Experts from six countries to discuss development of information infrastructure in Minsk on November 19

The International Scientific and Technical Conference “Development of Informatization and the State System of Scientific and Technical Information” (RINTI-2026) will be held in Minsk on November 19, the Joint Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus reported.

The JIPI informed:

- The anniversary conference, which marks a quarter of a century since its foundation, will become a platform for discussing topical issues of the development of the information infrastructure of science, improving the state system of scientific and technical information, introducing digital technologies and artificial intelligence into scientific, educational and production activities. This year, representatives of about 40 organizations from six countries participated in the conference event: Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and China. It is expected that the conference will bring together about 200 participants – scientists, representatives of scientific libraries, organizations of scientific and technical information, educational institutions and the IT sector.

The conference will be held in a mixed format, providing full-time and absentee participation. It will also include an exhibition combining scientific and technical developments of the NASB JIPI and a selection of novelties of literature in the field of scientific and technical information from the Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library of the NAS of Belarus and the Republican Scientific and Technical Library.

- Special attention will be paid to the digital transformation of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, including the role of the Office of Digitalization in the development of a scientific organization, the use of artificial intelligence in management information systems, as well as the impact of global changes on the development of intellectual communities.

The organizers of the XXV International Scientific and Technical Conference RINTI-2026 are the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Joint Institute for Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus, the State Committee for Science and Technology, the Belarusian State University and the National Library of Belarus.