MINSK, 6 January (BelTA) – Over 60 events will be held to mark the Year of Science in Belarus, Chief Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) Alexander Kilchevsky said during the presentation of the Year of Science on 6 January, BelTA has learned.
“The Academy of Sciences has prepared a comprehensive plan of events for the Year of Science. The document has been drafted by 33 ministries and government agencies. The plan consists of 13 chapters and includes over 60 events. The Year of Science will aim to make Belarusian science open to the society, to show how an idea develops into a product,” Alexander Kilchevsky noted.
He stressed that the plan will focus on the support for talented youth.
During the presentation, Chairman of the NASB Presidium Vladimir Gusakov said that the work to design the Year of Science logo is underway, and the result will be presented at the end of January. “What is more, it is necessary to set up a Strategic Council of the Year of Culture consisting of senior executives and leading researchers from different branches of science. Plans have been made to launch a nationwide competition for the best project in fundamental and applied research, in the humanities, for the best youth project, and the most successful project implementation,” Vladimir Gusakov said.
He added that 2017 will see important international forums: the first symposium on the academic basis of the Belarusian statehood, the 7th Belarusian Space Congress, the first Belarusian congress on national philosophy in the modern world, and the congress 500 Years of Belarusian Book Printing. Special attention will be paid to the nationwide contests of innovation projects, of student research projects, and projects of the 100 Ideas for Belarus initiative.
