental Startup Competition – KFC
KFC
KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM.), is a global chicken restaurant brand with a rich, decades-long history of success and innovation. It all started with one cook, Colonel Harland Sanders, who created a finger lickin’ good recipe 80 years ago, a list of secret herbs and spices scratched out on the back of the door to his kitchen. Today we still follow his formula for success, with real cooks breading and freshly preparing our delicious chicken by hand in more than 24,000 restaurants in 145
countries and territories around the world.
Expert Jury
Popular-Science Media Competition on Climate and Environment
| Angelina Davydova, Director of the Office of Environmental Information, Lecturer at St. Petersburg State University and ITMO University |
| Olga Dobrovidova, President of the Association of Communicators in Education and Science (AKSON), Vice President of the European Federation of Science Journalism |
| Irina Kazmina, Editor-in-Chief, Vedomosti |
| Dmitry Yakovenko, Editor of the Billionaires Channel, Forbes Russia |
| Sergey Brilev, President of the Global Energy Association for the Development of International Energy Studies and Projects |
Research Project on Climate Change Competition
| Andrey Kolpakov, Senior Researcher, Laboratory for Forecasting in the Fuel and Energy Complex, INP RAS |
| Alexander Chernokulsky, Senior Researcher, A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, RAS |
| Minzalya Ishmuratova, Chief Operating Officer of the SKOLKOVO Business School Energy Centre; President of the Women in Energy Association, 2011–2014 – Vice President for Development and Projects, International Global Energy Prize |
Environmental Startup Competition
| Alyona Yuzefovich, Founder of the Boxy Battery Recycling Service, MSc Sweden School of Sustainbility |
| Sergei Arkhipov, Head of Technology Partnerships and Import-Substitution Department, Gazprom Neft |
| Olga Maslova, Senior Innovation Manager, Enel Russia |
| Yulia Zaeva, Branch Director, Shell Global Solutions Eastern Europe |
| Olga Kalashnikova, Head of Ecology, Severstal |
| Yana Komarova, CEO, Zerno Ventures |
| Raisa Polyakova, General Manager, KFC Russia and CIS |
Winners
Finalists of the Environmental Startup Competition
1st PLACE | |
| Elena Kartсeva-Abanina, General Director | Win-Bin project winbin.ru |
2nd PLACE | |
| Elena Gorohova, Co-Founder, Head | PosadiLes project posadiles.ru |
3rd PLACE | |
| Ekaterina Evseeva, Project Manager | Disinfectant ‘BioEM-Active’ |
Finalists of the Popular-Science Media Competition on Climate and Environment
1st PLACE | |
| Elena Shelyagina, Head of Urban Nature Direction, Moscow Circular project | Project ‘Why should the city be green? Three ways to save biodiversity’ |
2nd PLACE | |
| Anastasiya Khlyakina, Coordinator of Eco-Education Projects, Russian Climate Foundation | Project ‘Travel notes from the shores of the Gulf of Finland: water and climate’ |
3rd PLACE | |
| Anastasia Evdokimova, Correspondent, Omsk Television Company LLC | Project ‘Sorting rules. Visiting "RazDelny Sbor" (St. Petersburg)’ |
Finalists of the Research Project on Climate Change Competition
1st PLACE | |
| Elena Vyshkvarkova, Leading Researcher, Institute of Natural and Technical Systems FSBSI | Project ‘The impact of climate change on viticulture in the Sevastopol Region’ |
2nd PLACE | |
| Elena Romadina, Graduate Student, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) | Project ‘Design of new organic materials for flow batteries’ |
3rd PLACE | |
| Tatyana Nevzorova, Junior Researcher, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin | Barriers, drivers and context environment of technological innovation: An analysis of the biogas industry in Russia |
Participation in competitions
Stage 1. Applications for participation: from 1 September to 28 September, 2021
Acceptance of applications is over.
Stage 2. Review and selection of applications: 28 September to 10 October, 2021
Finals. Selection of winners and pitching session of finalists: 13 October, 2021 at the third Eurasian Women's Forum
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