On 9th of October the XVI United Conference "Internet and Modern Society" is opening in St. Petersburg. On the conference traditionally is discussed the most pressing issues of the information society, distance education, e-government, etc. The detailed program is available at the website of the Conference.

In 2013 the program also includes the International scientific-practical conference "Culture: the state, business and society. The principles of cooperation for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in the information society".

The main objectives of the united research program are the development of interdisciplinary research of information technologies, digital libraries, methods and technologies of integration of digital collections, the interaction of information resources and the generation of the electronic document space of research and innovation. 

The St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics and the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences are the organizers of the Conference.