INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE ‘RUSSIA - BELARUS: 20 YEARS OF THE UNION STATE’ HELD AT THE BELARUSIAN-RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY
On November 21-22, the International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Russia - Belarus: 20 Years of the Union State (Educational, Research, Social and Humanitarian Aspects of the Development of Russia-Belarus Relations)’ was held at the Belarusian-Russian University.
The following special guests attended the conference: Nadezhda Vasilievna Kalinina, Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus, Doctor of Political Sciences; Leonid Gennadievich Makurov, Deputy Head of the Representative Office of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Republic of Belarus; Valery Anatolievich Malashko, Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee.
Professor Mikhail Evgenievich Lustenkov, Rector of the Belarusian-Russian University, Doctor of Engineering, welcomed the Conference participants.
The Conference aimed to boost interest in the problems of the creation of the Union State, its distinctive features that differentiate it from other integration associations, and had an important sociopolitical, scientific and humanitarian significance for the development of a common education area of the Union State.
The Conference was organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Inter-State Educational Institution of Higher Education ‘Belarusian-Russian University’.
The following keynote speakers were invited to give a talk at the plenary session:
- Sergei Nikolayevich Baburin, Doctor of Law, Chairman of the International Slavic Council, a Russian statesman and politician (Moscow, the Russian Federation) with a talk entitled ‘Union State as a Factor of International Peace. Years of Achievements and Missed Opportunities’;
- Igor Vitalievich Voitov, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Rector of Belarusian State Technological University (Minsk, Belarus) with a talk entitled ‘New Directions for Technical, Scientific and Educational Cooperation between Belarus and Russia Implementing the University 3.0 Model’;
- Nikolai Sidorovich Sheleg, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Belarus State Economic University (Minsk, Belarus) with a talk entitled ‘Similarities and Differences in the Development of the Consumer Market of Belarus and Russia.’
As part of the conference, an exhibition of scientific, educational and cultural achievements of the Belarusian-Russian University was organized. Besides, the guests had the opportunity to observe the facilities of the Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Technologies.
During the Conference the following thematic sessions were held:
- Development Strategies and Features of Integration of Education Systems of Russia and Belarus. Educational Projects of the Union State.
- Contemporary Issues of Development of Common Scientific and Industrial Area of the Union State.
- Main Stages of Development of Russia-Belarus Bilateral Relations Through the Prism of Historical Time. Historical Background of the Creation of the Union State.
- Sociopolitical and Economic Aspects of Integration Processes Within the Union State: Problems and Prospects of Interregional Cooperation.
- Role of Humanitarian Cooperation of Young People in Russia-Belarus Integration Process (jointly with Social and Cultural Organization Naslediye). Public diplomacy.
