The 5th International Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium

During May 27 to May 31, 2019, the 5th International Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium, organized jointly with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was held in Nur-Sultan.

The Republic of Kazakhstan has become a platform for discussing issues to improve the implementation of UN peacekeeping, as well as the introduction of technological solutions. As part of the Symposium, an exhibition was organized, where KazNU, having unique experience in creating advanced scientific and technical base, promising technologies and innovations, presented its innovative developments aimed at solving urgent problems in peacekeeping activities.

The Symposium participants were presented projects to create an international integrated system of remote sensing of the Earth, to create a military-tactical fire training complex using virtual reality technology, to develop specialized products for feeding military personnel based on functional protein substances, to develop and introduce new digital modules for defense equipment, and various sensors based on nanomaterials.

At the panel session of the Symposium, the Director of the Science and Technology Park of the al-Farabi Kazakh National University - Amirkhan Temirbayev addressed a report on the possibilities of using small satellites, namely nanosatellites for solving peacekeeping tasks. He first announced the idea of creating a constellation of the UN nanosatellites.

This proposal was unanimously received by the UN representatives, as well as by representatives of the European Space Agency. As was noted by foreign guests, nanosatellites are becoming very popular due to the demonstration of many functional technological solutions and at the same time the cheapness of their construction, as well as the time consumption for the development and assembly. So at the moment in the European Space Agency is the question of creating a separate commission on the study of nanosatellites.

Discussion about the creation of the constellation of nanosatellites was continued during the work of the working group on the subject of Big Data Analysis and Enhancing Military-Peacekeeping Intelligence Practices Utilizing Technology. The possibility of creating such constellation is possible, said Kyoung-Soo Eom, the head of the geospatial information department of the technology operations service of the UN operational support department. Data from satellites are the most necessary during decision-making in peacekeeping operations and creation of own nanosatellites constellation to receive information in real time is relevant. Currently, representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the representatives of the UN operational support department, are negotiating the creation of a working group on this issue.

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