This time, the meeting of PYRN will discuss the future of the Arctic. Who among us has not dreamed to look into the future and see what awaits us, for example in 2035. To answer these questions in the arsenal of modern researchers there are many different qualitative and quantitative methods, under the general title "foresight" - shaping the future relying on the opinions of key players: science, business, society and the state. Scientists in this issue serve as key players, namely their forecasts of scientific and technological future depends on how quickly new technology wave will reach the shores of the Arctic.

Speaker: Ekaterina Buldakova - senior researcher of Department of geoenvironment of Moscow and megacities