The third Moscow international salon of Education held a round table devoted to the support of scientific, technical and engineering creativity of pupils and preparing them for careers of the future.

The third Moscow international salon of Education held a round table devoted to the support of scientific, technical and engineering creativity of pupils and preparing them for careers of the future.

The event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Veniamin Kaganov, the Rector of PetrSU Anatoly Voronin, the Vice-Rector of NSU Mikhail Lavrentyev, the CEO of Polymedia Elena Novikova, the regional director of Intel in the CIS Dmitry Konash, the Regional sales director of LEGO Education Jørgen Skov (Denmark) and the CEO of the EMS2 Center for research and development Kamil Isayev.

The round table "Research and design labs for schoolchildren on the basis of universities. Experience and Prospects" continued the dialogue between the Ministry of Education of Russia, Petrozavodsk State University and IT-leaders on the need for joint efforts to stimulate the interest of pupils in engineering that was first voiced at IMSO 2015. The outcome of the discussion was the opening of student scientific project Laboratory "Ilmarinen" in Petrozavodsk, where students have been mastering the design and research activities using modern technology with a focus on the urgent tasks of the region.

The purpose of the resumed round table in 2016 was summing up the lab performance for six months and the announcement of the partners’ next steps towards developing the project at the regional level.

In September 2016, the laboratory "Ilmarinen" will only be a year old, but it is already showing notable positive results - increased attendance, unique research solutions and bold discoveries that prove that Russia has a great potential and great prospects in innovations.

"The example of the "Ilmarinen" laboratory showed that even at the initial phase schoolchildren acquire their mentors at the university and determine their professional orientation and development. Using the model of complex scientific project groups - from schoolchildren to candidates of sciences working in close co-operation between the University, schools and further education institutions under the guidance of experienced mentors, the laboratory will grow new highly skilled professionals needed for traditional industries of Karelia - timber, pulp and paper, mining, woodworking, metallurgy, fisheries, as well as for high technology areas like programming, wireless communication systems, robotics and unmanned systems, nanotechnology and nanomaterials, biomedical technologies", said the Rector of PetrSU Anatoly Voronin.

Recognizing the positive experience of the laboratory at Petrozavodsk State University, the partners announced their unanimous decision to develop and disseminate Ilmarinen’s experience in other regions of Russia. The project will be continued at the beginning of the next academic year 2016-2017 at Novosibirsk State University. According to the Vice-Rector of NSU Mikhail Lavrentiev, the first Summer School research projects for high school students will be held at NSU in August of this year. Classes for additional educational programs - mathematics, programming, physics, robotics, biology, and neurocomputing - will begin in September and will involve research projects. In addition, during the school year there will be intensive trainings for students of other cities and districts of the Novosibirsk region, as well as seminars and workshops for teachers.

As one of the important directions of increasing the geographical coverage of schoolchildren involved, the participants noted annual summer (or seasonal) schools on the basis of the established laboratories. The partners recognized the need to create incentive programs for young teachers taking part in project work with school students through practice and training system in order to attract young teachers to additional education. And lastly, the participants unanimously identified the need for interaction between the government, education and business in terms of identifying interests, early career counseling, supporting scientific, technical and engineering high school education.

The third Moscow international salon of Education held a round table devoted to the support of scientific, technical and engineering creativity of pupils and preparing them for careers of the future.

The event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Veniamin Kaganov, the Rector of PetrSU Anatoly Voronin, the Vice-Rector of NSU Mikhail Lavrentyev, the CEO of Polymedia Elena Novikova, the regional director of Intel in the CIS Dmitry Konash, the Regional sales director of LEGO Education Jørgen Skov (Denmark) and the CEO of the EMS2 Center for research and development Kamil Isayev.

The round table "Research and design labs for schoolchildren on the basis of universities. Experience and Prospects" continued the dialogue between the Ministry of Education of Russia, Petrozavodsk State University and IT-leaders on the need for joint efforts to stimulate the interest of pupils in engineering that was first voiced at IMSO 2015. The outcome of the discussion was the opening of student scientific project Laboratory "Ilmarinen" in Petrozavodsk, where students have been mastering the design and research activities using modern technology with a focus on the urgent tasks of the region.

The purpose of the resumed round table in 2016 was summing up the lab performance for six months and the announcement of the partners’ next steps towards developing the project at the regional level.

In September 2016, the laboratory "Ilmarinen" will only be a year old, but it is already showing notable positive results - increased attendance, unique research solutions and bold discoveries that prove that Russia has a great potential and great prospects in innovations.

"The example of the "Ilmarinen" laboratory showed that even at the initial phase schoolchildren acquire their mentors at the university and determine their professional orientation and development. Using the model of complex scientific project groups - from schoolchildren to candidates of sciences working in close co-operation between the University, schools and further education institutions under the guidance of experienced mentors, the laboratory will grow new highly skilled professionals needed for traditional industries of Karelia - timber, pulp and paper, mining, woodworking, metallurgy, fisheries, as well as for high technology areas like programming, wireless communication systems, robotics and unmanned systems, nanotechnology and nanomaterials, biomedical technologies", said the Rector of PetrSU Anatoly Voronin.

Recognizing the positive experience of the laboratory at Petrozavodsk State University, the partners announced their unanimous decision to develop and disseminate Ilmarinen’s experience in other regions of Russia. The project will be continued at the beginning of the next academic year 2016-2017 at Novosibirsk State University. According to the Vice-Rector of NSU Mikhail Lavrentiev, the first Summer School research projects for high school students will be held at NSU in August of this year. Classes for additional educational programs - mathematics, programming, physics, robotics, biology, and neurocomputing - will begin in September and will involve research projects. In addition, during the school year there will be intensive trainings for students of other cities and districts of the Novosibirsk region, as well as seminars and workshops for teachers.

As one of the important directions of increasing the geographical coverage of schoolchildren involved, the participants noted annual summer (or seasonal) schools on the basis of the established laboratories. The partners recognized the need to create incentive programs for young teachers taking part in project work with school students through practice and training system in order to attract young teachers to additional education. And lastly, the participants unanimously identified the need for interaction between the government, education and business in terms of identifying interests, early career counseling, supporting scientific, technical and engineering high school education.