The conference is organized by National Research University "Higher School of Economics" in Nizhny Novgorod.

Nizhny Novgorod (colloquially shortened as Nizhny) is a city in Russia, an administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Region, and a centre of Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District. Today Nizhny Novgorod is the fourth (fifth according to some other sources) largest city in the Russian Federation, an
important economical, transport, and cultural center of Russia. From 1932 to 1990 Nizhny Novgorod was known as Gorky (after Maxim Gorky, the
world-famous Russian and Soviet writer who was born in Nizhny). More about Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod region you can find here.

You can get directly to Nizhny Novgorod by:

• Lufthansa air service (www.lufthansa.com)
• River transport (www.rechflot.ru)

You can get from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod by:

• Airplane (duration of flight ~ 50 min.)
• Speed train "Sapsan" (duration of trip ~ 4 h. ) (www.rzd.ru)
• Car (duration of trip ~ 6h.)

Conference Guidelines:

Important information throughout your visit is available here

Nizhny Novgorod video tour