Forum “Science – production: innovations for the real sector of the economy” was held in Minsk

The event brought together leading scientists, academicians, professors, heads of enterprises, specialized specialists, as well as students, undergraduates and postgraduates from all regions of Belarus. More than 350 participants presented their developments. The relevance of the forum is due to the need to establish and strengthen business ties between universities, scientific organizations and enterprises of the country, as well as to demonstrate the latest achievements of universities in advanced scientific and technical fields.

The Minister of Education Andrey Ivanets, while communicating with journalists, drew attention to the fact that within the framework of the forum, which was held within the walls of the International Exhibition Center, a meeting of six sections was held:

- They are aimed at discussing the specific results of the practical activities of our scientists. This is the interaction of university, academic, industry science in areas ranging from industrial, digital technologies to chemical and biotechnologies, as well as a number of other priority areas determined by the decree of the President of our country.

He noted that within the framework of one of the sections, issues of youth policy and science development were considered:

- This is also very important, because ensuring human resources and the continuity of generations of science is one of the serious conditions for the stable functioning of the scientific and innovative sphere.

Andrey Ivanets expressed the opinion that the most important thing is to unite the efforts of the entire scientific community:

- Today we see that university scientists are engaged in the initial development of projects, design documentation, which is subsequently transferred to enterprises of the real sector of the economy, where pilot-industrial testing and subsequent scaling are carried out.

According to him, during the plenary session, the most striking, serious developments that have already received practical application will be presented. These are areas such as robotics, materials science, the use of digital technologies in medicine and other areas.

I am sure that such forums for the scientific community are a very serious and important platform for discussing not only the scientific problems themselves, interdisciplinary research, but also the development of those proposals that are aimed at increasing the practical orientation and economic impact of such developments for our country, Andrei Ivanets summed up.

On the margins of the section “Innovative Technologies in Industry”, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher and Consultant of the Institute of Powder Metallurgy named after Academician O.V. Roman Petr Vityaz shared that innovative developments in the field of powder metallurgy and protective coatings play a key role in improving the competitiveness of the Belarusian industry:

- The development of science, education and production is a single foundation for solving the problems facing the real sector of the country's economy. Today, academic institutions and universities work closely with the Ministry of Industry within the framework of various state programs.

The main advantage of powder metallurgy is the ability to obtain unique physical and chemical properties of materials that are not achievable by traditional methods. Powders of elements of the entire Mendeleev table can be mixed and get any necessary composition. This allows you to create frictional, superhard and magnetic materials.

- The second most important advantage of technology is its economic efficiency. The utilization rate of metal in the manufacture of complex products can reach almost 100 percent, minimizing the need for machining. In turn, protective coating technologies allow to give the surfaces of parts wear resistance, corrosion resistance and other specified functional properties, the academician noted.

According to him, responding to the challenges of the time and increased competition from modern foundry production and metalworking, domestic science relies on advanced areas. One of them is 3D-technologies and laser sintering, which allows you to form complex products without using expensive tooling.