M.Fedoruk says: 鈥淭he event is planned to be quite grand. The idea was born during a friendly meeting with NSU alumni Sergey Turitsyn, who now heads the Aston Institute of Photonics, and Vladimir Shiltsev, the director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Chicago. They are both laureates of prestigious national and international awards. I agreed with them that 吃瓜官网 can and should receive greater and more coordinated assistance from its graduates, and in no small measure this should help to create the reputation necessary for making progress in world rankings.鈥�
The NSU Alumni Congress will take place on 6鈥�8 September. M.P. Fedoruk has announced that the preparation of the Congress is the responsibility of Lada Valerianovna Yurchenko who has recently assumed the office of NSU Prorector for international links. The project of event conception states its principal goal as: 鈥渆xpanding the international community of graduates who wish to make the University one of the world leaders鈥�.
The core of the Congress will be a conference entitled 鈥湷怨瞎偻�: Science, Education, Management鈥�, which is now being organized by Sergey Mikhailovich Kobtsev, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the head of the Centre for NSU innovative development. During the forum public lectures on current tendencies and outstanding events in world science given by former NSU graduates now leading scientists are envisaged, as well as roundtable discussions on the successes and problems of the University, and a substantial cultural program.
Important people from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, NSU and Novosibirsk Region are expected to be members of the Congress Steering Committee.
鈥淲e want to make this event annual and engage a great number of our graduates around the world,鈥� the rector emphasizes. 鈥淚t is important to organize it close to the Day of Knowledge (a Russian holiday celebrated at schools and colleges on 1 September, the day when the school year traditionally starts).鈥�
