Kazan Global Youth Summit 2026 in Kazan, Tatarstan
Country: Russian Federation
Location: Kazan, Tatarstan
Dates: 26-30 August 2026
Program: Kazan Global Youth Summit
Theme: “Education in an Era of Global Changes: Human Resources for Sustainable Development”
Status: Application is open.
The Kazan Global Youth Summit 2026 is a unique educational and expert platform focused on youth issues, education policy, and international cooperation. The Kazan Global Youth Summit 2026 also highlights education, science, youth policy, and related trends through panel sessions and expert discussions.
Kazan Global Youth Summit 2026 Overview
The summit is designed to identify major challenges and trends in the youth environment. It also looks for best practices in youth policy across education, culture, and media at local, regional, and international levels.
In addition, the 2026 edition will focus on digitalisation in education, advanced experience in artificial intelligence, and modern approaches to youth self-realisation.
Summit Topics
• Best Practices in the Digitization of Education
• Youth Self-Realisation
• Education, Science, and Youth Policy
• Artificial Intelligence in Education
Who Will Participate
The official page lists the following participant groups:
• World-renowned scientists
• Heads of higher education institutions, educational foundations, and centers
• Ministers of education and science, youth affairs, culture, labor, digitalisation, and media from participating countries
• Diplomats and representatives of international organisations
• Opinion leaders and leaders of youth organisations, bloggers, and media representatives
• Leaders in educational technology from BRICS, OIC, and Asia-Pacific region countries
Outcomes and Earlier Editions
As part of the summit, the Global Youth Leadership Awards ceremony will take place in partnership with international organisations. The event will also feature a study on key trends and challenges affecting young people. As a result, a joint declaration will be signed and an action plan will be adopted for joint children’s and youth initiatives, as well as long-term cooperation programmes in the countries of the Islamic world, BRICS, and the Asia-Pacific region.
The site also shares results from earlier editions. In 2025, the summit brought together 200 delegates from 46 countries and focused on education of personality in the era of global changes: values-based career development. In 2024, it brought together 110 delegates from 42 countries and focused on digitalization and modern tools of youth policy. In 2023, it hosted 140 delegates from 30 countries, with an agenda dedicated to the role of traditional values in the education of children and youth in the modern world.
