I International scientific conference of secondary school students

August 8-12, RUDN University hosted I International scientific conference of secondary school students “Lift to the Future” for talented children from 18 countries. The conference was organized by “Sistema” charity foundation and Chemistry Lyceum 1303 with the support of the Ministry of education and science of the RF and the Agency of strategic initiatives on promoting new projects. In 2014, the conference was held in the frame of the project of “Sistema” holding on searching and supporting talented youth. Hi-tech enterprises of the holding had a series of meetings with school students and demonstrated the efficiency of close cooperation of science and branch enterprises. The conference featured “Technologies of the Future” exhibition, “Prospects of using stem cells in medicine”, “Industrial robots”, “Information-telecommunication technologies as the key drive of progress”, “Effective nature management”, and “Green revolution- power saving and alternative power sources” plenary sessions. 150 school students from 30 countries presented their works in key scientific and technical directions.