National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

03.10.2018

Meeting of Technical Advisory Board of NAS of Belarus and LG Electronics Inc.

On 3 October 2018, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus hosted a meeting of the Technical Advisory Board of the NAS of Belarus and LG Electronics Inc. The event was attended by a representative delegation of specialists and experts of the LG Electronics Inc. company, headed by Dr. Jong Sang Lee, Senior Vice President of the company, Director of LG's Materials & Devices Advanced Research Institute (MDARI).

The meeting summarized the results of a joint technical seminar held at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 2 October 2018. It reviewed the results of cooperation between scientific organizations of the NAS of Belarus and LG Electronics Inc. and discussed promising areas and mechanisms for developing cooperation between the partners. Representatives of scientific organizations of the Academy of Sciences made their presentations. Sergei Chizhik, First Vice Chairman of the NASB Presidium, presented the medal "90th Anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" to Dr. Chong Sue Lee, Senior Vice President of LG Electronics Inc.

Currently, scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and experts of LG Electronics Inc. are running four projects in the field of new materials, cooling systems (heat and mass transfer), and green technologies. New areas of joint research will be identified after an expert opinion.

The meeting of the Technical Advisory Board of the NAS of Belarus and LG Electronics Inc. and the technical seminar were held on 2–3 October 2018. According to the Agreement on Establishment of the Technical Advisory Board between the NAS of Belarus and LG Electronics Inc., the parties should hold joint meetings at least once a year to discuss scientific research (projects), conducting under the Agreement, or to exchange various general information on all issues of interest.

The Technical Advisory Board determines the list of projects to be implemented. The Belarusian party in the Technical Advisory Board is represented by leading scientists from the NAS of Belarus, different universities and scientific organizations of our country.