1.1. The organizer of the competition (hereinafter referred to as the Competition) is the Organizing Committee of the "Global Digital Forum" (hereinafter referred to as the Organizer).

1.2. The competition is held among bloggers who meet the requirements of these Regulations.

1.3. Participation in the Competition implies full agreement with the terms of these Regulations.

To participate in the Competition you must:

2.1. Register on the official website of the Forum https://gdfconf.com/ before May 22, 2025.

2.2. In the participant’s personal account, indicate the desire to take part in the Competition.

2.3. Meet the following criteria: Be over 18 years of age, Be a foreign participant, a citizen of the Russian Federation.

2.4. In the application in your personal account, indicate links to public accounts in social networks (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, Facebook, VK, OK, Telegram, etc.).

2.5. To take into account the competition works, the participant is obliged to: Post the created content (posts, videos) on their social networks with the mandatory hashtags #GDF2025 and #DiscoverITRussia, Attach links to the published materials in a special section of the personal account of the Forum participant dedicated to the Competition

Note: Works that do not meet these requirements will not be allowed to participate in the Competition.

The Competition shall be held in three categories:

3.1. Russian Al Challenge

• The participants shall test Russian Al services (text generation, speech recognition, etc.) and develop content about these services.

• In selection of the content topics the participants are recommended to focus on the local sights or events of the Forum.

• Mandatory hashtags: #GDF2025 and #Discover|TRussia.

3.2. Voice Assistant Challenge

• The participants shall test Russian voice assistants (Alice, Marusia, etc.) under unusual scenarios:

• Mandatory hashtags: #GDF2025 and #DiscoverlTRussia.

3.3. Tech Talk Roulette

• The participants shall choose a speaker/guest of the Forum at random and carry out a 60-second mini interview with him/her with regard to the Russian IT trends.

• User-generated content developed with the use of a mobile phone shall be accepted for assessment.

• Mandatory hashtags: #GDF2025 and #DiscoverITRussia.

4.1. The jury panel shall include:

• Representatives of the Russian mass media;

• Experts in information technologies;

• Members of the Forum Steering Committee.

4.2. Main assessment criteria:

• Originality and creativity of the content;

• Virality (coverage, audience involvement);

• Compliance with the topic of the Forum and category.

5.1. One winner shall be defined in each category.

5.2. The winners shall get gifts from GDF partners

• Competition application deadline: May 22, 2025.

• Submission deadline for contest entries: June 5, 2025, 10:00 p.m. (Moscow time)

• Announcement of winners: June 6, 2025.

For participation please contact:

Official website: https://gdfconf.com/

E-mail: [email protected]