Forum "Strong ideas for a new age"

25 May 2026, Monday

The annual forum "Strong Ideas for a New Era" will take place on July 22-23, 2026, in Nizhny Novgorod. The forum is aimed at supporting and implementing citizens' initiatives for the country's development. The event is held by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in conjunction with the Roscongress Foundation.

Event Stages:

May 15 - June 15: Crowdsourcing
June 15 - June 30: Expert refinement and idea selection
July 1 - July 10: Approval of TOP-10
July 22-23: Forum finale:

• July 22, 2026, a cultural program is planned;
• July 23, 2026, a meeting between V.V. Putin and leaders of technological brands will take place.

July 25 - August 5: Archipelago 2026

Idea selection is carried out within the framework of five national initiatives. A participant can choose one or more topics within a selected direction.

1. NATIONAL SOCIAL INITIATIVE:

1. Support for family, motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood.
2. Health protection and healthy lifestyle.
3. Social support and protection of citizens.
4. Education and enlightenment.
5. Opportunities for people with disabilities.
6. Support for veterans of the Special Military Operation and their families.
7. Digital platforms and AI in healthcare, education, and social protection.
8. Investment in the social sphere and quality of life. New opportunities for the development of small towns.

2. NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE:

1. Favorable investment climate and creation of one of the world's best jurisdictions for entrepreneurship.
2. Platform economy.
3. nfrastructure for technological entrepreneurship.
4. Future projects in the creative economy.
5. National brand.
6. Development of the stock market, new financial instruments for business.
7. AI-powered solo enterprise.
8. Micro-production, mobile factories, mini-plants enabling turnkey production of complex products locally.
9. Investment opportunities in cultural heritage sites.

3. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INITIATIVE:

1. Technological autonomy package.
2. Autonomous small city, home.
3. Transition from information to intelligent systems.
4. Internet of energy, distributed energy.
5. Architectures for collective interaction of autonomous systems.
6. Local AI.
7. New satellite-based services.

4. NATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE:

1. Future skills and continuous learning.
2. The labor market forecasting model.
3. New career 50+.
4. Generational values and motivation.
5. Platform employment.
6. Opportunities for young people.
7. Attracting talent from abroad.
8. New higher school (Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum).
9. New jobs in small towns and villages.

5. NATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE:

1. Healthy living environment and wellness technologies.
2. Increasing the wealth of nature: entrepreneurship and investment.
3. Technologies for providing resources for life.
4. Responsible management.
5. Climate adaptation .
6. Autonomous settlements: life and economy based on nature.
7. Local history for the harmonious development of nature, man and territories. 

Special project of the TECHNOLOGICAL HERITAGE Forum

TECHNOLOGICAL HERITAGE is a project to create images of scientists. It helps to keep alive the memory of the Soviet legacy in the AI image of scientists with whom you can talk, ask, and study today.

Who can participate?

• Target audience: relatives and colleagues of deceased and elderly scientists (keepers of memory);
• Research teams are the heirs of scientific schools (users of scientific methodologies).

 What do students get?

•  Public image + digital archive: a verified image of a scientist, accessible to everyone. With a profile, history, and areas of expertise.
• Systematized materials of the scientist in a structured form. 
• A lively interlocutor: the opportunity to ask questions that were not asked during his lifetime; the image responds as if the scientist himself would answer.

 Project events:

1. The collection of initial applications starts on 06/01/2026
2. Formation of data by participants from 06/8/2026
3. Selection of 3-5 pilot images from 07/13/2026
4. Presentation of the collection results at the SYNV forum on 22-23.07.2026
5. Presentation of a Platform for interacting with Images on AI Journey