Qualified workers and mid-level specialists are the foundation for successful regional economic development. Demand for a secondary vocational education is growing along with the prestige associated with it, professional educational organizations are updating their basic infrastructure, and foundational professional educational organizations and resource centres are being established. An imbalance nevertheless persists between the training pipeline and the needs of the real economy and the labour market.
How can colleges and technical schools be modernized and made more flexible? How can universality and inclusion be implanted in professional education for all participants of the educational process? How do basic vocational education organizations differ from regular vocational organizations, and who studies there? How many socially oriented companies are out there, and how can the Abilympics movement change employer attitudes towards the employment of disabled people? How can we involve employers in resolving issues of personnel training and employment? How can we build effective interaction between colleges and enterprises and employers for the employment of graduates with disabilities?
Issues concerning the comprehensive modernization of the secondary vocational education system and a transition to the sectoral model of personnel training will be discussed in this session.

Moderator:
Igor Gribanov — First Deputy Director, Vocational Education Development Institute; Head of the Abilympics National Center of the Russian Federation

Speakers:
Denis Gorshko — Development of an inclusive environment project manager, Russian Post JSC
Sergey Dubovitsky — Minister of vocational education and employment, Primorsky Krai
Viktoria Proshkina — Director, School of Arts, Culture and Sports, Far Eastern Federal University
Dmitriy Sudakov — Head, Atlas of New Professions Project
Irina Shakhmametova — Head of the Department, Center for Academic Partnerships, Sberbank

Front row participant:
Elena Grekhova — Head of the Project Learning to Drive Disabled People of 1 and 2 Groups, Sport Federation of Persons with Musculoskeletal Injuries in Primorsky Territory (regional public organization)

The question of how to keep motivated and talented youth in a particular region is voiced everywhere but has yet to be answered. Following each transition from one level of education to another, a portion of the talent moves on from small town to large city and then from large city to the capital. What factors influence the desire and willingness of the most motivated and energetic of our youth to tie their fortunes to their native region? What incentives might induce them to return to their native region following studies at the best Russian (or foreign?) universities? What regional instruments and federal programmes have proved effective in this matter?

Moderator:
Evgeniy Szhenov — Scientific Director, Expert-Analytical Center "Scientific And Educational Policy"

Speakers:
Irina Gordina — Deputy General Director, IT company CUSTIS
Dmitry Guzhelya — Head of Evaluation and Methodology Department, Russia – the Country of Opportunities
George Gurov — Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh)
Dmitry Zemtsov — Vice Rector for Development, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU); Head of the National Technology Initiative Working Group for the Development of Supplementary and Non-Formal Education, Kruzhok Movement
Anatoly Nikolaev — Rector, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Alexander Sergeev — President, Russian Academy of Sciences

Front row participant:
Magomed Magomedov — First season winner of All-Russian competition "Bolshaya Peremena"

Game of Goals is a 17 Sustainable Development Goals business game. It brings together creative players to find bold new projects and solutions to achieve sustainable economic growth – the growth that will not lead to depletion of natural resources, but will both benefit humanity and preserve our natural wealth.

Vocational guidance meeting with scientists working in various fields of science. During the meeting, scientists will speak of their fields, share the peculiarities of building a scientist career and the opportunities open in that respect.

Speakers:
Alimurad Gadzhiev — Director of the Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development of the Dagestan State University, member of the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in Scientific and Educational Spheres of the Council for Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation
Ilya Kupriashkin — Deputy Vice-Rector for Research, Far Eastern Federal University, member of the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in Scientific and Educational Spheres of the Council for Science and Education under the President of the Russian Federation
Ninel Malysheva — Director, Department of Science and Innovation, Leading Researcher of the North-Eastern Federal University, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of NEFU
Nikita Marchenkov — Acting Head, Kurchatov Complex for Synchrotron and Neutron Investigations, Kurchatov Institute National Research Centre
Sergey Tikhonov — Scientific secretary, Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center "United Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists