A seminar “Application of effective technologies in the metallurgical complex of the region” was held at the Faculty of Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering and Transport of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University as part of the explanation of the Address of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. Nazarbayev.

The Head of State in his Address to the People of Kazakhstan “New Development Opportunities in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution” noted the need to improve the efficiency of the transport and logistics infrastructure and the introduction of an intelligent transport system.

Presentations were made by Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor B.G. Zhanakhutdinov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor E.K. Ordabayev, deputy dean for educational work, A.V. Mazdubay. A brief excursion into the history of the industrial revolution was conducted by Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor I.A. Shumeiko. 

Today, the faculty is working on the development, aimed at the reduction of the energy demands of metallurgical enterprises, increase the level of raw materials processing and wastes of metallurgical production.  

A special attention of scientists is paid to work in the direction of agricultural mechanization, a technical component for the agro-industrial complex is being developed.

In addition, the audience expressed the opinion about the need to introduce disciplines on the intellectual transport system into the curriculum on the specialty of Arrangement of transportation, traffic and operation of transport.