Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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For three days, the Technopolis Polytech Research Building celebrated high art—music, ballet, and theater—as it hosted a networking project-analytical session, "Creative Universities in Technological Leadership: Significance and Role in Achieving Strategic Goals for the State and Industry."
Teams from creative and technical universities discussed with experts from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Culture, and the Social Center how to combine art, engineering, and technology so that the synergistic effect becomes a building block in the foundation of the country's strategic leadership.
The session was attended by representatives of five creative universities under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Culture, which received grants under the Priority-2030 program: the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (VGIK), the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music (RAM), the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute at the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre (B. Shchukin Theatre Institute), the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (ARB), and the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS). The Kazan State Institute of Culture (KazGIK), a candidate for participation in the program, was also represented.
The technical universities represented were SPbPU, MISIS University of Science and Technology, and St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design.
On the first day of the session, Svetlana Ermakova, Director of the Department of Regional Policy, Education, and Project Management at the Russian Ministry of Culture, addressed the participants with a welcoming address. She noted the importance of collaboration between creative and engineering universities and industry in implementing the Priority 2030 program.
"From this session, I expect very clear, understandable solutions for the interaction between creative universities and production," said Svetlana Ermakova. "We need to find solutions in multimedia, film production, and other sectors that will allow us to interact with the industry at the highest level, just as our friends, partners, and colleagues do. We can definitely do this, but only if we work together. And here we need to think about consortiums and the opportunities that unification offers."
"There are a huge number of technical and engineering challenges in culture and creativity that need to be addressed, and they can likely be addressed with the help of partners, scientific and technical organizations, and universities," noted Konstantin Bogonosov, acting director of the Sociocenter, in his speech.
Maria Vrublevskaya, Vice-Rector for Human Resources at SPbPU and an expert at the Sociocenter, welcomed the guests on behalf of the Polytechnic University: "Our mission is to become a team. We, with our technological expertise, capabilities, and experience, and you, with your wonderful humanities and creative approach, can enrich engineering thought. This symbiosis will allow us to be considered the number one country in virtually every industry. We invited to the session people who have created technologies with their own hands, and who also recognize the importance of soft skills and understand that a technology team must be carefully equipped with talents who can shape technologies in a way that makes them absolutely competitive and interesting for society and the world."
On the first day, at the plenary session, speakers described how the target models of creative universities have changed since their participation in the Priority 2030 program, what strategic goals have been achieved, and what constitutes qualitative indicators of change. Then, they worked in groups.
The second day began with presentations from representatives of the Polytechnic University. Alexey Borovkov, Director of the SPbPU School of Digital Engineering and Chief Designer for the Scientific and Technological Program, spoke about the potential of digital engineering in solving problems in culture, sports, and the arts.
Sergey Salkutsan, Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Education at the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering," shared his experience implementing joint projects between creative and engineering universities.
The "Polytech Metacampus" project, recognized as the best practice of the "Priority 2030" program, was presented by Yegor Melekhin, an assistant engineer at the SPbPU Institute of Civil Engineering.
The third day of the session was devoted to research and development at creative universities in the context of technological leadership. Scientific approaches to the digital transformation of culture and the possibility of creating an integrated network platform for creative and technical universities were also discussed.
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