Last year, the international scientific conference of the University of Latvia brought together 16 000 participants, and this year the number could be even higher, said Aija Erta, the senior expert of the UL Academic Department, in the morning interview to UL radio NABA.
The annual international scientific conference of UL, held for the 82nd time with participation of all the structural units of UL – the entire UL community, in cooperation with scientific and research institutions in Latvia and worldwide. This year’s conference will have 127 sectional sessions with a planned number of more than 2 000 papers, encompassing a wide range of topics, reflecting important research fields and areas of innovation, as well as sharing work experience and the latest findings. Sectional work comprises 4 blocks of scientific fields. The greatest number of sections will be presented by the representatives of natural sciences – 49 sessions, while the other sessions are divided, as follows: humanities – 27 sessions, medical and health sciences – 1 session, social sciences – 40 sessions, and 10 sessions will form the interdisciplinary section. Notably, the part of the scientific conference dedicated to medical and health sciences includes the sessions of more than 10 sections.
Among the faculties, the Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology is the most prominent with its 15 sectional sessions, followed by the Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, offering 14 sessions, and the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics will organise 12 sessions.
