NOVEMBER 12–13, 2026
EKATERINBURG
EKATERINBURG
SOCIAL CAPITAL OF SMALL
AND MEDIUM-SIZED
BUSINESSES
AND MEDIUM-SIZED
BUSINESSES
International scientific and practical conference
The conference is held in a mixed format
(offline & online; links will be sent to registered participants and presenters)
Invited to participate
academic and teaching staff, students and postgraduate students,
experts in the fields of personnel management, marketing and social development,
representatives of the non‑profit sector, small and medium‑sized businesses
Variety of formats
Round tables / author’s seminars / workshops / experience exchange / problem‑based discussions
Publication
Publication in the special issue of the journal journal “Management Issues” No. 1, 2027.
(on a competitive basis)
The conference is held in a mixed format
(offline & online; links will be sent to registered participants and presenters)
Invited to participate
academic and teaching staff, students and postgraduate students,
experts in the fields of personnel management, marketing and social development,
representatives of the non‑profit sector, small and medium‑sized businesses
Variety of formats
Round tables / author’s seminars / workshops / experience exchange / problem‑based discussions
Publication
Publication in the special issue of the journal journal “Management Issues” No. 1, 2027.
(on a competitive basis)
LIST OF CONFERENCE TOPICS
- Social capital: why it matters for businesses and public organizations
- The economic efficiency of social projects/events
- Social policy of business in modernity
- Corporate communications as social capital
- The digital ecosystem of a companies for employees and partners
- The potential of international cooperation in the development of social capital
There will also be other topics proposed by the participants
LIST OF SECTIONS AND WORKSHOP`S
(WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER 20, 2026)
(WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER 20, 2026)
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Seminar 1
- Seminar 2
- Workshop 1
- Workshop 2
DATE, TIME, LANGUAGES
November 12–13, 2026.
Please take the time difference into account
The participation of Brazilian speakers is planned from 17:00 Yekaterinburg time
Please take the time difference into account
The participation of Brazilian speakers is planned from 17:00 Yekaterinburg time
Conference languages:
Russian, English
Russian, English
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
Presentation requirements:
Presentations must be prepared in English.
We have prepared a template (will be available from September 28, 2026) for presentation design.
We recommend using it to maintain a consistent style. Before submitting, check the readability of all text in the presentation and the quality of the images.
When registering as a speaker, you must attach the presentation for preliminary moderation.
The duration of sectional presentations is 10 minutes, with a discussion of up to 5 minutes.
Presentations must be prepared in English.
We have prepared a template (will be available from September 28, 2026) for presentation design.
We recommend using it to maintain a consistent style. Before submitting, check the readability of all text in the presentation and the quality of the images.
When registering as a speaker, you must attach the presentation for preliminary moderation.
The duration of sectional presentations is 10 minutes, with a discussion of up to 5 minutes.
Certificates of participants:
Following the conference, electronic certificates will be issued to:
Following the conference, electronic certificates will be issued to:
- speakers — a speaker’s certificate;
- listeners who have registered — a participant’s certificate.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Patrakov EduardPh.D., associate professor at the department of Innovation and intellectual property IPT UrFU, head of the master’s program “Organization and management in the field of social work” Ural Federal University,
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Gushchin Oleg
- Chevtaeva NataliaDoctor of Social Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Personnel Management and Sociology Ural Institute of Management, RANEPA Branch, Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Management Issues",
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Belozerova AnnaEngineer of the department of Innovation and intellectual property of the IPT UrFU, Manager of the Programs of Additional Professional Education of the IPT UrFU,
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Baturina LyudmilaPhD, associate professor at the department of foreign languages at Russian Technological University MIREA; director of the International Russian‑Brazilian center at the Russian State University for the Humanities; lecturer of international marketing at Russian Presidential Academy; consultant on International partnership and business development.
Moscow, Russia - Sosnin MaximPh.D. student at the department of Innovation and intellectual property of the IPT UrFU, moderator of the conference website,
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Razikova NataliaCandidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Innovation and Intellectual property of the IPT UrFU,
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Fred Leite Siqueira Campos
KEY SPEAKERS
- Rafael DiasFull Professor of International Relations, School of Applied Sciences State University of Campinas (UNICAMP),
Campinas, Brazil
Presentation Topic:
The potential of international cooperation in the development of social capital - Baturina LyudmilaCandidate of Philological Sciences, associate professor at the department of foreign languages at ITKhT named after M. V. Lomonosov, director of the International Russian‑Brazilian center at the Russian State University for the Humanities, consultant on International partnership and business development,
Moscow, Russia - Deineka OlgaDoctor of Psychological Sciences, professor, acting head of the department of political psychology, faculty of psychology St. Petersburg State University,
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Chevtaeva NataliaDoctor of Social Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Personnel Management and Sociology Ural Institute of Management, RANEPA Branch, Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Management Issues",
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Lobanova TatyanaPh.D., president of the Russian association of management consultants “NISKU”,
Moscow, Russia - Vorontsova TatyanaDirector of the Sredneuralsky Fund for the development of small business,
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Kuntsevich LyubovDirector of the NGO “Prosto100blago”,
Yekaterinburg, Russia - José Zacarias Samuel MatemulaneCandidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Psychology; Head of the Master’s Program in Organizational Psychology at the Pedagogical University of Maputo (Republic of Mozambique); Ambassador of Russian Education and Science in the Republic of Mozambique; Member of the editorial team of the scientific journal MIFOS;
Maputo, Mozambique - DR Yumna AliPhD Psychology, Hazara University,
Pakistan, - The person is under review
- The person is under review
- The person is under review
ORGANIZERS’ CONTACTS
RUSSIA
UrFU
Eduard Patrakov
e.v.patrakov@urfu.ru
Anna Belozerova
anna.belozerova@urfu.ru
+7 343 375 4103
Eduard Patrakov
e.v.patrakov@urfu.ru
Anna Belozerova
anna.belozerova@urfu.ru
+7 343 375 4103
BELARUS
The responsible person is being specified
BRAZIL
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC); Grupo de Estudos e pesquisas sobre a Rússia (PRORUS)
Prof. Dr. Fred Leite Siqueira Campos. E-mail: fred.campos@ufsc.br;
+ 55 48 99149-1970
Prof. Dr. Fred Leite Siqueira Campos. E-mail: fred.campos@ufsc.br;
+ 55 48 99149-1970
MOZAMBIQUE
Pedagogical University of Maputo
José Zacarias Samuel Matemulane
jmatemulane@up.ac.mz
+258 84 518 31 13
José Zacarias Samuel Matemulane
jmatemulane@up.ac.mz
+258 84 518 31 13
Registration form
To participate in the conference, please fill out the form
ARCHIVE
All illustrations are taken from open sources on the internet
Thanks
To Grigory Orlov for the technical audit of the conference website
Contact: gog.ortey@yandex.ru
Contact: gog.ortey@yandex.ru
