The Belarusian Industrial Forum opens today at the Minsk Football Manege, BelTA was informed by the exhibition enterprise "Expoforum", which is the organizer of the event.

The Belarusian Industrial Forum opens today at the Minsk Football Manege, BelTA was informed by the exhibition enterprise "Expoforum", which is the organizer of the event.

The forum will run until June 1. The program includes over 50 events. The central place will be occupied by the XXI International Specialized Exhibition "TechInnoProm", where the theme of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) will give the exhibition a special significance. The digitalization of production processes is reflected in such sections of the exhibition as "Additive Technologies, 3D Printers", "Aerospace Technologies", "Virtual Reality Technologies, Artificial Intelligence", "Robotics. Industrial Robotic Manipulators. Robot Cars, Unmanned Vehicles", etc. Along with the traditional areas of "Industrial Equipment, Technologies and Products", "Energy in Industry, Energy Saving, Ecology", the themes of "Digital Transformation of the Industrial Sector of the Economy, Business and Society", "Development of the Internet of Things (IoT)" and "Cloud Services" will be widely represented.

The Ministry of Industry, together with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Minsk City Executive Committee, has planned a specialized exposition dedicated to the development of passenger car manufacturing, electric vehicle production, and the automotive components market. OJSC "Managing Company of Holding "Belkommunmash" together with CJSC "Stadler Minsk" will organize a joint exposition of modern and promising transport vehicles and systems in the pavilion and in the open area of "TechInnoProm", such as electric buses, high-speed trams, the latest trolleybuses, buses with diesel and gas engines, railway rolling stock, and metro cars.

In addition to Belarusian enterprises, collective expositions from Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Pskov, Bryansk regions and the city of Novosibirsk of the Russian Federation will be presented at the exhibition. Manufacturing companies from China, Ukraine, and Sweden will also participate.

The business program of "TechInnoProm" includes 23 specialized events. The plenary session "Belarus - a place for integration of West and East. Future development of the republic's industrial potential", the international symposium "Technology. Equipment. Quality", and the international scientific and practical symposium "Prospects for the development of additive technologies in the Republic of Belarus" are planned to be large-scale and substantive.

One of the key moments of the Belarusian Industrial Forum will be a business visit of representatives of German companies to establish contacts and build cooperation on the topic of "Automation, Robotics and Digitalization". It is planned to hold negotiations within the framework of a contact and cooperation exchange, visits to Belarusian organizations and enterprises, as well as a specialized conference in the format of the II German-Belarusian Forum Industry 4.0. A series of interesting presentations will be held during the fair of innovative developments.

In addition, three more exhibitions will be held on one site during the industrial forum - "Chemistry. Oil and Gas", "Profsvarka", and "Plastech". Traditionally, the forum is held under the patronage of the Government of Belarus. The organizing committee is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko.

The Belarusian Industrial Forum has been held annually since 1997. During this time, it has gained international recognition as a demonstration platform for advanced technologies and innovations in industry. Well-known companies from more than 30 countries have participated in the exhibition and business program of the forum at various times. Annually, the exhibition exposition is formed by 200-300 organizations, and about 150 have become permanent exhibitors.

News of Belarus (BELTA)