Annual International Scientific Conference “Sakharov Readings: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century”

The 25th Anniversary International Scientific Conference

“Sakharov readings 2025: environmental problems of the XXI century”

May 22-23, 2025 
Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Main purpose of the conference is to unite the efforts of leading scientists and practitioners, lecturers of higher education institutions, PhD students, master students and students from different countries to assess the impact of technical progress on the environment and humans, develop measures to reduce negative technogenic impact on nature.

Organizers of the conference: the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus; the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus; Belarusian State University; International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University.

Conference location: International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University (hereinafter referred to as the institute), address: Minsk, Dolgobrodskaya str., 23/1.

Conference languages: Russian, Belarusian, English.

Type of participation in the conference: in person (orally, stand presentation), distant participation.

Conference proceedings will be published before the conference.

Organizational Committee and its functions
Two organizational committees are created to arrange and hold the conference: the international organizational committee and the local organizational committee. The Director of the institute approves them.

The international organizational committee consists of the following representatives: the conference organizers and the representatives of foreign educational establishments the institute cooperates with.

The local committee consists of the representatives of Belarusian establishments the institute cooperates with, the institute administration and the heads of the institute departments.

The main task of the International organizational committee is to determine the conference work (research topics).

The local organizational committee develops a conference plan for holding and preparation; prepares and sends an information letter on the conference, provides the acceptance of conference materials, expertise, the edition of the conference proceedings; draws up the conference program; implements measures on technical and information support of the conference.

Conference topics:

1. Applied ecology (industrial ecology, agrarian and forestry ecology), geo ecology, environmental monitoring, waste management.

2. Radioecology, radiation biology, radiochemistry.

3. Nuclear technologies, radiation safety and protection.

4. Medical ecology and epidemiology, immunology, medical physics.

5. Environmental chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics, molecular biology and bioinformatics.

6. Energy efficient technologies and energy management.

7. Information systems and technologies to assess and manage environmental quality.

8. Social ecology, urban ecology, environmental sustainability and safety.

          9. Philosophical and social environmental problems of modernity.

Round table 1 of UNESCO chairs «Actual environmental problems of the XXI century».

Round table 2 «Relevant issues of specialist training of ecological profile to professional and intercultural communication».

To participate in the conference you should:

  • fill out an application at http://www.iseu.bsu.by;
  • submit the following materials to the conference committee:  an application and abstracts designed following the requirements established by the local organizing committe. Abstract content should correspond to the conference topic;
  • conclude an agreement to pay a participation fee (a form of agreement is determined by the local organizing committee);
  • submit a receipt for payment.

Reports for a plenary session will be selected by the conference committee.

Submission of applications and abstracts – until 28.02.2025

Languages: English, Russian, Belarusian.

Types of participation:

• Report presentation at the plenary session

• Report presentation at the breakout session

• Stand presentation

• Distant participation

The registration fee is made after the report is included in the conference program that will be posted on the conference website until 15.04.2025. The registration fee does not cover accommodation, travel costs and stay expenses. Participants book their hotel on their own.

The conference proceedings will be published based on the conference results. If the registration fee is not paid, report materials will not be published. The conference proceedings are included in the bibliographic database of scientific publications “Russian Science Citation Index” (RSCI), is placed in the scientific electronic library eLibrary.As in the BSU electronic library, the materials included in the collection are assigned a DOI.

The materials of the reports should be provided in electronic form. 

The manuscripts are not edited. The authors are responsible for the scientific content and presentation of the materials of the reports.

Report materials, not meeting the subject of the conference, design requirement or sent later than the deadline, will not be considered and returned.

Conference organizers

Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus

Belarusian State University

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus

International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University