On May 22-24, 2018 the 6th international Conference "Materials science of refractory compounds" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Grigory Valentin Samsonov, a correspondent member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was held at the National Technical University of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine).

Giorgi Tavadze, Director of Institute of Ferdinand Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute, Academician of Georgian Academy of Sciences participated in the event. We offer you the text of Giorgi Tavadze's speech .