The 5th BRICS Young
Scientist Forum (YSF) under the theme «BRICS Partnership of Young Scientists
and Innovators for Science Progress and Innovative Growth» concluded on 25 September.
The Forum, held from 21 to 25 September via
videoconference, was attended by 105 participants from Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa who presented their science projects on a specially
created interactive platform. Young scientists discussed the development of
joint innovation and scientific activities, as well as opportunities for collaboration
between universities of the five countries.
The Forum included discussions on three major topics: ecology,
materials science and artificial intelligence. It also featured an intellectual
game «Quiz», an interactive workshop on creating enterprises and introducing
technologies, as well as scientific experiments. Roman Morozov, SUSU chemist, demonstrated
live one of the effective water purification methods.
On the final day of the Forum, South Ural State
University, Polyot Chelyabinsk Radio Plant, Vega Concern, Rostec State
Corporation, Intersvyaz and the Chelyabinsk City Investment Development Agency
presented their innovative solutions at the «Smart City» project workshop.
Also on the last day, the organizers announced the results
of Science Stand Up Battle, a contest among young scientists from the BRICS
countries this format was introduced for the first time at the YSF. The
participants were asked to present their researches in a format that would be
clear and fascinating for a wide audience. One of the participants spoke about a
breakdown of temperature sensors and how such breakdowns are similar to human
diseases.
Science Stand Up Battle winners:
1st place: Sandeep Somvanshi, India
(DST-INSPIRE),
2nd place: Anupma Thakur, India
(DST-INSPIRE),
3rd place: Maria Gordeyeva, Russia (Kazan
State Power Engineering University).
The jury members and voting participants also noted the performance of Arthur Henrique Azevedo Gonçalves from Brazil, who won the Audience Choice Award.
All the BRICS Young Scientist Forum participants noted how fulfilling the programme was and praised the high level organization of the event, which brought together five countries from different parts of the world on a single online platform. Representatives from India, which will host the Forum in 2021, emphasized that they would be delighted to benefit from Russias successful experience.
The Roscongress Foundation, a socially oriented non-financial
development institution and a major organiser of
international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and
sporting, public, and cultural events, is in charge of organising events as part of the Russian Federations
chairmanship in the BRICS association.
Official website of the Russian Federations chairmanship: brics-russia2020.ru.