U-NOVUS2018 was held on the 10-13th October 2018 in Tomsk, Siberia.
U-NOVUS is a scientific forum that uses a polygon format of the joint work of large companies, universities, scientific organizations and technology businesses. The forum events took place at multiple locations around Tomsk. Participants took part in workshops, hackathons, art residences, lectures, and networking.
The main topics of the forum were digitalization, “green” technologies, and knowledge management. The organizer is the Administration of the Tomsk Region with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russian Federation. Among the businesses participating were SIBUR, Gazprom Neft, Rosatom, and Inter RAO.