Scientific-Practical Conference «Polar Bear Universe: Environmental and Technosphere Safety in the Arctic»

March 26, 2026

About the event

The conference aims to create and ensure safe conditions for the operation of technosphere facilities, transport and residential infrastructure, as well as the environment, taking into account the climatic conditions and characteristics of the Arctic region

Key topics:

  • Monitoring and forecasting natural and man-made threats
  • Risk management and emergency response in Arctic conditions
  • Safe subsoil use and sustainable development of Arctic resources
  • Infrastructure security and sustainable development of Arctic territories
  • Scientific and technological support for environmental and technosphere security in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation
  • Legal, economic, and social aspects of security in the Arctic

Forum organizers

Forum program

Guests and Speakers

Natalia Belyakova
Director of the Department of Expeditions and Research of the Russian Geographical Society
Vasiliy Bogoyavlenskiy
Deputy Director for Research, Head of Laboratory, Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences
Yury Vinogradov
Director, The Federal Research Centre “Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
Oleg Volkov
Chairman of the Management Board of the Fund for the Development of Environmental and Socially Significant Projects "Arctic Resource Center"
Bogdan Gavkalyuk
Head, The St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
Nadezhda Galaktionova
Sustainable Development Director at SIBUR
Mikhail Grigoryev
Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Director, Gekon LLC
Boris Dzeboyev
Deputy Director for Science, Federal State Budgetary Science Institution Geophysical Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander Dyachkovsky
Director of the Ust-Lensky State Nature Reserve
Alexander Kirilov
Director of the Russian Arctic National Park
Sergey Korlykhanov
First Deputy Executive Director, "The Russian Geographical Society"
Olga Krever
Deputy Director, Roszapovedcenter, The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation
Sergey Krents
Head of the World Arctic Organization
Anton Melnik
Head of the Scientific Research Institute for Advanced Research and Innovative Technologies in the Field of Life Safety at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
Nikolay Novichkov
Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Member of the Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic
Aleksandr Savchenko
Deputy Governor - Chairman of the Government, Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Ecology, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Nadezhda Filippova
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the innovation and research project "Development of multimodal mobility in the Arctic zone of Russia" MADI
Petr Shpilenok
Director, The Fund of Nature Defenders

Locations

Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
Saint-Petersburg, Moskovsky Ave., 149
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