IV INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE «FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION: COOPERATION, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY»

Dear friends and colleagues!
Experts and young scientists, researchers and discoverers!

I am glad to welcome you on the sidelines of the Fourth International Scientific Conference “For the Sustainable Development of Civilization: Cooperation, Science, Education, Technology”!

The formation of common approaches to sustainable development management, joint expert analysis of trends and risks, definition of key values of humanity, search for new formats of interaction are priority areas of the international agenda. The regional aspect of the RUDN University international conference this year is the CIS member states.

Together with the experts in the field of sustainable development and representatives of the youth scientific community, we will discuss priority issues, possible trends and directions of development of this region.

What path have the CIS member states chosen to achieve the SDGs? What challenges do they face, and what solutions can the expert community offer?

What internal resources for development do the CIS member states have, and how can they benefit from the experience of other countries?

What assistance, besides financial, can donor countries provide to the states of the region for their development?

To answer these and other questions, we are waiting for caring researchers at the conference — leaders who are ready to change the world for the better, analyze its socio-cultural and political dynamics, sense new trends, propose solutions and act. We will discuss transformations in political, economic, scientific and technological, social and public spheres and adequate responses to new challenges of our time. We invite everyone who understands that different points of view lead to balanced decisions that contribute to the growth of equality in the world.

The global world is complex, dynamic and multicultural. We can be observers, or we can make it better. Join us! We are available online and offline — for all leaders who transform the world!

Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee
President of RUDN University
Vladimir M. Filippov

No Powerty

Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is a pivotal goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Extreme poverty, defined as surviving on less than $2.15 per person per day at 2017 purchasing power parity, has witnessed remarkable declines over recent decades.

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Zero Hunger

Goal 2 is about creating a world free of hunger by 2030.The global issue of hunger and food insecurity has shown an alarming increase since 2015, a trend exacerbated by a combination of factors including the pandemic, conflict, climate change, and deepening inequalities.

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Good Health and Well-being

Great strides have been made in improving people’s health in recent years. 146 out of 200 countries or areas have already met or are on track to meet the SDG target on under-5 mortality. Effective HIV treatment has cut global AIDS-related deaths by 52 per cent since 2010 and at least one neglected tropical disease has been eliminated in 47 countries.

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Quality Education

Progress towards quality education was already slower than required before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has had devastating impacts on education, causing learning losses in four out of five of the 104 countries studied.

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Gender Equality

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.

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Clean Water and Sanitation

Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. Billions of people will lack access to these basic services in 2030 unless progress quadruples. Demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors.

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Affordable and clean Energy

Goal 7 is about ensuring access to clean and affordable energy, which is key to the development of agriculture, business, communications, education, healthcare and transportation.

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Decent Work and Economic Growth

Goal 8 is about promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all. Multiple crises are placing the global economy under serious threat. Global real GDP per capita growth is forecast to slow down in 2023 and with ever increasing challenging economic conditions, more workers are turning to informal employment.

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Industries, Innovation and Infrastructure

Goal 9 seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Economic growth, social development and climate action are heavily dependent on investments in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development and technological progress. In the face of a rapidly changing global economic landscape and increasing inequalities, sustained growth must include industrialization that first of all, makes opportunities accessible to all people, and second, is supported by innovation and resilient infrastructure.

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Reduced Inequalities

Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth. The incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the population had been growing faster than the national average in most countries. But emerging yet inconclusive evidence suggests that COVID-19 may have put a dent in this positive trend of falling within-country inequality.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

Cities represent the future of global living. The world’s population reached 8 billion on 2022 over half living in urban areas. This figure is only expected to rise, with 70 per cent of people expected to live in cities by 2050. Approximately 1.1 billion people currently live in slums or slum-like conditions in cities, with 2 billion more expected in the next 30 years.

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Responsible Consumption and Production

Goal 12 is about ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns, which is key to sustain the livelihoods of current and future generations. Our planet is running out of resources, but populations are continuing to grow. If the global population reaches 9.8 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets will be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.

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Climate Action

Every person, in every country in every continent will be impacted in some shape or form by climate change. There is a climate cataclysm looming, and we are underprepared for what this could mean.

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Life Below Water

The Ocean is intrinsic to our life on earth. Covering three-quarters of the Earth’s surface, contain 97 percent of the Earth’s water, and represent 99 percent of the living space on the planet by volume.

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LIfe on Land

Goal 15 is about conserving life on land. It is to protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and stop biodiversity loss. Earth’s ecosystems are vital for sustaining human life, they contribute to over half of global GDP and encompass diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic values.

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Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

Goal 16 is about promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. People everywhere should be free of fear from all forms of violence and feel safe as they go about their lives whatever their ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation.

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Partnerships for the Goals

Goal 17 is about revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda is universal and calls for action by all countries — developed and developing — to ensure no one is left behind. It requires partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society.

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Participation in Conference

PARTICIPATION FORMS

Speaker

Attendee

Participant with the publication of reports in the conference proceedings

Why should an expert register and invite colleagues to participate in the conference?

We care about the fate of future generations. We are concerned about whether there will be enough clean drinking water, what our children and grandchildren will eat, and whether they will be guaranteed the protection of human rights and freedoms. We are concerned about the preparedness of health systems for a new pandemic, because we have already experienced one.

We have created a unique working platform for the exchange of experience among scientists, company leaders, government representatives and experts in the field of sustainable development, ESG-agenda. For two years, the conference was aimed at students and young scientists. At the third and fourth conferences, expert and youth tracks run in parallel — these are more than 20 scientific events annually.

We are proud of the level of invited speakers and their geography: last year, 130 experts from 30 countries joined us. The level of invited speakers: ministers, heads of relevant organizations in the field of sustainable development and reputable university rankings.

We want students to develop as specialists and learn from industry experts, learn the best cases and learn to apply them to their regions.

We understand that the path to achieving a better global future begins with everyone’s daily actions. We want to learn how to reduce our carbon footprint and make our behavior more environmentally friendly.

We want to support the large team of the organizing committee of the RUDN University conference — the theme of the Sustainable Development Goals brought together all faculties, institutes and the RUDN University Academy, the scientific block, the Center for Sustainable Development, communication specialists and representatives of all infrastructure services. The youth track is coordinated by student research specialists: they conduct preliminary events to prepare students for participation in the expert conference. Contests for students of RUDN University and Russian universities, a partner competition of creative works in cooperation with the Moscow Art and Industry Institute and the first case championship are held on the sidelines of the conference.

For anyone who is ready to think, discuss, and act, registration is open and available via the link.

REGISTRATION

MEDIA ACCREDITATION

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The accreditation procedure is available at the following link.

IV INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION: COOPERATION, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

The conference is expected to attract more than 1,500 participants — the experts in the field of sustainable development, environmental, social and corporate governance, representatives of the world’s leading universities, international organizations and government bodies.

RUDN University invites young researchers — leaders who are ready to change the world for the better — to participate in the conference events.

What is sustainable development?

No Powerty

Zero Hunger

Good Health and Well-being

Quality Education

Gender Equality

Clean Water and Sanitation

Affordable and clean Energy

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Industries, Innovation and Infrastructure

Reduced Inequalities

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Responsible Consumption and Production

Climate Action

Life Below Water

LIfe on Land

Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

Partnerships for the Goals

November 18

CONFERENCE OPENING

15:00–18:00

November 19

BIOSPHERE TRACK

10:00–13:00

15:00–18:00

November 20

ECONOMICS, POLITICS, LAW, PARTNERSHIPS TRACK

12:00–15:00

14:00–18:00

15:00–18:00

November 21

SOCIETY TRACK

10:00–13:00

10:00–17:00

12:00–16:00

14:00–16:00

15:00–18:00

PARTICIPATION FORMS

Why should an expert register and invite colleagues to participate in the conference?

MEDIA ACCREDITATION

How can I get to RUDN University by public transport?

If I go by car, is there any convenient parking area on campus?

I am a guest of the capital. Are there any accommodation options near RUDN University?

In 2024 the conference was attended by 2,000 students and young scientists from 72 countries. 130 experts shared their research on the SDGs.