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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and Leibniz University Hannover Will Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Partnership

29 May 2019 International activities 2068

In June 2019, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University together with its strategic partner (LUH) will celebrate the 35th anniversary of cooperation. The event will be held under the auspices of the Russian-German Year of Scientific and Educational Partnerships. Seminars, discussions, round tables and conferences will be held at °ʷʼ¼ facilities from June 10 to June 14.

The series of events will start with the (CPS & C’2019) organized by °ʷʼ¼, LUH and Vienna Technical University. The conference program includes plenary and breakout sessions, lectures and discussions for researchers and practitioners from around the world. Thematic areas of CPS & C’2019 are the fundamentals, technologies and applications of cyber-physical systems. The two-day conference starts on June 10.

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University together with its strategic partner Leibniz University Hannover will celebrate the 35th anniversary of cooperation

One of the central events of the action-packed agenda will be a ceremonial plenary meeting dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the cooperation between °ʷʼ¼ and LUH. In the course of it leaders of scientific groups of a multi-year joint project within the framework of the Strategic Partnership Program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) will present their reports; the award ceremony for handling the Diploma of Honorary Senator of Leibnitz University of Hannover to the Rector of °ʷʼ¼, Academician RAS A.I. RUDSKOI and signing of a cooperation agreement between °ʷʼ¼ and LUH also are in the agenda. And on the eve of that, June 10, the mantle and diploma of Honorary Doctor of °ʷʼ¼ will be presented to the President of LUH, Professor Volker EPPING.

On June 11, another international scientific conference “” (HSTED-2019) will take start. The event was organized by °ʷʼ¼, LUH and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). Scientists and experts in the field of energy will meet at the °ʷʼ¼ Institute of Energy and Transport Systems to discuss the current achievements of researchers, the possibilities and issues in introducing developments. This year, the conference is divided into 9 sections, which will concentrate in such areas as gas and steam turbines, machine components, materials in mechanical engineering, electric motors, power electronics, compressor technology, etc.

Leaders of scientific groups of a multi-year joint project within the framework of the Strategic Partnership Program of DAAD will present their reports

Also, on June 11, an internationalization seminar on the “Digitalization of Universities” will take place at the Resource Center of the °ʷʼ¼ International Campus. Within the frames of the seminar, a discussion is scheduled with participation of the LUH President, Professor Volker EPPING. Russian and foreign colleagues will speak about prospects of cooperation between universities in the era of digitalization, as well as about best practices of successful collaboration.

Prepared by& International Academic Cooperation Department. Text: Olga DOROFEEVA

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