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).

On 25-28 of September 2017 in Tbilisi, the XIV international symposium of self-propagating high temperature synthesis was held in the meeting hall of Georgian National Academy of Sciences. 

The 2nd international conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of LEPL - Ferdinand Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute, on the topic: "Modern technologies and methods of inorganic materials science" was held in Tbilisi on 21-23 April 2015.

XII International Symposium on Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis was held in South Padre Island, Texas, USA on 21-24 October 2013. 91 Scientists from 19 countries took part in the symposium including from “Ferdinand Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute”-corresponding member of Georgian National Academy of Sciences G. Tavadze, Professor G.Oniashvili and Ph.D in Engineering Physics M.Chikhradze.

The international conference “Contemporary Technologies and Methods of Non-organic Materials Science” was held in Tbilisi from June 4-6, 2012. The conference was dedicated to the 100 years anniversary since the birth of late academic Ferdinand Tavadze, the well-known Georgian scientist and metallurgist, and a public figure. The text, photo and video material of the conference can be seen below.