Local Organizing Committee

Russia's leading demographers and spiritual leaders are members of the Organizing Committee.

Professor Antonov A.I.

Demographic Studies

Head of Department of Family Sociology and Demography, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Doctor of Philosophy (1983, specializing in applied sociology), academician-secretary of the department of demography of the International Academy of forecasting, prize winner ROSA P. Sorokin.

Chairman of the Committee on Sociology of Population and Family ROSA, Expert Committee on Social Policy of the Russian Federation Council, a member of the IWG National Priority Project on Health and Population Policy of the Presidential Council on implementation of priority national projects.

Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov

Strategic Direction

Pedagogical Institute
Moscow Theological Seminary and Academy

Initiator and inspirer of the Pro-Life and Pro-Family movement in Russia. The head of the Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church on relations with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement . Pastor of eight churches in Moscow and Moscow region. Propretor of the St. Tikhon Orthodox Humanitarian University. Dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Culture at the Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great. Co-Chairman of the Church and Society Council of biomedical ethics.

Archpriest Maxim Obukhov

Russia's Pro-Life Movement

First Medical Institute

Stood at the origins of the Russian Pro-Life and Pro-Family movement in 1993, recognized leader and inspirer of anti-abortion activities in Russia (numerous Pro-Life websites). Head of the Orthodox Christian medical and educational center "LIFE", the initiator of the first edition in Russia of pro-Life magazine "Herald of Life".

Rector of the St. Martyr Vonifati Church at the 1st Central Moscow Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital. One of the initiators and organizers of the annual film festival "Family of Russia".

Igor Beloborodov, PhD

Organizing Committee Director

Moscow Psychological and Social Institute - MA
Russian State Social University - PhD thesis
More than 40 scientific publications

A professional demographer, sociologist, publicist
Director of the Foundation for the protection of the Family, Motherhood and Childhood, Vice-Chairman of All-Russian NGO "For the Life and protection of Family values, Director of NGO "Institute for Demographic Research", editor in chief of information-analytical portal www.demographia.ru.

Alexey Komov

Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee

PhD study at MSU: Demographic Modeling in Russia in XXI Century

St. Tikhon Orthodox Humanitarian University - Faculty of Theology Moscow State Lomonosov University (MSU). MA in History
The Open University, Business School, UK, MBA
State University of New York (SUNY), NY, USA
Author of the book: Stock markets regulation in USA and Russia

Member of the Board of Trustees of Temple of Annunciation in Petrovsky Park in Moscow. Over 18 years of experience in consulting, marketing, business development and organizing special events (conferences, concerts, exhibitions, tournaments). An expert in real estate, finance, advertising and show business. Founding partner of Integrity Consulting.