Republican seminar on issues of invention, rationalization and engineering and technical creativity (August 21, 2024, Vitebsk)

On August 21, the Republican Seminar on Invention, Rationalization and Engineering and Technical Creativity was held in Vitebsk. It was organized by the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus and the Belarusian Institute of Systems Analysis and Information Support for Scientific and Technical Spheres in order to increase the inventive level and innovative activity of developers and manufacturers of scientific and technical products by teaching modern methods of solving inventive problems of various levels and exchanging experience in organizing rationalization activities at enterprises.

The event was opened by Olga Khvostova, Deputy Director for International Scientific and Innovative Work, PhD in Biology. She emphasized that in accordance with the State Program for Innovative Development of the Republic of Belarus for 2021-2025, the state faces the task of improving the work on training and popularization of invention, rationalization and engineering and technical creativity. One of the mechanisms for solving this task is the organization of training events on effective methods of engineering and technical creativity (including the theory of solving inventive problems), as well as knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies in the field of rationalization.

The report "The Main Thing for Creating Innovations" was presented by the Chairman of the Republican Council of the public association "Belarusian Society of Inventors and Innovators", an expert in the field of TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving) Kozlov Gennady Anatolyevich.

Deputy Chief Technologist for Innovative Development of OJSC Naftan, Igor Zigmundovich Lyakhnovich, introduced the event participants to practical experience in obtaining patents for inventions in the field of base oil technologies.

Doctor of Technical Sciences, expert, consultant, member of the scientific and technical council of the public association "Belarusian Engineering Society" Valery Viktorovich Dashkevich spoke about the importance of inventions, discoveries and rationalization proposals in increasing the efficiency of the country's economy.

A joint report on "Technological industrialization and the foundations of its practical implementation" was presented by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Belarusian-Russian University Leonid Aleksandrovich Sivachenko and Chief Technologist of BIONORM LLC (Vitebsk) Zakhar Borisovich Skulovich.

The head of the international certified center for modern digital production "Industry 4.0", certified trainer according to international Fact Festo standards in the direction of "Industry 4.0" Pavel Viktorovich Sinitsa made a report on the transition to "Industry 4.0" technologies as one of the main factors for increasing the efficiency, quality and competitiveness of an enterprise.

More than 100 representatives of enterprises, institutions and organizations subordinate to the ministries of industry, health, agriculture and food, education, sports and tourism, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the concerns Belneftekhim, Bellesbumprom and Bellegprom, the Republican Confederation of Entrepreneurship, the Vitebsk Regional Scientific and Technical Library, the Brest Regional and City Executive Committees, the Lyakhovichi District Executive Committee, the public associations Belarusian Engineering Society and Belarusian Society of Inventors and Innovators, the Modern TRIZ Academy (Germany), residents of scientific and technological parks and other interested parties took part in the seminar in person and connected via the Internet platform.

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In continuation of the cycle of seminars on similar topics, events will be held in Gomel (October) and Minsk (December).

More detailed information about the seminar can be obtained by phone +375(17) 379 60 13 and by e-mail: seminar@belisa.org.by.