Gold and silver medalists returned from the international exhibition "High technologies, innovations, investments" and shared their impressions and plans
St. Petersburg held a technical fair, which surpassed all previous exhibitions in terms of the scale, level of business activities and the number of participants and visitors. Innovative projects and developments of PetrSU won 3 gold and 3 silver medals. The winners shared their impressions.
Olga Derbeneva, Head of innovation and production activities:
At this year"s exhibition, we presented new directions and developments. It is gratifying that they were recognized by the innovation community. I’d like to mention the medical direction, which we presented at innovative exhibitions for the first time. For example, the developments of the laboratory of new physiological research of the Institute of High Biomedical Technology headed by PhD. A. Meigal. Virtually all of the exhibited projects are complex projects at the intersection of various sciences, the result of joined efforts of several faculties and departments of different directions. The ideas of complex projects, developed within the framework of federal megaprojects, are now delivering a real impact.
The tasks that were set by the university performing a program of strategic development and a program for the development of innovation infrastructure are related to the development of research at the intersection of sciences, and this is bearing fruit. We do get innovations and research projects that are relevant at the international level and at the Russian level. Our innovation initiatives are winning gold and silver medals, and attracting a considerable interest of the business community and representatives of the scientific community. PetrSU is making a lot of effort for the development of new scientific fields, innovation 
and production. Having won literally all federal megaprojects in the last 3 years, the university is one of the leading Russian universities. In particular, following the implementation of the strategic development program it is included in the group of schools that have met the government task and received funding for 2013 in full.
Our task is to stay ahead of time. It is encouraging that there are priority areas, such as biomedicine, nanotechnology, net technologies and location technoligies in which we are clearly making a break-through.
Projects that won gold medals:
"RealTrac technology hardware-software complex RTLS-DK912” - nominated for "New high-tech equipment and the development of high technologies" – Alexei Moschevikin, associate professor of PetrSU
We are back with a gold medal. In the past, we have participated in several of these shows, but we have never brought gold. This year, our team 
created a new product - the demo kit. We spent a lot of time developing a technology of local positioning and voice communications. Now there is a set of devices, which can be bought by other developers, and based on this set, people can get acquainted with our technology. The creation of this product is an important stage in the development of business and overall technology. A large number of developers around the world can familiarize themselves with our product. We not only supply these devices, but also documentation to work with them, and sample videos and documents on the web-site. This way we are strongly encouraging third-party developers - other people in other teams - to start using this product. We already have several major customers. In addition to this kit we are developing mining business technologies, where similar devices are used to provide communication with miners and improve the safety of people working in the mines. Many thanks to the university, which helped us to take part in the competition. In order to get to the exhibition, one has to go through stages to create application documents. This work is something few people like, the medals make up for it.
"Remote express monitoring of ecological status of water bodies and holographic distrometry" nominated for "Best Innovative Project in the field of instrument-building" – Dmitry Ekimov, fellow of PetrSU.
It’s not the first year that the small innovative enterprise of Petrozavodsk State University LLC "NanoScan" has participated in the exhibition and in the innovation competition. This year two new innovative projects were announced for the competition:
"Remote express monitoring of ecological status of water bodies and holographic distrometry" and "Transistor-diode elements based on metal-insulator multi-phase oxide material." Both were awarded medals, the former won the gold medal in the "Best innovative project in the field of instrument -building", the latter received a silver medal in the "Best innovative project in the field of information technology and electronics."
At Petrozavodsk State University’s booth the visitors and exhibitors were able to familiarize themselves with the underwater digital holographic device, developed by LLC "NanoScan", and samples of transistor-diode elements.
The system of remote express control, one component of which is an underwater digital holographic device, raised an increased interest of the visitors, as well as of the representatives of FSBI "Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics" (PINP) dealing with holographic devices capable of measuring linear distance within one meter with an accuracy of nanometers:
• Deputy Research Director, Head of Laboratory of molecular and atomic beams, Viktor Yezhov;
• Head of Laboratory of holographic information and measurement systems, honored inventor of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Boris Turuhano;
• lead researcher, honored inventor of Russia, candidate of Physics and Mathematics Nikulin.
In course of the meeting they discussed the possibilities of future cooperation.
St. Petersburg Technopark "Ingria" presented representatives of "NanoScan" with a certificate for free technopark project promotion.
Talks with General Director of CJSC "Mariprodukt" Alexander Posin regarded the possibility of using the device in the following areas:
• observing changes in populations of larvae and juveniles, hatched from eggs;
• observing changes in populations of mussel larvae until they attach to collectors (productivity is directly related to the percentage of larvae attached).
«CardiaCare. Cardiac arrhythmias diagnosis mobile service" nominated for "Best innovative project in the field of information technology and electronics” –Julia Zavyalova and Artem Pogorelov (Faculty of Mathematics of PetrSU).
"Conferences and competitions provide the opportunity to present the project to a narrow circle of specialists. Compared to them, the fair shows whether the project is of interest to the public.
Since we are developing software for diagnosing cardiac arrhythmias, it was important to find out about the level of interest in our development and the possibility of its application.
Our booth was visited by various specialists from different regions. Everyone had the opportunity to measure their cardiogram. There was a memorable conversation with the Arctic Research Center representatives from the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. They talked about how our system can be applied in view of the characteristics of their region.
Thanks to this live communication we were able to look at the project from the outside. We were asked a lot of questions. Some shared their view on the application. This gave way for new ideas.
Our project was not the only one in the medical field, so it was good to meet with colleagues and discuss topics of concern to us.
The most memorable interaction was within the representation of Karelia. The Republic submitted many interesting projects providing opportunities to learn from experience, to get constructive advice, find common interests and just talk in a very friendly atmosphere.
The most exciting part was the presentation of the project to the competition expert. He was unperturbed and restrained, and his reaction didn’t reveal our chances of winning. Therefore it was particularly unexpected and pleasing to get a gold medal in the category "Best innovative project in the field of information technology and electronics."
This gave a new impetus to continue working on the project CardiaCare.
Silver medals went to projects:
"Transistor-diode elements based on multi-phase oxide material with a metal-insulator" - nominated for "Best Innovative Project in Information Technology and Electronics" - Professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Henry Stefanovich:
This was not the first time our team took part in the exhibition. We are on the right track. Our task is to win even more medals. These medals are for innovative developments based on an actual result, suitable for sale and money-making, which is important to the university and to the community. I want to thank my colleagues for their fruitful work, we will continue in the same way.
Silver medals were also awarded to projects:
"Automated foundry management system" nominated for "Best Innovative Project in production automation" – Anton Shabaev.
"Pre-clinical diagnosis of diseases based on nonlinear dynamics" - nominated for "Pre-clinical diagnosis of diseases based on nonlinear dynamics" - Alexander Meigal.
