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THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS
10th - 11th March 2014Tempe, Arizona, USA
www.ru-scitech-forum.org
RuSciTech AssociationRuSciTech is an international association of Russian-Speaking Science and Technology Professionals living outside Russia.
The purpose of the association is to facilitate the process of consolidating the Russian-speaking science & technology diaspora, based on practical activities such as development of scientific links with Russia, cooperation between scientists-compatriots and efficient information exchange; also cooperation with Russian and international specialists and organisations aimed at modernising and developing Russian Science and Education.
RuSciTech is a unique professional resource of expert information in the area of science, technology, education and innovation. It is aiming to be an efficient instrument in establishing and developing cooperation with relevant Russian organisations: educational, innovative and science & technology centres in Russia.
Membership of RuSciTech Association is free for everyone. If you are interested to join us, please apply on http://ru-sci-tech.org.
JSC RTI - a major Russian industrial holding, the developer, manufacturer of high-tech products and infrastructure solutions based on proprietary microelectronic technologies. Companies within the holding have their own R&D infrastructure and implement unique in their complexity and scale projects in the field of radio and space technology, security systems, microelectronics and systems integration. The product portfolio of the Group includes complete solutions in the field of national defense, integrated communication and security systems, IT infrastructure, automation and optimisation of business processes, industrial microelectronics, smart cards and electronic media for passports and visas, as well as large defense projects of national importance.
RTI corporation is currently seeking partners for research collaborations in the following areas of expertise:
1) Radio photonics technologies
2) Terahertz technologies
3) UAV and spacecraft onboard software and hardware
4) Ecology monitoring.
www.oaorti.ru
Dear Participant,
We have a great pleasure in welcoming you to the Second International Forum of Russian-Speaking Science and Technology Professionals, which is taking place at Arizona State University, USA.
Building on the successes of the first RuSciTech Forum, held in Cambridge, UK two years ago, we aim to expand its remit and engage wider audiences from North America to join our collaborations and projects.
The last two years have brought new shifts and developments in science and technology programmes globally, and specifically in the Russian Federation. A number of projects and international collaborations, which had just been conceived or were still in early stage development back in 2012, have generated their first outcomes and demonstrated their long-term prospects. New programmes and strategic initiatives in Russia have proved that their successful implementation can benefit from the professional input of Russian-speaking experts abroad and vice versa.
We see this conference as an extraordinary opportunity to continue the dialogue, which began two years ago in Cambridge, in order to exchange and engage a widening range of expertise, to attract new stakeholders and to facilitate innovative collaborations and partnerships.
RuSciTech Forum 2014 will place a stronger emphasis on areas of education, technology transfer and collaboration with industry. We aim to jointly review selected case studies, presented by representatives of the leading international academic, research and industrial institutions. This should help to define their critical success factors and identify areas for potential improvement and further development.
The open format of the conference is designed to facilitate an exchange of ideas, sharing of experiences and also to draw in resources to accelerate and increase the effectiveness of existing projects and stimulate new initiatives.
This time the Forum’s programme is linked to the NGC 2014 Conference: Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics and Renewable Energy to provide additional opportunities for networking and professional exchanges.
We see RuSciTech Forum 2014 as a tool for integration of the Russian-speaking science & technology community across the globe and facilitation of international collaborative projects.
We would like to use this opportunity to thank all delegates and speakers for coming to Arizona, USA to join us at RuSciTech Forum 2014. We wish you a productive and enjoyable time at the conference and welcome your feedback and suggestions for the next Forum.
RuSciTech Forum USA 2014
Organising Committee
Prof Isak FrouminAdvisor to the Vice-President of Skolkovo Foundation on education projects. Academic advisor for the Institute for Educational Studies, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia
Prof. I.Froumin led the World Bank education program in Russia from 1999 to 2011. His World Bank experience also extends to projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Turkmenistan and India.
From February 2011 to December 2012, he was co-chair of the Government Expert Group «National Education Strategy 2020».
I.Froumin is an editor and author of numerous books and articles on educational reform and theory of education.
Presentation: Skolkovo: window of opportunities.
The mission of Skolkovo Foundation – is to build an ecosystem, which enables and promotes innovation processes. It brings scientists, designers, engineers and business people together with the participants of educational projects to work on competitive world-class hi-tech developments in five priority areas: energy efficiency and conservation; nuclear technology; space technology and telecommunications; biomedical technology; strategic computer technologies and software.
Mr Igor BevzyukBoard Member, Deputy General Director and Head of Research & Development Department at OJSC “RTI”, Russia
Igor Bevzyuk graduated from Samara State Aerospace University (2002) and Airbus Business Academy in France (2007).
From 2001 to 2003 he worked at the Taganrog Aviation Science and Technology Centre, Beriev on special aircraft programs and from 2003 to 2008 at Airbus Engineering Centre in Russia (ICAR). From 2008 to 2011 he was a Program Manager for a joint venture of UAC/Irkut and EADS/Airbus - A320P2F Conversion. Since 2011 Igor Bevzyuk has been working at OJSC “RTI”.
Igor Bevzyuk is on the Board of the following public and advisory councils:
• The Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organisation “NII Sitronics”
• JSC “RTI-Radio”
• The Nonprofit Organisation “RTI Foundation for R&D”
• RTI’s OJSC Radio Engineering Institute named after Academician A.L. Mints
• Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Scientific and Industrial Cluster “Rosatom-Systema”.
Presentation: RTI – the focus on breakthrough technologies.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide a general overview of “RTI”, what it does; on which segments of the market it focuses its activities, who are its key partners and customers. It will also deliver information about the organisational structure of the enterprise, its financial performance, its corporate medium and long term strategies.
In the second part of the talk, the R&D Department of JSC “RTI” will be introduced in more detail, explaining its structure, aims, objectives and priorities. It will provide information on existing and developing R&D infrastructures, scientific and technological partners and its sources of financing for R&D projects.
This will lead to presentation of the company’s current areas of primary R&D interest, which are at present undergoing active development and where JSC “RTI” is seeking possibilities for technological cooperation with representatives of RuSciTech and other delegates of the conference: radio photon and Terahertz technologies, on-board UAV and spacecraft supplies and environmental monitoring.
RuSciTech Forum 2014 Speakers:
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Dr Vyacheslav Kalchenko Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Vyacheslav Kalchenko is currently a Staff Scientist and the Head of the In Vivo Optical Imaging Unit at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. His main research interests are focused on the conjunctions of biomedicine, photonics, and computer vision.
He graduated from Chita Medical Academy (Russia) in 1993. Before graduating, he became a co-founder of a start-up that focused on the development of software and hardware for biomedical applications, including medical imaging. He continued his research at Chita Medical Academy, and after completing his PhD in 1998, he became involved in several innovative international projects. He also served as an invited lecturer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Chita Technical University in Russia. Since 2001, he has managed several R&D projects in Israel. In 2002, he joined the Weizmann Institute as a postdoc at the lab of Prof. Yoram Salomon, where he contributed to the development of new imaging modalities for the assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of novel anticancer drugs. In 2005 he was appointed head of a newly established preclinical imaging facility and later as a Staff Scientist at the Department of Veterinary Resources.
In 2008 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.
As a Staff Scientist Vyacheslav has initiated and contributed to a number of research projects, which have resulted in dozens of research and invited papers being published in top peer-reviewed scientific journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He is regularly invited as a speaker to conferences and leading universities worldwide, and has served as a reviewer and editorial consultant for a number of international journals.
Presentation: Modern research infrastructure. International experience in management of innovation processes.
The first part of the presentation gives a brief overview of the features of the Israeli model of innovation management. In particular, it will highlight the following points: the success of the integration of Israeli universities and research centers with European and international programs, initiatives and projects; the link between the academic sectors of the universities and the state, the international non-profit foundations, industries, and businesses; operation and support for technology business-incubators and technology parks.
The second part of the presentation is dedicated to the experience of creating and managing the Centers for Collective Use (CCU) of research infrastructure looking at the example of Israeli universities and institutions; aspects of the financing and performance criteria of the work at the CCU. It also focuses on the experience of organizing European forums of CCU managers.
Mr Andrey Egorov CEO, Open University Skolkovo (OpUS), Russia
Mr Egorov graduated from the National Research University’s Higher School of Economics with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (Economics Department) and from Université Paris 1 - Panthéon – Sorbonne with DEA «Décisions publiques, institutions et organisations».
From 2004 to 2010 he worked in the RENOVA Group of Companies, Russia’s leading private business group. He has been involved in the process of creating Skolkovo Foundation – a new project for building an Innovation City in Russia - since Spring 2010 and was responsible for creating the Open University Skolkovo, which was launched in April 2011. He is currently CEO at Open University Skolkovo, and Global Ambassador of Singularity University to Russia. He is an active participant in TED conferences and organiser of TEDx Skolkovo events. He is TEDx Ambassador to Russia.
He has been Development Director of the 360° Science Film Festival and is one of the founders and CEO of Alexander Piatigorsky Foundation aimed at preserving the heritage of a famous Russian Philosopher and promoting philosophical activities.
Presentation: The Open University Skolkovo as a tool for drawing young talent into an innovation ecosystem.
Skolkovo Open University (OpUS) – is a programme of Skolkovo Foundation which aims to attract, engage and develop talented young people with scientific, technological and entrepreneurial competencies into the innovation ecosystem in Russia. OpUS is part of the ecosystem of Skolkovo innovation centre. It is a source of applicants (Masters and PhD students) for the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SkolTech) providing talented interns for industry, partners of Skolkovo as well as new start- up projects for Skolkovo.
OpUS – is a platform for interaction and collaboration among active participants of the innovation ecosystem of Russia. It is the place where talent meets technology, business experts and leading scientific researchers; where the most advanced approaches to motivation of entrepreneurial activities and stimulation of innovative ideas are being applied and developed.
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Mr Mikhail Izotov Don State Technical University (DSTU), Director of the Regional Business-Catalyst Centre JSC, Russia
In 1992 Mikhail graduated from high school, in 1992 entered the North - Caucasian Academy of Public Administration from which he graduated in 1997 with a specialty “State and Municipal Management“. 1997 – 1999 – PhD candidate in “Sociology of management“. In 2006 – 2007 Mikhail retrained at Rostov State Economic University and completed the program of professional retraining in small business management. From 2012 to the present time – Mikhail is a PhD candidate in economics and management of the economy at Don State Technical University.
Presentation: «Innovation lift»: peculiarities of functioning in the Russian economy. Smart-model in DSTU.
The process of acceleration of scientific and technical progress requires such mechanisms and institutions which will be aimed at the formation of synergistic effect within the frameworks of building an innovative economy. The presentation deals with the problems and prospects of the realisation of venture financing mechanism. The rise in efficiency of venture capital financing is a topical issue not only within the frameworks of the emerging innovative economy in Russia, but also for the developed countries which have long moved on the rails of innovative development. This research work is devoted to the quest of the most optimal model of the mechanism of venture funding. The combination of various developmental institutions, which allow the project to move by the type of an “innovative lift”, the unified approach to the management of the project at all its stages on the basis of special principles form further prospects of venture business.
Dr Stanislav Samarin Express Scripts, Senior Analyst, USA
Dr. Samarin has extensive experience in strategy development, innovation management, technology transfer and commercialization in healthcare and biotech industries on a scale from start-up ventures to a Fortune 25 Company.
Dr. Samarin is currently a Senior Analyst with Express Scripts, the largest Pharmacy Benefit Management Company in North America. At Express Scripts Dr. Samarin develops strategy around data assets, Big Data and Analytics, and leads multidisciplinary teams on building innovative products and services.
Prior to Express Scripts Stanislav held a position of Innovation Acceleration Partnership Fellow with Washington University in St. Louis. During his tenure he worked with the Washington University School of Medicine, the Office of Technology Management, venture fund Biogenerator and the St. Louis investor community to identify new technologies with high market potential and turn them into commercialized products.
Stanislav is a graduate from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics at the Russian Academy of Sciences-joint effort with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and Executive MBA from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
Presentation: How to build a successful innovation ecosystem? Examples from technology transfer and commercialization and industry - government strategic partnership in the USA.
An effective and efficient innovation ecosystem requires a delicate balance of multiple variables. These variables include diverse stakeholders (industry, government, not-for-profits, shareholders, etc.), their incentives and culture, various resources necessary for innovation (infrastructure, money, intellectual capital, etc.) along with an multitude of other internal and external factors. In order to make it work, all the components of the innovation network should be put in place and function together.
This presentation:
• reviews the components of successful innovation system, their interactions and inter-dependencies; and
• offers practical guidelines for building self-regulated and self-sustainable innovation ecosystems of various scales from scratch, as well as “correcting” and optimizing the existing ones to make them both effective and efficient.
The American technology transfer and commercialization ecosystem will be considered as an example a successful innovation framework. I will present a number of case studies and discuss best practices at multiple organizational levels (National, State, Corporation) that build effectiveness and efficiencies in the system in order to create value from innovation.
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Mr Leonid KurzaInternational Business Development Manager, The Global Commercialization Group of The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Leonid is a technology transfer professional with over 7 years of experience primarily in IT and molecular diagnostic industries.
He has held a variety of positions in government institutions and private companies in Russia, including initiatives related to support of innovation infrastructure. His experience also relates to private companies in the United States and China. Before joining the University of Texas, Leonid was working for an IT company, rollApp, in Silicon Valley and was one of the founders of Bio-Replicon, which was working to commercialize an IVD test to address early sepsis detection.
He actively participated in venture business competitions in 2011-2012, when his team won 3rd place in the Marvin Selig Award and reached the final of AUTM’s Business Plan Competition.
Leonid holds an MS in Technology Commercialization from McCombs Business School at the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Technology Management from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Presentation: Experience with International Technology Commercialization by the Global Commercialization Group: potential applications for Russia.
The primary objective of this presentation is to describe possible approaches for effective development and support of an innovation eco-system, with measurable results in the first year.
The Global Commercialization Group (GCG) at The University of Texas at Austin’s IC2 Institute facilitates the growth and development of innovative technology-based businesses in a variety of regions worldwide. GCG programs simultaneously provide commercialization know-how to local partner organizations while proactively moving science and innovation from the region into international markets.
This dual approach to economic development creates sustainable wealth-creating systems with measurable results in international business. Within a year or less, a GCG program delivers international transactions for new businesses and trains managers to carry on the business of moving technologies to the marketplace, while at the same time concentrating on long-term sustainability with effective support and processes in the region.
Conclusions are made based on the experience of GCG with international technology commercialization. This has been done by examining completed programs in over eighteen countries since 2001, including some Eastern European countries (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Hungary).
Upon examination of these programs, it becomes clear that a variety of approaches exist. However, some fundamental rules are essential in order to have a results-oriented program.
This will allow for more accurate consideration of current and future innovation support programs in Russia and may direct future efforts in implementing effective programs in Russia by government institutions and universities.
Prof William T. PetuskeyAssociate Vice President, Natural/Physical-Sciences Engineering/Technology, Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, Arizona State University, USA
William T. Petuskey is Associate Vice President of the Knowledge Enterprise and Development Office whose responsibilities are in the development and nurturing of research in the natural and physical sciences, engineering and technology at Arizona State University. He is also Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, whose research interests and expertise are in the physical and synthetic chemistry of technical ceramic materials for electrical, magnetic, chemical and high temperature mechanical applications.
He received his BSc. in Materials Science and Engineering (1973) at the University of Utah and his Sc.D. in Ceramic Science (1977) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He carried out postdoctoral research in high temperature electrochemistry at the Technischen Universität Hannover (now Universität Hannover) and an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1983, he was recruited by ASU where he has been active in both the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and interdisciplinary graduate programs on the science and engineering of materials.
As chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry between 2006 and 2012, he oversaw the department during a time of extraordinary growth in undergraduate and graduate majors, course enrolments, research funding and productivity. It is now one of the largest and most active chemistry and biochemistry departments in the nation. In the aggregate for the years 2001-2011, chemistry and biochemistry research at Arizona State University was ranked 6th internationally in terms of citation impact by the corporate and academic information company, Thomson-Reuters.
Presentation: Opening speech on behalf of Arizona State University.
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Prof Roman Gr. MaevDirector at Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research, University of Windsor, Canada
Roman Gr. Maev received his M.Sc. degree in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from the Moscow Physical Engineering Institute (MIPI) in 1969, followed by a Ph.D. on the Theory of Semiconductors in 1973 from the Physical P.N. Lebedev Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 2001 he received a D.Sc. Degree from the Russian Academy of Sciences, and in 2005 - a Full Professor diploma in Physics from the Government of the Russian Federation.
In 1979, Dr. Maev began to serve as Acting Chair holder of the Biomedical Physics Chair at the Moscow Physics Technical Institute (MPTI) and in 1987 became the founding Director of the Acoustic Microscopy Centre at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
From 1989 until 1994 Dr. Maev was one of the leaders of the Russian Governmental Program in Technology Transfer. During that period, he and his expert team successfully transferred various high-tech technologies, primarily within Europe.
In 1994 Dr. Maev through the Intergovernmental Canada-Russia S&T exchange program moved to Canada and was appointed as a Full Faculty Professor in the Physics Dept. at the University of Windsor, and in 2002 became a Chair holder of the DaimlerChrysler Industrial Research Chair. Since beginning his academic research in Canada Dr. Maev has received over $30 million in support from various industrial partners and government agencies.
In 2008 Dr. Maev became General Director of the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research.
Dr. Maev was also one of the founders in 2003 of the Ontario-based high-tech company Tessonics, which in 2007 won the Premiere’s Catalyst Award for the Best Innovation and in 2013 posted sales at above $12 million for automotive, aviation and construction industries and established branches in twelve countries worldwide.
Since 1997 Dr. Maev has been a member of the Canada-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Commission and since 2008, an Honorary Counsel of the Russian Federation in Canada (Windsor, Ontario). He has published 13 books, over 320 articles, holds twenty-three patents and is Fellow of IEEE and the British Institute of NDT and ASNT.
Presentation: Going global at a launch: tips for building a small multinational start-up.
When most people hear the phrase “multinational corporation”, they think of large, established firms with subsidiaries in major markets around the world. But a new breed of entrepreneurs is now creating “small-multinationals” that are global basically from day one. Tessonics Inc., for example, was established in 2005 by Russian ex-patriots, now has 50 employees across 10 time zones, five nations and three continents. Its executive team is in Windsor (Canada), its development team is in Windsor (Canada) and Moscow (Russia), and its product promotion teams are active in twelve different countries.
Global attitude and approach is increasingly presented not only as the right move to find staff to grow a business, but it is also seen as a prerequisite for getting venture funding: venture capitalists have encouraged start-ups to implement global strategies to reduce costs and get to market faster. According to the Council on Competitiveness (Washington, USA) survey of venture-backed start-ups created since 2000, nearly 40 percent have employees outside the United States. And the global firms received more than twice as much funding from venture capitalists as firms with U.S.- only operations.
Entrepreneurs could not have created many of these companies if they had been unable to leverage global talent. And as these companies grow, they create more jobs in their countries of origin.
The ability of even small start-ups to go global offers unprecedented opportunities to entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs can increasingly choose to develop and finance their new ideas anywhere in the world. Today in many countries, especially in members of G7, there are well developed mechanisms to provide help to start-up companies through various government programs and we will talk about it. For start-ups whose roots grow from their Universities, there are also some supporting funds which help them especially at the beginning. Regions whose regulatory systems do not support the creation and growth of new businesses will find entrepreneurial activity (and the jobs that it creates) moving elsewhere.
Recently more countries have begun to be open for new programs which support not only national but global SME programs. The idea of the world transforming into one global village is happening before our eyes. The numbers of companies that can be characterized as small-multinationals is constantly growing.
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Dr Rinat MagdievDean of Department of Precision Mechanics and Technology, Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia
Rinat Raufovich Magdiev graduated from Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics in 1983. He was a Candidate for a Technical Sciences degree (Doctor of Science), Associate Professor, Assistant Professor of Instrumentation in the Technology Department. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Fine Mechanics and Technologies at the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO). He is a member of the board of directors and co-owner of the “Metalware Plant” company in St. Petersburg and an adviser to the General Director of DIAKONT company. He is a Research academic adviser and a member of the regional council of the Russian public organization “Delovaya Rossia” (“Business Russia” association), a member of the association of small and medium businesses, and head of business education for youth. He is a member of the board of education of the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg and the winner of the St. Petersburg government award for interaction of science, education and industry. University Alumni Club President and Vice President of the Youth Innovation Fund of University ITMO.
He actively participates in the activities of the Tatar community in St. Petersburg, and is Chairman of Nur Plus Tatar association.
Presentation: Transfer of knowledge and technology in the areas of science, education and production based on the example of the relationship between Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) and “Diakont” enterprise.
Diakont is a company that produces systems for radiation-resistant television equipment, overloading nuclear fuel systems for nuclear power stations and diagnostic and control systems for the nuclear and gas industries.
University ITMO is the leader in the areas of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics.
The history of their relationship from the requirement for highly skilled professionals, graduates of the University ITMO, through a common technology transfer centre to the innovative “Systems and Technology Technogenic Safety” chair of University ITMO at Diakont.
High-tech innovation projects as the basis for interaction and professional growth of the specialists, the groundwork of their success in life.
Diakont is a developer of an electric drive based on an electric roller screw transmission and a planetary lantern mechanism. The line of drives solves the problem of providing high forces, speed and accuracy of movement in the most modern way. This innovative project received a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia to establish a mass production factory.
Governmental support of a systematic approach to the development of innovative enterprises, serial production understanding, the development of a modern structure of innovative enterprise. An Engineering Centre as a system block of such a structure.
This interaction received an award of the Government of St. Petersburg in the category “In the area of education, science and industry integration” in 2013.
Prof Artyom MarkaryanHead of the Department for Scientific Collaborations, Youth and Communications Programmes at Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia
• 1997 - Graduated from the Pharmacy Faculty of the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov.
• 2000 - Completed post-graduate studies at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and defended Ph.D. thesis.
• 2001 - 2006 - Held research and teaching positions (from the Assistant Chair of Pharmacognosy Faculty of Pharmacy to the Head of the Department of Pharmacy Faculty of postgraduate education of pharmacists).
• 2005 - Defended his doctoral thesis.
• 2007 - 2010 - Directed the Institute of Expertise of Professional Qualifications of Health Professionals (the Federal Service in Healthcare and Social Development Supervision).
• 2009 - Member of the Advisory Board on Life Sciences of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC), the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Technical Committee for Standardization “Medicines” of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology. Deputy Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Expert Group of the Central Certification Commission of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation. Member of the Specialised Council on dissertations at the Russian Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
• Since 2013 - Head of the Department for Scientific Collaboration, Youth and Communications Programs at Rossotrudnichestvo.
Presentation: Export of science and education achievements of the Russian Federation abroad.
The talk will focus on the activities of Rossotrudnichestvo implementing President Decrees and Government decisions of the Russian Federation aimed to promote the achievements of Russian science as well as to support and strengthen the positions of Russian higher education abroad.
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Dr Mikhail MyagkovVice President of Academic Affairs, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Russia
Mikhail Myagkov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Applied Mathematics. He went on to the U.S. to earn both his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology.
Mikhail is an educator seeking to promote learning within Russia and abroad.
During most of his academic career, he has focused on the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary set of tools and methods derived from mathematical models of Game Theory. With these tools, he has sought to better understand human decision-making habits and behaviour. In the late 1990s, he pioneered the idea that a prominent psychological phenomenon called the Prospect Theory had implications in decision-making modelling in economics. Later, he went on to create innovative statistical methods that focused on predictions of aggregated human behaviour.
In 1997, he became a faculty member of the University of Oregon. At the University of Oregon’s Institute of Cognitive and Decision Science, his research team focuses on the use of newly emerging functional MRI based techniques to bring together the methods and models of neuroimaging and Game Theory. He has collaborated with Russian and American scientists and academic institutions, and for the past several years, sought to introduce Western experimental methods at the Laboratory of Experimental Economics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
He is the author of several dozen articles in multiple refereed scholarly journals and a Cambridge University Press book. During his academic career, he was awarded and managed numerous national and international research grants from such organizations as NSF, NCEEER, ACTR/ACCELS, ICDS (Oregon) and others.
In 2008 he spearheaded a project funded by the Russkiy Mir foundation and carried out joint projects with the New Economic School aimed at bringing together Russian scholars and institutions with the members of the Russian scientific diaspora abroad.
Mikhail is also a founder of several startup companies including Mobile Planetariums, a Moscow based company that has become a leader in promoting astronomy education in Russia. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Canadian-based Epiphan Systems, the international leader in image capturing equipment, and Moscow-based Evanty Inc. , one of the leading providers of satellite internet in Russia.
Presentation: Skoltech: opportunities and perspectives of collaboration with Russian academic community abroad.
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), formed in 2011 in collaboration with MIT and the Skolkovo Foundation is a new international research university with focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. The Institute features Master’s and PhD programs in five strategic areas: Biomedical Science, Energy, Information Technology, Nuclear Science and Technology, and Space Science and Technology. By 2020, the Institute plans to have 1,200 students, 200 professors and 300 postdoctoral associates.
Skoltech is organized around 15 Centres for Research, Education, and Innovation (CREIs) established in collaboration with key international and Russian partner universities. The CREIs will integrate and contribute to research and innovation, as well as graduate education in the areas likely to have significant economic and social impact in Russia and around the world.
Skoltech is envisioned as a “portal of opportunities” for Russian and international scholars, students, and industrial leaders to engage into collaborative interdisciplinary research with consideration of use. In developing its capacity, the Institute is seeking scholars including faculty, doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows who are interested in joining the Institute. We are also seeking to build a network of “friends of Skoltech” – scholars and industry professionals willing to help the Institute’s development in various capacities.
Mr Michael LukinManaging Director at Cambridge Technology Innovations, UK
A graduate of Moscow Institute of Electronics Engineering (MIET), Zelenograd (MSEE), and the Open University (MBA), Michael was involved in the wireless technology applied to a wide range of industries, including energy and healthcare – in Russia, Australia and the United Kingdom. His 25-year experience includes R&D, project management, consulting, business development and due diligence. His venture activities include business incubation of early stage technology start-ups and raising seed investment for them.
Michael is a consultant in the area of technology strategy, commercialisation and business acceleration.
Presentation: The Association of Russian-Speaking Science and Technology Professionals: bridging the gap.
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Mr Gordon McConnellAssociate Vice President, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at Arizona State University, USA
Gordon McConnell is the leader of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at ASU. During his time at ASU Gordon created the Alexandria Co-working Network, the “pracademic” startup training program Rapid Startup School and the Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator. He is the Principal Investigator for the Pracademic Center of Excellence in Technology Transfer (PACE) which is funded by the US Department of Defence. Previously Gordon was Deputy CEO of the Dublin City University (DCU) Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship in Ireland. He is the founder and first director of the Propeller Venture Accelerator which was launched in Dublin 2010 with the financial backing of the Ryan family (Ryanair). He spent several years as chief of staff to the President of Dublin City University and was the architect of the university’s strategic plan 2005-2008. Gordon was part of the founding team of two start-up companies in the late 1990’s. Prior to DCU, Gordon worked in industry before becoming a senior consultant in the Andersen Consulting (Accenture) strategy practice in Europe. He has taught entrepreneurship, management and social enterprise courses in a number of colleges and universities.
Presentation: Introduction to entrepreneurship in an American university.
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Lean Start-up
This includes an overview of entrepreneurship, including its forms and types. It has a particular emphasis on current cutting edge methodologies such as Steve Blank’s Lean Launchpad as well as Business Model Canvas.
SCAP – Sustainable Competitive Advantage and Positioning
What is strategy? Why is it important? How can an organization build a sustainable competitive advantage? How does the positioning of a company or product tie in with strategy?
Social Enterprise Development
A rising new class of start-up incorporates the idea of more-than-profit or social enterprise. Where did this idea come from, and how can an entrepreneur create a sustainable social enterprise?
Dr Tanya Stanko Vice-Provost on Education, Innopolis University, Russia
As the Vice-Provost on Education at Innopolis University in Kazan, she is responsible for developing, evaluating and executing the undergraduate curriculum, student search and admission and faculty recruitment and development. She coordinates collaboration with partner Universities and conducts active research in engineering education. Dr. Stanko previously served as Manager of Academic Affairs for the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia. There, she organized and managed the faculty recruitment and development activities in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was also heavily involved in curriculum design, research in education, and relations with stakeholders.
Earlier Dr. Stanko worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Department of Thermodynamics, Technical University of Munich. In this capacity she also served as a department manager of the European Framework Programs. She also served as teaching and research scientist at the CFD Center, University of Leeds.
Dr. Stanko received a Ph.D. in computational aeroacoustics from the University of Leeds, UK. She received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Applied Physics and Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia and was twice awarded prestigious Marie Curie scholarships.
Presentation: A new competitive educational model in Russia in close collaboration with Industry.
In order to improve the current state of Information Technology education and the IT industry in Russia, the Republic of Tatarstan, with support from the Russian Federation, is developing a new university in Kazan dedicated to this area. Innopolis University will be located in a new technology city, Innopolis, and will provide top quality graduates, research results, and continuing education to the IT companies both in that city and beyond throughout Russia.
Innopolis Kazan will provide an attractive place for living and working in comfort for a planned 2021 population of 155,000 people, of whom 60,000 will be IT people. A key part of the development is the Innopolis University. The first stage of construction of the US$ 150-million campus has begun – to accommodate 2000 students in a 70,000 square meter facility.
Innopolis University will initially have four undergraduate programs: Database Engineering, Graphics and Game Development, Information Security Systems, and Computer Science. These four programs are being developed with the assistance of Carnegie-Mellon University, and will be fully offered at Innopolis University from September 2014. Innopolis will also initially offer one master’s degree program in Software Engineering, with a dual degree being awarded from Innopolis University and from Carnegie-Mellon University.
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Ms Tatiana SchofieldAssociation of Russian-Speaking Science and Technology Professionals, UK
Tatiana Schofield graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering University with a degree in electrical engineering. Tatiana holds an MBA from Warwick Business School (UK) and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) with a Chartered Marketer status. Tatiana has been elected as Chair of the Greater London Regional Board of CIM.
Her early career was in applied research in microprocessors, electronics and computer aided design. Over the last 15 years Tatiana has held senior management roles in leading universities (Imperial College London, London Business School, Kaplan Professional) and professional organisations in the UK. These roles have included international business development, project management of large-scale international projects between universities and industry and research commercialisation. Her areas of professional interest are: research commercialisation, technology transfer, open innovation and cross-cultural leadership.
Presentation: Organisation and operation of commercial structures on a transfer of knowledge (know-how) and technologies within the university - on example of Imperial College London.
Knowledge and technology transfer and corporate partnership between university and industry are increasingly becoming national priorities in developing knowledge economies. Universities are establishing new infrastructures and developing new organisational forms to support research commercialisation, technology transfer, IP management and students and academic entrepreneurship. According to researchers academic consultancy is perceived as one of the most effective forms of knowledge transfer. Leading international universities integrate such infrastructures under one umbrella benefiting from economy of scope, resource optimisation and cross-selling opportunities.
The presentation will be supported by practical examples from leading international universities.
Dr Victor Taratoukhine European Research Centre for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany
Since 2012 Dr Victor Taratoukhine has been Head of the Competence Centre in ERP and ERCIS Lab Russia of the European Research Centre in Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany. ERCIS Lab Russia at National Research University Higher School of Economics was formed in 2011 to help Russian academic and industry clients to extend ideas and research direction in information systems topics with ERCIS members, to create a direct link between academic research and product development/industry cooperation. From 2004, Dr Victor Taratoukhine was SAP University Alliance Director for CIS, Nordic and Baltic States. As SAP University Alliances Director Victor Taratoukhine was directly responsible for University relations, SAP technology promotion and its application to education and research. He is also Head of SAP Academic Department and Visiting Professor of Higher School of Economics, Industry Fellow of Cranfield University 2007-2011 and visiting Research Fellow at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. From 2001 to 2004, Victor Taratoukhine was Enterprise Computing Module Leader, Department of Enterprise Integration, Cranfield University, UK. He was responsible for the Department’s research and teaching activities in the area of IT for Product Realisation and Knowledge Management for Enterprise Development. He was working closely with British and International Industry to attract extra funding in key research areas. Victor has written more than 100 scientific book chapters, papers and articles. He is a member of international societies such as AAAS, IEEE, The British Computer Society, The Association for Computing Machinery, etc. His Industry clients include AIRBUS UK, GM-Avtovaz, T-Systems, FORD UK, CORUS, SAP, UK Government.
Prior to Cranfield, Victor was a PhD student and research assistant in UK and Russia, receiving his doctorates in intelligent engineering design and distributed intelligent systems for aerospace industry.
Presentation: Towards a framework for educational university-industry cooperation: industry perspective.
Information systems discipline is a quickly developing field of knowledge and to cope with these changes Universities have to constantly adjust their curriculum to adapt to industry’s needs. Universities can profit from cooperation with enterprise partners. Businesses are also interested in closer contact with academia where they can find innovative commercialisable ideas and hire recent college graduates. However, studies still show a discrepancy in needed skill perceptions between industry and education. Literature on the topic also reports a number of existing barriers to establishing successful university-industry cooperation. In this presentation we try to address these problems by proposing a framework for establishing and managing the long-term educational university-industry cooperation. The framework is based on the results of ERCIS long term education-industry cooperation with leading Russian Universities and on a case study of an existing cooperation between an IT company and leading Russian regional University. The framework incorporates the industry perspective on the cooperation process.
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Ms Nargisa R. Valamat-ZadeEducation Area Program Director, New Eurasia Foundation, Russia
Nargisa R. Valamat-Zade has been serving as Education Area Program Director at the Foundation, promoting social development “New Eurasia” since 2010. Before this she was its Program Manager since 2006. She is the author and creator of the largest international experts’ database in Russia which currently includes 8000 leading experts in 36 research areas from 42 countries. Under the leadership of Ms. Valamat-Zade since 2010 work has been carried out on monitoring the international expertise of applications submitted for the Competition of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science designed to attract leading scientists to Russian Universities and research centres. She is the developer of the international Eureka programme.
The total amount of the project funding raised under the supervision and with the participation of N. R. Valamat-Zade exceeds $10 million; the number of implemented projects (varying in size and type) approaches 50. The New Eurasia Foundation is Russia’s largest non-profit organization with a unique set of project implementation techniques and methods in the field of education and social development. All the techniques used by the Foundation are approved and their effectiveness was demonstrated in practice. The Foundation has an extensive network of international contacts which allow them to attract experts and technological capacity from across the world.
Presentation: The New Eurasia Foundation experience in developing education and Russian universities’ internationalization: opportunities and perspectives for cooperation with the Russian-speaking academic/research community abroad.
A key activity of the New Eurasia Foundation (FNE) is to promote the modernisation of Russian education and create opportunities for interaction between leading Russian universities and the international research and innovation community, and its main networks. The Fund’s portfolio includes educational and consulting methodologies and technologies. FNE has created its own database of eight thousand international experts, as well as a wide network of partners: Russian and foreign universities, associations, scientific and expert organizations. These resources will allow the Fund to implement complex modernization projects for universities, including: management of scientific-research activities and commercialization of its results, the development of innovation ecosystems of universities, to strengthen their role in the development of innovation ecosystems and areas of innovation clusters as well as forming strong international partnerships.
The presentation includes information on current international programs by NEF and experience of cooperation with representatives of the RuSciTech Association. It will also describe promising areas for cooperation with the Russian-speaking scientific community abroad.
Prof Andrei KorobkovMiddle Tennessee State University, USA
Andrei Korobkov is Professor of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University. He has graduated from Moscow State University and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Alabama. He has previously worked as Research Fellow at the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and taught at the University of Alabama. Korobkov is the recipient of numerous grants and author of more than a hundred academic works, including four monographs, published in the United States, Russia, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. He has made professional presentations in more than thirty countries. His academic interests include the issues of post-Communist transition, state- and nation-building, nationalism, ethnic conflict, and international migration. During 2002-2012, he served as the Post-Communist Systems in International Relations section of the International Studies Association President or Program Chair. In 2012-13, Korobkov was foreign director of a joint research project on the Russian Academic Diaspora Abroad, conducted at MGIMO-University with the support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science grant.
Since 2013 he has served as the US Co-Chair for the US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange’s Working Group on Migration.
Presentation: The Russian intellectual diaspora: the scale, its structural characteristics and prospects of cooperation with Russia.
The proposed report examines the scale, dynamics and structural characteristics of the flow of Russian intellectual emigration. The first part of the report analyses the territorial orientation of migration flows both in terms of the outcome in the regions in the Russian Federation and in the host countries. Particular attention is paid to the specific gravity of the individual areas of knowledge and specific research centres in the flow of intellectual migration and the impact of “brain drain” on the state of scientific schools and leading research centres in Russia. It considers positive and negative aspects of intellectual migration.
The second part of the report analyses the structural characteristics of the Russian intellectual diaspora and its possible forms of cooperation with Russian representatives of scientific and educational organizations. It reviews measures, considered by the Russian authorities for stimulating such cooperation and evaluating their effectiveness. It analyses the potential impact on such cooperation and the dynamics of migration processes, ongoing reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences and university education in the Russian Federation.
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Dr Viktoria SavatorovaDepartment of Applied Mathematics, National Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’, Senior Researcher, Russia
Viktoria Savatorova graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1991. She has a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Physics (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), 1996) and a DSc in Applied Mathematics and Physics (Moscow State Mining University (MSMU), 2011). For 15 years she was a faculty at the MSMU. In 2008 she became an Associate Professor at the National Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’(NRNU MEPhI).
Dr. Savatorova is now affiliated with NRNU MEPhI as a Senior Research Fellow and with the Institute of Scientific Computations of Texas A&M University as a Visiting Researcher. Alongside research, teaching and supervising students, Dr. Savatorova actively participates in international collaborative projects. She coordinates an on-going NRNU MEPhI project “Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education”, sponsored by the US Department of Education and Russian Ministry of Education and Science. This project is designed to support the development of joint research and educational activities between NRNU MEPhI and Texas A&M University. Dr. Savatorova is also involved in a very recently established large-scale joint project between the NRNU MEPhI and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aimed to establish a Centre for Research, Education and Innovation within the Russian strategic SkolTech initiative.
Presentation: Increasing the competitiveness of the National Research Nuclear University “MiFi” (MEPhI) among the world leaders of education and research centres.
National Research Nuclear University “MiFi” (MEPhI) is a strategic partner and a founding institution of the State Corporation “Rosatom” in the field of personnel and research and innovation to support the nuclear industry. It is aimed at providing a multiplier effect in the economy of Russia and to cement its position in world markets. One of the key aspects of the University is an active diversification and strengthening of the position of not only nuclear but also other technologies, such as nuclear medicine, radiation-resistant electronics, composites, superconducting devices, cybernetic technology, as well as in the field of management and economics.
Today MEPhI is considered one of the recognized leaders of Russian educational and research activities in the technical area, occupying a high position in the national rankings (3rd place in the National university ranking agency “Interfax” in 2013., 7th place among the leading Russian universities in the ranking of the top 100 agency “Expert RA” in 2012) and relatively high - in international (226-250 in the overall rankings Times Higher Education of World University Ranking (THE) in 2012, 74th in the subject TNE rating «Physical Sciences» in 2013).
Strategically important activities designed to further enhance the competitiveness of MEPhI in the international arena are: attracting foreign professors to teach students, the development of international academic mobility for students and teachers, and the implementation of joint research and educational programs with leading universities and research centres.
Mr Alexander PovalkoDeputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Alexander Povalko graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute as a Radio Engineer (1992) and received a degree in Applied mathematics from Maimonides State Classical University (1996). In 1994-2007, Alexander worked as the senior consultant in the Department of Project Evaluation and Project Director and Director of Business Development in PACC auditing company. In 2007-2008, he was the Director of the Department of Strategic Planning in Renova Stroy Group. In 2008-2012, Alexander Povalko was Deputy Head of the State Committee on Youth Issues of the Russian Federation and Deputy Head of the Federal Agency on Youth Issues. He is a member of the Board of trustees of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. In June 2012, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Education and Science.
Presentation: 5/100 Programme
Decree No 599 of the President of the Russian Federation, adopted in May 7, 2012, sets the task of ensuring entry for at least five Russian universities in the top one hundred world leading universities by 2020. To implement this goal, the Russian government introduced a strategic action plan to support rapid development of the country’s leading universities in order to increase their competitiveness among the world’s leading research and education centres. In particular, the Ministry has prepared a draft resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation “On state support of the leading universities for improvement of their competitiveness among the world’s leading research and education centres.”
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Prof Valery TuchinResearch-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Russia; Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems Laboratory, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Science, Saratov, Russia; Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland
Professor Valery V. Tuchin holds the Optics and Biophotonics Chair and is a Director of Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics at Saratov State University, and Head of the Laboratory for Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Inst. of Precise Mechanics and Control, RAS. His research interests include: biophotonics, biomedical optics, tissue optics, phototherapy, and optical and laser measurements in biomedicine. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and books. He has been awarded Honoured Science Worker of the Russian Federation and SPIE Fellow; he is a Vice-President of Russian Photobiology Society. In 2007 he was awarded the SPIE Educator Award. He is a FiDiPro Professor of University of Oulu (Finland).
Presentation: Contribution to the global biophotonics of Saratov University – “heart of the country” university.
Saratov Research and Educational School on Biophotonics was established at a time when the possibility of international contacts was open not only for metropolitan Russian universities. The foundation of the School with the first few PhD theses in the field of tissue optics was laid between 1985 and 1994. In 1994 we had already entered the international arena with the anthology of selected papers on tissue optics published in SPIE Milestone Series, which actually indicated our field of research interest for many years ahead. The world’s first textbook on tissue optics published in 2000 by SPIE Press (Bellingham, WA), was written largely on the basis of the research conducted by our group (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering TT38, Bellingham, WA). It had already survived two editions in the U.S. and its third edition is under preparation. By this time, thanks to expanding ties with the leading laboratories in the world, working in the field of biomedical optics and biophotonics, and research-educational programs of the Russian Ministry of Education, more than 10 graduate students and young PhDs were directed to continue training and joint research in laboratories in the U.S., Canada, UK, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Singapore. The results of joint research were presented to the world in the form of encyclopaedic edition of the world’s monograph Handbook of Optical Biomedical Diagnostics, SPIE Press PM107, Bellingham, WA, 2002.
During these and subsequent years, up to the present time, we are constantly strengthening and expanding our international links. This is reflected in joint publications, editing special issues of journals, conference proceedings and monographs, international conferences in Russia, USA, China and Europe. Our team has more than 30 agreements on cooperation with the world’s leading centres of biophotonics and is an active member of the Global Consortium “Biophotonics World” (BPW) with a regional node centre at SSU, as well as a member of European Consortium Photonics 4 Life - Network of Excellence for Biophotonics - P4L. Many International and National foundations fund our joint research and exchange programs, such as CRDF, INCO - Copernicus, SCOPES, Royal Society, British Council, NNSF (China), grants of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Foundation of Basic Research, etc.
Prof Vladimir ZakharovRegents’ Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona (USA) and Director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia
Vladimir E. Zakharov was born in 1939 in Kazan. He graduated with honours from Novosibirsk State University (Physics department) in 1963. In 1966, he received a PhD at the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics in Moscow. In 1971, Vladimir was awarded an habilitated Doctor Degree at the same institute. During 1973-2005 he worked in the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Head of the Plasma division in 1973-1992, Director in 1992-2003). Since 2003, Vladimir has been the Head of the Department of Mathematical Physics at the Lebedev Institute for Physics (Moscow) and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona (Tucson, USA); since 2005 - the Regent Professor.
He is a Member of Russian Academy of Science (Corresponding member since1984, Full member since1991); Member of European Academy, Fellow of American Optical and American Mathematical Societies. Vladimir was awarded the State Prize of USSR (1989) and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993). He was winner of the Dirac medal in 2003. Vladimir is one of the founders of the modern theory of nonlinear waves, including waves in plasmas, optical fibres, on the surface of the sea; and one of the pioneers in the development of mathematical theory of solitons. He also obtained important results in differential geometry and general relativity.
Presentation: Reforms of the Russian Academy of Science and the ‘1st July’ Club.
The program announced by the Russian Government on 23rd June, 2013-a radical reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was a complete surprise to the scientific community and caused a violent reaction. The movement of protest that formed initially in the form of the Club on 1st July, bringing together members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who disagreed with the reform. The Public Commission has been formed to monitor the progress of the RAS reform. Currently, the Commission is active and has a website on the Internet. Within a short time - less than a month - the Commission organized a conference of the All-Russian Scientific Employees (July 30-31), which was attended by 2,400 people. To a large extent due to the activity of scientists the reform has actually been postponed for one year. The second conference will be held March 25 this year. This conference will involve not only scientists, but also representatives of the broader public.
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Dr Aleksei A. ZavarzinVice-Rector, Press-Secretary at Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
Born in 1972 in Saint-Petersburg (Russia), graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University in 1994 with honours diploma in Biology (Botany) and earned his PhD in Mycology from Komarov Botanical institute of RAS in 1998. Served at Saint-Petersburg State University since 1990 as Assistant Professor, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor, Vice-Dean of biology, Vice-Rector and Press-Secretary.
His research interests lie within the systematics and biology of lichenised fungi, pedogenesis, conservation biology and environmental management. He is author and co-author of over 80 research papers, monographs and text books. Member of Saint-Petersburg Naturalists Society, Russian Botanical Society, International Association of Lichenologists, Nordic Lichen Society, British Lichen Society, World Conservation Union- IUCN. During 1994-2007 combined University employment with active participation in establishing and developing an environmental NGO network in Russia serving as project leader and secretary to the Baltic Fund for Nature (World Wide Fund for Nature – WWF-associated organization in Russia).
His international experience includes: Bowdoin College (USA), research internships at University of Helsinki (Finland), University of Oslo (Norway), additional educational programs at Uppsala University (Sweden), Warwick University (UK), University of California at Davis (USA), San-Diego State University (USA), and participation in over 50 international fora.
Presentation: Saint-Petersburg State University efforts in modernising research opportunities an example of implementing new Russian policies in research and development.
Saint-Petersburg State University (SPbSU) – the first Russian university – has maintained the traditions of a classical research university during the 290 years of its history. Nowadays it is using the opportunities arising out of governmental efforts to reinforce R&D in Russia and is a pioneer in modernising Russian research and educational systems employing openness and best international practices as priority principles.
National initiatives under SPbSU developmental program “SPbSU 2020”:
• Research as the University’s main priority
• First ever postdocs in Russia
• PhD at SPbSU according to internationally accepted criteria
• Competitive funding for research projects and competitive employment procedures
• Research park with modern core facilities opened to all applicants
• Best university library in Russia
• SPbSU Expert Centre serving for government, business and society, etc.
The SPbSU is open for various ways of collaborative efforts with partners, research groups and individual researchers.
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On Monday evening, after the first working day of the conference, we are inviting participants to join us for a refreshing scenic cruise and networking dinner on the waters of the historic Saguaro Lake. We are aiming to get on board of the boat “Desert Belle” in time to catch breath-taking sights of the Tonto National Forest, whilst watching the sun go down behind Stewart Mountain.
This boat trip is likely to be an unforgettable experience for the conference participants. The fresh air and magnificent panoramic views should help everyone to relax and set the mood for informal and productive networking over dinner. If lucky, we might be able to see some exotic Arizona wildlife among towering canyon walls and dramatic desert vistas.
In the evening of the second day of the conference, Tuesday, 11th March, we would like to invite RuSciTech Forum 2014 participants to a joint reception and dinner with NGC 2014 conference delegates. It will be held in the legendary Old Main Hall on Arizona State University Tempe Campus and will provide an ideal opportunity for networking and informal discussions among the delegates of both conferences.
Saguaro Lake is situated around 30 miles east of Phoenix. The lake is part of the Tonto National Forest. It was formed by the Stewart Mountain Dam, which was completed in 1930. Saguaro Lake was the last of the reservoirs to be built on the Salt River. It is a long, narrow and winding lake, surrounded by beautiful jagged rocks and forests of Saguaro. The lake is named for the Saguaro Cactus, which stand majestically in the surrounding desert landscape.
RuSciTech Forum 2014 Social Programme:
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Constructed before Arizona achieved statehood, Old Main represents a rich tradition for Arizona State University. Originally dedicated February 4, 1898, Old Main became a pioneer in technology as it was the first building in Tempe wired for electric lighting.
Conference venue - Lattie F. Coor Hall, ASU, Tempe Campus
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The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech will educate global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.
Skoltech is organised as a permanent, modern, international university with a physical campus for research and education in Skolkovo, Russia. Skoltech will initially have five primary education and research programmes, corresponding to priority areas as defined by the Russian Federation: Information Science and Technology, Energy Science and Technology, Biomedical Science and Technology, Space Science and Technology, and civilian Nuclear Science and Technology. Each of these programmes will provide Master’s and Ph.D. degrees to be granted by Skoltech.
www.skoltech.ru
RUSNANO and the Fund for Infrastructure and Education Programmes are government initiatives and instruments to foster growth of the nanotechnology industry in Russia.
RUSNANO’s mission is to build a competitive nanotechnology industry based on the advances of Russian scientists and transfer of cutting-edge technologies from other countries.
RUSNANO implements its mission via engagement of commercial mechanisms: by co-investing in nanotechnology projects with substantial economic potential.
The Fund for Infrastructure and Education Programmes was established in the process of reorganisation of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies. It encourages development of nanotechnology infrastructure to support innovations in Russia. The Fund for Infrastructure and Education Programmes primarily focuses its activity in the following areas:
• Formation of infrastructure for nanotechnology
• Development of human resources for nanotechnology industry
• Market development for nanotechnology products
• Improvement of the legislative framework for innovation
• Standardisation and certification of nanotechnology products and evaluation of their safety
• Refinements in metrology
• Popularisation of nanotechnology and nano-enabled products.
www.rusnano.com
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RuSciTechForum 2014Coor Building976 S. ForestMall, Tempe, AZ 85281
Twin Palms Hotel225 E Apache BlvdTempe, AZ 85281
Four Points by Sheraton1333 South Rural RdTempe, AZ 85281
Useful addresses and contacts:
Conference venue
Coor Building (Lattie F. Coor Hall)976 S. Forest MallTempe, AZ 85281
Conference Hotels
Four Points by Sheraton Tempe hotel 1333 S.Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85281T: +1-480-968-3451 www.fourpointstempe.com
Twin Palms Hotel225 East Apache Boulevard, Tempe, AZ 85281Tel: +1-800-367-0835www.twinpalmshotel.com
Local taxi services
Apache: + 1-480-804-1000Discount Cab: + 1-602-200-2000
Evening Reception Venue (11th March)
Old Main at Arizona State University400 East Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281
Key Event Contacts
Ksenia Afonina, Michael LukinEmail: [email protected]: +1 -480-307-7860
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