At the Fourth Congress of Young Scientists, Tomsk State University was represented by a delegation of 24 individuals, including researchers fr om various laboratories, students, postgraduates, and representatives from the scientific management and the Early-Career Center. The congress, which had over 7,000 participants from Russia and 63 other countries, featured almost 200 events.
This year's theme focused on the priorities of Russia's scientific and technological development, with a business program consisting of four main areas: " Major Challenges and Priorities of Scientific and Technological Development", " Science without Borders: Sharing Principles and Uniting Minds", " Development Resources: People, Ideas, and Infrastructure", and " Initiatives of the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia".
Representatives from Tomsk State University were also speakers at the congress, including Olga Terekhina, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychotherapy and Psychological Counselling at the Faculty of Psychology, who spoke at the plenary session on the role of mentors in science and education. Linar Akhmetshin, Associate Professor of the Department of Deformable Body Mechanics at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering, spoke at the section "Fathers and Children in Science: Conflict or Cooperation?".
Mikhail Gribovsky, Professor of the Department of Russian History at the Faculty of History and Political Studies, spoke about how experience can influence research and how one should be able to work with it during the discussion. In addition, he also participated in the session “Science in Transition: Choosing a Path”. Daria Matsepuro, Director of the Siberian Center for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies, was also a speaker at this session.
TSU students, including Sergey Moiseev and Bogdan Emelianenko from the Faculty of Psychology, and Alina Khramova from the Faculty of Geology and Geography, were able to participate in the congress after winning the grant competition of the President of the Russian Federation from the Talent and Success Foundation.
Daniil Frolovsky, a PhD student of the Faculty of Physics and Engineering, who recently won the Science of the Future - Science of the Young research paper competition, was also among the participants.
Young scientists from TSU also took part in the School of the Russian Science Foundation as part of the congress, wh ere they learned about grant support, scientific expertise, and the selection process for applied projects.
Photo provided by Yulia Smetanova, Daniil Frolovsky, RIA Novosti