On March 3–5, the Valdai Discussion Club held its first Youth Conference, titled “The Valdai Club: The World in 2040,” as part of the World Youth Festival. Nelson Wong, Vice Chairman & President, Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies; Nikita Neklyudov, Lecturer at Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University; Zhang Huimin, Ph.D Candidate of School of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University; Polina Kalugina, Expert at the Centre for Analysis and Promotion of Research Results, MGIMO University, took part in the second session.The session was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.