The Science Festival of the South of Russia is already a traditional event for all people who are not indifferent to science, one of the key and large–scale projects of the SFedU.  This year the festival was held under the slogan "Russian Science: past, present, future". The past, present and future of science is a continuous mosaic of intellectual growth and innovative potential of our country. The results of these projects open up new horizons for Russian science and each of us.

Thousands of students, schoolchildren, Rostov residents of different ages gathered at the festival site to get acquainted with the educational, scientific and technical trends of the past, present and future of our country and the South of Russia.

The organizer of the Festival of Sciences – Southern Federal University – together with partners has prepared a large business and exhibition program.

Each guest of the festival can choose for himself any event he likes, and these are master classes, trainings, lectures, round tables and even scientific conferences.

The exhibition is represented by four zones: the advanced engineering school, the advanced school of Natural Sciences, the advanced school of social sciences and Humanities, the advanced school of sports, tourism and creative industries.

During the festival, quizzes, quizzes and contests are held at various venues, the winners of which receive gifts and themed souvenirs.

The opening ceremony of the science festival was attended by Vladimir Gurba, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District, Tamara Shevchenko, Acting Minister of General and Vocational Education of the Rostov Region, Inna Shevchenko, Rector of the Southern Federal University, Marina Borovskaya, President of the Southern Federal University, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Center-Invest Bank Vasily Vysokov.

Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District Vladimir Gurba told why the popularization of science is important:

"The main principle of this festival is one thing, we must give our children the opportunity to see what the science of the past, of today is and what it will strive for in the future.  We need to show all universities in the south of Russia what potential we have, what research centers exist today, means of supporting scientists and their research, that now there is a Decade of science and Technology. It is impossible to raise the economy and the system of state activity without science."

Rector of SFedU Inna Shevchenko thanked the university partners, universities of the Southern Federal District and the North Caucasus Federal District, the LPR and the DPR, as well as new territories of our country for their participation and assistance in organizing the festival:

"The scientific achievements that were obtained in the past today determine our technological leadership, the competitiveness of our country. And today's exhibition is dedicated to this. Moreover, it is built in the context of advanced scientific schools: engineering, natural and social sciences, sports, tourism and creative industries, in order to show the children not only the wonderful world of science, but also the professional future that they can build for themselves. For us, the Science Festival is not only a community, a platform for meetings with scientists, with experts, but also a great career guidance work so that our students can make a conscious choice."

Acting Minister of General and Vocational Education of the Rostov region Tamara Shevchenko noted the importance of today's festival:

"All the innovative projects that Southern Federal University is working on are very important for the development of the educational process and for the economy not only of the Rostov region, but also of the whole country."

The President of the Southern Federal University Marina Borovskaya, Doctor of Economics, Professor, in her welcoming speech noted that today is a wonderful day, a wonderful holiday – a holiday of science:

"Let's try to spend this day with maximum benefit for each of us. This is the strength of science, the strength of the south of Russia. Today we unite a number of leading universities. They present their most advanced, innovative projects and developments here. Science is a force, let this force embrace and captivate all of us."

Vasily Vysokov, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Center-Invest Bank, stressed the continuity of generations of our science, the need to transfer his experience to the younger generation, as well as the possibility of receiving a Smart Scholarship from Center-Invest Bank:

"Over the twenty years of the Smart Scholarship competition, about thirty thousand talented students took part in it, five thousand of whom became scholarship holders. Today at the Festival we are holding a meeting of graduates of the SFedU winners of the Smart Scholarship competition.

Also, the chairman of the Committee on Legislation of the Legislative Assembly of the RO, Alexander Kosachev, addressed the participants and guests of the Festival on behalf of the chairman of the ZS of the RO, Alexander Ishchenko.

And then, on the main stage of the Festival, creative teams presented their dynamic bright dance and musical numbers.

The partners of the XIV Festival of Science of the South of Russia are: the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the All-Russian Festival "Science 0+", PJSC CB "Center-invest", the Rostov regional branch of the All-Russian Public Organization "Union of Machine Builders of Russia", the Russian Society "Knowledge", the All-Russian project "MyVmeste", the Group of companies "RBC".