21 February 2013

International Scientific and Technical Conference Open Semantic Technologies for Intelligent Systems OSTIS-2013 opened on February 21, 2013 on the basis of Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in Minsk with the support of the Hi-Tech Park Administration and resident-companies.

“The Park supports the conference because we believe that it will not only give the participants new knowledge but also spark their interest in the sphere of intellectual systems that definitely determines the future of information technologies”, - the HTP Administration Deputy Director Inessa Kontsevaja said in her opening statement .

It’s the third time that the conference takes place and it has already become the symbol of BSUIR and Belarus as a whole. This year there are 170 speakers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan taking part in ОSTIS.

The chairman of the Russian Association of Artificial Intelligence Oleg Kuznetsov noted that there are a lot of first time participants this year. Meanwhile, in spite of the fact that the number of reports is increasing their quality is not getting worse. As the chairman of the conference organizational committee Oleg Kuznetsov promised that in 2014 the selection criteria for participation would become even tougher.

The Hi-Tech Park wishes the participants interesting and fruitful work!