EU meets Russia at eChallenges 2003
22 October 2003
They will also be meeting EU researchers at the conference to discuss potential research collaboration. The team will be led by Roman Strongin, acting Rector of the University of Nizhni Novgorod, one of the top five universities in Russia.
A workshop session, co-hosted by the European Commission, will provide the opportunity to meet the Russian team, drawn from the cities of Ufa, Yoshkar-Ola, Perm and Nizhniy Novgorod (formerly Gorkiy). The Russian team will also demonstrate the results of some of their work in the exhibition which accompanies the eChallenges 2003 conference.
The workshop session is being organised by the ADMIRE-P project, a support measure to promote EU-Russia cooperation in the IST Priority with a target region in Russia the Volga region (Privolzhsky Federal District). The Volga region is located to the east of Moscow and includes most of Russias aircraft, aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding and engineering industries. Major companies such as General Motors, Intel and DaimlerChrysler have already made substantial investments in the region.
In terms of research, the district has over 12% of all Russian research personnel and accounts for around 20% of Russian patents. In Information Society Technologies, it has widespread research in broadband transmission, e-learning, and technologies for trust and confidence. Not surprisingly for such a large region, there are many other areas of significant research capability.
For further information, please contact,Olga Pekushkina, ,tel.: +44 1480 497712,e-mail: olga.pekushkina@singleimage.co.uk,http://www.singleimage.co.uk/admire-p ,http://www.admire-p.ru
A workshop session, co-hosted by the European Commission, will provide the opportunity to meet the Russian team, drawn from the cities of Ufa, Yoshkar-Ola, Perm and Nizhniy Novgorod (formerly Gorkiy). The Russian team will also demonstrate the results of some of their work in the exhibition which accompanies the eChallenges 2003 conference.
The workshop session is being organised by the ADMIRE-P project, a support measure to promote EU-Russia cooperation in the IST Priority with a target region in Russia the Volga region (Privolzhsky Federal District). The Volga region is located to the east of Moscow and includes most of Russias aircraft, aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding and engineering industries. Major companies such as General Motors, Intel and DaimlerChrysler have already made substantial investments in the region.
In terms of research, the district has over 12% of all Russian research personnel and accounts for around 20% of Russian patents. In Information Society Technologies, it has widespread research in broadband transmission, e-learning, and technologies for trust and confidence. Not surprisingly for such a large region, there are many other areas of significant research capability.
For further information, please contact,Olga Pekushkina, ,tel.: +44 1480 497712,e-mail: olga.pekushkina@singleimage.co.uk,http://www.singleimage.co.uk/admire-p ,http://www.admire-p.ru