As part of the long-term program "Time for New Strategies", a conference "Corporate volunteering in the region as an effective tool for interaction between business and society" was held on April 11, 2024. 

The program is co-organized by the weekly Yugtimes, the Public Chamber of the Krasnodar Region, the AEB Southern Regional Committee, the Association "Agency for Investment and International Cooperation". The strategic partner of the program is Center-Invest Bank. The co–organizer of the conference is the Southern Council for Corporate Volunteering.

The conference was attended by representatives of government, business and public organizations.

Opening the event, Oleg Zharko, Corporate Affairs Director Center South Region at Health & Nutrition, Chairman of the AEB Southern Regional Committee and the Editorial Board of the weekly YugTimes, stressed the importance of the long-term program "Time for New Strategies", which was initiated by YugTimes in 2017 and today is a significant platform for holding events on the most relevant topics for business and society.

Lyubov Popova, Chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Public Chamber, First Deputy Chairperson of the AEB Southern Regional Committee, and Tadzio Schilling, CEO AEB, addressed the participants of the conference with a welcoming speech. The moderator was Alisa Andreeva, Chairperson of the Southern Council for Corporate Volunteering.

The conference was attended by: Yuri Blagov, Director of the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility of the Higher School of Management of St. Petersburg State University, Anna Bushlyakova, Deputy Chairperson of the National Council for Corporate Volunteering, Daria Zayakina, Chief of the Environmental Protection Department of the Krasnodar Regional Ministry of Natural Resources, Bogdana Rudneva, Chief of the Krasnodar regional charitable public organization "Dobry-Yug", Diana Lipinskaya, Director of the branch No. 8 PJSC CB "Center-invest", Deputy Chairperson of the AEB Southern Regional Committee, Tatyana Golub, Manager of Public Relations and Internal Communications at Health & Nutrition, Roman Solovyov, Senior Specialist in interaction with public authorities at Cargill LLC.

During the presentations, the conference participants touched upon such issues as the main trends and tools for the systematic development of corporate volunteerism in Russia and the Krasnodar Territory, effective practices of companies, and noted the importance of holding the event within the framework of the long-term program "Time for New Strategies".