International Innovative Mining Symposium at T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University: to the global “Think Tank” of mining science in Kuzbass

Abstract

The transition to the sustainable development posed new challenges to the system of mining education, determined by the acceleration of scientific and technological progress and the widespread introduction of innovations, the convergence of technologies from various industries. Globalization and the rapid pace of technologies’ development put forward constantly growing demands on the quality of the labor resources of mineral and raw materials complex, and constant growth of their qualifications. The accelerated innovative development of the mineral and raw materials complex carries new meanings of cooperation between mining universities, representatives of academic science, industrial enterprises and government bodies. The global expansion of the horizons of cooperation between raw materials universities of different countries is designed to accelerate the diffusion of innovation, the growth of labor productivity and safety, and increase the economic stability of extractive enterprises. The need for improving the social well-being of the population of extracting territories makes the discussion of humanization of mining engineering, the social responsibility of enterprises urgent. Such a broad understanding of mining development problems contributes the transformation of the regular International Mining Symposium center – T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University – into the "Think Tank" of Russian mining science.