Competitions

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:

  1. To support women researchers, authors and entrepreneurs in the field of climate and environment
  2. 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.



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


    Popular-Science Media Competition on Climate and Environment

    Competition is for women authors working in both social media and other forms of media on the topic of climate and the environment, including in the areas of reducing impact of human activities on climate and environment, adaptation to climate change, technologies for decarbonization, waste reduction and industrial waste management, oil waste, water management, circular economy, sustainable cities, renewable energies, etc.


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    Research Project on Climate Change Competition

    Competition is for female researchers and authors' groups with female participants (minimum 30%) with scientific articles, projects, theses, etc., doing research in natural science, economics, politics, medical science, and other research fields on the theme of climate and environment: reducing impact of human activities on climate and environment, adaptation to climate change, decarbonization technologies, waste reduction and industrial waste management, oil waste, water management, circular economy, sustainable cities, renewable energies, etc.


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    Environmental Startup Competition

    Competition is for female participants in the startups leading positions, including founders or co-founders. We invite to participate in the competition startups offering solutions in: reducing impact of human activities on climate and environment, adaptation to climate change, decarbonization technologies, waste reduction and industrial waste management, oil waste, water management, circular economy, sustainable cities, renewable energies, etc.


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