The conference is dedicated to the memory of the Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the USSR State Prize and the USSR Council of Ministers Prize, winner of 22 government awards, founder of the scientific school on atmospheric optics, Academician Vladimir Evseevich Zuev (1925–2003).

V.E. Zuev was the founder and first director of the Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1969). Through his efforts and energy, the Tomsk Academic Town became a unique scientific entity with a well-developed social sphere (1975); he was at the origins of the creation of the Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1979). Now there are 5 full-fledged academic institutes operating in the Academic Town of Tomsk, which are among the leading scientific institutions in Russia in their field.

Conference topics:
- History of the creation of academic science in Tomsk
- Successes and scientific achievements of academic institutes of the Tomsk Scientific Center
- Development of scientific directions supported by Academician V.E. Zuev
- Scientific cooperation between academic and university science in Tomsk

The Conference program includes invited and oral presentations.
The working language of the Conference is Russian (if necessary, simultaneous translation).