Kazan Digital Week 2026 International Forum to Take Place in Kazan on October 29–31
The event will be held in person and online at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center.
Kazan Digital Week 2025 demonstrated the growing popularity of this new venue for scientific and business collaboration between developers and users of digital technologies. The event is organized by the Digital Development Association.
The forum is held with the support of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. This underscores the event’s high profile and strategic importance. Its mission is to foster a sustainable ecosystem of trusted digital technologies, bringing together Russian and international partners to jointly develop and scale innovations across key sectors of the economy and public administration.
Thematic areas:
- Intelligent Mobility Systems
- Digital Technologies in Public Administration
- Digital Industry 4.0
- Digital Technologies in Education
- Digital Technologies in Culture
- Next-Generation Cybersecurity
- The Fintech Ecosystem
- Business-Integrated Innovation
- Digital Technologies in Healthcare and Medicine
- Digital Technologies in Agriculture
During the forum, Kazan Expo will host an exhibition of high-tech developments, software, integrated hardware and software systems, and working prototypes of machinery and equipment. More than 300 companies are expected to participate across 10 thematic areas.
The winners of the IT Leader competition will also be announced. This unique award brings together developers, businesses and users, showcases advanced IT solutions, and fosters dialogue among participants in Russia’s domestic technology industry. The project aims to promote promising solutions, improve the competitiveness of Russian-developed technologies, and strengthen the positive image of Russian IT professionals. Leading companies will be recognized across 10 thematic areas at the forum.
A series of webinars is running from May through October 2026 in the lead-up to the forum. Announcements are available on the event’s official website.
A hackathon marathon is also taking place ahead of the forum, running from November 2025 through October 2026 and bringing together programmers, analysts and data scientists. Information about the hackathons is available at kazandigitallegends.com.
The forum’s exhibition area will host a job fair featuring leading employers. Participants will have the opportunity to meet HR professionals in person, learn about in-demand openings and introduce themselves to prospective employers.
Following the event, a collection of scientific papers will be published. Submissions must strictly align with the forum’s thematic areas. All papers will be screened using the Antiplagiat plagiarism-detection system and undergo double-blind peer review. Papers selected by the expert panel will appear in the forum proceedings. Publication in journals reviewed by the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) and indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) may also be possible. Papers must be submitted through kazandigitalweek.com by September 1, 2026.
Representatives of government agencies, businesses, research and educational institutions, as well as developers and users of digital technologies, software and high-tech products, are invited to attend the Kazan Digital Week 2026 International Forum. Further information is available at kazandigitalweek.com.
