On December 12, in Moscow, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, at which he reported on the socio-economic situation in the region, on key indicators of economic development and on the implementation of Innopolis project, including the development of the innovative city of Innopolis and on the current activities of the Innopolis University.
Tatarstan Ministry of Informatization and Communication informs the citizens of Naberezhnye Chelny that maintenance works will be carried out in the city on December 13 - 14.
On December 13, the Tree of Good Charity campaign will be held in Kazan.
On December 7, under the All-Russian campaign “Lesson of digits”, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic – Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communications Roman Shaykhutdinov held an open lesson for students of the 7th grade of the Innopolis Lyceum during which he answered their questions. For example, what actions relate to the field of information crimes, whether it will be possible to treat people without human intervention using a nano-robot in the future, what people will do when artificial intelligence appear and others.
On December 6, at the Interregional Center of Competencies - the Kazan Technical College of Information Technology and Communications, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy Dmitry Mezentsev, Chairman of the temporary commission of the Federation Council for Information Policy and Media Relations Alexey Pushkov, Deputy Minister for Communications and Mass Media Alexey Volin, Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Farid Mukhametshin and Deputy Prime Minister of the republic - Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communications Roman Shaykhutdinov took part in an extended meeting, dedicated to the readiness of Russian regions to switch from analogue to digital TV broadcasting.
On December 12-16, 2018, the second industry championship on WorldSkills standards in the area of information technology DigitalSkills-2018 will take place in Kazan. The Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre will become the main venue for the championship.
On December 5, at the SLUSH International Conference in Helsinki (Finland), the Technopark in the sphere of high technologies - IT Park signed memoranda of cooperation.
Now, the Interregional Centre of Competencies - the Kazan Technical College of Information Technology and Communications teaches the schoolchildren.
Since November, children aged 12–18 years are trained at the technical courses on the Java and Python programming languages, cyberhygiene and system administration.
Last weekend, in the IT park of Kazan, the 32nd selection of startups to Business Incubator was completed. The expert jury approved nine projects that can become residents of the Business Incubator.
On December 7, students and their parents are invited to Open Day to be held at the Higher School of Information Technologies and Intelligent Systems of the Kazan Federal University (ITIS).