about YSC
The XXIV Young Scientists Conference on Space Research (YSC) will take place in April 2027 at the the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI) in Moscow, Russia.
The conference is open to students, postgraduate students, and young researchers up to 35 years of age (inclusive).
conference goal
To give young scientists an opportunity to independently present the results of their work, gain experience in public speaking and discussion of scientific results. In-person participation is preferred.
Conference working languages:
English and Russian
Conference organizer:
Scientific and Educational Center of IKI RAS
publications
Presenters are given the opportunity to publish their work in the conference proceedings. The YSC proceedings are indexed in the RSCI under the relevant categories — natural science, technical, and humanities.
Abstracts will be published electronically on the conference website.
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for participants
The following participation formats are available for YSC 2027:
The participation format is selected in your personal account after conference registration opens
in-person
The conference takes place at the Space Research Institute RAS for all registered in-person participants. We encourage you to participate in YSC in person — this way you will get the most out of the conference.
Conference participants will enter the institute through entrance A-4.
In-person participation is mandatory for IKI staff.
For in-person participation, you must bring a valid ID document (passport)
online
If in-person participation is not possible, you will be able to give a talk and ask questions remotely via a video conferencing system. Instructions will be published in the participant's personal account.
Links to the YSC broadcast and recordings of presentations will also be available (conference registration is not required).
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about IKI RAS
Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS) — is the leading academic institute for research and use of outer space for fundamental science.
The IKI mission is the cognition of nature, exploration of space, promotion of technical progress, and the development of humanity and society. IKI conducts experimental scientific research in the following areas:
  • astronomy and astrophysics
  • physics of the solar system
  • space plasma physics
  • geophysics and remote sensing of the Earth
  • instrumentation
  • mechanics and informatics
contacts
e-mail
kmu@cosmos.ru
Telegram
t.me/kmu_iki
address
Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS)
117997, Moscow, Profsoyuznaya St. 84/32
Accreditation of media representatives in coordination with the IKI RAS press department via email press@cosmos.ru
how to get to IKI RAS
By public transport
Kaluzhskaya metro station. Exit 6.
Exit toward the first car of the train heading from the center. After the escalator and glass doors, walk straight along the long corridor. At the end of the corridor, turn right and go up. The long gray building ahead on the elevated ground is IKI RAS. To the left is Profsoyuznaya Street, behind is Obrucheva Street.
To reach the IKI building, go around the Rosneft gas station along the path on the right (heading roughly toward the middle of the building). Then walk along the fence bordering the parking lot to entrance 4 (A-4).