National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek

Today, November 4, the prestigious international scientific session entitled “Strategic University of Central Asia” was held at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek as part of the 9th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Theory and Practice of Strategizing”.

The event was jointly organized by the National University of Uzbekistan, Navoi State University of Mining and Technologies, the Central Asian University for the Study of the Environment and Climate Change (Green University), the Moscow School of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Center for Strategic Studies of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems.

The scientific discussion platform brought together leading scholars in the field of strategy, heads of government institutions, experts, and young researchers from Uzbekistan, Central Asian countries, Russia, China, and other nations.

The opening ceremony of the first day, held at the National University of Uzbekistan, as well as the plenary session entitled “Theory and Practice of Strategizing the Central Asian Region”, was inaugurated with opening remarks by the Rector of the National University of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Inom Madjidov.

Representatives of government and scientific institutions took part in the plenary session. In particular, participants received welcoming messages from Shavkat Ayupov, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Dmitry Li, Director of the National Agency for Prospective Projects; Bakhtiyor Pulatov, Rector of Green University; and other distinguished representatives.

The keynote address at the plenary session was delivered by one of the internationally recognized founders of the science of strategy — Vladimir Lvovich Kvint, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, and Professor. Conceptual presentations were also delivered by Irina Novikova, Professor at Moscow State University; Avazbek Sadikov, Head of the Department of State and Corporate Strategies at the National University of Uzbekistan; Sergey Chepel, Chief Research Fellow at the Institute for Macroeconomic and Regional Studies; as well as faculty members of the National University of Uzbekistan.

As part of the session, important publications in the field of strategizing were presented, including books from the series “Strategist’s Library”, “Kuzbass Strategy”, “Strategy of the Russian Far East”, and “Economic and Financial Strategy”, along with specialized academic journals.

In the afternoon, lively discussions took place at the Faculty of Economics of the National University of Uzbekistan within the framework of the first breakout session entitled “Regional Strategizing in Central Asia: Practical Initiatives”.

At the same time, parallel breakout sessions were organized at the Green University campus in Tashkent as part of the first day’s programme. These sessions focused on regional environmental security, the rational use of water resources, strategizing human potential, and the development of environmental awareness and culture.