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The IX Civil Forum of the BRIC countries was held in Moscow, organized by the Expert Council of the BRICS, operating on the basis of the HSE University. BRICS Civil Forum is a discussion and presentation platform of the civil societies of BRICS countries, as well as invited world majority countries to discuss citizens' proposals on the priorities of the BRICS agenda, and to present civic initiatives under this agenda. The Forum was attended by more than 450 guests from more than 20 countries.

From July 2 to July 3, 2024, the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration for the first time held a summer school for the training and development of specialists in the field of public administration in the context of digital transformation at the Training Center for Leadership Training (Kochubey Center) Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg. The summer school was devoted to interdisciplinary aspects of studying the problems of digital transformation in public administration. The selected students successfully completed the classes and received certificates.

The International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration organized round table “New directions in the study of digital transformation in governance” in 26 June 2024. The Academic Supervisor of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Professor Eran Vigoda-Gadot and the Head of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Associate Professor, PhD Evgeny Styrin acted as moderators. The round table brought together 20 experts from Russia, Israel, Brazil and the USA.

Evgeny Styrin, Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration, became a member of the Technical Program Committee of the International Conference on Democracy and E-Government (ICEDEG) 2024.

HSE University hosted a student conference “Protection of the rights of the users in the Metaverse”. Research fellow of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Diskin took part in the conference as a moderator of the first section. 

The Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the international scientific and practical conference "Artificial Intelligence and Law: The Experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign countries". Research fellow of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration Evgeny Diskin took part in the conference as a speaker.

Yuri Kabanov, Research Fellow of the International Laboratory of Digital Transformation in Public Administration, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg, spoke at the next online seminar of the laboratory. The report was devoted to the role of international indices in the policy of the "digital state" using the example of the UN E-Government Index, which remains a key source of information on the development of digital public services in a cross-national perspective.

There was a meeting of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the topic "Digital transformation of public administration: problems and solutions". The Head of the International Laboratory for Digital Transformation in Public Administration of HSE University, Evgeny Styrin, and the laboratory’s collaborate, the head of the Center for Research on Public Administration Problems of the Institute of Economics RAS, Irina Smotritskaya participated in it.