DAY OF THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ECONOMIC FORUM
WHEN?
21 June
2025
WHERE?
ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre
St. Petersburg
The main goal of the Forum is to create a permanent, innovative, and inspiring platform for talented youth.
The focus is on practical content and formats aimed at creating opportunities for young, talented leaders to fulfil their potential, support mentorship, and involve youth in solving issues from the global socio-economic agenda.
Program
The youth program of the Forum will include:
- Practice-oriented lectures
- Master classes
- Expert-led sessions covering a wide range of areas for youth development: business support measures, the growth of youth professional communities, international scientific and technological projects, tourism, ecology, and more.
Speakers will include thought leaders, representatives of major companies, and business owners who will not only inspire participants but also offer real tools and strategies for progress.
Young entrepreneurs, scientists, and coordinators of youth projects and initiatives will receive valuable advice on running businesses, developing scientific, social, and youth projects.
Outcomes of the Forum 2024
The International Youth Economic Forum 2024 took place on 8 June in St. Petersburg and concluded SPIEF 2024.
The agenda of the SPIEF 2024 Youth Day covered all areas of professional fulfillment of the younger generation:
measures to support scientific research, projects and business
development of professional communities of young people, international scientific and technological projects
issues of artificial intelligence development, strategies for working with experience to develop national self-awareness while expanding and promoting Russian products and technologies
This approach will create opportunities for the self-fulfillment of talented young people and form the necessary "talent pool" of the best young specialists in various fields for the sustainable development of the country's economy.
ACTIVITIES AT THE SPIEF VENUE
SPIEF Academy
2023 saw the launch of SPIEF Academy – a truly unique initiative enabling students at Russian universities to develop their hard and soft skills.
-
The aim of the academy is to spur innovation and entrepreneurship, consolidate various fields of expertise.
-
Politicians and entrepreneurs, opinion leaders, creative figures, and renowned scientists join forces to share their experience with ambitious students. The younger generation has the opportunity to present their technological and innovative projects to experts, discuss issues related to the country’s socio-economic development, and receive support for their initiatives.
-
Events held at SPIEF as part of the academy’s programme include open talk-style presentations featuring inspiring and experienced speakers, and meetings with political leaders and senior executives at major companies and corporations.
-
Contact info:
Yuliya Daragan-Sushchova, Director of Operations, Content Foundationyuliya.daragan@content-foundation.org
spiefacademy.com
t.me/spiefacademy
SPIEF Junior
Point Junior was created in 2021 by the Content Foundation – the Roscongress Foundation’s youth platform – with support from the Innopraktika non governmental development institution
-
Community residents:
- Schoolchildren aged 14–17
- Student government leaders
- Winners of nationwide academic competitions
-
Point Junior aims to build a community of proactive young people. it creates a cross-cutting agenda for key discussion and communication platforms across the country. It also gives young people the chance to present their initiatives and projects to an international audience, and benefit from mentorship from global business leaders, prominent politicians, and public figures.
-
Point Junior’s partners include major Russian corporations and non-profit organizations.
-
Contact info:
Yuliya Daragan-Sushchova, Director of Operations, Content Foundationyuliya.daragan@content-foundation.org
vk.com/point__junior
t.me/point_junior
Children’s Edition
Children’s Edition has been active at the country’s largest forums since 2022 and serves as a hub where two generations come together to shape the present and future of Russia.
At these events, young people aged 12 to 19 film interviews and reports on current topics such as economics, technology, education, future careers, modern industries, and scientific inventions. Children’s Edition reporters ask questions of top government officials, entrepreneurs, company heads, and scientists.
In 2024, Children’s Edition interviewed figures such as Maxim Oreshkin, Alexander Novak, Denis Manturov, Tatyana Golikova, Dmitry Peskov, Gleb Nikitin, Dmitry Artyukhov, Tatyana Bakalchuk, German Gref, and other prominent voices.
This kind of equal-footed dialogue broadens young people’s experience and inspires them to take an active and thoughtful role in society. We are shaping a new generation of leaders who are ready to face future challenges and make a real contribution to the country’s development.
Country Potential: Career
‘Country Potential: Career’ is a special project by the Roscongress Foundation, launched in 2024 as part of the development of the International Youth Economic Forum concept. It is a tech-driven opportunity space for young professionals and university graduates with no prior work experience, as well as for people with disabilities. The project’s chatbot gathers job openings from the country’s largest companies taking part in Roscongress Foundation events.
‘Country Potential: Career’ offers a unique platform for employers to search for talented specialists who are just starting out in their careers, and to post information on their recruitment programmes. For young people, the project provides a quick and easy way of getting information about vacancies, internships and training opportunities all in one place.
The Roscongress Foundation has compiled employment programmes and solutions from partner companies and SPIEF participants into a single chatbot.
ROSCONGRESS FOUNDATION INITIATIVES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Since 2020, the Roscongress Foundation has been developing its own social, educational, and youth projects and initiatives. These efforts contribute to the Country's Human Potential ecosystem. Particular focus is placed on supporting young specialists without work experience and jobseekers with disabilities. The Foundation’s initiatives aim to improve the effectiveness of talent recruitment and employment.
Projects:
- School Friend – social project helps children and teenagers who find themselves in a difficult life situation: aiding their orientation and socialization, as well as children’s academic performance and exam preparation.
- RC Skills – inclusive project opens up new employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Hunter’s Day careers project helps aspiring professionals immerse in the work processes of large companies, learn about industry developments in their region, and chart a career trajectory for the future.
- Country Potential: Career – a technological space of opportunities for young professionals and university graduates without work experience.
- Dreamcamp – Roscongress Foundation's Participant Relations Directorate team and a full-fledged educational center, where hundreds of students and university graduates receive training and internships every year.
More information is available on the website — projects.roscongress.org.
