Andrey Vladimirovich Ivanov is a Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the Altai State Agricultural University, Russia. He is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including 10 individual and collective books. His research interests include sociocultural problems and cross-cultural communication in Central Asia. He is a recipient of certificates of honour from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Moscow State University.

Irina Valerjevna Fotieva is a Professor at the Altai State University, Russia. She is the author of more than 160 scientific works, including nine books. Her research interests are ontology of morality, epistemology, and philosophy of religion. From 1998 to 2015, she was an Executive Director of the NGO “Altai – 21st Century”.

Michail Yurjevich Shishin is an academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and a Professor at the Altai State Technical University, Russia. He is also Director of the Institute of Integrated Research of Greater Altai and the Chief-Editor of the journal The Art of Eurasia. He is the author of more than 170 scientific works, including 10 books. His research focuses on philosophy and history of art and culture.