The First Meeting of the Alliance Business Club’s Autumn Session Held in Moscow
On September 18, 2025, the first meeting of the Autumn Session of the Eurasian Business Alliance Business Club was held in Moscow. The event took place in a hybrid format, bringing together participants both in person and online.
The main focus of the meeting was the development of the Alliance’s Medical Cluster — a strategic initiative uniting the efforts of business, healthcare, and international partnerships.
Svetlana Smorodina delivered a keynote presentation, “Medical Tourism in Cross-Border Cooperation.” She emphasized that medical tourism is not merely an additional service, but a powerful driver of cross-border collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the implementation of best practices.
Special attention was paid to the Alliance’s international partnerships:
China: strong and long-standing partnerships have been established, enabling not only discussions on the supply of equipment and materials but also the development of long-term medical exchange programs.
India: participants highlighted the potential to draw on India’s well-established experience in medical tourism, supported at both governmental and diplomatic levels.
A significant part of the discussion was devoted to the current challenges facing the medical business today:
logistical difficulties in the delivery of equipment and materials;
service-related issues and the need for quality standardization;
the necessity of adapting swiftly to changing conditions in the global market.
Participants emphasized that systematic work within the framework of the Medical Cluster will make it possible to overcome these barriers and create a sustainable ecosystem for international cooperation.
The meeting brought together leading representatives of the Alliance, business, and medicine. In person:
Alexander P. Torshin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees;
Andrey Morozov, President;
Evgeny Shimanovsky, Vice President;
Sergey Solovyov, Chairman of the EAEU Industrial Council;
Ekaterina Ponimatko, General Representative of the Alliance in the Republic of Belarus, Adviser to the President of the Alliance on Cooperation with Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Head of the Business Club;
youth representatives: Maria Egorova, young entrepreneur; Dmitry Verebchan, medical college student and nurse.
Online:
Svetlana Smorodina, cross-border cooperation specialist, author of the book “Confession of a Dinosaur. Strategies for Success. Losses on Trifles”;
Anton Voronov, OOO “Denta Plus,” Karelia;
Saleh Riad Madani, Chief Physician of the Polyclinic of AO “Kondopoga PPM”;
Vladimir Kornev, Alliance Representative in the Chelyabinsk Region.
Conclusions The meeting was held in a businesslike yet inspiring atmosphere. It confirmed that the Medical Cluster is becoming one of the important areas of development for the Alliance.
The common message voiced was clear: now more than ever, it is important to unite efforts, expand international contacts, and use the Alliance’s potential as a platform for building new partnerships.
The Alliance opens its doors to all those striving for growth, knowledge exchange, and the creation of the future of international medical cooperation.