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. On March 3, a workshop, titled “The Future of a Multipolar World: What Will the World Look Like in 2040?”, was held. Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic Supervisor of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies at HSE University; Srikanth Kondapalli, Dean of School of International Studies, Professor of China Studies, Jawaharlal Neru University; Nourhan ElSheikh, Professor of Political Science, Cairo University, participated. The workshop was moderated by Andrey Sushentsov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Dean of the School of International Relations, MGIMO University.