The World Youth Festival runs from 1 to 7 March. More than 20 thousand Russian and foreign young leaders from business, media, international cooperation, culture, science, education, volunteering and charity, sports, various spheres of public life, as well as teenagers representing children's organizations and associations take part in the festival. The federal territory “Sirus”, where the event is held, turned into a city of youth for seven days.

Rita Naaimni with festival participants

SPbGASU is represented at the festival by first-year student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering Anna Kozhemyak, second-year student of the Faculty of Forensics and Law in Construction and Transport Stanislav Rotmansky, PhD student of the Department of History and Theory of Architecture and Chairman of the SPbGASU International Students Council Antonia Angelova, third-year student of the Faculty of Architecture Rita Naaimni and third-year student of the Faculty of Automobile and Road Building Ksenia Perkhurova. The coach of the SPbGASU basketball team Andrey Garanzha was invited to the site of the Student Basketball Association as an expert.

• “I am here as a representative of student media and have learned a lot of new and useful things. Attended various lectures and listened to speakers. They told how to make content correctly, what will be popular in 2024–2025. This is an unforgettable experience that will help me realize my plans in the future. On this forum I met people working in information publications. We exchanged contacts with them for further cooperation. The festival is an unforgettable emotion that I would like to experience again. I met many people from different regions of our country, as well as foreign participants from India, Vietnam, China, Kazakhstan, and Cuba. The plan for the coming days is to attend the closing ceremony of the festival. I think it will be as impressive as the opening,” said Stanislav Rotmansky.
• “The World Youth Festival is a great opportunity to open new horizons! This is a platform for dialogue. For example, I took part in a discussion about cooperation between Europe and Asia. I was able to express my point of view on this issue. And today at one of the programs we were able to show each other cultural traditions. Overall, the forum is an opportunity for me to share experiences with people from all over the world. The knowledge gained here will be useful to me as the chairman of the International Students Council, as a PhD student and as an employee of St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering,” Antonia Angelova shared her impressions.
• “The World Youth Festival is a country without borders. There are no language barriers or conventions here. I believe that the festival will leave a mark on the soul of every participant, volunteer, and organizer. And in the contact list, too. What I remember most is the march of the youth of the world. But the atmosphere of unity was felt even before that. We performed world hits together, danced, and just talked. We can say that the hearts of people from 188 countries beat in the same rhythm,” Ksenia Perkhurova reported about her emotions from the festival.