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Congratulations on Christmas and New Year 2019

Dear colleagues, friends and partners,

During the year 2018 SUAI has steadily been increasing its international contacts.

Among the highlights of the year we shall name SUAI’s delegations to Xi’an for the Forum between Russian and Chinese aerospace, participation in the Global Partnership Week 2018 in Shanghai, the Supervisory Board of SSPU (Shanghai Polytechnic University) and visiting NPU (Northwestern Polytechnic University).

In 2018 SUAI welcomed more delegations from Latin America and the Caribbean, People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Korean advanced industry to sign important agreements on cooperation.

June 18, 2018 SUAI welcomed a delegation from a leading technical university from PRC – Shanghai Polytechnic University and September 4, 2018 a delegation from LG Electronics Inc. and LG Display Co. Ltd. visited the University.

Therefore, I would like to thank the accepting party of SUAI with all the Department of International Affairs for making our guests and partners feel comfortable.

I hope that the year 2019 will keep our positive tendencies.

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Konstantin V. Losev,

the SUAI Vice-Rector for International Affairs

Chilean Robotics Visits SUAI

December 13, 2018 SUAI welcomed a delegation from the Chilean Association of Robotics, headed by Mr. Rodrigo Quevedo.

The SUAI Vice-Rector for International Affairs Konstantin V. Losev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, and the Dean of the Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Communications, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Alexander R. Bestugin met the guests to present SUAI’s education and R&D.

Dr. Konstantin V. Losev informed the Chilean delegation on international cooperation and training international students at SUAI.

Dr. Alexander R. Bestugin talked on joint projects between SUAI and industry.

In the negotiations Mr. Rodrigo Quevedo thanked SUAI for promoting cooperation between Russian education and leading universities of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Chilean delegation visited SUAI’s Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Lab. to see achievements of the University’s R&D.

Conference on Modern Problems in Law, Society and State

December 5, 2018 SUAI hosted a Conference on Modern Issues in Law, Society and State to commemorate the 25^th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

The Conference brought together students, faculty, administration, public agencies, executive and legislative authorities.

The Dean of the Law Faculty, DCL, Victor M. Boer opened the Conference by awarding best students and faculty.

Discussions and findings of the Conference contributed to:

-Constitutional status of federative and local authorities;

-Constitutional provisions for national security;

-International standards and Russian legislation in human rights;

-Legal civil relations;

-Legal criminal policies and procedures;

-Interaction of government agencies and civil social institutions to protect human rights.

SUAI at St. Petersburg International Scientific and Educational Workshop 2018

November 30, 2018 The EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Center hosted the St. Petersburg International Scientific and Educational Workshop 2018 within the Week of St. Petersburg Professional Education.

The Workshop promotes education of St. Petersburg with university and R&D leaders, discussing challenges in education. The SUAI Vice-Rector for International Affairs Konstantin V. Losev participated in the meeting to talk on training experts and correlation between higher education standards and development of St. Petersburg economy and society.

Within strategic sessions, the Workshop marked tendencies in modern education and means to increase recognition of the city’s universities.

The Workshop resulted in signing an agreement between Eleonora V. Mitrofanova from Rossotrudnichestvo and Andrei S. Maksimov, the President of the Committee on Science and Higher Education.

II International Round Table on Russia and Switzerland for Safe Digital World: Legal and Technological Issues of Personal Data Protection in Global World

November 29, 2018 the Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics became a venue for the international Round Table to bring together Russian education, R&D, industry and Swiss education with the Director of the Swiss institute for Financial Training Mr. Bernhard Koye.

SUAI was represented by its Vice-Rector for International Affairs Konstantin V. Losev to discuss relevant challenges with the Round Table.

In the event the participants heard reports on financial institutions’ risks in digital era, digital economy and fighting cyber fraud.

The Round Table focused on rapid increase in technologies and challenges faced by the modern education.