Session 8
15:30
– 16:30 / 25 June 2025
Grand Ballroom
Fostering Scientific partnerships and Human Capital Development
Explore Uzbekistan’s emerging leadership in critical minerals research, training, and institutional capacity-building. Anchored by the creation of the Higher School of Technological Metals at TMK, it will bring together international academic partners to discuss new models of collaboration that prioritise both scientific innovation and workforce sustainability.
Moderator
Deputy chairman of the board for science and development
Uzbekistan Technological Metals Complex (TMK)
Speakers:
15:30 New horizons for cooperation in science and education: the role of critical minerals in sustainable development.
Rector
University of Geological Sciences
15:40 - Advanced Engineering School “GeoMetTech” as a Bridge Between Science, Education, and Industry
Deputy Director for Academic Affairs
Almalyk Branch of the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS)
15:50 - The Higher School of Technological Metals – An Innovative Educational Platform for Training Highly Qualified Specialists
Executive Director
University of Pisa Branch in Tashkent
16:00 - Strategic Collaboration for Rare Metals: Korea-Uzbekistan Model for Sustainable Innovation
Professor
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
16:10 - The Importance of Standards and Testing Certification for Industry
Head of the Mechanical and Electronic Convergence Division
Korea Testing Certification Institute (KTC)
16:20 - Q&As