The 2nd International Conference on Education: Current Issues and Digital Technologies (ICECIDT 2022) was held on April 14-15, 2022. The Conference was held in online format.

The Conference is jointly organized by the Scientific and Educational Center for Information Technologies of the Leo Tolstoy Institute of Language and Culture (Russia), Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts (Russia), International Science and Culture Center for Academic Contacts (Russia), Zhengzhou Yingchun Conference Planning Co. Ltd (China) and the Moscow House of Nationalities (Russia).

Guidelines of the conference: modern trends in education, innovative pedagogical technologies, issues of informatization in the education system, methods and digital technologies in education, professional training of future specialists, inclusive education, education and psychology, intercultural dialogue in education, etc.

All conference reports corresponded to the subject of the conference, were accompanied by informative visuals and followed by active discussions. The speakers introduced the conference participants not only to research results but also to the practice of using information technologies in and outside the classroom, in inclusive education, organization of students' independent work and teaching at Sunday schools.

The problem of artificial intelligence in the field of education was covered in the conference report by S.G. Grigoriev, head of the Scientific and Educational Center for Information Technologies at the Leo Tolstoy Institute of Language and Culture, professor of the Institute of Digital Education at Moscow City University, Doctor of Engineering, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow).

The prospects for the transformation of Russian education were discussed in the report “Transformation of Russian education system and the main factors influencing this process” by I. E. Vostroknutov, Professor, Doctor of Education, professor of the Institute of Digital Education at Moscow City University (Moscow).

The issues of teacher training and the main areas for its improvement were outlined in the conference report “Analysis of preparedness of novice teachers of the Tula region for professional activities (according to the monitoring of January 2022 as compared to February 2019)” by N.A. Shaydenko, Professor, Doctor of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, head of the Centre for Strategic Planning of Education Development, Expertise and Scientific Consulting (Tula).

An important part of any research is the work with scientific literature and sources presented in library collections. The conference report “The role of a scientific pedagogical library in conducting research in the field of education”, devoted to the collection of scientific literature at the K. D. Ushinsky State Scientific Pedagogical Library of the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow) by R.I. Fateeva, PhD, head of the rare book sector of the library.

A conference report that attracted much interest was the one entitled “The application of teacher’s competence in information and communication technologies to improve students’ academic and social results (through the example of publishing a school newspaper “Our World” and working on the UCHI.RU platform)” by A.Yu. Pashutina, member of the Moscow Journalist Union, Russian language and literature teacher at Moscow School No. 1598 and Grade 6 students of the same school.

The issues of improving the quality of student professional training through the application of digital technologies were reflected in the reports by Russian and Chinese university and vocational school teachers.

151 articles were submitted to the Conference, 83 of them were accepted for publication after a thorough review by three reviewers.

Let us express our gratitude to all the participants of ICECIDT 2022 for their valuable contribution to the work of the Conference. We would also like to thank everyone who worked hard to organize the Conference and prepare the Proceedings for publication. We especially thank Atlantis Press for our long-term collaboration.

The Organizing Committee of ICECIDT 2022