Global Digital Forum 2025

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Global

Digital Forum

June 5–6, 2025

Nizhny Novgorod

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The First Global Digital Forum in Nizhny Novgorod
will bring together representatives of: international and regional organizations, government agencies, business, the academic community, and scientific circles

1 000+

IT experts on site

10 000+

IT experts online

170

companies participating in IT-EXPO

8 000 м2

exhibition space

10+

interactive formats

Opportunity

to sign agreements and deals

GDF is

a platform for international digital interaction based on respect, trust and equal opportunities for all participating countries. Forum participants will have the opportunity to attend high-level segment sessions with leaders of the digital sphere, take part in the formation of IT trends, gain new knowledge and find partners, learn about IT achievements in Russia and conclude deals/agreements.

News

Digital platforms of the Global South

The upcoming Global Digital Forum will focus on the development of the Internet, the future of digital platforms, and the digital sovereignty of states. Today, there is growing interest in the development of regional digital platforms in the Global South, which together could potentially create an alternative to the monopoly of the largest digital giants and offer the people of the world fair mechanisms of interaction in the digital environment. Although at the moment alternative social media platforms still cannot compete in terms of reach and technology with transnational digital giants, the trend towards the sovereignty of the online space is evident. This is confirmed by the growing popularity of alternative services and solutions, as well as by the number of restrictions and bans imposed by developing countries on the activities of global social media platforms.

Bloggers From All Over the World Are Invited To Dive Into Russian IT

The Global Digital Forum has launched a contest for foreign bloggers. Content creators are asked to complete interesting tasks, such as test Russian AI services, take part in the Voice Assistant Challenge, or do a mini-interview on Russian IT trends with a random speaker of the Forum.

Grigorenko: Global Digital Forum is a tool for sharing best practices

The Global Digital Forum will be held in Nizhny Novgorod on June 5-6. It is expected to host 1.5 thousand foreign guests and more than 10 thousand online connections. The key topics of the discussions will be promising technologies and the development of artificial intelligence, bridging the digital divide between countries. Forum participants will be able to get acquainted with the exhibition exposition of the conference "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia" (CIPR), dedicated to high-tech solutions.

Grigorenko: The Global Digital Forum will be a tool for exchanging practices

The key topics of discussion by Russian and international experts at the forum will be promising technologies and the development of AI, the Deputy Prime Minister said.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin held talks with the UN Special Envoy for Digital Technologies A.S.Gill.

On March 31, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin had a telephone conversation with the UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Digital and Emerging Technologies A.S.Gill.

Expert Zeng Yi: China welcomes cooperation with Russia in the field of AI

BOAO, China, March 26. /Correspondent of TASS Nikolay Selishchev/. The Chinese innovation sector welcomes cooperation with companies and specialists from Russia to promote joint projects in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). This was stated to a TASS correspondent by an employee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the UN Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, Zeng Yi.

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Speakers

Bella Cherkesova

Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Global Digital Forum / Russia

Tatiana Matveeva

Head of the Presidential Directorate for the Development of Information and Communication Technology and Communication Infrastructure of the Russian Federation /Russia

ALI SALATOU Adji

Minister of Communications Technology and Digital Economy/ Republic of Niger

OUMOURI Mmadi Hassani

Minister of Post, Communications, Digital Economy, and Transparency / Union of the Comoros

Leon Juste Ibombo

Honorable Minister of Posts, Telecommunications, and the Digital Economy / Republic of Congo

Moses Kunkuyu Kalongashawa

Minister of Information and Digitalization/ Republic of Malawi

Maria Shakhova

Author and host of the project We and They. Head of the communication agency MSPR, Journalist, member of the Russian Association of Public Relations (RASO). Winner of the IRI National Award in the nomination Discovering Russia. Winner of the Cannes Lions award /Russia

Maleev Alexey

Director of the Higher School of Software Engineering at MIPT, head coach of the Russian national team for the International Olympiad in Informatics under the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, and initiator and head of the Program Committee of the RuCode Festival / Russia

Si Woo Kim

Head of Global Sales at Qroad /Republic of Korea (South)

Jashi Vaja Tamaz

CEO of UniStars /USA

Joseph Shutzman

Director of IT Transformation /USA

Aleksandr Miheev

CEO of VK Play, CEO of the "Games of Social Platforms" Business Unit, CEO of APRIORI (CEO of the Association of Professionals in Game Operations and Development) and Trade on the Development and Production of a Russian Gaming Console) /Russia

Martin Norbert Held

Investor and Founder of Fancy Nerds AI /Russia / Austria

Daniel Liu

Founder of HURA /China

Andrey Vorobyev

Director of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ/ Russia

Evgeny Pankov

Data Analyst at the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ /Russia

Ostojic Dragutin

Computer scientist/ Teaching assistant / Serbia

Andrey Aleinikov

PR manager at the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ/ Russia

Ivan Kryazhev

Lead advisor of the International Department of the World Youth Festival Directorate / Russia

Amir Jafari

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Middle East Bank /Iran

Jonathan Austin Pasuan Marpaung

Associate Director - Cybersecurity Engineering, Kyndryl / Indonesia

Moctar Seck

Head of the Innovation and Technology Section UNECA at Africa /Senegal

Nkundwe Moses Mwasaga

Director General of the Information and Communication Technologies Commission / United Republic of Tanzania

Angelika Karetkina

Journalist, presenter of the Spas TV/ Russia

Maslov Andrey

Director of the Center for African Studies, HSE / Russia

Cesar Vidal

Writer, participant (online) / Spain/USA

Brandiettah Motlaleng

Influencer, blogger /RSA (Republic of South Africa)

Siddhartha Sarkar

Developer of the strategy of information warfare through social networks / India

Pepe Escobar

Geopolitical analyst, journalist / Brasil

Natasha Rostova

Вlogger / Russia

Natasha Sol

Blogger / Australia

Patrick Mark

Blogger / Australia

Ruslan Yusufov

Futurologist, Founder and Managing Partner, MINDSMITH / Russia

Fadwa AlBawardi

Founder/CEO, Fadwa AlBawardi Consulting (FSAB) / Saudi Arabia

Rodrigo Quevedo Silva

Commercial Engineer, University of Valparaíso, Chile. Former Chilean Army Officer. Bernardo O'Higgins Military School / Chile

Jenan Al-Shehab

CTO, ELECTRODIS Tech / Kuwait

Fernanda Bruno

Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) – Postgraduate Program in Communication and Culture. Director of MediaLab.UFRJ. Founding Member of the Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies (LAVITS) / Brazil

Konstantin Vishnevskiy

Director, Centre for Strategic Analysis and Big Data, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, HSE University / Russia

LIBOM Li LIKENG Minette

Minister of Posts and Telecommunications / Republic of Cameroon

Artem Kureev

Editor-in-chief of the African Initiative news agency / Russia

Mamadou Ba

President of the Sahelian Perspective association, blogger / Mali

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