Today teachers and students of the University of Tsukuba (Japan) have met with the activity of Technopark “Idea” and its residents.
The delegation included assistant professors of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University, Dr. Kunitoshi Hishikawa, Dr. Elena Tsygalnitskaya and students of initial courses of the University.
CEO of Technopark Sergey Yushko told about the cooperation of “Idea” with international companies, among which are Bosch, Siemens, Yokogawa and others. During the meeting, Sergey Yushko also talked about how Technopark “Idea” introduces the experience of the best global practices through performance assessment tools, used by the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN), in technoparks of Russia. Becoming a full member of the European network in 2010, “Idea” for three years was the only Russian technopark accredited in EBN. In 2013, full members of EBN became Technopark of Novosibirsk Akademgorodok and Krasnoyarsk Regional Innovation and Technology Business Incubator (KRITBI) with the assistance of Technopark “Idea”. In January 2015, with the assistance of “Idea” the full member of EBN also received Technopark of Yugra.
During the meeting, the students and teachers also got acquainted with the work of the Technical Center of Yokogawa. The company’s specialists provide systemic technical solutions in the field of automation.
The delegation of the University of Tsukuba arrived in Kazan with acquaintance visit on 1 March. The purpose of the visit is the familiarity with the potential of Tatarstan and the study of activity of Kazan Federal University. The delegation will be in Kazan until March 4, 2016.