○ Pohang City, a special member of NEAR, requested assistance from the NEAR Secretariat in inviting a Russian expert speaker on AI for the upcoming Northeast Asia CEO Economic Cooperation Forum, scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 21.
○ In response, the NEAR Secretariat recommended and supported the participation of Vyacheslav Goiko, Director of the Applied Big Data Analytics Laboratory at Tomsk State University in the Tomsk Region, a NEAR member government, as a speaker for the forum.

2013–2016: Engineer at the Supercomputer Center, Tomsk State University
2016–2018: Researcher at the Applied Big Data Analytics Laboratory, Tomsk State University
2018–present: Director of the Applied Big Data Analytics Laboratory, Tomsk State University
○ Meanwhile, the 2025 Northeast Asia CEO Economic Cooperation Forum will be held as a side event of the Pohang International Fireworks Festival. The forum, themed “SEA AI: A Cooperative Model for the Future of Northeast Asia,” will take place at the POSCO International Center from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, June 21.