INRTU Siberian School of Geosciences is a Participant of the 22-nd Forum-Exhibition “MINEX Russia”
The 22-nd forum-exhibition ‘MINEX Russia 2026’ was held in Moscow and joined professionals in geology, raw material extraction and processing, as well as investors, government representatives, and the academic community. Employees of INRTU Siberian School of Geosciences (SSG) presented reports and showcased a highlighting educational program, field projects and geological services which are offered by the university to business.
The forum was attended by Alexander Parshin, Scientific Director of the SSG and Vice-Rector for Geology, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Svetlana Khristova, Head of the Department of Internal and External Communications of SSG, her deputy Vera Darkhanova, and Ivan Goryachev, Head of the Department of Ore Geology.
Alexander Parshin highlighted that INRTU regularly participates at “MINEX Russia” as an exhibitor. He told colleagues that in 2026 the Siberian School of Geosciences began offering new surveying and geodetic services, additional types of chemical and analytical services. In addition, the SSG has developed a number of geophysics and drilling technologies and opened two international master's degree programs that may be of interest to Russian and foreign specialists seeking to acquire competencies tailored to global geophysics and geo-ecology markets.
“Our magazine ‘Sciences about Earth and subsoil use’ has been included in further international databases and Russian ‘White List’ and also become fully translated into English. This sparked great interest, as there are currently very few high-level geological journals in Russia that are fully translated and free for authors,”
noted Alexander Parshin.
In addition, at the forum, INRTU representative talked about collaboration between the Vakhrameev and Davydenko Seminar and a series of major meetings organized by the Association of Geologists, Geophysicists, and Engineers:
“In May-June 2027, Irkutsk will host the ‘Engineering geology and geophysics’ conference, the Vakhrameev and Davydenko Seminar ‘GeoBaikal’. ‘MINEX’ participants will be able to join these events on favorable terms, featuring topical presentations and new an exhibition of new equipment. Exploring of these equipment’s operation will be possible during a practical seminar at the 'Chernorud' geological training ground in the Olkhon district.
Discounted participation conditions for the event cluster were rattled during the traditional SSG mineral and rock identification quiz, which attracted about 50 participants”.
INRTU employees also delivered presentations as the part of scientific program and at expert round table sessions.
Ivan Goryachev spoke about how AI agents allow for the rapid creation of solutions to optimize field and laboratory processes and avoid errors, even when the entire cycle of working with geological samples is carried out by junior students. He demonstrated new authoring software for tracking the progress of lithochemical and core samples, which he developed during the implementation of SSG commercial projects in 2026.
Alexander Parshin served as one of the invited experts in a discussion on the geological industry's talent pool and the strengthening of international cooperation in geology and mining. He made a report “Necessity, hype or historical tradition? The factor of international academic and commercial programs in training world-class geospecialists – the experience of INRTU SSG”.
The speaker emphasized that international academic programs became a driver of development for INRTU's geological division. They show positive influence on quality of student’s training and profitability of business-projects.
“The business program of the forum turned out to be very intensive. Based on B2B meetings, three new geological projects for 2027 have already been initiated,”
Alexander Parshin added.
Recall that in 2023-2024 SSG was a finalist of the “Russian Mining Award” competition, held as part of forum-exhibition “MINEX Russia”. SSG was awarded for breakthrough technologies and top HR projects. In 2025, INRTU won the competition for the first time by presenting a combined unmanned frequency and impulse Earth sensing technology.
