The All-Russian Youth Forum of IT Technologies "FEATURE" has ended in Taganrog. The forum was hosted by the Engineering and Technology Academy of the Southern Federal University.

500 participants from 56 regions of Russia came to Primorsky city. 6 tracks were prepared for them: "Cadres" (young teachers, HR), "Startups" (CEOs, entrepreneurs), "Developers" (software developers), "Engineering School" (hardware developers), "PRO-Movement" (marketers, sales specialists), "Log in in IT" (students of 1-3 courses of educational institutions of higher and professional education).

A rich three-day program with master classes, lectures, round tables was completed by the closing ceremony, which took place on the evening of August 26 on Oktyabrskaya Square. The honorary guests of the ceremony were Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Artem Khokhlov, Adviser to the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Egor Litvinenko, Head of the Taganrog City Administration Andrey Fateev, Rector of the SFedU Inna Shevchenko.

"I am happy because these days something was happening here that Taganrog had not seen for a long time – an explosion of young emotions, intelligence, music and numbers, letters and meaning. There are a lot of forums in Russia, I wish that they, as a "FEATURE", take place in the same atmosphere of kindness, team spirit, leadership of everyone and the desire to reach from implementation to result.

One of my dreams has come true – for such a large-scale event to happen here. I am especially pleased that all these days among the participants I have met my colleagues from other cities and universities, graduates of SFedU, partners who are ready to further contribute to the joint development of science, education, and business.

I do not know what was before – a letter or a number. But a word appeared from the letter, then the language we speak. And the figure turned out to be a program code on which you wrote something that improves the quality of a person's life, determines his safety, facilitates his work, and, therefore, gives time for such wonderful moments to be more.

I wish you all joy in your soul, in your profession, in your work. Happy holiday and take away this fire all over Russia!", – the rector of the SFedU Inna Shevchenko addressed the participants.

Certificates and memorable gifts on the stage were received by athletes who showed the best results during the "IT-Run" race at distances of 2.2 km and 4.4 km. Prizes were awarded to the best teams of the Hackathon "FEATURE". The Rosmolodezh grant competition was also held within the framework of the forum, the best projects received funding in the amount of up to 1 million rubles.

At the end of the evening, the participants were waiting for a light show, a cover band performance and a disco.