Preface

D B Solovev 1,2 1 Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia 2 Vladivostok Branch of Russian Customs Academy, Vladivostok, Russia E-mail: solovev.db@dvfu.ru International science and technology conference “FarEastCon-2020” (FarEastCon 2020) took place on October 6-9, 2020 in Vladivostok, Russian Federation. The conference represents an informational platform for accumulation of expert opinion on projects and initiatives that are aimed at implementation of farsighted scientific research and development; it allows to present scientific and practical achievements to a wide circle of researchers. Sections of the conference are of interest for the broad range of experts in the sphere of development of innovative solutions and organizing events that increase the efficiency of economic and innovative activities. Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) - is one of the biggest universities in the Russian Far East; it’s an academic outpost of the country in the Asian-Pacific region. Maintaining the scientific traditions and keeping-up with educational trends, we are striving to become the best research and training center of the Asian-Pacific region. Moreover, location of the conference is not limited to that. The conference is hosted in collaboration with partner-universities, which provide additional platforms for the organization of conference. Thus, all conference rooms are connected teleconference bridge that function throughout the entire conference. Thanks to this technological innovation, conference participants will have the opportunity of long distance communication on-line. During collaborative sessions, speakers take turns to present from each platform. The participants from audience are able to ask each other questions disregarding where they are. Furthermore, web streaming of conference sessions is organized in on-line mode as well. Anyone who feels like it can join the conference audience from any part of the world. The international program committee has selected some papers for publishing in the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. FarEastCon 2020 is a high quality conference with a competitive submission process. For example, in 2020, FarEastCon 2020 only accepted 48% of submitted papers. FarEastCon 2020 has a rigorous reviewing process that is similar to the processes used by IEEE. Every submitted paper and poster is subjected to this process. The main criterion is a judgment of the degree to which the submitted paper contributes substantial new research. Reviewers rate the paper using a 10-point ranking scale, and provide a written evaluation. The written evaluation needs to support the reasoning behind the numeric ranking. After the review period, there is a discussion period, where all reviewers can see the other reviews. Organizing committee International Scientific Conference “FarEastCon-2020”: https://www.dvfu.ru/en/school_of_engineering/far-east-con/organizing-committee/ Organizing committee would like to express our sincere appreciation to everybody who has contributed to the conference. Heartfelt thanks are due to authors, reviewers, participants and to all the team of organizers for their support and enthusiasm which granted success to the conference. Conference Chair, Denis B. Solovev.