Meet Anastasia Kalinina. She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she manages social projects to provide support for women, children and families in difficult life situations. In addition to that she's also a writer and a poet.

She was involved in several projects that aimed to protect the rights of at-risk groups of people and provide them with access to quality social, psychological and medical services. The part of all the projects was digital media, social blogging and using online platforms to communicate social ideas. With the means of web tools she tried to influence policy and public opinion around the issues of the most vulnerable groups and provide them with access to up-to-date information on different social topics. Furthermore she was also involved in advocacy for human rights and protecting rights of minorities.

She's the originator and coordinator of a web-project called 'The All-Russian Resource Centre for HIV-positive women' (womenhiv.ru) which attracted wide media coverage in Russia. She also took part in developing and coordinating Russian resources on domestic violence, human rights protection and issues of HIV-positive people.

Anastasia has a Master degree in Communication Studies with the special interest in web-networking, communication for social change, social web, web business cooperation, citizen media (specifically blogging or video-blogging) and Web 2.0. She's passionate about social issues and sure that social web has an enormous power. With its help not only it is possible to fight for human rights and social enhancement but also it can spread information and make people around the world listen to each other and speak about their lives. Digital communications in emerging countries are the real power of web 2.0. The use of social web is a concrete and available chance to cross cultural boundaries and connect people in different areas.

According to Anastasia, the participation in the Palomar5 innovation camp will give her the chance to exchange opinions about social issues and the way those can be addressed from the point of view of a new emerging digital generation. Does new working environment imply working for a social change? Can new technology promote dialogue? Is Web 2.0 a clue for greater knowledge and better marketing? What is the role of CSR in the operation of corporations and self-motivation? Is there the place for social marketing in the new working environment? A young international audience, highly technically skilled and equipped in using social media, will definitely help finding the answers for these questions.

With the help of 29 additional smart fellows Anastasia will share a wonderful and intense experience of throwing ideas to each other and trying to find a way to change the world for the better.