
Session 8
15:30
– 17:00 / 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.
Speakers:
15:30 The Higher School of Technological Metals – An Innovative Educational Platform for Training Highly Qualified Specialists
Executive Director
University of Pisa Branch in Tashkent
15:45 - 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)
16:00 - The Importance of Standards and Testing Certification for Industry

Head of the Mechanical and Electronic Convergence Division
Korea Testing Certification Institute (KTC)