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On October 8, at Tatarstan-Japan Forum, held in the city of Kanazawa, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic - Minister of Informatization and Communication Roman Shaykhutdinov introduced the innovative and technological potential of the republic to Japanese business circles. The Minister informed about the developing IT infrastructure of the region, including Innopolis, the IT park and the main regional information systems, many of which are actively used not only in Russia, but also abroad.

Accepting applications for an open IT hackathon in the banking sector started in Tatarstan.

According to the preliminary results of the first nine months of 2018, the Russian Post of Russia handled 258.9 million international postal items mail with supplies inclusions, which is 25 per cent higher than the same period last year.

On October 8, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic – Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communication Roman Shaykhutdinov, as a member of Tatarstan delegation led by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, arrived on a working visit in Japan, to take part in the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS-Forum).

Shaykhutdinov took part in the Sustainable Development and Lights and Shadows of Science and Technology plenary sessions.

On October 1-2, the World Digital Summit on the Internet of Things technology (IoT World Russia Summit), organized by Redenex international research company was held in Kazan. Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Informatization and Communication of Tatarstan Roman Shaykhutdinov and Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina took part in the opening ceremony. Research Institute of Advanced Telecommunication technologies, the City of Innopolis and the Innopolis decided to launch the first in Russia open NB-IoT network.

On December 10-14, at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre, DigitalSkills 2018 will be held.

On October 6, IT-lyceum of Kazan Federal University will hold the Open Day, where guests can get acquainted with the lyceum, its teachers and educational programmes.

Competitive selection for inclusion into the personnel reserve of civil service positions is hold. The full list of vacant positions for the personnel reserve is posted on the ministry’s website.

A new e-survey, aimed at checking the readiness of Tatarstan citizens for full implementation of digital television, is available on the Portal of the State Services of Tatarstan. Hurry up to take part in the survey in the section “Polls” of the State Portal of the republic and in the Services of the Republic of Tatarstan mobile application before December 18!

Deputy Prime Minister of the republic - Tatarstan Minister of Informatization and Communication Roman Shaykhutdinov informed that a branch of the Chinese Dahua Technology Company will be opened in Kazan.