On March 22, there was signed a Memorandum between ANO "Art-Podgotovka" represented by director Aleksey Lebedev and the University of Mumbai represented by Registrar Baliram Gaikwad in the presence of the Consul General of Russia in Mumbai Alexey Surovtsev, head of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Mumbai, vice -Consul Elena Remizova, General Director of ANO "Mediapraktika" Andrey Serov, Deputy Vice-Rector - Head of the Department for the Development of Internalization of Lomonosov Moscow State University Igor Bochkov, as well as representatives of the University of Mumbai: Vice-Rector Professor Ravindra Kulkarni and Director of the Department of Students’ Development Dr. Sunil Patil.

On 28 November, the curator of Innopraktika School Aleksey Lebedev took part in discussion “The Science of promotion: Scientists – the new leaders of public opinion”, which was the part of the III Young Scientists Congress business program in Sirius Park of Science and Art in Sochi.

The Russia-Africa Summit, held in St. Petersburg on July 27 and 28, was a productive and informative conversation. It was followed by the III Global Values Summer Festival of the Innopraktika School. This festival created a unique and meaningful humanitarian basis for the dialog between Russia and 25 African countries.

From July 5 to 29, the Boris Eifman Dance Academy will host Innopraktika School’s Choreography Session with outstanding international dancers, choreographers as well as students of the Dance Academy. The performances created during the educational program will be presented on the main stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater as part of the Third Summer Festival of the Global Values School within the framework of The Russia-Africa Summit.

The Art Session of the Innopraktika School, a platform for creative self-expression for dozens of students from around the world, triumphantly ended on June 9.

This year, we received a record number of applications for participation in the session — 215 applications from 50 countries of the world (150 for the performance laboratory, 65 for the choreography laboratory).