Karen Markaryan, renowned writer and Director of the Institute of Media, Advertising, and Cinema, and Mariam Voskanyan, Head of the Department of Economics and Finance, participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which started on June 18. This year the forum is held under the motto "Shared Values: The Foundation for Growth in a Multipolar World."

The forum has brought together approximately 20,000 participants from 140 countries and has traditionally become one of the key international platforms for discussing the economic agenda.

"Participation in such a large-scale event opens up new opportunities for establishing business connections and integrating the university into the global educational and scientific space," emphasized Mariam Voskanyan.

The key topics of the forum covered covered the global economy and new platforms for global growth, the Russian economy and its new quality of development, the formation and development of human capital in the context of the transformation of modern society, as well as issues of sustainable development and the creation of a comfortable living environment.

In addition to a busy business program, participants will also take part in sporting competitions in golf, padel, tennis, and chess, as well as a large-scale cultural program. One of the highlights will be the world premiere of the opera "The Mandrake" at the Mariinsky Theater. The unfinished work by Tchaikovsky has been expanded by composer Pyotr Dranga and the artificial intelligence GigaChat, symbolically reflecting contemporary trends in the interaction between humans and technology.

 

 

 

Translation by Tatevik Ghulyan
I year Master’s Student in Translation & Interpretation, RAU