Irina Peretokin
Students of SPbGASU volunteered at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and participated in the youth program "Day of the Future", which took place on 21 June.
The events of the SPIEF youth program involved more than eight thousand people, and included 37 sessions. This platform was visited by representatives of about 220 universities and about 60 scientific organizations.
Volunteers
Anna Kozhemyak and Irina Peretokin (both second-year students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering) were included in the forum’s volunteer corps and worked at the event from 18 to 21 June.
"I was able to participate in the forum thanks to a competitive selection. After submitting applications, we completed online training to learn about the main working points of the forum. Then we took an exam in the RANEPA building with questions in Russian and English, as well as a short oral survey. As a result, I managed to get into the business contacts exchange team, the main goal of which was to help participants organize business meetings.
The experience of working in this area is incredibly useful. Every day is different from the previous one, the schedule is tight, the tasks are responsible, but thanks to the coordinated work of our team, everything went great! SPIEF is a huge productive mechanism, and it was a great honor for me to contribute to its work," said Anna Kozhemyak.
Authors of the grant project
Third-year students of the Faculty of Forensics and Law in Construction and Transport Daria Meleshina, Egor Kolobov and Ruslan Kafarov as a team of the educational project "InfoShield" became participants of the youth program "Day of the Future". The project was among the winners of the competition "Rosmolodezh. Grants".
As part of the forum, the guys also attended thematic events, including the session "Cyber fraud as a tool of information warfare. A new look at digital threats and public security" with the participation of experts, journalists and bloggers. The project team interviewed the discussion participants and recorded a podcast for the educational project "InfoShield". The first episodes will be released soon, and can be watched in the group https://t.me/infoguard_gasu
"Our project is dedicated to digital security and legal education of schoolchildren in grades eight to eleven. We want to teach teenagers to recognize online threats, know their digital rights, and understand where to turn for help. As part of the project, we hold lectures and interactive classes at our university and in schools in St Petersburg, prepare podcasts with the participation of cybersecurity and law experts, and an Olympiad with cases on safe behavior on the Internet. In this way, we confirm in practice that students can really influence important processes and launch socially significant initiatives. The forum allowed young people to discuss important topics, share their projects, and communicate with experts. I have many new ideas for further work," said Daria.
“Active participation of students in social projects and creative activities plays a very important role, contributing to their personal growth and helping them to form social connections,” noted Ekaterina Kovalenko, Deputy Head of the SPbGASU Youth Policy Division.
