Representatives of BrSU – participants of the XI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Ensuring Information and Political Security of the State: Discourses, Concepts and Practices"

Viktoria Vladimirovna Sushko, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of History for Ideological and Educational Work, and Evgeny Vsevolodovich Skakun, Associate Professor of the Department of World History and Political Science, took part in the XI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Ensuring Information and Political Security of the State: Discourses, Concepts and Practices." The forum was held at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. The conference was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly. It brought together experts from seventeen countries. The discussions were attended by representatives of Belarus, Russia, China, Japan, India, Venezuela, Greece, Namibia, Iraq, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Welcoming remarks to the participants were delivered by Irina Fyodorovna Kiturko, Rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno; Yuri Khadzhimuratovich Karaev, Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee; Valery Vatslavovich Mitskevich, Head of the Secretariat of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly; Igor Vasilyevich Karpenko, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus; Andrei Ivanovich Ivanets, Minister of Education of Belarus; and Andrei Yuryevich Shutov, President of the Russian Political Science Association. The forum participants discussed the role of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly in the context of digital transformation, contemporary information threats, and the impact of artificial intelligence on political processes.

On the first day of the conference, an analysis was made of various aspects of the place and role of digital technologies and artificial intelligence in ensuring the information and political security of the Belarusian state. The experts agreed that digital technologies can become a reliable resource for ensuring state security. On the second day, the participants focused on the growing interrelationship between theory and the diverse socio-political practice of introducing digital technologies and artificial intelligence. Six thematic sections were organized to address these issues.

At the conclusion of the conference, a final resolution and practical recommendations were accepted.

Viktoria Vladimirovna Sushko,
Deputy Dean of the Faculty of History for Ideological and Educational Work
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and BrSU