VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference
"Polar Bear Universe: Effective Cooperation in the Arctic"

March 18-21, 2025

About Conference

The conference is a landmark event in the comprehensive study, conservation and use of the resource potential of Arctic ecosystems with the aim of increasing the efficiency of scientific, technological and socio-economic development of the Arctic regions of Russia.

Key topics:

Study, conservation and use of Arctic ecosystems
Scientific and production support for socio-economic and scientific and technological development of the Arctic
Development of infrastructure, energy and transport
Ensuring environmental and technosphere safety in the Arctic
Digitization and informatization of activities
Innovation, efficient technologies and best practices
Staffing of research activities
Involvement of youth in the development of the Arctic region
Development of the volunteer movement and citizen science
Environmental education and implementation of cultural projects

Conference organizers

Support of the Conference

Conference Program

"Polar Bear Universe" program architecture

"Technosphere Safety in the Arctic" program architecture

"Polar Bear Universe" conference program architecture

"Technosphere Safety in the Arctic" program architecture

Guests and Speakers

Aleksandr Kozlov

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation

Vladislav Kuznetsov

Governor of Chukotka Autonomous District

Leonid Agafonov

Managing Director, EastRussia, Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East

Svetlana Akulova

General Director of Moscow Zoo

Amirkhan Amirkhanov

Advisor, Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Alexey Arushanyan

Junior Partner, Cоnstruction Bureau “Strelka”

Sakhamin Afanasyev

Senator of the Russian Federation, Member of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, Local Self-Governance and Northern Affairs

Olga Balabkina

Deputy Chairman, The Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Dmitry Bannikov

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Fisheries of the Murmansk Region

Yuri Bezdudnyi

Governor of the Nenets Autonomous District

Stanislav Belikov

Head of the Laboratory, FSBI "VNII Ecology"

Anastasia Belyakova

Head of the Strategic Development Division, The Department of Economic Development of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra

Natalia Belyakova

Director of the Department of Expeditionary Activities and Tourism Development, "Russian Geographical Society"

Marat Gabbasov

Deputy Director, The Department for Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation, Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic

Bogdan Gavkalyuk

Head, The St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia

Renat Gaynetdinov

Director of the Strategic Development Department of the Russian Ministry of Transport

Andrei Garanin

Deputy Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Mikhail Gordin

Rector, The Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Andrey Grachev

Vice President for Federal and Regional Programmes, PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel

Mikhail Grigoryev

Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Director, Gekon LLC

Boris Dzeboyev

Deputy Director for Science, Federal State Budgetary Science Institution Geophysical Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexander Dyachkovsky

Director of the Ust-Lensky State Nature Reserve

Yelena Yevtyukhova

Member of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Affairs

Yekaterina Yemets

Deputy Director, ANO “Ecosystem”

Olga Yepifanova

Member of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Nature Management

Anastasia Zhukova

Representative from Chukotka AO, The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Alexey Zavarzin

Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Agrobiotechnology at the ITMO National Research University

Vladimir Zvantsev

Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Reserves of Taimyr"

Sergey Zybko

Director General, “Glavsevmorput”

Victor Ilyukhin

Head of Roszapovedcenter, The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Alexander Kirilov

Director of the Russian Arctic National Park

Andrey Kirnos

Member of the Board of the Russian Association of Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Transport

Yury Klochkov

Rector of Tyumen Industrial University

Sergey Kozlov

Director General, Constriction Bureau “Energiya”

Sergey Korlykhanov

First Deputy Executive Director, "The Russian Geographical Society"

Olga Krever

Deputy Director, Roszapovedcenter, The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Ivan Kushch

Director of the Department for International Cooperation in the Sphere of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia

Irina Makanova

Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Sphere of Development of Specially Protected Natural Territories

Alexander Makarov

Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute

Serhey Naydenko

Director, Institute of Ecology and Evolution A.N. Severtsov

Aysen Nikolayev

Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Nikolay Novichkov

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Member of the Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Pavel Nikolayevskiy

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Karelia

Anna Otke

Senator of the Russian Federation, Representative of the Executive Body of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Natalya Petrova

Director, The Russian State Arctic and Antarctic Museum

Aleksandr Savchenko

Deputy Governor - Chairman of the Government, Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Ecology, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Pavel Sarafannikov

President-Chairman, The Management Board of the National Association of Liquefied Gas Producers Association

Stanislav Seleznev

Vice President for Environment and Industrial Safety, PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel

Arkady Semenov

Director of the Lena Pillars National Park

Valery Semyonov

Deputy Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory

Veronika Tarbaeva

Chairman of the Commission on the Agro-industrial Complex, Rural Areas, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Management and Ecology of the Public Chamber of the Leningrad Region

Natalia Tornqvist

Founder, President of the Russian charitable foundation "Rebirth of Nature"

Nadezhda Filippova

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the innovation and research project "Development of multimodal mobility in the Arctic zone of Russia" MADI

Gennady Cherepov

Co-Chairman of the Arctic Council of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly

Vladimir Chernook

President, ANO “EcoFactor”

Petr Shpilenok

Director, The Fund of Nature Defenders

Viktoria Elias

Director of Environmental Programmes, The Fund for Nature Protection, Conservation of Rare Species of Animals and Plants “Nature and People”

Locations

Moscow - main conference area
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 5, 2nd Baumanskaya St., p. 1

Карты проезда и прохода на территорию площадки

Anadyr
ANO "Chukotka Arctic Scientific Center", 17 Rultytegina St.

Saint-Petersburg - "Technosphere Safety in the Arctic" Section
Saint-Petersburg State Fire Service University, Moskovsky Ave., 149

Arctic Regions - Moscow – Saint Petersburg teleconference

Online broadcast

For Participants

How to participate?

How to participate with a report?

How are participants selected?

The expert group at the organizing committee reserves the right to select reports in accordance with the goals and topics of the conference.

Confirmation of the inclusion of the report in the conference program will come to the speaker at the email address specified during registration.