The winners of the CIS League of Young Specialists are participants of the Congress of Young Scientists

In Sochi, the Sirius Science and Art Park hosted the III Congress of Young Scientists, which was attended by three young specialists from two branches of the System Operator.

At the congress, the System Operator was represented by members of the SO team — the winner of the International League of Young Professionals of the CASE-IN championship among the CIS member states. The final of the competition was held as part of the REN Youth Day-2023.

The delegation of JSC SO UES at the III Congress of Young Scientists included:

• Head of the Relay Protection and Automation Department of the Relay Protection and Automation Service of the Branch of JSC SO UES Voronezh RDUIvan Zamyslov;
• Senior dispatcher of the group of dispatchers of the Operational Dispatch Service of the Branch of JSC SO UES The Center's ODEVladimir Kuznetsov;
• a leading specialist in the Department of Mode Optimization and system-wide tasks of the Electrical Modes Service of the Branch of JSC SO UES ODE Center Anastasia Chegodaeva.

All young specialists are directly involved in scientific activities: Vladimir Kuznetsov has completed postgraduate studies at the National Research University "MEI", Anastasia Chegodaeva is studying at the graduate school of the National Research University "MEI", Ivan Zamyslov has repeatedly participated in the conference "Electric Power Industry through the eyes of youth".

The business program traditionally consists of round tables, expert sessions, and panel discussions on the most pressing topics of concern to young scientists: "Advanced Science and technologies of the Future", "Green Economy: Science and Myths", "Artificial Intelligence for Science: synergy of achievements", "Evolution of quantum technologies: the quantum Internet", "Advanced science and technology of the future" and others. This year it also includes informal and interactive event formats. The congress also included an exhibition of scientific and technological development of the subjects of the Russian Federation, which presented the results of the implementation of regional plans for the initiatives of the Decade of Science and Technology.

"Thanks to the stands presented at the congress, we were able to share our experience and approaches to developing promising solutions to current technological problems in various industries with young specialists and scientists. And joint participation in team events allowed us to build new relationships with colleagues from leading companies and universities in the country and discuss approaches to developing and attracting active youth to corporate projects," said Anastasia Chegodaeva.

"I especially remember the session dedicated to artificial intelligence in the field of processing large amounts of data: its use reduces the processing time of terabytes of data from hundreds of hours to tens of minutes. It is worth thinking about how to implement this technology within the framework of the technological activities of the System Operator," Ivan Zamyslov emphasized.

"The prospects for creating a Russian tokamak, an installation for magnetic plasma confinement in order to achieve the conditions necessary for controlled thermonuclear fusion, presented during the discussions at the Rosatom stand, allowed us to familiarize ourselves with the possibilities of fundamentally new approaches in the development of energy systems over the next decades. As part of additional events, I also managed to act as a connoisseur of the club "What? Where? When?"in the team of the master of the game, Mr. Kozlov, and bring his team the third place in the intellectual competition," Anastasia Chegodaeva said.

"At the Skoltech stand, young scientists from the Center for Energy Systems presented a model of a redox flow battery developed from materials available on the Russian market, which at this stage is only slightly inferior in efficiency to foreign analogues, but at the same time is many times more economical. The project is ready for scaling and implementation as an industrial energy storage device. Also, together with the All-Russian social and state Movement of the First, we managed to act as experts in evaluating the work of schoolchildren on energy topics: already in grades 8-9, children are thinking about the problems of rolling blackouts and voltage reduction in distribution networks and offering hardware and software solutions ready for implementation," Vladimir Kuznetsov shared his impressions.

The Congress of Young Scientists is a key event of the Decade of Science and Technology, announced by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in order to strengthen the role of science and technology in solving the most important tasks of the development of society and the country. The Congress acts as the largest platform for dialogue between advanced and fundamental science, government and the real sector of the economy and sets the main vectors of scientific and technological development in Russia.

The congress is organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and The Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in the Scientific and Educational spheres of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education, the operator of the Decade of Science and Technology is the ANO National Priorities.

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