Talks
Archive of past public appearances in science communication: lectures, festival events, radio and television appearances, interviews, and podcasts. Selected acknowledgements related to public speaking are also included here.
Live talks
For adults
02.10.2026
International Conference “Yerevan: City and History” (միջազգային գիտաժողով «Երեվան. Քաղաք եվ պատմություն»). Section “Urban Planning and Architecture”. Presentation: “Manhole Covers of Yerevan: History Beneath Our Feet”. Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, Karen Demirchyan Museum (7 Ghazar Parpetsi St.). Audience: conference participants and guests.
03.05.2025
International Conference Lsaran EduCon & Fest 2025 (Arthurs Aghveran Resort, Arzakan, Kotayk Province, Republic of Armenia). Lecture “What Armenians Have Invented: A Brief History of Armenian Inventive Thought.” Audience: conference guests and participants.
13.03.2025
Yerevan History Museum (Yerevan, Armenia, 1/1 Argishti St.). Lecture “History of Armenian Inventive Thought: What Armenians Invented in Yerevan and Beyond.” Audience: mixed.
18.01.2025
Yerevan Science Digest 2024, a festival of the year’s major science news (Yerevan, Armenia, 35G Tumanyan St., Letters and Numbers Coworking). Lecture “Major Inventions of 2024.” Audience: festival guests. Talk recording.
05.08.2024
Auditoria Tbilisi cultural space (Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 Simon Janashia St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: mixed.
13.09.2023
Common Ground Books & Spirits public space (6 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor” (for adults). Audience: Common Ground visitors.
21.03.2023
Relokant Bar (Yerevan, Armenia, 7 Agasi Khandjyan St.). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: mixed.
01.11.2022
Relokant Bar (Yerevan, Armenia, 7 Agasi Khandjyan St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: mixed.
26.10.2022
Planetarium 1 Yerevan (Yerevan, Armenia, English Park, 22/2 Movses Khorenatsi St.). Lecture “Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century or a Myth Promoted by the Media?” Audience: mixed.
24.08.2022
Relokant Bar (Yerevan, Armenia, 7 Agasi Khandjyan St.). Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” Audience: mixed.
12.02.2022
New IT Fest, an information technology festival (Accenture, Tver, 37 Dmitry Donskoy St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: festival participants, Accenture employees.
21.01.2022
Sinara Public Talks: Urban Transport (Sinara Hall, Yekaterinburg, 15 Verkh-Isetsky Blvd.). Lecture “Invented in Russia.” Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
18.12.2021
“Enrichment Factory” lecture club (Norilsk, 33a Komsomolskaya St.). Lecture “The History of Russian Inventive Thought.” Audience: forum participants. Talk recording.
27.11.2021
Impulse of Knowledge youth forum (Saransk, Radisson Hotel & Congress Center, 54 Sovetskaya St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: forum participants.
30.10.2021
Murmansk Book Fair (Murmansk Regional Scientific Library, 21a Sofya Perovskaya St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: fair visitors.
02.09.2021
Kaspersky Academy of Skillcraft & Tech Wizardry (Moscow, 39A2 Leningradskoye Hwy., Kaspersky Lab). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: company employees.
25.04.2021
Oktava Cluster anniversary (Tula, Oktava Creative Industrial Cluster, 18 Tsentralny Lane). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests.
12.12.2020
Rukami International Festival of Ideas and Technologies (Yekaterinburg, Ekaterinburg Arena, 5 Repin St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests. Talk recording.
13.03.2020
Manege Central Exhibition Hall (St. Petersburg, 1 St. Isaac’s Square). Exhibition project “Laboratory of the Future. Kinetic Art in Russia.” Lecture “Kinetic Art: At the Intersection of Science and Imagination.” Audience: mixed.
29.02.2020
Yasnaya Polyana Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy (Yasnaya Polyana Cultural Center, Tula Region). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: mixed.
23.11.2019
RUSAL Festival #Science (Kamensk-Uralsky, 36 Lenin St., Social and Cultural Center). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests.
09.11.2019
RUSAL Festival #Science (Novokuznetsk, 71 Kirov St., City Administration). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests.
03.11.2019
“Another University” project (Nizhny Novgorod, 27 Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: Young Guard representatives.
26.10.2019
RUSAL Festival #Science (Achinsk, City Palace of Culture, 3rd Microdistrict, bld. 38). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests.
24.10.2019
MediaCom Moscow advertising agency (Moscow, 2 Tsvetnoy Blvd.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: company employees.
12.10.2019
RUSAL Festival #Science (Bratsk, Bratsk-ART Cultural Center, 57 Lenin Ave.). Lecture “Unusual Aircraft: Why They Were Created.” Audience: festival guests.
13.09.2019
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14.09.2019
International festival “Book Siberia” (Novosibirsk, State Public Scientific and Technical Library SB RAS, 15 Voskhod St.). Lectures “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century” and “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: festival visitors.
25.08.2019
Urban Future Festival (Kirov, Alexandrovsky Garden). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: festival guests.
06.08.2019
Oktava Creative Industrial Cluster (Tula). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: mixed.
28.07.2019
Liga Forum student educational forum (Bolgar). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: students, forum participants.
25.06.2019
Schneider Electric (Moscow Technopolis, 42/13 Volgogradsky Ave.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: company employees.
08.06.2019
Rukami Festival of Ideas and Technologies (Nizhny Novgorod, NNSTU named after R. E. Alekseev, 24 Minin St.). Lecture “Unusual Aircraft: Why They Were Created.” Audience: festival guests.
30.05.2019
eLearning Elements conference (Moscow, Aerostar Hotel, 37/9 Leningradsky Ave.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: conference participants. Talk recording.
23.05.2019
Respublika bookstore (Moscow, 4/7 Vozdvizhenka St.). Lecture “Invented Not in Russia.” Audience: mixed.
18.05.2019
“On the Edge of Science” festival (Astrakhan, Platform Institute for Education Development, 4 Ulyanovykh St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: mixed.
23.04.2019
Forum of Young Specialists of KNPC PJSC “NK Rosneft” (Ufa, Bashkiria Hotel, 25/29 Lenin St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: Rosneft young specialists.
26.02.2019
Sberbank Corporate University (Anosino village, Moscow Region, 11 Universitetskaya St.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: university students.
21.02.2019
“Enlightener” Lecture Hall, Russian State Children’s Library (Moscow, 1 Kaluzhskaya Sq., bldg. 1). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
14.10.2018
Nauka 0+ Science Festival, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, 27/4 Lomonosovsky Ave.). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: festival guests.
13.10.2018
Science-Art Weekend Festival, Southern Region Media Park—DSTU (Rostov-on-Don, 1 Gagarin Sq., bldg. 7). Lecture “Contemporary Kinetic Art.” Audience: DSTU students.
07.10.2018
Moscow Industry Day, Museum of Moscow (Moscow, 2 Zubovsky Blvd.). Lecture “Major Moscow Inventions.” Audience: event guests.
21.07.2018
“Pearl of Siberia” shopping and entertainment center (Tobolsk, 7th Microdistrict, 30). Lecture “Invented in Russia.” Audience: mixed.
11.06.2018
“Wild Mint” Festival (Aleksinsky District, Bunyrevo village). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: festival guests.
20.05.2018
Polytech Festival 2018, Gorky Central Park (Moscow). Lecture and presentation of the book "Do You Have a Patent? The History of Bold Inventions" by Małgorzata Mycielska and Daniel and Aleksandra Mizielińscy. Audience: festival guests.
20.04.2018
Biblionight 2018, JINR Universal Library named after D. I. Blokhintsev (Dubna, 13/7 Blokhintsev St.). Lecture “Contemporary Kinetic Art: At the Intersection of Art and Science.” Audience: mixed.
14.04.2018
Yaroslavl Book Festival “Yaroslavl Book Fever,” Nekrasov Regional Universal Scientific Library (Yaroslavl, 25V Sverdlova St.). Lecture “Invented in Russia.” Audience: mixed.
25.03.2018
Enlightener Prize Day, Svetlov Central City Youth Library (Moscow, 1 Bolshaya Sadovaya St.). Lecture “Invented in Russia.” Audience: mixed.
06.03.2018
Pushkin Library-Reading Room (Moscow, 9 Spartakovskaya St.). Lecture “Invented in Russia.” Audience: mixed.
04.03.2018
Interregional Open Robotics Festival “Roboart-2018” (Voronezh, main building of Voronezh State University). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests.
03.03.2018
Piotrovsky Bookstore (Yekaterinburg, 3 Boris Yeltsin St.). Lecture “Invented in Russia.” Audience: mixed.
10.02.2018
Intersvyaz Company, “Utyos” family resort (Chebarkul). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: company employees.
10.12.2017
Winter Book Festival “Smena” (Center for Contemporary Culture “Smena,” Kazan). Lecture “Invented Not in Russia: The History of Imaginary Primacies.” Audience: festival visitors.
07.12.2017
Siemens Science Award, 12th All-Russian Competition of Scientific and Innovative Projects for High School Students (Moscow). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: lecture hall visitors.
20.11.2017
“Skepticon-2017” Conference, Arkhe Cultural and Educational Center (Moscow). Lecture “Invented Not in Russia: The History of Imaginary Primacies.” Audience: conference attendees.
15.11.2017
“Chemistry of the Word” Lecture Hall (Tolyatti, DK “Togliattiazot,” 12 Kommunisticheskaya St.). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: city residents.
03.11.2017
Siberia International Exhibition and Business Center, 11th Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair (Krasnoyarsk, 19 Aviatorov St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: adults and children, festival guests.
29.10.2017
Monchegorsk City Cultural Center, Arctic Wave Science Festival (Monchegorsk, 30/2 Metallurgov Ave.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: adults and children, festival guests.
26.10.2017
Novosibirsk Regional Youth Library, “By the Way” Science Festival (Novosibirsk, 26 Krasny Ave.) Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: adults and children, festival guests.
21.10.2017
Norilsk Youth Center, Arctic Wave Science Festival (Norilsk, 9 Sovetskaya St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: adults and children, festival guests.
15.09.2017
Respublika bookstore (Moscow, 40 Mira Ave.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: Respublika company employees.
10.09.2017
Moscow 870th Anniversary Celebration (Moscow, Tverskaya St.). Lecture “The History of Russian Inventive Thought.” Audience: event guests.
19.07.2017
Summer School (JINR “Volga” base, Dubna). Lecture-discussion on personal experience as an editor of a magazine and website, entering the profession, responsibilities and challenges of an editor, and working with advertisers. Audience: Summer School students.
24.06.2017
Geek Picnic Festival of Technology, Science, and Art (St. Petersburg, Pulkovsky Park). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: festival guests.
18.06.2017
Geek Picnic Festival of Technology, Science, and Art (Moscow, Kolomenskoye Park). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: festival guests.
27.04.2017
Level One Educational Project. Lecture “Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century or a Myth Promoted by the Media?” at Yellow Door coworking space on Strastnoy Boulevard, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
25.04.2017
Level One Educational Project. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at KARO Event Hall on Novy Arbat, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
22.04.2017
Arkhe Cultural and Educational Center. Festival of Engaging Science. Institute of Physics, Technology and Information Systems, Moscow Pedagogical State University (29/7 Malaya Pirogovskaya St., Moscow). Lecture “The Most Unusual Aircraft: Why They Were Created.” Audience: children and parents, festival guests.
15.04.2017
Moscow Region Youth Forum “I Am a Citizen of the Moscow Region” (Solnechnogorsk, Senezh boarding house). Lecture “A Career in Science: In-Demand Professions in the Field.” Audience: students, forum participants.
12.04.2017
Level One Educational Project. Lecture “Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century or a Myth Promoted by the Media?” at Social Club Rimsky-Korsakov cultural center on Prospekt Mira, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
09.04.2017
Level One Educational Project. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at Social Club Rimsky-Korsakov cultural center on Prospekt Mira, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
30.03.2017
Level One Educational Project. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at the S. S. Prokofiev Museum in Kamergersky Lane, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
17.02.2017
26th Red Apple International Advertising Festival (Moscow, Digital October). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: Red Apple visitors.
20.12.2016
11th All-Russian Competition of Scientific and Innovative Projects for High School Students Siemens Science Award (Moscow). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: high school students (grades 8–11).
26.11.2016
“Skepticon-2016” Conference at the Arkhe Cultural and Educational Center (Moscow). Lecture “Charlatan Gadgets: From Aura Correctors to ‘Kremlin Pills.’” Audience: conference attendees.
18.11.2016
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19.11.2016
FANK Festival of Actual Scientific Cinema (Chelyabinsk). Lectures “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century” (Information Center for Atomic Energy, Chelyabinsk) and “Contemporary Kinetic Art: At the Intersection of Art and Science” (Pushkin Library).
10.11.2016
Center for Professional Education of Samara Region (Samara). A series of three lectures: “How Inventive Thinking Works,” “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century,” and “The History of Russian Inventive Thought.” Audience: teachers and continuing education participants.
29.08.2016
Boarding school for gifted children “Solnyshko” (Repnoye, Voronezh). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: students and residents (grades 9–11).
13.08.2016
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14.08.2016
Drone Expo Show (Moscow). Lecture “The Most Unusual Aircraft: Why They Were Created.” The lecture was delivered twice, on both days of the exhibition. Audience: event visitors.
26.06.2016
Geek Picnic Festival of Technology, Science, and Art (St. Petersburg). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: festival guests. Talk recording.
19.06.2016
Geek Picnic Festival of Technology, Science, and Art (Moscow). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: festival guests.
29.05.2016
“Popular Lecture Hall” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lectures “Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century or a Myth Promoted by the Media?” and “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at the open-air cinema of Muzeon Park, Moscow. Audience: mixed, park visitors.
27.04.2016
Dentsu Aegis Network Russia (Moscow). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: employees and guests of Dentsu Aegis Network Russia.
09.03.2016
MSU School of Science Journalism. Lecture “Popular Science Journalism: How to Enter the Profession.” Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow). Audience: students of various faculties.
02.02.2016
“Popular Lectures” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lecture “Albert Einstein: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century or a Myth Promoted by the Media?” at Hyundai Motorstudio lecture center on Novy Arbat, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
19.12.2015
All-Russian Youth Innovation Convention, Moscow Technopolis (Moscow). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: convention participants.
31.10.2015
“Popular Lectures” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library on Sovetskaya Street, Novosibirsk. Audience: mixed.
26.09.2015
“Popular Lectures” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at Loft Project Etazhi on Ligovsky Avenue, St. Petersburg. Audience: mixed.
24.09.2015
Technical University of UMMC (Verkhnyaya Pyshma). Lecture-seminar “PR Work with the Press: Features of Online and Print Journalism.” Duration: 8 academic hours. Audience: UMMC PR staff, as well as editors and journalists of corporate newspapers.
11.08.2015
Aleksin Chemical Plant (Aleksin). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: engineers and technologists of the plant.
13.06.2015
Geek Picnic Festival of Technology, Science, and Art (Moscow). Lecture “Contemporary Kinetic Art: At the Intersection of Art and Science.” Audience: festival guests.
24.04.2015
Festival of Engaging Science (Moscow). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: children and parents, festival guests.
21.04.2015
“Popular Lecturs” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at Hyundai Motorstudio lecture center on Novy Arbat, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
16.04.2015
Punktum Cultural Center (Moscow). Lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: mixed.
31.03.2015
“Popular Lectures” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at Hyundai Motorstudio lecture center on Novy Arbat, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
26.03.2015
Patriot Educational and Wellness Center (Tuchkovo). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works” (with an extended focus on aviation topics). Audience: cadets aged 14–16.
17.03.2015
“Popular Lectures” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. Lecture “The Life and Inventions of Nikola Tesla: How to Distinguish Facts from Legends?” at Hyundai Motorstudio lecture center on Novy Arbat, Moscow. Audience: mixed.
28.02.2015
Arkhe Cultural and Educational Center (Moscow). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: mixed.
07.02.2015
Punktum Cultural Center (Moscow). Lecture “Contemporary Kinetic Art: At the Intersection of Art and Science.” Audience: mixed.
27.11.2014
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28.11.2014
Robosib-2014 Festival (Irkutsk, Sibexpocenter). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: festival participants (from 10 years old and up).
29.10.2014
3rd Regional Science Festival (Voronezh, Voronezh State University). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: students in grades 8–10.
10.10.2014
2nd Regional Science Festival (Belgorod, Belgorod State University). A series of lectures: “How Inventive Thinking Works” and “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: senior university students.
29.09.2014
“Growth Rules” Innovation Ideas Competition organized by the Agency for Innovation and Development (Voronezh). Lecture “How to Come Up with Ideas and Put Them into Practice” as part of the award ceremony. Audience: open, without restrictions. Talk recording.
23.09.2014
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24.09.2014
“Popular Lectures” project by Popular Mechanics magazine. A series of lectures on “How Inventive Thinking Works” at Bauman Moscow State Technical University and MAI (Moscow). Audience: senior students.
20.07.2014
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27.07.2014
All-Russian Youth Forum “Seliger-2014,” Innovation shift. A series of lectures: “How Inventive Thinking Works,” “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century,” and “300 Years of Russian Inventiveness.” Audience: open, without restrictions.
For children
05.09.2024
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09.09.2024
Auditoria Kids Educational Center (Tbilisi, Georgia, 53a Vasil Barnov St.), Arkhe Center children’s city camp, session “How to Become an Inventor,” instructor. A series of lectures “How to Become an Inventor” and “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century,” adapted for children. Audience: children, camp participants.
27.06.2023
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29.06.2023
Common Ground Books & Spirits public space (6 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia); Arche Center children’s urban camp, session “Dinosaurs and Beyond” with paleontologist Yaroslav Popov. Lectures “How to Become an Inventor” and “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century,” adapted for children. Audience: children, participants of the session.
01.12.2022
Junior Club kindergarten (Yerevan, Armenia, 2 Sasna Tsrer St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: preschool children (ages 4–5).
28.08.2021
“Children of Kulibin” Festival of Dreamers and Inventors (Nizhny Novgorod, Three Saints Church Quarter, 22 Novaya St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: festival guests.
25.09.2019
Pavlovskaya Gymnasium (Istra District, Velednikovo village, 136 Zhivopisnaya St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: gymnasium students.
04.09.2018
School No. 548 “Tsaritsyno” (Lenin State Farm settlement, 21A). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: students of School No. 548.
05.04.2018
Presentation of the I Make inventors’ community (Monchegorsk, School No. 14, 24 Komsomolskaya St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: students from various schools in Monchegorsk.
04.04.2018
Presentation of the I Make inventors’ community (Zapolyarny, School No. 19, 2a Krupskaya St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: students from various schools in Zapolyarny.
18.11.2017
Pokrov Children’s Home (Pokrov, 50 3rd International St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: children.
15.11.2017
Unified Children’s Library System named after Bianki (Togliatti, 71A Liza Chaikina St.). Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: children.
27.10.2017
Gymnasium No. 10 (Novosibirsk, 31 Revolyutsii St.), “By the Way” Science Festival. Lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: children, gymnasium students.
22.09.2016
Moscow Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills (Moscow). Lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: children (grades 7–10).
14.12.2014
Polytech Children’s University (HSE University, Moscow). A series of lectures on “How to Find the Answer to Any Question.” Audience: children aged 8–10 (grades 3–4).
12.10.2014
Polytech Children’s University (HSE University, Moscow). A series of lectures on “How to Find the Answer to Any Question.” Audience: children aged 8–10 (grades 3–4).
Online lectures
09.09.2026
Curiosophy Lectures. Online lecture “Enjoy Your Steam! And a Little Espionage: A Nuclear Detective Story about the Creation of the World’s First Nuclear Power Plant”. Audience: Curiosophy Lectures attendees.
04.06.2026
Curiosophy Lectures. Online lecture “Invented in the USSR.” Audience: Curiosophy Lectures attendees.
27.02.2025
Yandex Kids Community. Online lecture “How to Become an Inventor” for children and parents of the community.
06.04.2023
Ramax Group of Companies, Corporate University. Online lecture “Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs of the 21st Century.” Audience: Ramax employees.
26.05.2021
Official channel of the Irkutsk Regional State Universal Scientific Library named after I. I. Molchanov-Sibirsky. Online lecture “Invented in the USSR.” Audience: channel subscribers.
02.04.2021
International Book Festival “Knigamart” (Irkutsk). Online lecture “Invented in the USSR.” Audience: festival guests. Talk recording.
28.02.2021
Educational project “ID Camp” by Style Project event agency for Gazprombank (Moscow). Online lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: children.
11.02.2021
Russian Jewish Congress. Participation in a public talk dedicated to World Inventor’s Day as part of the project “5 o’clock with the Russian Jewish Congress.” Host: Mikhail Gurevich. Experts: Mikhail Azarkh, Semyon Litsin, Dmitry Maryasis, Irina Pigulevskaya, Tim Skorenko. Audience: channel viewers.
29.11.2020
International Festival of Ideas and Technologies “Rukami.” Online lecture “The Maker in the USSR.” Audience: festival guests. Talk recording.
15.11.2020
All-Russian Rukami Project Competition. Webinar within the online program for finalists. A shortened version of the lecture “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: competition finalists.
14.10.2020
Webinar “How to Become an Inventor” for Schneider Electric. Audience: company employees.
17.06.2020
Webinar “How to Become an Inventor” for Sberbank’s educational initiative “School 21.” Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
01.04.2016
City Business School (Moscow). Video lecture “How Inventive Thinking Works.” Audience: City Business School students.
Book presentations
05.10.2024
Podpisnye Izdaniya Bookstore (57 Liteiny Ave., St. Petersburg, Russia). Lecture–presentation of the book “Mars Rover, Accordion, MRI: A History of Armenian Inventive Thought.”
03.10.2024
Armenian Museum of Moscow and the Culture of Nations (Moscow, 33/1 Mira Ave., Olympic Plaza Business Center). Lecture–presentation of the book “Mars Rover, Accordion, MRI: A History of Armenian Inventive Thought.” Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
08.09.2024
Yerevan Book Fest 2024 (National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, 1 Aram St.). Lecture–presentation of the book “Mars Rover, Accordion, MRI: A History of Armenian Inventive Thought.” Audience: mixed.
05.09.2024
Common Ground Books & Spirits public space (6 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia). Lecture–presentation of the book “Mars Rover, Accordion, MRI: A History of Armenian Inventive Thought.” Audience: mixed.
06.12.2019
International Intellectual Literature Fair non/fictio№ (Moscow, Gostiny Dvor, 4 Ilyinka St.). Lecture–presentation of the book “Think and Invent.” Topic: “How to Become an Inventor.” Audience: fair visitors.
30.11.2019
VDNH Book Pavilion (Moscow, 119 Mira Ave., bldg. 516). Presentation of the book “PR Me If You Can” (AST Publishing). Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
24.09.2019
Biblio-Globus Bookstore (Moscow, 6/3 Myasnitskaya St., bldg. 1). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
17.09.2019
Moscow Book House (Moscow, 8 Novy Arbat St.). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: mixed.
13.09.2019
International Festival “Book Siberia” (Novosibirsk, State Public Scientific and Technical Library SB RAS, 15 Voskhod St.). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction).
08.09.2019
Moscow International Book Fair (VDNH, Pavilion No. 75). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: mixed.
17.08.2019
VDNH Book Pavilion (Moscow, 119 Mira Ave., bldg. 516). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: mixed.
23.07.2019
Moskva Bookstore (8 Tverskaya St., bldg. 1). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
14.07.2019
Geek Picnic Festival of Technology, Science, and Art (Moscow, park near the Palace of Pioneers on Kosygina St.). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: festival guests.
15.06.2019
Smena Summer Book Festival (Black Lake Park, Kazan). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: festival visitors.
04.06.2019
Red Square Book Festival (Moscow). Lecture “Invented in the USSR” as part of the presentation of the book of the same title (Alpina Non-Fiction). Audience: festival guests.
03.12.2017
International Intellectual Literature Fair "non/fictio№" (Moscow, Central House of Artists, 10 Krymsky Val St.). Presentation of the book “Popular Mechanics. Entertaining Experiments and Demonstrations.” Audience: fair visitors. Talk recording.
03.12.2017
International Intellectual Literature Fair "non/fictio№" (Moscow, Central House of Artists, 10 Krymsky Val St.). Lecture–presentation of the book “Invented in Russia.” Topic: "History of Russian Inventive Thought." Audience: fair visitors.
14.11.2017
Library No. 19 named after F. M. Dostoevsky (Moscow, 23 Chistoprudny Blvd., bldg. 1). Presentation of the book “People of the World. The Russian Scientific Diaspora.” Audience: mixed. Talk recording.
26.10.2017
“Kapital” Bookstore (17 Krasny Prospekt, Novosibirsk). Presentation of the book “Invented in Russia.” Audience: general.
03.10.2017
All-Russian Forum “Proektoria” (Yaroslavl, Arena 2000). Lecture–presentation of the book “Invented in Russia.” Topic: "History of Russian Inventive Thought." Audience: school students participating in the forum.
Participation in discussions
12.12.2020
International Festival of Ideas and Technologies “Rukami” (Yekaterinburg, Russia; Ekaterinburg Arena Stadium, 5 Repina St.). Participation in a discussion on the topic “Not Invented in Russia.”
03.12.2019
Public talk during the pre-premiere screening of the film “The Current War” (host: Nikolai Uskov; participants: Timur Bekmambetov, Igor Drozdov, Andrey Krichevsky, Tim Skorenko; Moscow, Skolkovo Innovation Center). Audience: screening guests.
12.04.2018
International Strategic Forum on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies IPQuorum 2018 (Svetlogorsk, Yantar Hall Concert Complex, 1 Lenin St.). Speaker in the discussion “Traditional Media vs. Digital Services: Partners or Competit