On October 2, in Moldova, Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ayrat Khayrullin spoke at the Invest Gagauzia-2021 forum at a section devoted to the prospects for IT development in the autonomy of Gagauzia. Tatarstan continues to share its experience in creating conditions and infrastructure for the development of IT business.
On October 1, the Day of the Elderly is celebrated all over the world. This holiday is a tribute of deep respect, gratitude and a great opportunity to remember the invaluable importance of work and the life experience of the older generation.
On October 1, national television broadcasting celebrates its 90th anniversary. On that day in 1931, the first experimental regular transmissions of moving images began.
Tatarstan branch of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network informs about the scheduled service maintenance of radio and television equipment at a number of low-capacity TV and radio broadcasting facilities in October.
The annual online artificial intelligence (AI) contest, AI Journey Contest 2021, held together with leading technology companies since 2016, started submitting applications.
BARS Group, a subsidiary of the National Informatization Centre (branch of Rostec State Corporation), plans to update the information and analytical system for monitoring the activities of subordinated budgetary institutions, created at Svody platform, by the end of 2022.
The information and analytical system was launched in Tatarstan in 2009. Today, 12,000 institutions and 9,000 active users are connected to the system.
Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media launched a new support mechanism for small and medium-sized businesses - companies will be able to purchase software at half the price by compensating 50 per cent of the license price to manufacturers.
On September 24, in the IT-park, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia Maskim Parshin, Director General of the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies Aleksandr Pavlov and other meeting participants discussed the pressing issues of grant support of IT business.
On September 24, at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre, the results of the 3rd industry championship DigitalSkills 2021 were summed up. Tatarstan won 8 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals. As many as 54 54 contestants and 43 experts in 30 core and presentation competences represented Tatarstan.
The organizers of the Digital Superhero Business Accelerator awarded the entrepreneurs, the authors of medical technology projects at the Kazan Digital Week-2021 Forum. Startups You Can, Point of view and Pirogov AI received money certificates amounting to 100,000 roubles.