On December 11, the Moscow State Pedagogical University hosted a scientific and practical conference entitled "Physics and Mathematics Education – the Foundation of Technological Leadership: Challenges and Prospects."

The main goal of the conference is to identify and disseminate innovative methods and technologies for continuous physics and mathematics education from primary to higher education, enabling the training of world-class personnel capable of ensuring the country's technological leadership.

During the plenary and breakout sessions, participants discussed:
— key areas of development of the educational environment for the formation of competencies of future engineers, researchers and scientists;
— current problems and prospects of teaching mathematics, physics and technological disciplines in schools, colleges and universities;
— implementation of innovative educational technologies, optimization of the educational process and increasing motivation of students;
— opportunities for collaboration between school and university teachers and representatives of science and high-tech companies in the context of digitalization and the active implementation of artificial intelligence in education.

The audience was particularly drawn to the presentations by representatives of our team and partners:
Oleg Aleksandrovich Povalyaev, PhD, CEO of Scientific Entertainment LLC, and winner of the Russian Government Prize in Education, presented on the topic "Challenges of Implementing Digital Laboratories in the Natural Sciences." The presentation detailed the typical barriers schools and universities face when transitioning to modern digital equipment and proposed proven solutions that have already been successfully implemented in hundreds of educational institutions across Russia.
Ivan Sergeevich Smirnov, a physics teacher at the Marshal V.I. Chuikov School in the South-East, shared his experience using Federal State Educational Standard (FSES) physics laboratories in school practice. Using specific examples, the teacher demonstrated how practical lessons increase students' interest in the subject, and how our equipment allows for complex experiments even on a limited budget, helping students achieve high results in Olympiads and state final exams.