Representatives of the UrIH UrFU Spoke at the Great Ural Forum

16:08, November 3, 2022

They shared their experience and best practices in the field of tourism development

On October 23-24, Yekaterinburg-EXPO hosted the 10th Great Ural International Tourism Forum, which included panel discussions, round tables and seminars. 160 participants from the Department of Social and Cultural Services of the UrIH UrFU and 40 activists from the University Volunteer Center took an active part in the event. Ural Federal University has taken a worthy place among the official partners.

Dmitry Bugrov, First Vice-Rector of Ural Federal University, moderated the round table "The main events of the Sverdlovsk region in 2023 - attracting student volunteering". Head of the Student Potential Development Department Yevgeny Zafirov led the panel discussion “Development of Student Tourism”, and Anton Belov, Head of the Department for Social and Educational Work, led the seminar “Basic Competences of a Volunteer Group Coordinator”. Teachers of the Department of Socio-Cultural Service and Tourism Ekaterina Chilova, Dmitry Chernoukhov, Alexandra Dmitrieva and Daria Potekhina presented author's presentations on event and student tourism as speakers.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.