On March 3–5, the Valdai Discussion Club will hold its first Youth Conference, titled “The Valdai Club: The World in 2040,” as part of the World Youth Festival. The participants of the open discussion explored the key megatrends in the field of world politics, world economy, scientific and technological development, value-civilisational parameters of international relations and will try to forecast how these trends will develop and what the system of international relations and the world economy will look like in 2040. Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, took part in the discussion. The event was moderated by Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Dean of the School of International Relations, MGIMO University.