The projects of the forum "Strong Ideas for a New Time" will be developed at Archipelago-2026.

      The project-educational intensive "Archipelago-2026" this year will focus on the theme of autonomy - from autonomous individuals and businesses to settlements, energy, and intelligent systems. Special attention will be given to technological solutions related to the development of artificial intelligence, new energy, and digital platforms. Authors of the most promising ideas from the forum "Strong Ideas for a New Time" will have the opportunity to continue working on their projects at the Archipelago venue together with experts, technology teams, and program partners.

      "Archipelago-2026," like the forum "Strong Ideas for a New Time," will take place in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The center of the program is practical work on solutions that help change the living environment, develop new technologies, and create conditions for technological leadership. The intensive will be held in a closed format, so only project teams and authors of the strongest initiatives will be able to access the venue.

      "Autonomy is a cross-cutting theme for many areas of the country's development. In the era of autonomous systems, individuals, companies, and territories face both new threats and new opportunities. Today, a company with one employee and numerous AI agents is no longer science fiction. Such companies are already tackling tasks previously only accessible to large teams. Autonomous settlements are being created in remote areas, which reduce dependence on external infrastructure through their own energy sources and intelligent systems. Such solutions are being laid down, for example, in the project of the Arctic station 'Snezinka.' 'Archipelago' continues the work of the forum 'Strong Ideas for a New Time,' where at the intensive venue, ideas meet technologies, expertise, and partners. This format helps turn strong initiatives into projects that can receive practical application and scaling," noted Andrey Siling, Deputy General Director of ASI.

      The collection of ideas for the forum continues on the platform idea.roscongress.rf until June 25. To date, participants from all over Russia have already submitted more than 41,000 initiatives.

      The organizers of the forum are the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) and the Roscongress Foundation, with co-organizers being VEB.RF and the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Its goal is to identify and support strong ideas that will help the country's development and achieve national goals. Interest in the project grows every year. If in 2020 participants submitted 14,700 initiatives, by 2025 their number exceeded 35,000. During this time, thousands of projects and initiatives have received support through ASI tools, partnership programs, and regional mechanisms.

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