Events

Second International Conference "Regional cooperation within BRICS: modern environmental and nature management issues"

National Committee
on BRICS Research, Russia

Karelian Research Centre,
Russian Academy of Sciences

Dear colleagues,
We are happy to invite you to participate in the international scientific Research-to-Practice conference "Regional cooperation within BRICS: modern environmental and nature management issues" that will be held on September 18-20, 2024.

The Conference’s aim is to discuss regional cooperation within BRICS as well as to define possible topics for future joint projects in science, nature management and environmental security.

The following topics are suggested for the plenary and thematic sessions:

Global and regional climate change, carbon balance monitoring

Experience of sustainable nature management in BRICS countries: mineral, water, and biological resources

Regional experiences in industrial ecology and green economy

Nature protection and biodiversity conservation in BRICS: experience in establishing protected areas and opportunities for cooperation

Simultaneous events within the conference
1. A side event of the conference on September 18, 2024 will be the roundtable for young scientists and specialists Monitoring Carbon Pools and Fluxes in Natural Ecosystems, organized with support from RITM Carbon Consortium as part of KarRC RAS activities within the Key Innovative Project of National Importance (KIP NI) "Unified National System for Monitoring Climate-active Substances". Master's degree students, as well as doctoral students and young scientists of Russian and foreign educational and scientific organizations are invited to participate. Applicants are required to fill out the registration form and indicate research interests/achievements as statement of motivation. The costs of travel and accommodation in Petrozavodsk will be reimbursed by the host. The number of participants is limited.
Contacts for Youth Roundtable participants:
Varvara Markova: vmarkova@krc.karelia.ru.

2. The call is open for applications for the roundtable of experts in social and political sciences BRICS+ as a Platform for Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic: Challenges and Prospects of Joint Research, to take place at KarRC RAS on September 19, 2024. Presentation topics: BRICS+ Arctic at the current stage; Ensuring environmental security in the Arctic; Socio-economic and environmental transformations in Arctic regions; Green solutions of international cooperation for regional development (Arctic Council, Barents Euro-Arctic Council, Russia-EU cross-border cooperation programs). The costs of participation in the event are to be covered by the assigning party.
Contacts for Arctic Research Roundtable participants:
Artyom Grodnitskiy: agrodn@krc.karelia.ru.

3. On September 19th, the KarRC RAS will host the session The Potential and International Activities of NGOs in Working towards Sustainable Territorial Development under Modern Conditions.
Due to the ending of cross-border cooperation programs and joint activities in the Northern Europe the expertise in people’s diplomacy for promoting sustainable territorial development and population safeguarding, accumulated by the non-governmental sector of the Russian Karelia, opens up new opportunities for expanding the international networking geography. This session is designed to further non-governmental cooperation within BRICS countries, consolidate its efforts in attaining sustainable development goals, foster constructive and mutually beneficial international dialog, and to establish steady civil society associations.
We invite NGOs from Russia and other countries to participate in the event. The topics include strategizing, communication, and education. The experience and best practices of NGOs interregional and international cooperation will be presented.
Contacts for the session on promoting NGOs interaction:
Lyubov Kulakova, Senior Researcher, Regional Economic Policy Department, Institute of Economics KarRC RAS, Director of Karjala (Karelia) Territorial Development Foundation: dialogkarelia@gmail.com.

Organizers:

National Committee on BRICS Research, Russia

Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

The conference is supported by the Key Innovative Project of National Importance "Unified National System for Monitoring Climate-active Substances".

Registration

To register as a participant please fill out and submit the Registration form not later than July 31, 2024 to the Organizing Committee at BRICSconf@krc.karelia.ru, as well as the abstract of your paper (see format guidelines in Annex #2 in First Circular).
Since the number of participants is limited, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to select applications for participation in the Conference.

Official invitation and visas
Please inform the Organizing Committee if you need an official invitation for coming to the Conference and obtaining visas.

Presentations
Provisional time allocated per presentation is 20 minutes (15 min for presentation, 5 min for Q&A). The presentation is to be made as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (*.ppt) or a Portable Document Format file (*.pdf) to be demonstrated using a slide projector.
The Conference will take place in both online and offline formats for speakers and in offline format (including poster session) for non-presenting participants.
The Conference languages are Russian and English.
Participants are expected to pay for their own accommodation, travel to and from the conference venue, as well as excursion programs. Some travel grants may be offered to leading international experts and young scientists if requested (more details will be provided in the Second Circular).
An electronic book of abstracts will be published after the Conference. Since the number of participants is limited, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to select the abstracts to publish.

Key dates and deadlines:
March 11 – May 31, 2024 – First Circular is sent out; start of application and abstract submission;
June 1 – July 31, 2024 – Second Circular is sent out;
July 31, 2024 – deadline for submitting applications and abstracts;
August 1–31, 2024 - Third Circular and draft program sent out;
September 18–19, 2024 – conference sessions;
September 20, 2024 – excursions to natural sites in the Republic of Karelia.

Excursions:
On September 20 the following excursions to natural sites in the Republic of Karelia will be offered (three options to choose from):

Kivach Nature Reserve and Girvas paleovolcano;

Petrozavodsk Bay of Lake Onego, Kizhi Open-air Museum;

Ruskeala Mining Park, Ladoga Skerries National Park.

Organizing committee contacts:
E-mail: BRICSconf@krc.karelia.ru - regarding invitations, program, accommodation, excursions
Phone: +78142780109 – regarding invitations, program, accommodation, excursions.
E-mail: bedorev@krc.karelia.ru – regarding online connection to the Conference.