International Forum Kazan Digital Week 2025 was held from September 17 to 19, 2025. This year's forum focused on intelligent transportation systems, digital technologies in public administration, digital technologies in education, and more. Elvira Chebotareva, Associate Professor of the Intelligent Robotics Department of the Institute of Information Technology and Intelligent Systems (ITIS) of Kazan Federal University (KFU), made a presentation "The Trajectory of Professional Growth in Intelligent Robotics: from Academic Projects to Scientific Research" in the section "AI and a Strategic Alliance for Russia's Robotics Leapforward." She discussed projects being developed at the Laboratory of Intelligent Robotic Systems (LIRS) under the supervision of Head of Professor Evgeni Magid, as well as the growth trajectory from student to scientist.
Also participating in the section were Iskander Bariev, Director of Innopolis University; Ruslan Akhmedov, Head of Department of Machine Tool Building and Heavy Machinery, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia; Maxim Chugunov, CEO of Promobot; Anton Suryaninov, CEO of Eidos-Robotics; and Anton Khramov, Head of the Project Alabuga Polytechnic.
The goal of Kazan Digital Week is to create a platform for the exchange of scientific and technical knowledge and to pool the resources necessary for successful import substitution and import overtaking, thereby strengthening Russia's leading position on the international stage.