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• SAP Marketing Director Makes Predictions about the Future

  Sergei Pankratov, SAP CIS Marketing Director is sure that smartphones have changed all consumption strategies and principles. The evolution of all marketing areas goes further and further. However many companies have yet to understand that.

  20.09.2016

• The Hidden Treasures of St. Petersburg — a Quick Guide to Visiting St. Petersburg’s Suburbs

  As the new tests and deadlines approach, so does the Indian Summer — which is deemed the best time for visiting St. Petersburg’s many suburbs, their historical sights and beautiful park ensembles. Such places as the Amber Room in Pushkin or Petergof’s fountains are among St. Petersburg’s most famous tourist attractions. Still, there’s a lot more to the region than these two popular destinations.

  19.09.2016

• Philips’s Vice President: Darkness is the other side of the Lighting Design

  The famous lighting designer and Philips vice president, Rogier van der Heide came to St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design to talk to the students about modern tendencies in this field and shared his experience. The expert also paid attention to such important lighting designer skills as technical competence, creative thinking and the necessity to follow lifelong learning principle.

  19.09.2016

• ITMO Imagines at EAIE Conference and Expo in Liverpool

  On the global scene again, ITMO University was represented in Liverpool at the annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition, a place where all those involved in international education can connect, meet, network, and learn new and fabulous ideas from one another.

  19.09.2016

• Studies at Russian vs. American Universities: Tale of Two Cities

  The ultimate goal of graduating may be the same on both sides of the ocean but the academic journeys in Russia and US universities have their peculiarities. Here’re a few pointers on what to expect.

  16.09.2016

• SCAMT’s Review on Chemically Synthesized Materials — a Reason to be Proud

  The chemical synthesis of metamaterials — including the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is one of the most essential research areas worldwide. Still, only few research teams in Russia do research in this field — one of them being from ITMO University. Researchers from SCAMT International Laboratory in collaboration with their colleagues from the Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials published a review article on the topic in ChemicalSocietyReview, a most trusted scientific magazine for chemists.

  16.09.2016

• Why Sugar the Pill: Indian Scientists on How Sweet Pills Make Treatment More Effective

  The sour taste of some drugs makes the treatment process even more intolerable. To ease the patient's lives, biochemistry scientists search for ways to mask out the taste of some drugs. Among those are Indian researchers from the Institute of Chemical Technology — professors Padma Devarajan and Mariam Degani, who work on such methods using molecular modeling methods.

  15.09.2016

• The New NANO-year in Saint Petersburg

  This weekend, the «NANOyear on the Aptekarski» science festival for schoolers and teachers took place in Saint Petersburg. This year, the organizers decided to focus on startups: for this, ITMO organized and interactive exhibition of the projects done at the University. The date for the festival was carefully chosen. «Nano» means one billionth: to get a nanometer, for instance, you multiply a meter by ten to the minus ninth. So, «ROSNANO School League» that works on popularizing science education in Russian schools has been organizing this festival on the 10th of September (10.09) for the last five years.

  13.09.2016

• Portuguese Scientist Talks About Optical Technologies

  During the METANANO-2016 conference, Mario Silverinya, a scientist from the University of Lisbon, talked about the possibilities of topological effects in continuous systems — something that was deemed impossible not so long ago. This can lead to the creation of wave guides where light won’t dissipate, as well as contribute to technologies for decreasing the size and increasing efficiency of electronic components. In an interview for our portal, he spoke of light manipulation and the importance of popularizing science.

  12.09.2016

• The Day Programmers Bathe in Fountains

  Today, Russia celebrates the Day of the Programmer! Developers bathe in fountains and sing their special songs! Well, no, actually.

  12.09.2016