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VYZOV PRIZE PRESENTED TO SIBERIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
17 апреля 2024
12:37
Scientists of the Siberian Federal District gathered at Tomsk State University to attend the conference "Science Without Borders. Siberia Accepts the Challenge." The event focused on the VYZOV Prize awarded for fundamental breakthroughs, ideas and inventions in five nominations covering the entire range of future technologies. The conference was organized by Tomsk State University and the Vyzov Foundation for the Development of Scientific and Cultural Relations. The event was held with the aid of the University Consortium of Big Data Researchers.
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High-tech and science-intensive products make 21% in the gross regional product of the Tomsk Oblast, much higher than in Russia and in the Siberian Federal District on average. The region is a well-known scientific center, and that was one of the main reasons why organizers of the VYZOV Prize decided to visit TSU to make sure that as many scientists as possible learn about this award that is designed to support their efforts.
"What other region could become the first host of such an away event featuring the organizers of the VYZOV Prize in preparation of the next stage of the National Award for Future Technologies? Tomsk Oblast is a region of knowledge and technology. It is developing and lives up to this title. We actively cooperate with the "Big Tomsk University" that combines the efforts of all universities, research institutes, and science and technology companies with a focus on future technologies," said Lyudmila Ogorodova, Deputy Governor of the Tomsk Region for Scientific and Technological Development, in her opening speech.
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Eduard Galazhinskiy, TSU Rector, noted that the "Science Without Borders. Siberia Accepts the Challenge" conference should demonstrate full potential of the Russian science and encourage scientists to apply for the VYZOV Prize.
"We are basically witnessing the emergence of a new mechanism for supporting and promoting science in Russia," said Mr. Galazhinskiy in his opening remark. "It is kind of a Russian Oscar in science, and the prestige of this award is very high. Both the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education take note of it. We see fierce competition between the United States and China for technological "packages" in the industrial revolution. Russia is the third country that can start an alternative and sovereign technological history."
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Aleksey Fedorov, Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the VYZOV Prize, head of Quantum Information Technologies research group at the Russian Quantum Center, Director of the Institute of Physics and Quantum Engineering at MISIS University, noted that it is important for the organizers of the VYZOV Prize to talk about this award at places that are leaders in science, knowledge, and technology, such as the TSU and the entire Tomsk Oblast.
"Since we represent a young and developing award, it is very important for us to spread the news about it at the sites that are known leaders in science, knowledge, and technology. Thank you for the opportunity to hold this conference at TSU. Our goal is to talk about the tools for further technology development that scientists are rewarded for," said Aleksey Fedorov.
Gazprombank is co-founder of the VYZOV and Award. Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank and alumnus of TSU, spoke at the plenary part of the conference about ways of supporting scientists by the bank.
"Gazprombank has extensive experience and unique competencies that allow us to assess breakthrough technologies and research projects of the future, identify promising teams and scientists at an early stage. In order to build knowledge-driven economy, it is necessary to ensure uninterrupted transition of scientific inventions into new technologies. The VYZOV Prize has become a statement that science is important and requested by the state, society, and businesses. And for young people who are making their first steps in science, it means that their ideas and efforts will be appreciated and fill find practical applications," emphasized Dmitry Zauers.
Awards as a means for supporting scientists not only promote science, but also help researchers find investors and gain additional recognition among colleagues. This view was expressed by Ilya Semerikov, Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, head of Scalable Ion Quantum Computing research group at the Russian Quantum Center, researcher at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and winner of the 2023 VYZOV Prize in Future category.
"Awards certainly add value to your work. Telling investors and colleagues that you are engaged in promising research in quantum technologies is one thing, but adding that your work has been recognized by the highly respected Scientific Committee of the VYZOV Prize and that you have won the Prize in one of the categories, this is something completely different. Such presentation of research is a strong argument that you can be trusted, and the technologies under development really have the potential to improve people's lives in the near future," noted Ilya Semerikov.
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Vyzov Foundation for the Development of Scientific and Cultural Relations is founder and organizer of the VYZOV National Prize for Future Technologies. The mission of the Foundation is to make science a popular and desirable occupation, to create new perception of science and technologies as topmost values for the society. The Foundation aims to popularize science and technological achievements, to create an expert community in the sphere of future technologies, to turn scientists into opinion leaders, to create an effective mechanism for interation between science and businesses, and to foster sustainable international scientific dialogue.