The III International Scientific Conference “Space. Time. Civilization. STC-2026” is being held simultaneously until November 12 at Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), as well as in Egypt and India.

The grand opening of the conference took place on November 8 at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Cairo. Traditionally, the STC-2026 conference is held in person concurrently across three countries: Egypt, Russia, and India. Online participation is also available, with simultaneous interpretation provided for official ceremonies and presentations.

At the opening ceremony, welcoming remarks were delivered by Pavel Drogovoz, First Vice-Rector of BMSTU; Vadim Zaychikov, Director of the Russian House in Cairo; Sergey Shitkov, Director of the Diplomatic Academy and First Vice-Rector of MGIMO University; as well as professors from Lomonosov Moscow State University, the University of Naples Federico II, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and the Egyptian Russian University.

On the first day of STC-2026, presentations covered modern developments in the theory of the Universe, the exploration of near and deep space, the creation of a space-based constellation of gravitational antennas, and the prospects for applying artificial intelligence in interplanetary flights. Participants also discussed challenges in precise timekeeping and the impact of relativistic effects on spaceflight.

More than 110 participants from 21 countries are registered for STC-2026: Australia, Benin, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

On November 9, conference sessions took place at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Attendees heard reports covering a wide range of current scientific fields: from the theory of traversable wormholes in classical and modified gravity to the achievements and prospects of ground-based interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. The program included presentations on cosmological scenarios in Horndeski theory-based models, the emergence of physical structures and fields, measuring gravitational frequency shifts using the Spektr-R (RadioAstron) spacecraft, as well as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the problem of space and time.

Special attention was given to applied and interdisciplinary topics. Participants presented methodologies for selecting rational aerodynamic configurations and safe separation schemes for aerospace vehicle components, discussed digital infrastructure and cybersecurity in African countries, and explored megalithic studies alongside arithmetic conditions for recurrent sequences. A philosophical perspective was brought to the discussion through talks on the origin of time from the standpoint of quantum field theory and the physical limits of knowing the Universe.

Following the conference, selected papers will be recommended for publication in specialized peer-reviewed journals indexed in the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) list and the Scopus database.