TATAR SAN 2026 conference held in Kazan
On June 26–27, the Bashir Rameev IT Park in Kazan hosted the fourth TATAR SAN conference, which brought together over 1,000 participants.
The central event was the final of the "Queen of Code 2026" hackathon, where more than 100 female developers from various regions of Russia took part. They tackled real-world challenges from Tatarstan companies and competed for a prize fund of 500,000 rubles.
Winners:
Case by the Engineering and Production Center – a news feed and tender activity analysis agent. Team 01010001 / Singy: Gulnur Baimuratova, Ilnara Garipova. Prize – 250,000 rubles.
Case by Bars Group – a support service agent with a corporate knowledge base. Team one commit: Alena Polyakova. Prize – 150,000 rubles.
Case by Tatenergo JSC – an agent for processing technological connection requests. Team Tirecs: Liana Mardanova. Prize – 100,000 rubles.
"Queen of Code" is a project that teams can further develop and implement in business.
TATAR SAN is an IT conference for everyone who loves code. This year's event focused on the practical application of artificial intelligence. Representatives from Sberbank, MTS, Alfa-Bank, School 21 and other companies delivered exclusive presentations and discussed how to implement AI into workflows to transform the economy and professional processes. Experts shared not only theory but also real-world cases of successful AI implementation based on their own practical experience.
The conference gathered over 1,000 participants, including mid-level and senior developers, students of technical specialties, AI and machine learning specialists, IT industry representatives, and designers.
The program included five thematic tracks:
"Transformation in the World." Participants discussed global changes, technological trends and the impact of neural networks on business models.
"Transformation of Roles." The discussion centered on how teams, professions, and processes are changing, new competencies emerging, and recommendations for AI implementation.
"Transformation of Art." How AI influences digital and physical design and contemporary art. Participants showcased their projects and discussed ethics, authorship, and new forms of human-machine interaction.
"Hiring and Education." New recruiting tools and changes in education were discussed. Experts presented case studies on specialist training and professional development programs.
"GigaTransformation." The conference featured Sber's engineering practices: integrating AI into production and the development lifecycle.
Headliners included Director of Sber's Design Laboratory Vladimir Pirozhkov and a neurophysiologist and professor at Moscow State University Vyacheslav Dubynin.
After the business program, an after-party was held. Participants had the opportunity to network with speakers and colleagues in an informal setting, exchange ideas and make new professional connections.
The conference organizers were the Ministry of Digital Development of Tatarstan, the State Autonomous Institution "Technopark in the Field of High Technologies 'IT Park'," and Sber.
On the first day of the conference, an open lecture was held at the Bashir Rameev IT Park by Doctor of Biological Sciences Vyacheslav Dubynin on the topic "Artificial Intelligence vs. Natural Intelligence: What Do We Have in Common?"
The lecture drew a full hall. Anyone interested could learn how neural network creators replicate the mechanisms of the human nervous system and whether AI needs emotions.