On 15 August, the “Heritage and Mastery” seminar was held at the Silk Road Samarkand tourist centre in the city of Samarkand, organised jointly by Mirzo Ulugbek Samarkand State Technical University and the Silk Road Samarkand tourist centre.
The event was attended by: Professor Dr Chidem Turkyilmaz, Rector of SDTU; Rustam Kobilov, Deputy Khokim of Samarkand region for tourism and culture; Takeshi Shiratori, professor at Setsunan University (Japan); Doniyor Xusainov, representative of the Silk Road Samarkand tourist centre; Munther Al Hendi Ternovskiy, executive director of the Samarkand Touristic Centre company; and the university's vice-rectors and teaching staff of the Faculty of Architecture.
The seminar discussed the preservation of cultural heritage, the development of tourism, and the use of modern technology in architecture and construction.
As part of the seminar, a cooperation memorandum was signed between SDTU and the Samarkand Touristic Centre.
The memorandum's main aims are to develop the tourism potential of the city of Samarkand, to set up placements and internships for students, to carry out innovative projects at the intersection of architecture and tourism, and to introduce scientific approaches to the modernisation and restoration of cultural-heritage sites.
