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Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
The event is part of a series of strategic sessions aimed at forming a community of youth laboratory leaders, developing horizontal connections, and identifying problems that arise during the creation and operation of such research centers.
The creation of youth laboratories is one of the activities for the implementation of the national project “Science and Universities”. The main goal of the organized strategy sessions is to determine the role of youth laboratories in the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation.
The strategic session, which took place at NSU, brought together 115 heads of youth laboratories from different cities of the Siberian Federal District – Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and others.
Deputy Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Irina Manuilova took part in the session; she spoke about the importance of supporting youth laboratories at the regional level to achieve technological sovereignty and solve the problems of the Decade of Science and Technology:
— Youth laboratories are an opportunity for young people to find their place, find employment and come to science. Therefore, at the regional level, last year we created three youth laboratories at the expense of the regional budget, we support them and will continue to finance them. We will create another laboratory in 2025. The main thing is that these youth laboratories produce results – the development of the relevant topics that they have chosen and their promotion. This will make a real contribution to the economy and fundamental science. And those very young researchers, who we need like air now, play a huge role in this process in order to fulfill all the tasks that the time and our President set for us.
The rector of NSU, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk addressed the participants with a welcoming speech:
— The university turned 65 this year. On September 28, 1959, the first 308 students began their studies. Since then, of course, the university has grown a lot: now NSU has more than 8,500 students in 6 faculties and 4 institutes. The university is a participant in all major federal development programs, including the national project “Science and Universities”, we have 7 youth laboratories. I wish you a successful strategic session, to get the most useful things out of it, to find new friends and get a lot of positive impressions.
Speaking about the objectives of the session, Alina Pavlova, Head of Department at the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Directorate of Scientific and Technical Programs”, member of the Corresponding Council, PhD in Chemical Sciences, and moderator of the session, noted:
— This strategic session is aimed at identifying the problems, raising the acute issues that you encountered during the implementation of this support measure. And identifying your proposals on how to improve the mechanisms for its implementation. It is important for us that this support measure is convenient, useful, and that it really works to attract young people to science.
During discussions in interdisciplinary teams, participants identified the most pressing issues, the solution of which will allow them to draw up an effective plan for the development of youth laboratories. Important results included the preparation of proposals for improving work and the development of a comprehensive and systematic approach.
The leaders of the youth laboratories met with each other, talked, exchanged experiences and proposed creating a platform for further ongoing interaction.
Irina Chugueva, Deputy Director of the Department for Coordination of Activities of Scientific Organizations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, summing up the session, noted:
— Colleagues, I am really very glad that you have gathered here. It is very important that you have now communicated and seen each other. I hope that such horizontal connections will emerge that can have a very good effect in the future. Regarding the creation of a common platform for discussion — it is a very good idea. There really should be some kind of resource, an electronic platform where all the heads of youth laboratories can communicate.
The series of events “Youth Laboratories: Uniting to Solve Regional and National Problems” started on October 8 in Vladivostok. The final strategic session aimed at summarizing the results will be held from November 12 to 14 in Moscow. In the future, a round table dedicated to the development of the youth laboratories project is planned to be held within the framework of the IV Congress of Young Scientists.
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