Rosatom to Take Part in IV Congress of Young Scientists in Sochi
The State Corporation will act as the title partner of the event
For the fourth time, the State Corporation Rosatom will act as the title partner of the Congress of Young Scientists, which will be held from November 27 to 29, 2024 in Sochi. This is a key event of the Decade of Science and Technology. A delegation of young scientists, experts and executives of the state corporation, headed by CEO Alexey Likhachev, will take part in the congress.
With the support of the Department of Scientific and Technical Programs and Projects of Rosatom and JSC Proryv, a panel session "Technological Leadership: New Horizons" will be held. It will discuss the key tasks of implementing the national project "New Nuclear and Energy Technologies", which will allow continuing unique scientific projects, developing the regulatory framework, and will also share experience in training personnel for high-tech companies, cooperation between large corporations, science and regions.
The topic of personnel will also be touched upon at another session - "Professions of the Future: Quantum Technologies and the Labor Market", which will be held with the support of the company "Rosatom Quantum Technologies". Participants will discuss the problem of training specialists who will be able to ensure the development, implementation and advancement of new and future technologies, including quantum ones.
Scientists from the state corporation will also participate in the session "How to Make World-Class Technology from Fundamental Knowledge". They will share their opinion on the benefits of fundamental science.
At the session "Catalyst for the Medicine of the Future: How New Technologies Will Change People's Lives", participants from Rosatom will talk about nuclear innovative technologies that are being worked on today and which will be available to the mass consumer in the foreseeable future. They will also share their vision of how technological sovereignty can be achieved through cooperation between science, production and the state.
At the session "Artificial Sun on Earth: When the Era of Thermonuclear Nuclear Fusion Will Come", Chinese and Russian scientists, including those from Rosatom, will discuss national and international projects in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion, as well as the main challenges that prevent the transition to industrial operation of thermonuclear reactors.
The business program of the Congress will also include a panel session dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the nuclear industry (to be celebrated in 2025).
Over the three days of the congress, more than 30 thematic sessions and lectures are planned at the Rosatom stand, during which experts will talk about promising technologies that are already changing the world for the better today: artificial intelligence, fourth-generation energy systems, low-power nuclear power plants, etc. Young scientists will be able to learn about grants and other support measures from the state and corporations. During the master classes, participants will be taught how to form useful connections, as well as create content that will help in forming a personal brand. Students of MSU Sarov (the educational core of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics, NCPM) will talk about the features of studying and living on campus.
Popular Russian stand-up comedian Artem Vinokur, together with a stylist, barber, makeup artist and personal brand specialist, will help the NCFM scientist improve his public skills and create an image that will highlight his individuality, help him stand out from other students, add confidence and make him noticeable among different audiences: from fellow students to outstanding scientific leaders. The new image and the team's efforts will be appreciated by the participants of the Congress. Artem Vinokur will also give advice on public speaking and share secrets on how to attract an audience and hold its attention.
At the stand of the Rosatom State Corporation, specialists from the Breakthrough project direction will present a multimedia installation called Perpetual Motion Machine, demonstrating innovative solutions for the new technological platform for nuclear energy. The presented technologies are being implemented at the Experimental and Demonstration Energy Complex under construction in Seversk (Tomsk Region), where for the first time in the world the stable operation of a full complex of facilities providing a closed nuclear fuel cycle will be demonstrated, embodying a new quality of nuclear generation of the future - unprecedentedly safe, environmentally friendly, resource-saving and competitive.
The stand will also feature an interactive art object - a visualization of the image of the future quantum computer. All guests of the Congress will have a unique opportunity to learn about the progress of the implementation of the Roadmap for Quantum Computing, take a look into the world of a quantum laboratory, get acquainted with the history of the origin of quantum mechanics, the principles of operation of a quantum computer, the quantum ecosystem and real areas of application of quantum computing, clearly understand how the life of an ordinary person will change with the advent of quantum technologies, and get an answer you to all your questions.
As part of the evening program in the Atom hall, the state corporation will traditionally hold an intellectual game called “What? Where? When?”. Six teams will compete for the main prize: a team of Congress participants, specialists from Rosatom, the National Center for Physics and Microbiology, institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation, and the National Research Nuclear University (NRNU) MEPhI (Rosatom’s flagship university). The participants will be supported by real experts of the elite television club: Andrey Kozlov, Dmitry Avdeenko, and Darina Sibul. The winning team will receive the “Crystal Atom” and will be able to visit the world’s only nuclear icebreaker base, located in Murmansk.
Online registration for media and blogosphere representatives will end on November 1 on the Congress website in the "Media" section: конгенерация.наука.рф.
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The Congress of Young Scientists is a key annual event of the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia, declared by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in 2022-2031. The operator of the Decade of Science and Technology is ANO "National Priorities". The organizers of the Congress are the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in Science and Education of the Presidential Council for Science and Education, and the Roscongress Foundation. The Congress brings together outstanding leaders of Russian science, representatives of leading scientific schools from different regions of Russia, scientific and educational organizations, government bodies, industrial partners, representatives of business and state corporations, and most importantly, young scientists, winners of competitions, grants, students and schoolchildren from Russia and other countries. The main theme this year is: "Priorities of Scientific and Technological Development: Creating the Future Today." The program is aimed at expanding international scientific cooperation and uniting the efforts of scientists to solve global problems. The congress participants will discuss new technologies, responses to global challenges, knowledge-intensive business, development of scientific potential and international scientific communication, implementation of the Decade of Science and Technology initiatives.
The National Center for Physics and Mathematics (NCPM) is the flagship project of the initiative to open a new research infrastructure in Russia, one of the key initiatives of the Decade of Science and Technology. The center is being created in Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region. The founders of the NCPM are the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Rosatom State Corporation, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center and other organizations. A complex of research buildings, advanced laboratories and midi-science and mega-science class installations is being built on the territory of the NCPM. The scientific cooperation of the NCFP today consists of 55 scientific organizations, universities and high-tech companies from all over Russia. The educational part of the National Center is the branch of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov - "MSU Sarov", where about a hundred master's and postgraduate students from all over the country study. The main goals of the National Center are to obtain new scientific results of world level, to train highly qualified scientists, to educate new scientific and technological leaders, to strengthen the human resources potential of key scientific organizations of Russia, to increase the attractiveness of Russian science for young scientists.
The "Breakthrough" project is aimed at achieving a new quality of nuclear energy, development, creation and industrial implementation of a closed nuclear fuel cycle (CNFC) based on fast neutron reactors. It is being implemented by the Rosatom State Corporation with the participation of a number of industry institutes (IPPE named after A.I. Leypunsky, JSC NIKIET, JSC Afrikantov OKBM, etc.). Within the framework of the Breakthrough, it is planned to create a nuclear power complex, including a nuclear power plant; production for the regeneration (processing) and refabrication of nuclear fuel. The experimental and demonstration energy complex (EDEC) is being built on the territory of the Siberian Chemical Combine (Seversk, Tomsk Region). It will include a power unit with a BREST-OD-300 reactor with a lead coolant and an on-site plant, including a reprocessing module (MP) for irradiated mixed uranium-plutonium (nitride) fuel and a fabrication/refabrication module (FRM) for the manufacture of starting fuel elements from imported materials (and subsequently - fuel elements from reprocessed irradiated nuclear fuel). The complex must demonstrate the stable operation of facilities that ensure the closure of the NFC. In 2021, Rostekhnadzor issued a license for the construction of the BREST-OD-300 reactor.
The Decade of Science and Technology in Russia was announced on April 25 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Its goals include attracting young people to science, involving researchers and developers in solving problems important for the country, and increasing the availability of information about the achievements of Russian science for citizens.
Large Russian companies pay great attention to supporting promising young people. They promote the development of dialogue with young employees and training them in new competencies. Rosatom and its enterprises take an active part in this work.
