in English

The conference is dedicated to exploring the impact of data and artificial intelligence on business processes, consumer behavior, investment and product economics, educational processes, and the new challenges for government regulation and corporate governance.

Conference-2026 Theme: Economics and Management Transformation in the Era of Data and AI

Sections:

1. Digital Platforms and Ecosystems
2. Instrumental Techniques and Data Analytics
3. Data-Driven Marketing and Consumer Engagement
4. Digital Transformation and Intelligent Systems in Industry and Transportation
5. Education, Law, and Human Resource Management in the Digital Economy
6. AI-Driven Transformation of Science, Research and Innovation
7. Digitalization and Information Security in the Hospitality and Tourism sectors 
8. Digitalization in International Trade and BRICS Countries

Working languages: Russian and English (with synchronic translation).

Target audience: researchers, teachers, master and postgraduate students, company managers and specialists, public officers.

Participation: submission of a paper of 2000−3000 words (see templates).

Accommodation and travel expenses to the conference venue are to be covered by the participants.

Publications:

— Compilation of conference papers (electronics form), indexed in Russian Science Citation Index.

— At the request of authors, the Organizing Committee provides the article review for publication in the St Petersburg University Journal of Economics, indexed in EBSCO, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, eLIBRARY.ru, EastView, CyberLeninka, Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection), Scopus Q3.

The “Problems of Geocosmos” conference with international participation has been held every 2 years by the Department of Earth Physics of St. Petersburg State University since 1996. It covers current issues in the physics of the Earth and solar-terrestrial connections. Since 2016 the conference has been supplemented by a school where eminent researchers present lectures on cutting-edge problems of geosciences. 

Saint-Petersburg State University is holding the Third Saint Petersburg Congress of International Studies "Global and Regional Challenges in the Changing World". The event is an expert platform aimed at bringing together representatives of the most respected academic schools in international relations from Russia and around the world. Its fundamental goal is to exchange the most significant results of fundamental and applied research on current issues in global politics, as well as to develop a strategic vision for global and regional development. 

The relevance of the Congress stems from the urgent need for open professional dialogue amid a profound systemic crisis and the painful transformation of the entire architecture of international relations, as humanity faces a complex set of interconnected challenges in the areas of security, economics, ecology, technology, and social development, requiring the consolidation of the intellectual efforts of the global academic community. The event meets the highest standards in terms of geographic representation, bringing together experts from all continents, academic stature, heads of research institutes, deans of leading faculties, and scientific authority, focusing on the discussion of groundbreaking work shaping the discipline's modern paradigm. 

The main topics of the Congress include:
- Modern Russian Foreign Policy;
- History of International Relations: Topical Issues and Contemporary Context;
- World Politics and Global Governance;
- International Economic Relations;
- Regions and Regional Cooperation under the Global Instability;
- Eurasian Space: Security Challenges, Issues of Socio-Economic Development;
- Issues of International Security;
- Geopolitics and Foreign Policy;
- Diplomacy and Paradiplomacy in a Changing World;
- AI and Digital International Relations;
- Religion in International Relations;
- New Contexts of International Educational and Cultural Exchange;
- Teaching and Studying in the Field of International Relations: Challenges and Prospects;
- Global South and Global North in Modern World Politics.

The registration fee for participation in the Congress is:

- In-person speakers and co-presenters — 2000 Russian rubles

- Foreign in-person participants — 2000 Russian rubles

- Virtual speakers (by the approval of the Programme Committee) — 2000 Russian rubles

- Young researchers without a scientific degree (up to the age of 35) — 1000 Russian rubles

- Undergraduate (bachelor) and graduate (master) students — 500 Russian rubles

The annual conference “Science Present and Future: Research Landscape in the 21st century” is organized to discuss recent developments in both theoretical and applied areas, to create the knowledge exchange platform and stimulate discussion on key interdisciplinary issues. During the Conference, participants will present papers in English in such areas as Earth Sciences, Solar Physics, Geography, Medicine, Linguistics, Pedagogy, Chemistry, Information Technology, Energy, Mathematics, Biology and Linguodidactics.

The Nineteenth International Conference on Game Theory and Management (GTM2026), a three-day conference, will be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia on July 1–3, 2026.

Participants will have the opportunity to attend presentations on a wide range of game-theoretic models, both theory and applications, including management applications.

The conference is organized by Saint Petersburg State University (Graduate School of Management, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes), the International Society of Dynamic Games (Russian Chapter) and will be held in person.