DOI: 10.22184/2070-8963.2023.110.2.30.36

The eighth international scientific and technical conference of LLC "Saranskkabel-Optika", a member of Opticenergo Group of Companies, was held in Saransk on February, 16-17. The event took place in Technopark "Mordovia" and gathered about 130 participants from 25 cities of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. This year conference motto was "Go forwards, don’t stand still!" Innovation, diversification, and import substitution are the three main principles on which the entire Opticenergo holding company bases its activities today. The abbreviation of these words forms the symbolic word “GO ON” in Russian. Constant movement forward, development, search, achievement of goals − this is the key to survival and staying afloat in the modern world.