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COMMUNICATION SUPPORT

Communications Support aims to improve the telecommunication infrastructure of institutes where current capabilities inhibit the successful accomplishment of ISTC work and the development of commercial opportunities.


Activity in 2004

The ISTC has funded 32 projects in Russia, Belarus, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia. Of these, 17 have been completed, 2 are under completion, and 13 are in progress.





The ISTC’s first Communications Center— Tajikistan

The ISTC opened its first Communication Center in the Republic of Tajikistan at the Academic Township of the Academy of Sciences on 23 September, 2004. The Communication Center links five of the township's research institutes, providing their scientists with state-of-the-art communication resources. The Ambassador from the United States to Tajikistan, Richard Hoagland, and the Secretary Science General of the Academy of Sciences, Prof. Khakim Akhmedov, cut the ribbon opening the new Center. Approximately 30 people from the local science community attended the opening.


JAPAN — TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS

The ISTC and the Science and Technology Agency of the Government of Japan regularly organize workshops to highlight technologies and topics of global significance and to facilitate the development of project proposals corresponding to these topics. The Workshop fund covers travel expenses of CIS scientists who participate in these workshops, which are held in cities throughout Japan.


Activity in 2004

20 February, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
29th ISTC Japan Workshop on Advanced Robotics in Russia.

10-20 April, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
30th ISTC Japan Workshop on Advanced Catalysis Technologies in Russia

1 October, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
31st ISTC Japan Workshop on Advanced EUV Technologies in Russia

17 November, 2004, Oarai, Japan
32nd ISTC Japan Workshop on Reactor Irradiation Technologies in Russia/CIS

1-11 December, 2004, Tokyo, Japan
33rd ISTC Japan Workshop on Metal Surface Treatment Technologies in Russia/CIS



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