Program 2026 — International Youth Forum “Russia

Plenary session

10:00—11:30

Academic Council Hall / Hall of the Faculty of Economics

Industrial partnership

11:30—13:00

Academic Council Hall / Hall of the Faculty of Economics

Coffee break

13:00—14:00

Agrotechnologies

14:00—16:30

Hall of the Faculty of Economics

Moderator

Elena Pakina — Director of the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology at the Institute of Agricultural Technology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Geology and mining

14:00—16:30

Hall of the Law Institute

Moderator

Dmitrii Kurenkov — Associate Professor at Geology and Survey Department, National University of Science and Technology «MISIS»

Radiation safety

14:00—16:30

Room 173

Moderator

Alla Udalova — Professor at Department of Nuclear Physics and Technologies, Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering - branch of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Ecology

14:00—16:30

Academic Council Hall

Moderators

Anna Dodonova — Associate professor at UNESCO Department of Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development of the Institute of Chemistry and Sustainable Development, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
Anna Popkova — Deputy Director for International Affairs of Institute of Environmental Engineering, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Nuclear Medicine

14:00—16:30

Rector's Hall

Moderator

Anastasia Lokhonina — Associate Professor at the Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology of Medical Institution, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Nuclear reactors

14:00—16:30

Hall No. 1

Moderators

Alexander Nakhabov — Deputy head of Nuclear Physics and Engineering Department, Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
Dmitry Samokhin — Head of Nuclear Physics and Engineering Department, Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Graduates’ contribution to the development of the region

16:30—18:00

Academic Council Hall

Moderator

Larisa Efremova — Director of the Center for Initiative Projects and Intersectoral Partnership, Chairman of the International Coordination Council «INKORVUZ – XXI», Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Youth/public movements and organizations

16:30—18:00

Hall No. 1

Moderator

Nikolay Bandurin — Deputy Dean for Student Affairs, Faculty of Philology, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Wrap-up session. Summarizing the Forum results

18:00—18:30

Academic Council Hall

Gala dinner

18:30—19:30