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Working visit to Moscow: science cooperation agreement
17 December 2012 - 18 December 2012
In Moscow, Alain Berset and the Minister of Education and Science, Dmitry Livanov, sign the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between Switzerland and Russia. Priority areas: engineering sciences, nanosystems and materials, life sciences, energy, transport, humanities and social sciences.
He is accompanied by EPFL President Patrick Aebischer, the Rector of the University of Geneva, Jean-Dominique Vassalli, and the President of the SNSF Research Council, Dieter Imboden. The delegation visits the Kurchatov Institute; on the cultural side, he meets Deputy Minister Alla Manilova and visits the National Centre for Contemporary Arts.
Monday 17 December 2012 — Moscow
- Meeting with Alla Manilova, Deputy Minister of Culture
- Meeting with Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science, and signing of the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation
- Reception at Moscow State University, Faculty of Psychology
- Visit to the Kurchatov Institute
- Reception with representatives of politics, science and culture
Tuesday 18 December 2012 — Moscow
- Visit to the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA)
- Lunch with representatives of the cultural sector
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