International
Forum
“Universities
and the Future”
International Forum "Universities and the Future"
PROGRAMME
April 17, 2024
12:00 – 13:00
12:00 – 13:00
Registration of participants of the Forum "Universities and the Future"

Lunch
Intellectual Centre — Fundamental Library of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Lomonosovsky prospect, 27)
Atrium, 1st floor
13:00 – 14:40
13:00 – 14:40
Plenary session
Academic Council Meetings Hall, 7th floor

Greetings from guests of honor:
  • Greetings from Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery FALKOV (video)
  • Greetings from General Secretary of the CIS Sergey LEBEDEV
  • Greetings from Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation Yevgeny PRIMAKOV
  • Greetings from First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education Vladimir SIPYAGIN
13:30 – 13:50
13:30 – 13:50
Plenary speech

President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician Victor SADOVNICHY
13:50 – 14:00
13:50 – 14:00
Speech

Gong Qihuang, President of Peking University (China)
(Chinese)
14:00 – 14:10
14:00 – 14:10
Speech

Amr Ezzat Salama, Secretary-General of the Association of Arab Universities (Jordan)
(Arabic)
14:10 – 14:20
14:10 – 14:20
Speech

Andrey Karol, Rector of the Belarusian State University (Belarus), Vice-President of the Euroasian Universities Association
(Russian)
14:20 – 14:30
14:20 – 14:30
Speech

Yerlan Sydykov, Rector of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan), Vice-President of the Euroasian Universities Association, President of the Council of Rectors of Kazakhstan
(Russian)
14:30 – 14:35
14:30 – 14:35
Photo
14:35 – 15:00
14:35 – 15:00
Ceremony of signing of bilateral documents between Russian and foreign universities

Coffee break
15:00 – 17:45
15:00 – 17:45
Plenary session
Greetings from Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey RYABKOV

Speeches (time limit — up to 7 minutes)

  • Vladimir Filippov, President of RUDN University, Vice-President of the Euroasian Universities Association (Russian)
  • Zhanseit Tuimebayev, Rector Al-Farabi Kazakh National university (Russian)
  • Zhang Liqun, President of Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) (Chinese)
  • Rustam Khalmuradov, Rector of Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov, President of the Association of Asian Universities (Uzbekistan) (Russian)
  • Abdilda Musaev, Rector of the Bishkek State University named after Academician K. Karasaev, Vice-President of the Euroasian Universities Association (Russian)
  • Woldesenbet Petros Woldegiorgis, President of the University of Bonga (Ethiopia) (English)
  • Nguyen Thu Thuy, Head of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Training of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (English)
  • Sergey Kharitonchik, Rector of the Belarusian National Technical University (Belarus) (Russian)
  • Chen Yeguang, President of Nanchang University (China) (Chinese)
  • Elena Kudryashova, Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Russian)
  • Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, President of the Beirut Arab University (Lebanon) (Arabic)
  • Kudayberd Kozhobekov, Rector of Osh State University (Kyrgyzstan) (Russian)
  • Qing Hong, Vice-President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (China) (Chinese)
  • Safarmamad Safarmamadov, Vice-Rector of the Tajik National University (Russian)
  • Victor Koksharov, Rector of Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin (Russian)
  • Murad Khodzhakuliev, Head of the Scientific Department of the Magtymguly Turkmen State University (reads the Rector’s greetings) (Russian)
  • Li Hezhang, President of Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (China) (Chinese)
  • Igor Maksimtsev, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Vice-President of the Euroasian Universities Association (Russian)

Free discussion

Closing remarks from President of the Russian Rectors' Union, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician Victor SADOVNICHY
17:45 – 19:00
17:45 – 19:00
Dinner
Atrium,1st floor