On 18-19 November 2010 Minsk will host the International Conference of Applied Science “2nd Belarusian Innovation Forum”. It is the main annual event held in Belarus to summarize and review the best national and foreign theories and experience in innovation-related activity. The key organizers of the Forum are the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, several national ministries and state concerns, the executive committees of the six administrative regions and the Minsk Municipal Executive Committee, a few foreign embassies accredited in Belarus, the National Library of Belarus, the Belarusian Innovation Foundation, the Republican Centre for Technology Transfer, the Belarus Hi-Tech Park, business associations from across Belarus, etc.

This year’s Forum will be held with the support rendered by the Cooperation Foundation of the Central European Initiative (CEI), the UNDP Office in Belarus, and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

The objectives of the Forum are

·         to appraise the present status of the national innovation system;

·         to exchange the world’s best experience and find guidelines towards boosted innovation-based development of Belarus;

·         to inform the national and international public about the progress made in the innovation-related activity across Belarus, the CIS and CEI countries.

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