Frame Cooperation Agreement between Siemens AG, Germany and ETU has been concluded in office of the Siemens Corporate Technology in St. Petersburg. Mr. Joe Kaeser, CFO on behalf of Siemens AG and Prof. Dmitriy Puzankov, Rector of ETU signed the document. Dr. Martin Gitsels, Head of Corporate Technology department in Russia and Prof. Alexey Ivanov, Director of International Projects office at ETU arranged the event.

FP7 Project ICPC NanoNet kick-off meeting has been held in Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. Professors Alexey Ivanov and Victor Luchinin represented the ETU and made presentation ETU St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University – “LETI”

International Workshop on Ferroelectric Physics has been held at ETU in the frame of the 18^th Russian National Conference on Ferroelectric Physics. Researchers from 9 foreign countries (France, Germany, Japan, Swiss and others) made 11 presentations.

15-th International Student Seminar in Microwave and Optical Applications of Novel Physical Phenomena has been held at ETU. The Seminar covered thirteen topics, including: Microwave ferroelectrics and ferromagnetics, Tuneable materials and devices. Students from Russian Federation, Great Britain, Spain, Finland, Turkey, Germany and other European countries have made more 30 presentations.
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On Workshop "European Programs: Funding Opportunities for Russia" at Silesian University of Technology, ETU has been represented by Mrs. Maria Kiseleva, Director of International Relations Office who made presentation" FP6/FP7 Projects: ETU Experience" prepared by Prof. Alexey Ivanov

15-th Anniversary International Student Seminar "Microwave and Optical Applications of Novel Physical Phenomena" will be held at ETU on May 19-21, 2008 under sponsorship by Rohde & Schwarz, Germany.

The Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Republic and the ETU represented by Prof. Victor Gusarov (PC department) submitted joint proposal "Nanostructured membranes based on polymer-inorganic composites consisting of nanotubes with the chrysotile structure" for Call FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2 in area "Nanostructured membranes".

The ETU as Coordinator (the first time) represented by Prof. Irina B. Vendik (MET department) with six European partners submitted joint proposal "Tuneable composite nanostructured metamaterials" for Call FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2 in area "Nanostructured meta-materials".

The Siemens AG, the leading European manufacturer of electrical equipment and the ETU represented by Prof. Nikolay Polyakhov (SAC department) submitted joined proposal "European-Russian Electricity Network Integration" for Call FP7-ENERGY-2008-RUSSIA.

The Silesian University of Technology, Poland and the ETU represented by Prof. Alexey Ivanov (International Projects Office) submitted joint proposal "Identification of Russian research potential and excellence leading to joint innovative research initiatives in the theme Environment" for Call FP7-ENVIRONMENT-2008.

The ETU and Rohde & Schwarz, the largest manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment in Europe signed Collaborative Agreement on research and development innovations in electronics and communications.
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Prof. Alexey Ivanov, Director of International Projects Office made two presentations "Experiences with Cost Planning and Reporting. A View from Russia" and "From FP6 to FP7: The St Petersburg region" at RUSERA-EXE Training course in Vienna "Opportunities and challenges for EU-Russian RTD cooperation".

The research team under Prof. Dr. Irina Vendik is involved in "Knowledge-based multi-scale modeling of metal-oxide-polymer interface behavior for micro- and nanoelectronics" (NANOINTERFACE) FP7, NMP, Collaborative Project, coordinated by Philips Applied Technologies, Netherlands.

The International Projects Office staff under Prof. Alexey Ivanov is involved in FP7, NMP, CSA "A web-based repository of nanoscience and nanotechnology publications, database of researchers and online forum, to inform and facilitate networking between EU and ICPC RTD" (ICPCNanoNet) Project, coordinated by Institute of Nanotechnology, UK.

Commission of European Community has officially registered ETU as FP7 Participant. ETU has met compulsory requirement for FP7 beneficiaries.