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XVIII International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD 2021) April 27–30, 2021, Tomsk, Russia conf-prfn.org The XVIII International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD 2021), held on 27-30 April 2021 in Tomsk, Russia, is an annual multidisciplinary conference gathering together students, young researchers, post-docs, and experienced researchers working in the different research areas in order to share scientific results and ideas for a better collaboration.PFSD 2021 was dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Tomsk Polytechnic University and was held within the framework of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia. Five Tomsk universities hosted the conference. 467 young researchers applied for the participation in the conference from 67 universities and academic institutes of Russia and foreign countries. The conference presented 20 keynote speakers, 10 interactive masterclasses and competitions for participants.This year the conference was organized partially by personal attendance of participants (mainly from Tomsk city), and many foreign participants took part in conference virtually using Internet communication technologies (Zoom, Adobe Connect). The conference attendance was organized in compliance with all sanitary standards and safety requirements. The Organizing Committee was mainly located in Tomsk.List of PFSD 2021 PROGRAM COMMITTEE includes, ORGANIZING COMMITTEE are available in this pdf

XVI International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD-2019) conf-prfn.org23-26 April, 2019Tomsk, RussiaThe XVI International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD-2019), held on 23-26 April, 2019 in Tomsk, Russia, is an annual multidisciplinary conference gathering together students, young researchers, post-docs, and experienced researchers working in the different research areas in order to facilitate aggregation and sharing interests and results for a better collaboration.The conference received more than 140 submissions. After a rigorous peer-review process, 80 papers were accepted. The accepted papers cover the following conference topics: (1) Chemistry: synthesis and properties of functional materials; physicochemical analysis methods for materials; nanomaterials; ecology; organic synthesis; catalysis and petrochemistry; (2) Construction methods and materials; (3) Physics: condensed matter physics; surface physics; accelerator physics; hydrogen energetic; geophysics; modeling of physical processes; (4) Fundamental Medicine: cell biology, biochemistry; microbiology, biophysics, biomaterials; (5) Mathematics & IT: mathematical modeling and data analysis; mathematical methods in physics, chemistry, medicine, computational mathematics, differential equations, automated data processing and control systems, electronics; optoelectronics and nanophotonics; plasma emission electronics.We are very grateful to all reviewers, both local and international, for their time and effort in reviewing the papers. Their feedback to the authors has been excellent and useful to ensure the high quality of papers for the conferences.The Organizing Committee of PFSD-2019 thanks Universities involved in the conference organizing and Sponsors for their financial support, as well as everyone who contributed to the organization of this event and to the Proceedings publication.Chair of the PFSD-2019 Organizing Committee: Prof. Irina KurzinaEditors of the PFSD-2019 Conference Proceedings: Dr. Mikhail Semenov and Anna Bogdan

The 54th Annual Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI-2013) and the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the Association was held at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India during November 17–20, 2013. An International Symposium on ‘Frontier Discoveries and innovations in Microbiology and its Interdisciplinary relevance’ (FDMIR-2013) was held in conjunction with the conference. The premier event was organized in collaboration with the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Sonepat, India. AMI, established in 1938, is one of the oldest and most reputed scientific organizations of the country. The program included plenary and panel sessions with invited speakers and poster presentations. More than 1800 participants including 25 speakers from overseas attended this prestigious conference. Eminent speakers from USA, UK, Australia, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, France, Mexico, Germany, Nigeria, Japan, Finland and South Africa attended this important scientific conference. Further, a specially convened global scientific session was participated by six international societies of microbiology viz. American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Spain-India joint scientific session of the Scientific Board of the European Section on Applied Biocatalysis, South Africa Society of Microbiology (SASM), Japanese Society of Enzyme Engineering (JSEE), Microbiological Society of Korea (MSK) and Nigerian Society of Microbiology (NGM). The conference provided an opportunity for research professionals in microbiology, biotechnology and allied life sciences for novelty to discuss and share the proficiency and familiarities in microbiological research for societal benefits. The program was inaugurated on 17th November, 2013 at Tagore Auditorium of the university by Mr. B.S. Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana who expressed his satisfaction in bringing together researchers from academia, industry and the government through such conferences to ensure knowledge sharing for societal upliftment. ‘Guest of honour’, Prof. Dinesh Singh, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, reiterated the need for integration of knowledge base among interdisciplinary areas of science and other disciplines for effectively utilizing microbiological research results in the upcoming knowledge driven society. Er. H.S. Chahal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, M.D. University, Rohtak and Chief Patron of AMI-2013 in his welcome remarks commented the significance of such conferences and role of AMI in developing research and academic interest amongst young researchers. In his Presidential address Prof. Rup Lal, President AMI, deliberated the growth of AMI and its broader fields with inclusion of newer topics and research areas. He described the role of microbiologists and challenges in front of them towards the excellence of academic and scientific communities. The session was also addressed by Prof. Tapan K. Adhya, General Secretary, AMI, Dr. P. Shukla Organizing Secretary, AMI 2013 and Prof R.C. Kuhad, Chairman, Organizing Committee. The souvenir cum abstract book of AMI 2013 was also released by the Chief Minister of Haryana in the presence of all the dignitaries. In his keynote speech, Prof. Julio Polaina, Institute of Agro-chemistry and Food technology, CSIC, Spain spoke on the molecular engineering of glycoside hydrolases for food applications and discussed recent discoveries on structural and functional studies of relevant industrial enzymes. In this international event twenty technical sessions were organized under different themes viz. Agricultural and soil Microbiology, Algal Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Bio-fuel and Bio-energy, Bioinformatics and Metagenomics, Environmental Microbiology, Enzyme Technology, Food Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, IPR, Medical Microbiology, Nano-biotechnology and Plant Microbe Interaction. There was also a joint ASM-AMI session on infectious diseases. Each session of the conference consisted of an invited lectures by the chair followed by poster presentations on explicit themes by the participants afterwards discussion with chair, co-chair and delegates. There were more than 30 platinum jubilee lead invited lectures, 9 young scientists’ presentations and 950 posters. In each session, the best poster presentations were awarded by AMI to support the young research students in the form of prize, souvenir and certificates. The conference also witnessed the signing of MoU between AMI, India and ASM, USA to have a formal association between the two sister societies of Microbiology. The valedictory session was presided by Shri Jagannath Pahadia, Hon’ble Governor of Haryana and Chancellor, M.D. University, Rohtak in the presence of Er. H.S. Chahal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, M.D. University, Rohtak, Vice Chancellor, Prof. S.S. Sangwan, VC, PBDS Health University, Rohtak, Prof. Victor Di Rita, ASM, USA, Prof. Rup Lal, President, AMI, Prof. T.K. Adhya, General Secretary, AMI, Prof R.C. Kuhad, Chairman, Organizing Committee, Prof. Julio Polaina, CSIC, Spain and AMI officials from the Central Council. The 55th Annual conference of AMI will be organized by Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.

PrefaceXV International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD-2018)conf-prfn.org24-27 April, 2018Tomsk, Russian FederationThe Issue of the Journal of Physics: Conference Series includes original research papers based on the presentations at the XV International Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Prospects of Fundamental Sciences Development” (PFSD-2018), held on 24-27 April, 2018 in Tomsk, Russia. PFSD is an annual multidisciplinary conference gathering together students, young researchers, post-docs, and experienced researchers working in the different research areas in order to facilitate aggregation and sharing interests and results for a better collaboration.The topics of the Conference were: (1) Physics: condensed matter physics; surface physics; accelerator physics; hydrogen energetic; geophysics; modeling of physical processes; (2) Chemistry: synthesis and properties of functional materials; physicochemical analysis methods for materials; nanomaterials; ecology; organic synthesis; catalysis and petrochemistry; (3) Mathematics: mathematical modeling and data analysis; mathematical methods in physics, chemistry, biophysics, economics, medicine; mathematical logic; computational mathematics; differential equations; (4) Information Technologies and Electronics: intelligent control systems; automated data processing and control systems; information security; electronics; optoelectronics and nanophotonics; plasma emission electronics; intelligent power electronics; microwave electronics; systems of radiolocation, TV, radio, radiometry and wave propagation of radio frequency and acoustic bands; pulse and radio frequency measurements; (5) Construction and Architecture: construction methods and materials, products and constructions; electrotechnics and electromechanics; engineering science and mechanics; engineering geology; architectural design technique; design of architectural environment; (6) Biology and Fundamental Medicine: anatomy and physiology; immunology; neurology and psychiatry; cell biology; genetics; biochemistry; microbiology; biophysics; biotechnologies; bioengineering; pharmacology; cybernetics, bioinformatics; biomaterials; and (7) Economics and Management: digital economics; institutional and industrial economics; innovation policy and entrepreneurship; tax policy and regulation; finance; money circulation and credit; accounting, statistics; management, labor economics; mathematical and data methods in economics, multidisciplinary economic researches; international economic relations.Under the multidisciplinary platform of PFSD-2018 participants have opportunity to share their innovative ideas and create new interdisciplinary work teams. Along with this, students and young researchers can discuss their works with experienced scientists, receive qualified advice and find collaborators. Such approach provides wide range of new career possibilities for talented scientific youth.All manuscripts, submitted to the Issue went through the external peer review by the Reviewers from Russia, USA, China, Switzerland, Pakistan, Turkey, Germany, Ukraine, Belgium, Israel, Algeria, Taiwan, Indonesia, Slovakia, South Africa, Poland, Italy, Iran, Bulgaria, Japan, Venezuela, Egypt, Lithuania, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, Malaysia, Iraq, India, UK, Korea, Greece, Canada, Serbia, Austria, Kazakhstan, and Romania. We are very grateful to all Reviewers for their time and high professional comments. We deeply believe that their reviews gave opportunity to improve the scientific quality of the presented papers.We thank Organizing Committee, Universities and Sponsors supporting the conference, and everyone who contributed to the organization of this event for their contribution towards the conference and for their contributions to this proceeding.Chair of the PFSD-2018 Organizing Committee: Prof. Irina Kurzina, TSU, RussiaEditor-in-Chief of the PFSD-2018 Conference Proceedings: Dr. Anna Godymchuk, TPU, Russia Invited Guest Editor: Dr. Liudmyla Rieznichenko, IBCC, Ukraine Invited Guest Editor: Dr. Mikhail Semenov, TPU, Russia

We present to your attention the selected papers of the International Scientific and Research Conference on Knowledge-based Technologies in Development and Utilization of Mineral Resources held in the online format within the framework of the Scientific and Practical Coal Forum of Scientific and Educational Centre “Kuzbass” 8-11 September, 2020Traditionally, the conference is held every year in June as a part of the International Exhibition “Coal of Russia and Mining” but due to the spread of the COVID-19 the conference was shifted to September 8-11, 2020 and the International Exhibition “Coal of Russia and Mining” in 2021 was cancelled. In this situation, the organizers of the conference decided to hold the conference within the framework of the Scientific and Practical Coal Forum of Scientific and Educational Centre “Kuzbass” on 8-11 September, 2020 in on-line format in order to ensure the safety of conference participants in connection with the spread of the coronavirus.The conference was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Siberian State Industrial University (Novokuznetsk, Russia), which was one of the organizers of the conference. The conference co-organizers are Federal Research Centre for Coal and Coal Chemistry SB RAS (Kemerovo, Russia), JSC VostNII Scientific Centre for Industrial and Environmental Safety in the Mining Industry (Kemerovo, Russia), University of Science and Technology Liaoning (Anshan, China). The event was actively supported by the Administrations of the Kemerovo Region-Kuzbass and the city of Novokuznetsk. The Programme Committee and Organizing Committee with the scientists from Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Slovakia, Serbia, China were involved into the preparation of the conference.The virtual conference via Zoom was held on the basis of Siberian State Industrial University. It consisted of two parts-plenary session and four breakout sessions. At the plenary session presentations by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee (15 minutes), by the moderators of breakout sessions with overviews of the topics planned for discussion in their breakout sessions (20-30 minutes) were made.List of Conference photos, Programme Committee, Organizing Committee, Members of the organizing committee, are available in this pdf.

PrefaceSince 1995 Siberian State Industrial University (SibSIU) in cooperation with the research and design institutes, educational institutions and industrial enterprises, social and economic structures has been organizing the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference (with international participation) “Automation systems in education, science and production”.The conference is held every two years and covers a wide range of issues related to the creation of automation systems for industrial and socio-economic complexes. The program and organizational committee of the conference includes well-known Russian scientists and developers of automation systems, as well as representatives of Belarus and Kazakhstan. The financial support of the conference is provided by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, large industrial associations such as Consolidated Company “Sibshakhtostroy” LLC (Novokuznetsk), “Stroyservis” CJSC (Kemerovo).In 2017 the conference was held on December 14-16. More than 100 papers were submitted by the scientists and specialists from Moscow, Voronezh, Stary Oskol, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Prokopyevsk, Novokuznetsk, representing academic, research and development, educational and design institutions, administrative and socio-economic structures, enterprises of various profiles.The work of the conference was organized according to sections: the plenary session, actual problems of theory and practice of automation, automation and computer systems for production, educational and research purposes. A round table was held on the problems of automation in coal industry. Students, postgraduate students and young scientists took an active part in the conference.The Organizing Committee thanks the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 17-07-20581), enterprises and organizations for financial support, as well as all conference participants for their contribution to the development of theory and practice of automation control systems.Chairman of the Conference Organizing CommitteeDoctor of Technical Sciences, Professor,Rector of SibSIU E.V. Protopopov

The title of the ConferenceXXII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists “Interdisciplinary topics in mining and geology”The location and the date of the conference virtual event – online conference, June 29th to July 1st, 2022 in Wrocław, Poland XXIInd Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists “Interdisciplinary topics in mining and geology” continues a series of events that started in 2000 at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Scientific programme of the Conference focuses on four thematic panels:1. Mining Engineering: sustainable development, digitalisation in mining, problems of securing, protecting and using remnants of old mining works, underground mining, opencast mining, mineral processing, waste management, mining machinery, mine transport, economics in mining, mining aeronautics, ventilation and air conditioning in mines,2. Earth and Space Sciences: geology, hydrogeology, environmental protection, extraterrestrial resources, groundwater and medicinal waters, engineering and environmental protection, geotourism,3. Geoengineering: environmental protection, applied geotechnics, rock and soil mechanics, geohazards,4. Geoinformation: mining geodesy, GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing, geodata modeling and analysis.The XXII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists was held as a virtual event, that is as a virtual, online conference in real-time. The reason why the Organizing Committee decided to change the traditional formula of the event to online formula was related to the concern for the health of the participants due to the COVID-19 epidemic.The XXII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists took place from June 29th to July 1st, 2022 in Wroclaw, Poland. That is the organizers worked and managed the event from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology Geocentre building. Because the conference focused on four thematic panels, four different special opening lectures were delivered by wellknown scientists- Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (University of Leicester, England)- Associate Professor Artur Krawczyk (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)- Professor Biljana Kovacević-Zelić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)- Assistant Professor Eduard Kan (Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanizations Engineers, Uzbekistan).The Conference was divided into 8 oral sessions (with 33 presentations) and 1 poster session (with 33 posters). The amount of time provided to one presentation was 15 minutes, after presentation there was 5 minutes available for discussion. The poster session was available throughout the event, and the posters were available for online viewing on the Conference’s website with the possibility of make discussion and ask questions in real time via zoom meeting application as well. Every day of the Conference one “virtual coffee break” was devoted for discussion between participants and question and answer session for the Organizers.There were 96 registered participants from 13 countries. The online XXII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists was conducted using the Zoom meeting platform with commemorative screen shots taken. By tradition two competitions, for the best oral presentation and for the best poster were held. The award for the best oral presentation was given ex aequo to Julia Tiganj (TH Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences, Germany) for the presentation entitled Post-mining goes international: hurdles to climate neutrality using the example of China and Oksana Khomiak, Jörg Benndorf (TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany) for the presentation entitled Spectral analysis of ore hyperspectral images at different stages of the mining value chain, whereas the best poster was awarded to Adam Wróblewski, Jacek Wodecki, Paweł Trybała, Radosław Zimroz (Wrocław University of Science and technology, Poland) for the poster entitled Large underground structures geometry evaluation based on point cloud data analysis.List of Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, Editorial Team are available in this pdf.

Problem setting. The challenges of recent years, which our country has directly faced and the consequences of which will be acutely felt for years to come, give every reason to believe that there is an urgent need to transform the state’s approaches to scientific activity and its foundation scientific personnel. Our state needs to develop high-quality strategies and plans for the country’s recovery after the war, and the involvement of young scientists should become a strategic resource for the development and recovery of our country. For its part, the state should demonstrate its interest in attracting young people to the scientific community, understanding the importance of scientific achievements for economic development and ensuring national security. Constantly underfunding science only leads to the loss of highly qualified scientific personnel and the inability to restore the talent pool at a sufficient level by attracting young people. Purpose of the research is to research of legal support for the protection of the rights of young scientists in research infrastructures and aims to deepen understanding of the problem and develop recommendations for improving the protec-tion of rights and developing ways to stimulate scientific personnel in order to address the problems of outflow of scientific personnel both abroad and in other areas of activity. Analysis of resent researches and publications. A significant number of scholars have addressed the issues of support for researchers, the problems of the outflow of scientific personnel, and decent remuneration for researchers in their scientific works. Recently, these issues have been covered by N. Vapnyarchuk, O. Holovashchenko, S. Yaroshenko and others. Article’s main body. The article is devoted to the study of the main problems of young scientists and legal support for the protection of their rights in research infrastructures in Ukraine and Europe. The author structures the existing means and methods of protection and support of young scientists in our country and compares them with the support measures successfully applied in European countries. In our country, a system of state support measures for young scientists has been formed and is in place, which can be conditionally classified according to the following criteria: Financial support measures: this group includes the payment of scholarships, the provision and financing of grants, awards, etc. Professional support measures, which include the creation of councils of young scientists, holding various competitions, such as the All-Ukrainian competition “Young Scientist of the Year”, competitions of scientific papers, the creation of a support office for scientists and their regional centers, and the establishment of the “Mentor School” project. Social support measures, where the main problem for a long time has been the issue of providing scientists, including young ones, with housing, which has long been addressed in various ways, but due to the constant lack of funding, all measures are not systematic and this problem remains unsolved. If we compare the problems faced by young scientists in Ukraine and in European countries, they partially coincide, because among the main problems young researchers in Europe also mentioned employment, especially in permanent positions, as the lack of stable and predictable career prospects can have a discouraging effect on young researchers and often young researchers were particularly vulnerable to staff reductions due to reduced research funding or company downsizing, and the conditions of remuneration were also of great importance. It is concluded that the measures to protect young scientists which already exist in the country, provided that they are sufficiently funded, should partially prevent the process of scientific personnel turnover, but due to constant underfunding, lack of systematicity and orderliness, the question of their effectiveness arises. It is noted that the experience of European countries allows us to conclude that there is a certain variation in the means by which there are opportunities to encourage young people to devote their professional activities to science. The author suggests ways to solve the existing problems, among which the need to develop comprehensive programs of measures that will include incentives and encouraging measures of an organizational, financial, legal, and social nature, the purpose of which should be to minimize the loss of the existing human resources of Ukrainian science and to offer certain competitive advantages to attract young scientists and researchers. Conclusions and prospects for the development. The situation in the country, the ongoing full-scale invasion by the russian federation, the loss of educational and research infrastructure, the lack of funds and the redistribution of available funds to finance priority military needs all lead to a deepening of the crisis in the scientific sphere. Preserving the country’s scientific potential should become one of the state’s priority goals, since in the absence of sufficient funding, all existing measures to protect the rights of young scientists will remain unimplemented, especially during the war. Some of the existing measures, if sufficiently funded, could help prevent the turnover of scientific personnel, but they are insufficient, especially given the ambitious ideas for post-war development of the country and the need to support and develop innovations and the scientific and technological potential of the state. The experience of European countries allows us to conclude that there is a certain variation in the means by which young people can be encouraged to devote their professional activities to science. Among other things, financial incentives play a major role both in Ukraine and in the European Union. The issue of preserving the scientific personnel potential, which has always been quite acute during Ukraine’s independence, has become even more urgent during the full-scale invasion and requires the development of comprehensive measures that will include incentives of an organizational, financial, legal, and social nature that, first, minimize the loss of the existing human resources of Ukrainian science, and, second, will be able to offer competitive advantages for attracting young scientists and researchers.

XVIII International Scientific Symposium in honor of Academician M.A. Usov ''Problems of Geology and Subsurface Development'' (for students and young scientists) was organized under the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Being one of the oldest technical higher education institutions which trains specialists who contribute to scientific research in geosciences, The Institute of Natural Resources of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU INR) was chosen to hold the symposium. In 2014 The Institute of Natural Resources celebrated its 113th anniversary. It was founded in 1901 by V.A. Obruchev, the first geologist in Siberia, member of USSR Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor, and the first Laureate of the Lenin Prize. He was recognized all over the world as a prominent scientist in the area of geology.

As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was sweeping across Europe, many researchers, and especially young scientists, were struggling to disseminate their work, discussing new projects, and finding their place in science. The X-ray Spectrometry community was no exception. True to its purposes and objectives, the European X-ray Spectrometry Association (EXSA) decided to organize its first “virtual conference on X-ray Spectrometry,” #EXSA2021, to tighten and consolidate the links in between its members, and to propose a collaborating and networking platform where representatives from academia, industrial and private sector, and metrology institutes, could meet and exchange ideas and progresses. In a nutshell, the main objective of EXSA (www.exsa.hu) is to promote innovation and cooperation of X-ray spectroscopists and analysts within Europe by supporting talented young scientists; by fostering the interface between the academic and industrial sector (via activities such as the Fundamental Parameter Initiative); promoting X-ray Spectrometry courses and providing high-quality training via for instance the (co) organization of schools and workshops on novel and emerging X-ray Spectrometry topics. The next event will be held in Paris (France) in late October 2023. If one wanted to learn about the latest research and technologies in X-ray Spectrometry on the following topics: XRS in environmental applications, XRS for novel materials including, for example, batteries, nanostructures, instrumental development for XRS and its applications, and fundamental parameters, #EXSA2021 was the conference to join. Not only the event featured a collection of exclusive talks from leading scientists, but also contributions from young scientists, lively poster sessions, and in-depth thoughts during round tables and discussions. It also concluded with the meeting of the International Initiative on Fundamental Parameter. With 5 invited talks, 26 oral contributions, and 22 posters, #EXSA2021 went beyond our expectations. Please refer to our website https://www.exsa.hu/conf2021/ for more information. Open to all, and widely disseminated by word of mouth by EXSA members, #EXSA2021 was a true success with 128 participants, among which 20% were from the industry, 40% were non-EXSA members and with, on average, 72 persons attending per session. Indeed, to allow for a worldwide participation, the conference was organized as long sessions taking place from noon to late afternoon European time, which offered the possibility to join for attendees from different time zones. Despite a very lively event, and dynamics in EXSA community, only a few manuscripts were received to contribute to #EXSA2021 proceedings. These are as eclectic in contents as the X-ray Spectrometry fields of research are, and we are happy to share those with you in this special issue. We would like to express our appreciation and sincere thanks to those who made the #EXSA2021 possible. Our sponsors, for their great support to EXSA throughout all the years, and we would also like to thank the PTB (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany) for providing us with the online platform and technical assistance, and Wiley X-ray Spectrometry journal, for providing awards to the best poster and best oral presentation of young scientists, and supporting the publication of these proceedings. The help by the program committee, the involvement of the moderators and speakers of the round tables, session chairs, and award committee was unvaluable to insure a well-balanced, interactive, and dynamic #EXSA2021. Finally, we are grateful to everyone who participated to #EXSA2021. We hope that you have as good memories of our #EXSA2021 virtual conference as we do! #EXSA2021 Chairs, Diane Eichert and Michael Kolbe.

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13-15 JUNE 2023 | WROCLAW, POLAND HYBRID EVENT The title of the Conference XXIII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists “Interdisciplinary topics in mining, geology and geomatics” The location and the date of the conference hybrid event – online and onsite conference, 13th to 15th June, 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland XXIIIrd Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists “Interdisciplinary topics in mining, geology and geomatics” continues a series of events that started in 2000 at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Scientific programme of the Conference focuses on four thematic panels:1. Mining Engineering: sustainable development, digitalisation in mining, problems of securing, protecting and using remnants of old mining works, underground mining, open-pit mining, mineral processing, waste management, mining machinery, mine transport, economics in mining, mining aeronautics, ventilation and air conditioning in mines2. Earth and Space Sciences: geology, hydrogeology, environmental protection, extraterrestrial resources, groundwater and medicinal waters, engineering and environmental protection, geotourism3. Geoengineering: environmental protection, applied geotechnics, rock and soil mechanics, geohazards4. Geoinformation: mining geodesy, GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing, geodata modeling and analysis.The XXIII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists was held as a hybrid event, that is as a traditional onsite conference with the possibility in on-line participation in real-time.The XXIII Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists took place in 13th to 15th June, 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland. Because the conference focused on four thematic panels, four different special opening lectures were delivered by wellknown scientists:- Professor Tim Wright (University of Leeds, England)- Professor Rubén Galindo-Aires (Technical University of Madrid, Spain)- Professor Przemysław B. Kowalczuk (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)- Dr. Jakub Ciążela (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland).The Conference was divided into 7 oral sessions (with 29 presentations) and 1 poster session (with 40 posters). The amount of time provided to one presentation was 15 minutes, after presentation there was 5 minutes available for discussion. The poster session was available throughout the event, and the posters were available for online viewing on the Conference’s website with the possibility of make discussion and ask questions in real time via zoom meeting application as well.During this year’s Conference, Organizing Committee has prepared a unique opportunity to participate in onsite workshop. The aim of the workshop was to familiarize participants with the capabilities of ArcGIS Pro software in utilizing Deep Learning tools. They were learning how to create training samples, train models, and use them for their research.List of Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee Editorial Team are available in this Pdf.

Dear Colleagues,1st International School and Conference "Saint Petersburg OPEN 2014" on Optoelectronics, Photonics, Engineering and Nanostructures was held on March 25 – 27, 2014 at St. Petersburg Academic University – Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The School and Conference included a series of invited talks given by leading professors with the aim to introduce young scientists with actual problems and major advances in physics and technology. The keynote speakers were:Mikhail Glazov (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute RAS, Russia)Vladimir Dubrovskii (Saint Petersburg Academic University RAS, Russia)Alexey Kavokin (University of Southampton, United Kingdom and St. Petersburg State University, Russia)Vladimir Korenev (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute RAS, Russia)Sergey Kukushkin (Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering RAS, Russia)Nikita Pikhtin (Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute RAS, Russia and "Elfolum" Ltd., Russia)Dmitry Firsov (Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia)During the poster session all undergraduate and graduate students attending the conference presented their works. Sufficiently large number of participants with more than 160 student attendees from all over the world allowed the Conference to provide a fertile ground for the fruitful discussions between the young scientists as well as to become a perfect platform for the valuable discussions between student authors and highly experienced scientists. The best student papers, which were selected by the Program Committee and by the invited speakers basing on the theses and their poster presentation, were awarded with diplomas of the conference – see the photos.This year's School and Conference is supported by SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics), OSA (The Optical Society), St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University and by Skolkovo Foundation. It is a continuation of the annual schools and seminars for youth on topical problems of physics and technology that is organized by the Academic University since 2009. We invite all the students and young scientists to attend "Saint Petersburg OPEN" in 2015!Please, find details at http://spbopen2015.spbau.com/With best wishes,Editorial Board, Program and Organizing Committees

XIX International Scientific Symposium in honor of Academician M.A. Usov ''Problems of Geology and Subsurface Development'' (for students and young scientists) was organized under the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research within the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (NR TPU). TPU is one of the oldest technical higher education institutions in Russia, training specialists in the domain of geoscience and enhancing their further research in this area. The Institute of Natural Resources, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (INR TPU) was chosen to hold the International Scientific Symposium. In 2015 the Institute of Natural Resources celebrated its 114th anniversary. It was founded by V.A. Obruchev in 1901, first Siberian geologist, member of USSR Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor, and first Laureate of the Lenin Prize. He was recognized as a prominent scientist in the area of geology all over the world.

The National Research Council has regularly reported on issue of