VK's "Forum in the Big City" has announced the full program

All the participants and topics of the forum dedicated to International Women's Day have become known. The Forum in the Big City will be held on March 5 with a video broadcast on the VK platform. Among the speakers are Ida Galich and her mother, Valeria, Eteri Tutberidze, Elizaveta Bazykina. In 18 discussions, the path in "non-feminine" professions, high-achievement sports, business, politics and other fields will be discussed.

Anya Pokrov, Nikita Sudar, Olesya Garipova, Alexey Sukharev, Alexey Igazaryan, Victoria Levitskaya, REDGI and Maxim Zayats will broadcast from the forum. The topic "On the verge of attention: the art of audience engagement" will be discussed by comedian Varvara Shcherbakova, singer and actress Valya Carnival, bloggers Anya Pokrov and Yulia Godunova. The moderator of the meeting is Ulyana Pylaeva.

At the meeting "From heart to heart: a frank conversation between a mother and daughter," blogger, actress and entrepreneur Ida Galich and her mother Zarina Tengizovna Galich will talk about the importance of family support and the phenomenon of "successful success." The discussion will be moderated by Evgenia Plotnikova, media producer and author of the women's show "Stories of Zhenya". The discussion "Women in business as a catalyst for influencing the economy of the future" will be attended by Anna Pracht, entrepreneur and co-founder of the ARNY PRAHT project, Ilona Drozh, founder of the PUSY brand, founder of the FMCG brand Bionova, NovaProduct AG Alexandra Gudimova, CEO of Ozon CIS Natalia Boer, founder of STUDIO 29 and author of the community for entrepreneursVisionaries" by Tanya Fomicheva. Panel Moderator ― Elina Isagulova, Vice President of B2B Commerce and Operational Management at VK. A secret guest, a sex symbol of our country, has been announced at the forum - a separate meeting will be held with him.

Actresses Ekaterina Volkova, Alexandra Deten, Elizaveta Bazykina, Nika Zdorik and Ekaterina Klimova will take part in the discussion "Prime Era: Reboot and reinterpretation in Russian cinema". The meeting was moderated by journalist Alexandra Perfilieva. Olympic bronze medalist and world champion in figure skating Oksana Domnina, People's Artist of Russia Valeria, actress Natasha Bardot, and CEO of KASSIR will talk about the balance of relationships and careers at the discussion "Balance of love and personal Ambitions".Elena Glukhovskaya, TV presenter Assol, PR and Marketing Director of Pinskiy&Co holding, Stars Coffee chain, and Elena Pinskaya, wife of restaurateur Anton Pinsky. The meeting will be moderated by TV presenter Ekaterina Shugaeva.

Agatha Dranga and Svetlana Bondarchuk, Lisa Yushchuk and Ekaterina Vyalikova, Natalia Rudova and Nastasia Samburskaya will take part in the dialogue "Does female friendship exist?" The meeting will be moderated by Channel One producer Yulia Kozlova. The forum will host an exclusive meeting with figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze and sports journalist Emma Gadzhieva. Svetlana Romashina, head coach of the Russian national synchronized swimming team, Angelina Melnikova, Olympic champion in gymnastics, Marina Katashinskaya, three-time world champion in sports and ballroom dancing, Alsou Minazova, participant of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, vice-world champion in rowing slalom and Anna Prugova, Honored Master of Sports of Russia in Ice Hockey, KHL TV commentator. Maria Kiselyova, Olympic champion in synchronized swimming, will moderate the meeting.

During the discussion "Moscow as a center of cultural life", the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Kristina Kretova, art critic, collector, founder of the Masters school Polina Bondareva, General Director of the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve Elizaveta Fokina, poet and reader Kristina Novikova, founder of the a-s-t—r—a gallery of modern art Alina will exchange views. Kryukova and actress Svetlana Kamynina. The meeting was moderated by journalist Evgenia Smurygina.

Trends and experiments in modern literature will be discussed by writers Asya Lavrinovich and Irina Oganova, writer and psychotherapist Yulia Pirumova, PR Director of the Subscription Editions publishing house Arina Gromyko and Director of Strategic Communications and Branding of the Eksmo-AST publishing holding Ekaterina Kozhanova. The meeting will be moderated by TV presenter Maria Kravchenko. The discussion on charity expanded: Miroslava Sergeenko, the founder of the Oncologika Foundation, was joined by theater and film actress, TV presenter, and public figure Evelina Bledans, head of the Strategic Social Projects Department at T-Bank Tatiana Polyakova, and Ekaterina Gosteva, fundraising Director at the Friends Foundation. The moderator of the meeting will be TV and radio presenter Tutta Larsen.

"On the eve of the holiday, it was important for us to create a single space where different heroines, their opinions and experiences meet. The Forum in the Big City is an opportunity for experts and guests to discuss what they care about, share practices and find ideas that can be applied immediately — in work, projects and life," said Nikita Nichkalyuk, Marketing Director of VKontakte.