The third international Conference “Science of the Future” and the fourth all-Russian forum “Science of the Future is Science of the Young” are being held in Sochi. During the whole week several hundreds of scientists of different age including the Nobel Prize winners are working at projects within the framework of seven directions of the Strategy of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation.

According to the information of the portal «Science in Siberia», the most important task of the forum is to engage the participants into the development of the main tendencies of the world science. During the next four days plenary reports will be made by the best representatives of the Russian and World scientific community in the fields of mathematics, IT, genome research and natural sciences. Among the speakers there will be Heads of laboratories created in the framework of megagrants.

Another aim of the forum is to introduce the Strategy of the scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation to Russian researchers. «By the final day of the forum the participants are to demonstrate the analysis of the top-priority fields of research and ideas concerning the developments in particular areas to be started in order to gain priority by 2025—2030, says First Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Grigory Trubnikov. The most interesting projects will be supported by the Ministry in the frame of the state or federal purpose-oriented program.

Another purpose of the forum is to help young scientists choose their research directions, field of science, as well as a research organization for future work. To fulfill these tasks the organizers have suggested a couple of tens of different tools: fr om plenary reports, lectures, communications and poster reports to team work, master-classes and panel discussions.

The researchers of the Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS are taking part in different events of the forum. Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor of RAS Ekaterina Shishatskaya has reported about the application of bio-degradable natural polymer materials to tissue engineering. Within the framework of the event a poster session has been held, wh ere Roman Moryachkov, a researcher of the Laboratory of digital drugs and theranostics, and a Ph.D student has presented his work on determining the structure of the DNA-molecules –aptamers. Candidate of Biological Sciences, the supervisor of the Group of scientific communication Egor Zadereev is working with project groups of young scientists as an advisor on scientific communication. A PR specialist of the Group of scientific communication Maria Baikalova provides information about the forum together with journalists of the federal mass media.
At the opening ceremony the organizers, including the Assistant to President of the Russian Federation Andrey Fursenko and the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kotiukov called the forum the main scientific event of the country and the young scientists – its best young potential.

«One of the ideas of the forum is to make young scientists acquainted with the achievements of the world science, the young researchers are to meet their colleagues from other areas and exchange their ideas and suggestions», said Andrey Fursenko.
«The audience at this forum is unique, here there are the people who are capable of solving the most ambitious scientific tasks», said Mikhail Kotiukov in his welcome speech