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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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On January 29, 2026, the fourth conference and exhibition "Road Construction in Russia. Road Construction Machinery and Equipment. New Challenges and Opportunities" was held in Moscow at the Russian University of Transport. A delegation from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, including representatives of the Institute of Civil Engineering, participated in the event.
The event was organized with the support and participation of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, the Federal Road Agency, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the ROSSPETSMASH Association, the Digital Era of Transport Association, and relevant agencies and institutes. The event was organized by the R.O.S.ASPHALT Association with the assistance of the Russian University of Transport.
Polytechnic University was represented by Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Lyudmila Pankova, Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Higher School of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction at the Institute of Strategic Studies Yuri Lazarev, and Associate Professor of the Higher School of Industrial, Civil, and Road Construction at the Institute of Strategic Studies Anatoly Novik.
The conference and exhibition have traditionally become a meeting place for representatives of federal and regional government agencies, design, construction, and contracting organizations, expert and scientific communities, engineering and manufacturing companies in the road industry, those who create machinery and equipment, and implement innovative materials and technologies for road construction and maintenance.
The event program included a plenary discussion, two thematic sessions, and an exhibition of advanced road construction solutions. Participants discussed key industry development issues: the introduction of highly automated and unmanned road construction equipment, import substitution in road construction, the development of domestic machinery and equipment production, as well as digital technologies in the road sector and regulatory aspects of the industry. Particular attention was paid to human resources, new professions, and the role of science in ensuring the technological sovereignty of the road industry.
A cooperation agreement was signed at the conference between Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and the Russian University of Transport. The document was signed by Lyudmila Pankova, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at SPbPU, and Alexander Klimov, Rector of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT).
The cooperation program is aimed at developing educational and research initiatives to develop human resources in the road sector.
These initiatives will be implemented within the framework of the Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS). They involve cooperation in a number of key areas: improving the quality of education, taking into account the current needs of the road sector; organizing and delivering training in additional professional programs for road sector specialists; conducting joint scientific research aimed at improving the quality of highways; holding joint events, conferences, seminars, and roundtables; and exchanging information and providing consulting support in the field of road sector education.
Collaboration with the Russian University of Transport is a strategic step in the development of educational and research activities at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Given the challenges of import substitution, digital transformation, and achieving technological leadership, it is especially important to combine the efforts of the country's leading technical universities to train highly qualified engineering professionals capable of working with advanced technologies and solving real-world problems in the construction and transportation industries. We are confident that the joint efforts of SPbPU and RUT (MIIT) will make a significant contribution to the development of domestic transport infrastructure, noted Lyudmila Pankova.
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