The "Talentovita" program to support young scientists and athletes is launching in the Vitebsk region

The "Talent" program to support young talents in science and sports will start in the Vitebsk region on November 18, organizers reported.

During the project's launch events, more than four hundred high school students from the region will have the opportunity to meet and communicate with prominent figures in science and sports, and winners of international subject Olympiads and international youth sports tournaments will receive awards. Famous athletes and representatives of science will gather in Vitebsk for the first meeting of the program's expert council. Among the celebrities are Vadim Devyatovsky, Vladislav Goncharov, Vadim Streltsov, Arvydas Sabonis.

The scientific field in the expert council will be represented by university rectors and scientists. Among the special guests who will come to support the "Talent" program are the Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus, Alexander Shumilin, and the Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism, Mikhail Portnoy. Members of the expert council will hold a meeting with the leadership of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, and visit general education institutions and sports schools.

A meeting of the expert council members with prize-winners of regional and republican Olympiads (students of grades 8-11), students who have achieved good results in sports, top students, teachers, and educators is planned.

The initiator of the program is the scientific and technical council of the medico-pharmaceutical cluster "Union of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Scientific-Educational Organizations 'Medicine and Pharmaceuticals - Innovative Projects'" with the support of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus and the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

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