From May 12th to May 15th, the Minsk International Exhibition Center (MIEC) is holding the International Medical Forum "Healthcare of Belarus 2026." This year, the event is being held at the MIEC for the first time.

The forum is a unique platform for exchanging experiences, presenting the latest achievements, and discussing current issues in medicine and pharmaceuticals. The business program includes 45 conferences and seminars discussing current medical issues, modern approaches to diagnostics and treatment, and the development of the healthcare system using innovative solutions.

The exhibition features 200 exhibitors from eight countries. The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has a joint stand, where the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus also showcased its developments.

Our institute was represented at the official opening ceremony by Sergey Nikolaevich Kasanin, Deputy General Director for Scientific Work; Nadezhda Nikolaevna Borodich, Head of the International Cooperation and Publicity Department; Alexander Vladimirovich Inyutin, Head of the Systems Identification Laboratory; Anna Dmitrievna Karpenko, Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Mathematical Cybernetics; Vasily Alekseevich Kovalev, Leading Researcher in the Biomedical Image Analysis Laboratory; and Tatyana Sergeevna Avdeeva, Head of the Development and Support Sector in the Laboratory of Information and Analytical Systems. They presented the institute's latest developments aimed at introducing advanced technologies into healthcare practice.

Innovative solutions presented by the UIIP include:

computer modeling of potential drugs;

national and regional information and analytical systems and services for healthcare;

detection of diabetic retinopathy and its stages from retinal images using deep learning and soft computing;
Research in the field of artificial intelligence security for solving problems supporting medical diagnostics, a neural network software package for decision support in diagnosing lung diseases based on X-ray and topographic images.

We invite everyone to visit the NAS of Belarus booth and learn about our institute's developments. All of this is a step toward introducing advanced technologies into healthcare practice and improving the quality of medical care in Belarus.