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On April 24-25, in the IT park of Kazan, the IT-project of the students of the IT-lyceum of the KFU was awarded at the regional youth forum “Our Tatarstan”. Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin handed in the award to the authors of the project – Ildan Petrov and Albina Missarova.

On April 25, in the Moscow Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin met the first graduates of the programme for the development of the human resources management reserve. Roman Shaihutdinov, Minister of Informatization and Communication of Tatarstan, was among the graduates of the programme.

The list of demanded professions and specialties corresponding to the priority areas of economic development of Tatarstan for 2019-2025 have been approved by Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan. The document will be the basis for the projection of the needs of the republic in personnel, as well as establishing benchmarks for admission of applicants to educational institutions.

On April 25, the Russian telecommunication operator and digital services provider “MTS” and the world producer in the area of  information and communication technologies Ericsson Company have opened a joint Research and Development Centre in Innopolis, to develop and launch on the Russian and global markets innovative products and solutions based on 5G, IoT and Big Data. Tatarstan Prime Minister Alexey Pesoshin and other officials took part in the solemn event.

All-Russia competitions in computer security Inno CTF Junior 2018 among students of 9-11 grades included tasks on cryptography, steganography, vulnerability of web applications and other aspects of cybersecurity.

On April 20, an on-site meeting on informatization issues of Kazan medical organizations was held in Kazan. Participants in the meeting raised issues of implementation of information and communication technologies in healthcare institutions.

On May 19-20, the second geoinformation hackathon “Cartomancy” will be held at the Innopolis University and will gather developers to create working prototypes of data processing technologies for remote sensing of the Earth in the area of machine learning and photogrammetry.

On April 18, 2018 the Board of Skolkovo approved the IT park as a regional operator of the Skolkovo Foundation in the Republic of Tatarstan.

From the 15th of April to the 28th of April, eight students of the Higher School of Information Technologies and Intelligent Systems (ITIS) of the Kazan Federal University are taught in a short-term educational programme in China.

From April 18 to April 22, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the semifinals of the All-Russian WorldSkills Championship with representatives of 72 Russian regions are held. There are eight technical competencies at the competitions, including mobile robotics and CAD engineering.