Anna Laur, a student of the Faculty of Management, and Lazar Koptev, a student of the Faculty of Transfer Specialties, took part in the SPIEF youth program - the International Youth Economic Forum. The event gathered more than 4,500 people, including students of three hundred higher educational institutions. This year, the concept of the youth program was aimed at creating opportunities for the self-realization of talented leaders, developing the institute of mentoring and attracting young people to address issues on the global socio-economic agenda.

The students especially remembered the IT breakfast with Maksut Shadaev - the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation , where the transition from the digital economy to the data economy was discussed, as well as the interactive sessions "Open Dialogue with business" and "Science – fashion of the XXI century?".