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 prioritize both scientific innovation and workforce sustainability.

Key discussion points:

• Building durable international research partnerships
• Creating academic pipelines that feed national talent development
• Strategies for employee retention and long-term skills alignment
• Facilitating technology transfer from academic discovery to industrial application
• The institutional role of TMK in advancing applied research and scientific leadership in Central Asia