Our people celebrate December 12 as the commemoration day of the great leader Heydar Aliyev with great gratitude. The life and activity of a rare personality, a powerful political figure, who forever engraved his name in history has become a source of pride for every citizen of Azerbaijan. On this occasion, on December 12, the Heydar Aliyev school of Sumgayit State University held a scientific-practical conference on the theme "Great leader Heydar Aliyev heritage  is our national wealth" dedicated to the memory of the great leader Heydar Aliyev.

Before the conference, rector of Sumgayit State University professor Elkhan Huseynov and the faculty members of the university paid tribute to the memory of national leader Heydar Aliyev by  laying flowers to the bust erected in the lobby of the university.

Rector of the university professor Elkhan Huseynov opened the conference and greeted the participants, spoke about the multifaceted activities of the great leader Heydar Aliyev, his  incomparable historical services in the direction of the development of Azerbaijan and the strengthening of national statehood, and his great rescue mission. He said that the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Great Leader, who spent his whole life for the development of our republic and always wanted to see modern Azerbaijan strong, will allow us to study his life and activities in a broader way and convey this legacy to the younger generation. Because the rich and diverse heritage of Heydar Aliyev is the national wealth of our people. The territorial integrity of independent Azerbaijan was restored under the leadership of President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief  Ilham Aliyev who continued his ideas and activities, and Karabakh after 30 years regained its eternal freedom. These days, when we celebrate the Commemoration Day of the Great Leader  are historical days. As long as there is history, Azerbaijan people  will not forget the great leader Heydar Aliyev, who gave us the feeling of independence and freedom, the founder of the ideology of Azerbaijanism.The  worthy follower of his political course, the iron-willed Supreme Commander-in-Chief  fight with more confidence for the sake of strong Azerbaijan.

The following participants made a speech in the different topics in the conference: vice-rector for Science and innovations, Honored teacher,professor Ramazan Mammadov "Historical personality and personality who creating history - Heydar Aliyev", dean of the faculty of Economics and management, associate professor Aynura Yahyayeva "Heydar Aliyev and economic revival in Azerbaijan", head of the department of  History and its teaching methodology  associate professor Sona Maharramova "Heydar Aliyev is the founder of our national solidarity",  senior lecturer of the department of history of peoples of  Azerbaijan and Eastern Europe Samir Maharramov "Economic and political development of the Republic of Azerbaijan, further strengthening of national democratic values during the reign of president Ilham Aliyev", third year student of the faculty of Philology Gunel Aliyeva  "Heydar Aliyev Foundation is an example of service to the motherland, the people, the state". They noted that today"s modern is successfully developing under the wise leadership Ilham Aliyev. By continuing the policy of the Great leader Ilham Aliyev Azerbaijan turned a strong state  into one of the leading countries in the world.