13:00-13:30. Opening of the Conference

Moderator: Dr. Valery Engel, Director of the Center for the Extremism and Radicalism Studies at the Moscow Institute of Economics (CERS)

• Igor Surat, President of the Moscow Economic Institute (Russia).
• Valery Tishkov, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
• Zhafyarov Alexey Gayarovich, Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision over the Execution of Laws on Federal Security, Interethnic Relations, Countering Extremism and Terrorism of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation (Russia).
• Lukyantsev Grigory Evgenievich, Ph.D., Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

13:30-14:30. Plenary session "Extremism. Global and Regional Trends.

Moderator: Dr. Valery Engel, Director of CERS

• Valery Engel, CERS (Russia). "Basic Definitions of Extremism in International Law. A Comparative Analysis”.
• Alexander Rostokinsky, Moscow City Pedagogical University, Head of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines (Russia). "Global Trends in Anti-extremist Legislation and Law Enforcement Practices".
• Eric Gozlan, co-director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue (France).

" Features of European radicalism”.

• Marina Peunova, OHCHR, Consultant (USA). “Addressing conditions and drivers of far-right violent extremism conducive to Terrorism”.
• Mikhail Bugakov, Ph.D. (Lithuania). "Radicalization of society and extremism: a philosophical aspect"

14:30-16:15. Plenary session "Extremism. Regional Specifics: Europe and Asia.

STREAM I.

Moderator: Dr. Ilya Tarasov, Professor, Kant Baltic Federal University (Russia).

• Igor Kotler, Director, Museum of Human Rights, Freedom and Tolerance (USA). "Extremist Movements in the Post-Soviet Space: Origins and Main Trends.
• Giorgio Shani, Professor, International Christian University (Japan). "The State of Hate in India”.
• Andrei Bolshakov, Head of the Conflictology Chair, Kazan Federal University (Russia). "Civil War and Terrorism in Afghanistan: Implications for Security in the Central Asian Region”.
• Salamat Malabaev, Senior Lecturer at the Kyrgyz State University of Geology, Mining and Natural Resources Development (Kyrgyzstan). "Changes in Historical Memory as one of the reasons for the development of Xenophobia and Extremism in Kyrgyzstan."
• Rubin Zeman, Director of the Center for Advanced Researches (Republic of Northern Macedonia). "The role of culture and music on hate speech, radicalism and xenophobia: Case of Serbian – Albanian antagonism and the performance of Goran Bregovic in Korcha».
• Maxim Vilkov, Director of the Interregional Public Movement "For Democracy and Human Rights” (Russia). "The growth of the political influence of far-right movements in Eastern Europe. Issues of Language and Citizenship".
• Ilya Tarasov, Professor, Kant Baltic Federal University (Russia).

"Migrantophobia in Central and Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic”.

• Giovanni Savino, Senior Lecturer of the Institute for Social Sciences, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Italy). “Anti-vaxxer discourse in the European Far-Right”

14:30-16:15. Plenary session "Extremism. Regional Specifics: Europe and Asia.

STREAM II.

Moderator: Eric Gozlan, Co-director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue (France)

• Jean-Yves Camus, Director of the Observatory of Political Radicalism of the Jean Jaurès Foundation (France). "Far-right extremism in France”.
• Ruslan Bortnik, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics (Ukraine). "Xenophobia and Extremism in Ukraine: Changes after the Change of Power”.
• Anna Castriota, Research Fellow, St. Clair College, Oxford (UK). "The Rise of Far-Right Populism and Xenophobic Racism in Italy (2018-2020)."
• Dmitry Stratievsky, Director of the Berlin Center for Eastern European Studies OEZB e.V. (Germany). "The COVID-19 Skeptics in Germany and Their Connection to Radical Right."
• Pranvera Tika, Researcher at the Panteion University of Athens, Greece. "Contemporary Extremism in Greece. New Trends or Old Trend?"
• William Alchorn, Associate Director, Center for the Analysis of Radical Right (UK). "Xenophobia and Radicalization in the United Kingdom (2018-2020).
• Maxim Bychkov, Associate Professor of the Moscow Economic Institute (Russia). "Political Extremism in Ireland in XX Century".

16:15 – 18:00. Plenary session "Extremism. Regional Specifics: North and South America”.

Moderator: Dr. Bàrbara Molas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS)

• Stephen Bronner, Professor at Rutgers University, Co-Director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue (USA). "Extremism and Forms of Counteraction: The Risks of Foreign Intervention and the Role of Civil Society”.
• Mark Potok, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right and former Senior official of the Southern Poverty Law Center (USA). "Tanton's Nativist Network in the United States”.
• Alex Hinton, Professor at Rutgers University, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University (USA). "The State of Hate in the United States."
• Bàrbara Molas, PostdoctoralResearch Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS) - Canada. "Discrimination Against Minorities and Hate Crime in Canada (2018-2020)”.
• Adam Mueller, Professor and Director, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba (Canada). "The State of Hate in Canada, 2021”.
• Daniel Feierstein, Director of the Center of Genocide Studies at the University of Tres de Febrero (Argentina). “The Rising of the New Right in the Southern Cone of Latin America”
• Via Wendy, President of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (USA). “Role of Tech Companies in the Spread of Hate and Extremism”.

16:15 – 18:00. Plenary Session "Extremism in Russia”.

Moderator: Mr. Maxim Vilkov , Director of the Interregional Public Movement "For Democracy and Human Rights” (Russia).

• Viktor Shnirelman, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ch. Researcher (Moscow, Russia). "Heroic past: Xenophobia, Propaganda and Symbolic language".

• Semen Charny, Chairman of Scientific Council of the Institute for Ethnic Policy and Interethnic Relations Studies (Russia). "Dynamics of Extremist crime in the Russian Federation. 2000-2021”.
• Akhmed Yarlykapov, Senior Researcher at the Moscow Institute of International Relations (Russia). "ISIS and the North Caucasus”.
• Rinat Pateyev, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia). "Socio-cultural Factors of Radicalization of Islamic Communities: Challenges in the Context of Global Transformations".
• Rezeda Makhmutova & Dr. Natalia Shibanova, Associate Professors of the Chair of Conflictology, Kazan Federal University (Russia). "Limitations and Possibilities of Radicalization Analyzing of Muslim Women in Russia”.
• Roman Silantiev, Head of Laboratory of Destructology, Moscow State Linguistic University (Russia). "Terrorism of a new generation - sects of necro-communists and “living non-people”.
• Mikhail Avakyan, Director of the Studying and Methodological Center for the Prevention of Terrorism, Kant Baltic Federal University (Russia). "Topical Issues of Counteraction to School shooting as a Threat of Extremist Nature”.

Moderator: Stephen Bronner, Professor at Rutgers University, Co-Director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue (USA)

1. Mark Potok, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right and former Senior official of the Southern Poverty Law Center (USA). “The Experience of the Southern Poverty Law Center in USA”.
2. Iman Abu Atta, President of “Tell Mama. Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks" (UK).

"Experiences and Practical Aspects of Combating Islamophobia in UK”.

19:00-20:00. Roundtable "Bigotry, Hate, and Genocide: Global, Regional, and Local Challenges"

• Dr. Alex Hinton, Professor at Rutgers University, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University (USA) - moderator,
• Dr. Stephen Bronner, co­director of the International Council on Diplomacy and Dialogue (USA),
• Tali Nates, Executive Director of the Johannesburg Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (South Africa),
• Eric Gozlan, Co-Director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue (France),
• Alexander Verhovsky, Director of the SOVA Information and Analytical Center (Russia),
• Adam Mueller, Professor, University of Manitoba Peace and Conflict Research Program (Canada),
• Daniel Feierstein, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina),
• Mark Potok, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Analysis of Right-Wing Radicalism (U.S.),
• Valery Engel, PhD, Director of CIER and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Analysis of Right-Wing Radicalism (Russia),
• Nella Navarro, Assistant Teaching Professor and Associate Director of the Rutgers University (USA).