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MINSK, 21 December (BelTA) - Belarus will present its national high-tech expo in the USA in 2017, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Alexander Shumilin said at the ceremony to award the winners and finalists of the 2016 national contest of innovative projects on 21 December, BelTA informs.

“The State Science and Technology Committee will organize the national exposition of advanced technologies on the U.S. market. For the first time in the past 10-15 years we will have an opportunity to display our best projects on the U.S. market,” Alexander Shumilin said.

An organizing committee will be created to prepare the exposition.

The national contest of innovative projects has been held by the State Science and Technology Committee since 2010 with the participation of the Belarusian Innovation Fund, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Education Ministry, the BRSM Youth Union. Partaking in the contest are Belarusian universities, public bodies, enterprises, groups of authors, self-employed businessmen, and individuals. The winners present the most developed and feasible projects. There were 172 applications and 12 winners at the contest in 2016.