On October 21-22, USUE hosted the III Ural Economic Forum. At its plenary session, the participants were addressed by the director of the School of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Vice-President of Steinbeis University Berlin, Professor Werner G. Faix. 

Representatives of the scientific community, leading Russian and foreign experts in the field of economics and entrepreneurship, as well as representatives of government authorities spoke at the plenary session of the forum "Ural - the driver of neo-industrial and innovative development of Russia".

The gun shooting competitions were held in the renewed USUE shooting range.

Within the forum "Ural - the driver of neo-industrial and innovative development of Russia", a briefing was held for the federal media Interfax, Argumenty i Fakty (Arguments and Facts), and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

At the III Ural Economic Forum held at USUE, there was delivered a public lecture "Noonomics: the Essence and Mechanism of Transition."