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Third International Conference «Regional-level Cooperation Within BRICS: Modern Environmental and Nature Management Issues»
KRC RAS80 KRC RASNS BRICS

Dear colleagues,

you are invited to take part in the Third International Conference “Regional-level Cooperation Within BRICS: Modern Environmental and Nature Management Issues” to be held at the KarRC RAS on September 15-17, 2026.

The Conference is devoted to the 80th anniversary of founding the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and aims to discuss scientific issues related to nature management and environmental security in the framework of regional-level cooperation within BRICS and other international alliances, including the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The following topics are suggested for the plenary and thematic sessions:
• Global and regional environmental issues in the focus of interdisciplinary research;
• Sustainable nature management in BRICS and CIS countries: regional and international cooperation experiences;
• Science/Business/Government collaboration in tackling global challenges of sustainable territorial development.

ORGANIZERS:

• Karelian Research Centre RAS, Russia
• National Committee on BRICS Research, Russia

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs:
  • Bakhmet O.N., Dr.Sci. (Biol.), RAS Corr. Academician, KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Kalmykov S.N., Dr.Sci., RAS Vice President, RAS Academician (Moscow);

    • Members:
  • Svidskaya Ya.S., Deputy Prime-Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia - Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Karelia (Petrozavodsk);
  • Toloraya G.D., Dr.Sci., Executive Director of the National Committee of BRICS Research (Moscow);
  • Kapyrin I.N., Director of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Relations with the Subjects of the Federation, Parliament, and Public Associations (Moscow);
  • Seryogin M.F., RAS International Cooperation Administration (Moscow);
  • Serebritskiy I.A., Committee on Nature Management, Environmental Protection and Environmental Safety, St. Petersburg City Administration (St. Petersburg);
  • Amburtseva N.I., Secretary of the Standing Commission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly on Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology, Executive Secretary of the Expert Council on Ecology and Nature Management under the CIS IPA (Moscow);
  • Dzhapua Z.D., Dr. Sci., Full Member and President of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Abkhazia);
  • Nemova N.N., Dr.Sci., RAS Academician, Institute of Biology KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Alva V., Managing Trustee of Alva Educational Foundation (India);
  • Abessa D., Ph.D., University of São Paulo (Brazil);
  • Wang P., Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China);
  • Maharajh R., Ph.D., Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa);
  • Narbaeva K.T., Ph.D., senior researcher at the Laboratory of water supply of natural and economic systems and mathematical modeling at the Institute of Geography and Water Security (Kazakhstan);
  • Patil N., Ph.D., Chairperson and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University (India);
  • Woldegiorgis Y. B., Ph.D., Gullele Botanic Garden, University of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia);
  • Jiang H., Ph.D., Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China);
  • Titov A.F., Dr.Sci., RAS Corr. Academician, Institute of Biology KarRC RAS, Department for Multidisciplinary Research KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Slabunov A.I., Dr.Sci., Institute of Geology KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Ilmast N.V., Dr.Sci., Institute of Biology KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Raevskiy B.V., Dr.Sci., Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Lukina Yu.N., Dr.Sci., Northern Water Problems Institute KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Tolstoguzov O.V., Dr.Sci., Institute of Economics KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk);
  • Svetov S.A., Dr.Sci., Institute of Geology KarRC RAS (Petrozavodsk).

    • ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE

    Chairperson: Bakhmet O.N., Dr.Sci., RAS Corr. Academician, KarRC RAS
    Executive Secretary: Smirnova A.A., Department for International Cooperation.

    Members:
    Bedorev A.A.;
    Vinogradova T.V., Cand.Sci.;
    Grodnitskiy A.M.;
    Egorova S.V., Cand. Sci.;
    Kulakova L.M., Cand. Sci.;
    Makarov A.A.;
    Markova V.A.;
    Tikhomirov I.S. (NCR BRICS);
    Fokina N.N., Cand.Sci.;
    Tsvetkov A.M.


    Registration:

    To register as a participant please fill out and submit the Registration form and the abstract of your paper (see First Circular for format guidelines) not later than August 15, 2026 to the Organizing Committee at , .

    Participation is subject to a conference fee.

    The number of participants is limited. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select applications for participation in the conference sessions.

    Formal invitation

    Please inform the Organizing Committee if you need a formal invitation letter 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 permits both online and offline formats for speakers and 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.

    An electronic book of abstracts will be published after the Conference. The best papers will be recommended for publication in the journal Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre RAS (Q1 of the White List of Russian Scientific Journals).


    Key Dates and Deadlines

    June 5, 2026 – First Circular is sent out; start of application and abstract submission
    July 1 – July 31, 2026 – Second Circular is sent out
    August 15, 2026 – deadline for submitting applications
    August 15 – September 9, 2026 - Third Circular and draft program sent out
    September 15 – 16, 2026 – conference sessions
    September 17, 2026 – offsite excursions

    Cultural Activities in Petrozavodsk:

    On the conference days, participants will be offered a chance to visit museums and exhibitions within the KarRC RAS (to choose from):
    - Museum of Precambrian Geology
    - Museum of Applied Environmental Research
    - Abnormal Wood Collection
    - Archeological Museum
    These tours, guided by researchers from KarRC RAS, are free of charge

    Excursions:

    On September 17th, tours will be arranged to national destinations of Karelia with three options to choose from:
    • Kivach Nature Reserve and Girvas Paleovolcano;
    • Petrozavodsk Bay of Lake Onego, Kizhi Open-air Museum;
    • Ruskeala Mining Park.

    Organizing Committee Contacts:

    E-mail: , .
    Phone: +78142780109 – regarding invitations, program, accommodation, excursions



    Registration form BRICS-2026 (RU) (2.15 Mb, total downloads: 92)

    Registration form BRICS-2026 (EN) (2.33 Mb, total downloads: 40)

    First Circular BRICS-2026 (RU) (216 Kb, total downloads: 143)

    First Circular BRICS-2026 (199 Kb, total downloads: 37)

    Second Circular BRICS-2026 (RU) (691 Kb, total downloads: 14)

    Second Circular BRICS-2026 (549 Kb, total downloads: 6)