The 17th International Forum on Heat and Mass Transfer opened in Minsk on 20 May. Attending the forum are about 300 scientists, including guests from Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Israel. About 200 reports are to be heard. The forum is organized by the A.V. Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, which is the country’s leading scientific institution engaged in the development of energy-efficient and environmentally safe technologies and equipment, apparatus and devices for power engineering and mechanical engineering, agro-industrial complex and construction industry, medicine, chemical, electronic, radio-technical, food industry, and also space industry. 
