On 30 April 2025, Mirzo Ulugbek Samarkand State Technical University held an international scientific-practical conference on “The impact of climate change on labour relations and innovative solutions”. The event was dedicated to World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
The conference was attended by Xusan To‘xtayev, deputy governor of the region, Suxrob Rafiqov, chairman of the Samarkand regional council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan, Temur Maxmudov, head of the Main Directorate for Poverty Reduction and Employment, Vagif Mirzoyev, head of the hydrometeorology directorate, as well as foreign scientists from Belarus, Turkey, Pakistan and Kazakhstan.
During the conference, papers were heard on foreign experience in teaching occupational safety in higher education, on digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the effects of smog and waste gases, on safety and health protection on construction sites, and on an analysis of occupational-safety legislation and statistics.
Young scientists, doctoral students, specialists from production enterprises and representatives of the country's higher education institutions also put forward proposals for innovative solutions to labour safety.
At the close of the event the participants exchanged experience and reached agreements on expanding international cooperation.
