MINSK, 18 October (BelTA) – The 6th forum of the Union State engineering and technology universities entitled as Global Energy: Partnership of Countries and Technologies in the Context of Sustainable Development and the Conservation of the Climate will take place at the Belarusian National Technical University in Minsk on 24-27 October, the organizers told BelTA.
The major goal of the forum is to develop the Belarus-Russia inter-university platform for the implementation of youth initiatives, programs and projects in addressing problems of global energy in the context of sustainable development of the Union State and the countries of the region, energy and environmental safety, the conservation of the climate, and training highly-qualified nuclear energy personnel.
Taking part in the forum will be young scientists and specialists, students and postgraduates of the engineering and technology universities of the Union State. Attending this year's forum will also be famous scientists, the academic staff and graduates of the Belarusian National Technical University from Algeria, Vietnam, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia.
The program of the forum will include lectures for students and participants of the forum on energy, energy and environmental safety, the conservation of the climate, the presentation of youth innovative projects in energy, energy security, energy efficiency, the discussion of education prospects in nuclear energy, and topical energy issues at the level of experts, specialists, and business, and also the presentation of startup projects and scientific developments in the energy sector.
The engineering university forums, first held in 2012, have become one of the biggest events in the Eurasian Economic Union in the area of science, education and innovative activity. Such events help create an efficient tool for cooperation between engineering and technology universities of the Union State. The business battle “Best Youth Innovative Project of the Union State” is held as part of the forum to promote youth innovative entrepreneurship.
The forum will be held under the auspices of the Union State Permanent Committee, the Education Ministry of Belarus, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.