The annual international scientific conference MicroCAD-2023 was opened at our university. And although the conditions for its holding were extremely difficult, which was caused by a terrible war with missile attacks, including during the plenary session, this online conference became a top-level event.
An experimental physicist, Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, emeritus head of the Laser Cooling and Trapping Group and employee of NIST at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology did a great honor to the scientists of Kharkiv Polytechnic and all of Ukraine with his speech at the MicroCAD-2023 plenary session;
Professor Emeritus of the University of Maryland, NIST and UMD Joint Quantum Institute Research Fellow – Professor William D. Phillips, who spoke at the plenary session. The scientist congratulated the participants of the conference and noted that in such difficult times, despite everything, science in Ukraine is developing. Professor Phillips’ speech was devoted to the reform of the international system of units – «The Quantum Reform of the International System of Units».
Plenary presentations were made by:
– Rector of NTU «KhPI», Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize in Science and Technology, Professor Yevgen Sokol with the report: «Integration of the National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» into the European and International Educational and Scientific Space». He noted the important role of Kharkiv Polytechnic, the contribution of its students, teachers, and researchers to international integration;
– Professor Ulrich Rüdiger, Rector of the Rhine-Westphalia University of Technology Aachen, Germany, sent a video report with greetings to the conference participants and outlining future cooperation, «MicroCAD: Scientific and educational cooperation between two technical universities: RWTH Aachen and NTU «KhPI»;
– a video report was sent by Professor Gérard Hovers – specialist in the field of Earth and environmental sciences, vice-rector for scientific work of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, «International Cooperation between Leading Universities»;
– Serhiy Pugach – coordinator of the National Euratom Contact Point in Ukraine, National Scientific Center «Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology» of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, with the report: «EURATOM programme: integration of Ukrainian research and education community to the European research area of fission and fusion research and training».
The conference participants will work for another 3 days in twelve large sections: from energy, electronics, international business, medical sciences to national security. In general, about 3,000 scientists, teachers, postgraduate students and students are expected to participate in the conference.
As a result, the participants of the International Scientific Conference MicroCAD-2023, and first of all the plenary session, received strong support for their scientific activity and the importance of science and education in restoring the economy of Ukraine and its innovative development.
Presentation by Professor Phillips – The Quantum Reform of the International System of Units
Presentation by Rector Yevgen Sokol – Integration of the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” into the European and International Educational and Scientific Space
Presentation by Mr Serhiy Pugach – EURATOM programme: integration of Ukrainian research and education community to the European research area of fission and fusion research and training
