Radygina Evgenia Gennadievna Scientific supervisor of the competition, Head of the USUE Department of Tourism Business and Hospitality, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor

Blinov Alexey VladimirovichThe host of the game, General Director of Media Press JSC, "The best captain of the club" of the "Experts" club of the game "What, Where, When", the owner of two "Crystal Owls"

Ural State University of Economics (USUE), in collaboration with the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ural Branch of the Free Economic Society of Russia, the Ministry of Investments of the Sverdlovsk region, the Center for Tourism Development of the Sverdlovsk Oblast, the Ural Union of the Travel Industry, Ural-Austro-Invest LLC, Skazov Park LLC, SBK START LLC, and Visit Ural-Siberia, LLC, as well as Family Vine, LLC and Hotel Paris, LLC, aim to promote the development and realization of the intellectual and creative potential of young scientists, as well as to popularize intellectual activities among young people in Russia, Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America.

The participants in the game are students, graduate students, applicants for academic degrees, young researchers from universities and other academic institutions, as well as young professionals and employees of other organizations, aged between 18 and 35.

Each team can consist of up to five members. No more than one team can represent a single educational institution or organization in the full-time stage. There are no limits on the number of teams participating in the correspondence stage of the competition.

Applications for participation should be submitted through the online registration system. Each team member should register by providing the name of their team in the “team name” field. The captain of the team must attach a business card presentation of their team to the application form. The registration deadline is March 20, 2025.

The list of finalists who have been invited to take part in the final events of the forum will be published on the competition page from April 1st to April 10th, 2025.

The final of the competition will take place on April 24th, 2025, from 3:30 pm to 6:40 pm The awards ceremony will follow on April 25th, 2025.

The winners of the competition will be presented with diplomas, certificates, and monetary prizes:

• 1st Place: 15,000 RUB
• 2nd Place: 10,000 RUB
• 3rd Place: 5,000 RUB