On January 31, 2020, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with scientists, young researchers, leaders of research institutions and representatives of the manufacturing sector. There were discussed the most important tasks in the field of science.

2020 is declared as the Year of Development of Science, Education and Digital Economy in our country, and Priorities in this regard are set.

Taking into account the potential of pre-existing scientific schools in our country, based on our national interests and development directions, the development of mathematics, chemistry, biology and geology was chosen this year.

In this regard, on February 7-8, 2020, the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and Samarkand State University held a joint scientific-practical seminar on the study of scientific and practical problems of the region.

President of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan B.S.Yuldashev, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan G.A.Bahadirov, member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan A. Kayumov, Rector of Samarkand State University R.I.Khalmuradov more than 50 scientists, doctoral students and independent researchers participated at the scientific-practical seminar.

The seminar was opened by the president of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan B.S.Yuldashev and the rector of Samarkand State University R.I. Khalmuradov.

In his opening speech, Rector of Samarkand State University Prof. R.Khalmuradov touched upon the ongoing reforms in the field of science, the work carried out for the development of science and the tasks we are facing to develop this field.

President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, academician B.S.Yuldashev provided detailed information about the Execution of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Science and Scientific Activity” dated October 29, 2019 and detailed information on the ongoing scientific reforms in Uzbekistan and the tasks set by the President at the January 31, 2020, to the participants of the seminar.

There were listened 42 scientific reports on the study of scientific and practical problems of the region at the joint scientific-practical seminar.

Scientists from universities of Samarkand (Samarkand State University, SamMI, SamSAI, TUIT Samarkand branch, SamSIFL, SamESI), Kashkadarya (KarSU), Jizzakh (JizPI, JizDPI), Navoi (Navai Mining Institute, Navai State Pedagogical Institute)region participated with their reports at the scientific seminar.

The scientific reports of doctor of physical and mathematical sciences prof. I.F.Ikramov “Stimulus integrals and their applications”, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, prof. A.B. Khasanov “Integration of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation with an additional term”, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, prof.N.Nizomov “Photonics of rhodamine dye molecules in solutions, polymer matrices and films ”, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences A.Imomov “Structural and asymptotic properties of Markov branching random processes with immigration”, doctor of medical sciences, doc.F.Umirov “Development of a technology for obtaining complex effective defoliants based on local raw materials” aroused great interest among the participants during the seminar,.

There were discussed the issues that are waiting to be addressed in the field of science at the discussions of the seminar.

It was noted that such seminars traditionally would be continued in all research institutions at the end of the seminar. Recommendations on the application of the research results discussed at the seminar were developed.

An agreement was reached with the research institutes of the Academy of Sciences on the establishment of close cooperation between higher education institutions.

There were emphasized the importance of the commercialization of research results, that is, the need to pay close attention to the practical importance of scientific research and the need to develop and implement a program at the seminar.