S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University scientists participated in the national scientific and practical conference “Science & Culture. The Third Millennium Trends” which took place in the Friendship House on December 11, 2013.

This scientific and practical conference was timed to coincide with the celebration of the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

PSU scientists made the following reports at the plenary session of the Conference: the Role of Science and Innovation in the Accelerated Innovative Industrial Development of Kazakhstan (Vice-rector for Research and Innovation, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Nurlan Yerzhanov), the European Higher Education Area as a Factor of Student Personal Culture Formation (Doctor of Pedagogic Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy Yelena Burdina), Priorities of the National History in the Context of the State Program “The People in the Flow of History” (Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the Department of Science and Innovation Nurken Kuzembayev), Major Cultural Trends of Kazakhstan (Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Gulfayruz Zhapekova).

After the Conference, PSU members received an honorary award from Urker Intellectual Club.

Many topical issues were covered during this scientific polylogue, e.g. problems of development of science and culture of Kazakhstan at the present stage, problems of promoting scientific and cultural activities among young people.