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EEF releases ‘Day of the Future’ youth programme

28 August 2024
Опубликована молодежная программа ВЭФ-2024 ‎«День будущего‎»

The ‘Day of the Future’ youth programme will take place at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) 2024 on 6 September and will be attended by young managers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and other specialists. The event will include sessions that aim to ensure the self-realization of the younger generation in various fields taking into account technological innovations, including science, business, the media, and numerous others. In addition, the programme will devote special attention to the future development of young people in the Far East. The EEF is being organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

“This year’s youth programme at the Eastern Economic Forum will focus on practical interaction between young people and professionals in various industries. The ‘Day of the Future’ programme includes a variety of interactive formats, which will contribute to the comprehensive development of talented specialists. Their innovative approaches expand the possibilities for finding proper responses to the challenges of our time. In addition, young people’s experience and skills must be used to develop the Far East, which is a unique territory that requires special approaches,” Adviser to the Russian President and Executive Secretary of the EEF Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said.

The programme includes a session called ‘30 Questions for a Billionaire’, in which participants will be able to ask a successful entrepreneur questions. In addition, there will be a mentoring lounge for young business representatives, where they will receive professional advice from investors and experts on the development of soft skills and other practical recommendations, and also learn about business support measures and how to launch startups.

The ‘Day of the Future’ programme will also include roundtables on the creation of popular science content and the intensification of international cooperation in education in the BRICS format. In addition, participants will discuss the development of skills for working in the media. The programme will also include events on management skills, in particular, a roundtable on horizontal management and a meeting dedicated to women in the civil service.

There will also be lectures and discussions about artificial intelligence and the development of traditional family values, a pitch session of technological projects of the Far East, and a discussion of the region’s human resources potential.

The Eastern Economic Forum 2024 will take place on 3–6 September 2024 on the campus of Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok.

The title partners of the EEF are VEB.RF and Bamtonnelstroy-Most Group. The general sponsor is VTB Bank. The general partners are Gazprom, the Delo Group, the Natsproektstroy Group, and RusHydro. The official car of the Forum is HONGQI. The strategic partner is Rosseti. The official airline of the Forum is Aeroflot.