Dmitry Itskov

Dmitry Itskov co-founded a successful Internet business in 1999 and then evolved it into a diversified online media company, New Media Stars.

In 2005, Dmitry decided to dedicate his time and effort to a major social project and in parallel, he began developing an interest in life-extension technologies.

In 2009, he met with scientists and spiritual leaders and formed the idea of founding a public science project devoted to furthering human evolution — a social movement and online social network focused on popularizing the idea and accelerating the realization of cybernetic immortality.

Dmitry commissioned a survey in 2010 of scientists and spiritual leaders on the topic of creating an artificial human body and transferring human consciousness to it. Assisted by leading Russian specialists in neural interfaces, artificial organs and cybernetic systems, he formulated his Avatar project, which later received the support of HH the Dalai Lama in March 2012.

In 2011, he launched the non-profit organization Russia 2045 and then expanded the organization to the international 2045 Initiative and organized the first international Global Future 2045 congress, held in February of 2012 in Moscow. Aiming to identify global threats and opportunities related to the development of new technologies, the Congress developed recommendations for realizing an optimal future with the Avatar science project as a key element.

To fully focus on realizing 2045 Initiative projects, he stepped down from his CEO position with New Media Stars in the spring of 2012. Dmitry received a degree in Corporate Management from the Plekhanov University of Economics in 2002.