On November 24, RANEPA St. Petersburg hosted the 4th International scientific and practical conference “Project approach in the implementation of the State program “Social and economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation”.

“An active government support has stimulated the rapid growth of infrastructure investment projects contributing to the effective development of the Arctic. …About 20 new companies join as residents the Russian Arctic zone monthly, exceeding in total 500 at the beginning of 2023…”

Andrey Khlutkov, Director, RANEPA St. Petersburg

Nine reports were focused on goals and main directions of the State policy in the Arctic: development of the North, science and technology, ecology and international cooperation.

“We aim to engage as many young professionals as possible to address the Arctic challenges. Having learned their initiatives, we gave our recommendations helping the young scientists in implementing their current ideas in practice.”

Vladimir Shamakhov, Academic advisor at RANEPA St. Petersburg, President of the Association of Polar Explorers

Among innovations are modern resource-saving technologies, improved batteries for autonomous energy supply, grease lubricants for difficult climatic conditions and much more.

“…All initiatives presented are open to the public. Partners from Germany, India, China, Central Asia noted the relevance of the presented projects and have already reached agreements on the implementation of the introduced technologies locally.”

Sergey Krenz, Director, Centre for Arctic Research and Projects at RANEPA St. Petersburg