The extended meeting of the Academic Council took place in EKSTU named after D. Serikbayev. Before the beginning, for representatives of Academic Council the excursion around training laboratories “Robotics, mechatronics and electronics,” (FESTA), mechatronics and production automation, Excellent center of prototyping, Excellent center of construction technologies, Excellent center "Metallurgy", and regional laboratories "IPGETAS was organized. During the meeting, Vice-rector for Research and Innovation, Oleg Gavrilenko; the Head of Personnel Development Department, Tatyana Solovyeva; and the Head for the Academic Affairs, Gauhar Tazhibayeva.