ROSTOV-ON-DON, July 2. /TASS/. Around 250 participants are taking part in the EngineersDecide forum, which opened at Don State Technical University in Rostov-on-Don, rector Besarion Meskhi told reporters.
The 4th EngineersDecide forum is being held in Rostov-on-Don on July 2-4. It is dedicated to discussing the role of universities in creating technological products, from scientific ideas and engineering developments to prototypes, startups, and implemented solutions. In 2025, the forum brought together more than 200 representatives of universities and companies from 30 Russian cities.
"This is our fourth forum, and each year it grows in scale, in the geography of participants, and in the depth of discussion," Meskhi said. "This year, 250 participants from 40 universities and 70 leading industry organizations are taking part."
He noted that the forum will address issues across the entire engineering education system in the country. According to Meskhi, one of the new formats this year is the Product Focus platform, where student teams from different universities will present their technological developments and receive feedback from experts.
During the opening, Meskhi and rector of the Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg) Ilya Obabkov signed a cooperation agreement between their institutions, providing for joint development of educational programs and projects.
