Young people will present innovative projects at the Russian Energy Week

On October 17, 2025, Moscow will host Youth Day of the International Forum "Russian Energy Week". More than 1,500 young professionals, students, schoolchildren, as well as representatives of industry companies from the Russian Federation, CIS countries and BRICS will present their innovative projects and discuss with government officials tools for attracting promising personnel to the fuel and energy sector. The Russian Energy Week is held with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Energy of Russia and the Government of Moscow. The organizer is the Roscongress Foundation. The Reliable Change Foundation is the operator of the Youth Day.

"The REN Youth Day is developing as an effective platform for popularizing the fuel and energy sector, promoting the brand of companies among youth and professionals. Every year, we introduce young people here to the potential for the development of the Russian fuel and energy complex, and give students and young professionals the opportunity to develop their own industry initiatives, on the basis of which we form the youth energy agenda," said the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak.

The Youth Day program will focus on several key areas: oil and gas and coal industry, electric power industry, digital technologies, scientific and technological development of the energy industry, climate agenda, energy security, etc. The central event of the Youth Day will traditionally be a plenary session organized by the Russian Society Znanie and the Reliable Change Foundation with the participation of speakers from the world of politics, business, as well as future and current young engineers, inventors and innovators.

During interactive sessions on creating youth projects, teams of students and young professionals will present solutions in key areas of fuel and energy sector development and come up with startups that promote the development of competencies and talents of young people. This year's student competitions will be held under the auspices of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the Land of Opportunities".

The traditional round table "Fuel and Energy Complex for Youth" this year will be devoted to the topic "Artificial intelligence in the energy sector: impact on the industry, HR and educational systems". Heads of relevant departments and industry companies will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence technologies on various aspects of the fuel and energy complex.

"Artificial intelligence is changing the face of modern energy, from automating production processes and optimizing logistics to transforming HR practices and staff qualification requirements,– said Roscongress Foundation Deputy Director Vladimir Zatynayko. – Special attention at the round table will be paid to the impact of artificial intelligence on the educational systems of industry companies. Participants will try to find the answer to the question of which skills and competencies are becoming key in the era of digitalization. Successful examples of the introduction of artificial intelligence in the fuel and energy sector and the results of an industry survey to assess the readiness of HR specialists to use AI solutions will also be considered."

The events of the Reliable Change Foundation promise to be rich in innovative solutions and bold ideas. Among them is the REN Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. At the competition, more than 15 youth teams of companies will present case solutions to experts, and the authors of the best ideas will have opportunities for career development.

"For the first time, the winners of the award to the best employers in the fuel and energy sector, organized by the Reliable Change Foundation, will be determined as part of the REN Youth Day, which is designed to celebrate the achievements of companies in the fuel and energy and industrial complexes of Russia in attracting, developing and supporting personnel," said the director of the Reliable Change Foundation Artem Korolev. "It is aimed at strengthening the employer's brand, popularizing engineering professions and developing the human resources potential of fuel and energy and industrial complex industries."

Special attention on this day will be focused on the finals of federal and corporate projects: the Youth Global Forecast of Energy Development, the All-Russian competition of final qualifying papers and diploma research "Generation of the Future", the IT championship of the oil industry. The awards will be presented to the winners by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Alexander Novak.

The presentation of the Youth Global Forecast of Energy Development since 2017 is a significant event for the industry community. This year, the finalists of the project – young company employees and university students – will present to experts forecasts of energy development in the face of new challenges until 2035, as well as assess the impact of the projected changes on the socio-economic development of Russia.

Meanwhile, the participants of the Innovation Project Competition will tell the expert community about their promising scientific developments for the fuel and energy complex.

During the Youth Day, a presentation of production and business processes from representatives of leading fuel and energy companies will take place and an exhibition of professions of the future in the "Career Navigator" format will open. Young people will learn about employment prospects from HR specialists and become participants in virtual excursions to energy facilities and enterprises.

Relevant departments, organizations and companies will hold their own events: Rosmolodezh, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education, ANO Russia – the Land of Opportunities, the Content Foundation, the Children's Editorial Office of Roscongress (WBC Media), JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, Gazprom Neft PJSC, Sibkor LLC, Rusnano Group"and others.

Like other federal events, in 2025 Youth Day will be held under the sign of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Photos of the Immortal Regiment prepared by the participants will be shown on screens in the event halls and at the stands of the partners. There will also be a photo exhibition on easels "Power in every wire: Energy during the war."

The end of the REN Youth Day will be the final session "Energy of Youth Initiatives" and the celebration of the winners and prize-winners of the competitions.

Accreditation of media and blogosphere representatives to the International Forum "Russian Energy Week" it is open on the Forum's website until October 3.

The official website of the Russian Academy of Sciences: rusenergyweek.com. You can follow the news of the event and the industry on the official REN Vo page "Vkontakte».

A source: Russian Energy Week