Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 27-28 November 2020, Uzbekistan will host the second Science and Atom Festival. The main goal of the event is to draw public attention to national achievements in the field of science and technology, to popularize technical specialties among young people, and to raise people's awareness of the peaceful atom.

The organizer of the festival is the Information Center for Atomic Technologies (ICAT), located in Tashkent, with the support of the Agency for the Development of Atomic Energy of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.

This year, due to restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, the festival will be held online. The rich two-day program includes lectures by Russian and Uzbek scientists, scientific readings, open discussions, quizzes, talk shows, master classes, which will be held in Uzbek and Russian. Schoolchildren and students, specialized specialists, journalists and everyone who is interested in scientific topics are invited to participate in the event. The most active participants will receive special prizes.

The festival will be attended by leading experts of Uzbekistan - representatives of the Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Tashkent branch of NRNU MEPhI, the Institute of Materials Science NPO Physics-Solntse, Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine, Uzliti Engineering, Uzatom Agency, Smart Tashkent "and MyWay. The guests of the festival will be the stars of the national show business, famous journalists and even small residents of Tashkent.

The Russian side will be represented by leading nuclear scientists, physicists, power engineers, biologists, popularizers of science, career counselors.

2020 has been declared in Uzbekistan as the Year of Science, Education and the Digital Economy. The festival will contribute to the popularization of science and education in the country, and its participants will have the opportunity to communicate with experts and learn a lot.

This is the second festival in Uzbekistan, the first was held in 2019 and gathered more than 1000 participants. The Science and Atom Festival is a series of scientific and educational events in the field of nuclear science and technology. Events are held in many countries developing nuclear energy and non-energy applications of nuclear technologies: Bangladesh, India, Belarus, Armenia, Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia and others - and are invariably very popular