On April 26, 2025, the VII Regional Scientific and Practical Conference “SamAstro-2024” for students of general education programs and college students was held at Samara University. The conference was organized by the Samara University Planetarium.
The goal of the conference was to promote astronomy and astronautics and to engage young people in astronomical and aerospace knowledge. The conference took the form of a competition of creative and research projects in four categories: astronomy, aviation and astronautics, popular science video film and astrophotography, and science fiction text. The event was held in a mixed format, allowing participants to present their work either remotely or in person.
The conference welcomed schoolchildren and college students from Samara and the Samara Region, as well as from Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, and Otradny. In total, more than 100 participants and guests attended the event both in person and online. The projects were evaluated in both face-to-face and remote formats.
Before the event began, the conference participants visited the Smart Butterfly House, and at the end of the conference, they held a demonstration of solar observations through a telescope.
Source: Samara University
