Sergey Bodrunov, PhD, is a Professor and a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering. He is the President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, the oldest civic organization in Europe and the world (founded by the decree of the Empress Catherine the Great in 1765). He is also founder and Director of the St. Petersburg S.Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Development.

Dr. Bodrunov is the author of over 1200 scientific papers, including 35 monographs concerning the issues of information systems development and society informatization, science and technology progress growth, intellectual property, history of science and management, the state and development prospects of economy, and a strategy of high technology economic development.

Dr. Bodrunov is the author of fundamental papers in the sphere of society development, author of the concept of the new industrial society of the second generation (NIS.2), and the theory of noonomy recognized worldwide.

In particular, his book Noonomy was awarded a prize from the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) "For an outstanding contribution to the development of Political Economy in the XXI(th) century" (2018). The course on the theory of noonomy is taught in the leading universities of Russia, as well as in several other countries. He possesses extensive experience in managing significant business assets and is an accredited investor in the field of high-tech manufacturing.